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LAWS
OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH
SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER
On Tuesday, January 3, A. D.
1939
AND
IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES
THE ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY- THIRD
VOLUME XLII
Printed by
WILLIAM E. TAYLOR, INC.
Wilmington, Delaware
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| Title | Laws of the State of Delaware - Volume 42 |
| Description | Laws of the State of Delaware. One Hundred And Seventh Session Of The General Assembly Commenced And Held At Dover On Tuesday, January 3, A. D. 1939 Volume XLII |
| Creator | Delaware |
| Creator2 | Delaware General Assembly |
| Contributors | William E. Taylor, Inc. |
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| Full Text | LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER On Tuesday, January 3, A. D. 1939 AND IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES THE ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THIRD VOLUME XLII Printed by WILLIAM E. TAYLOR, INC. Wilmington, Delaware CHAPTER 1 TITLE TO LANDS NEAR CAPE HENLOPEN REINVESTED IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE AN ACT TO REINVEST THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITH TITLE TO LANDS NEAR CAPE HENLOPEN HERETOFORE CONDI-TIONALLY CONVEYED TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR USE AS A QUARANTINE STATION, AND NOW ABANDONED. WHEREAS, by Chapter 449 of Volume 18, Laws of Dela-ware, the State of Delaware, by an Act of the General Assembly, ceded to and granted jurisdiction over to the United States of America of a quantity of land belonging to the State of Delaware not exceeding fifteen hundred (1500) feet front and twelve hun-dred (1200) feet deep from low water mark situate and lying on the Delaware Bay, between the United States Government Iron Pier and the point of Cape Henlopen; and WHEREAS, The said cession of said land and jurisdiction thereover by the State of Delaware to the United States of America was "upon the express condition that a Quarantine Station shall be located and maintained thereon by the United States"; and WHEREAS, after having erected and maintained a Quarantine Station thereon for a long space of time, the United States of America has dismantled the Station and has officially notified the Governor of the State of Delaware that it has abandoned the pur-poses for which this tract of land was ceded to and granted juris- 3 LAWS of DELAWARE Jurisdiction and Property of the State 4 Chapter 1 TITLE TO LANDS NEAR CAPE HENLOPEN REINVESTED IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE diction over and consents to the State of Delaware revesting in itself full title thereto; NOW THEREFORE Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in 6eneral Assembly met: Section 1. That by the actual and declared abandonment of said tract of land and jurisdiction thereover by the United States of America for the granted purpose of locating and maintaining thereon a Quarantine Station, the United States of America has surrendered, yielded up and quit claimed to the State of Delaware all its right, title, interest, and jurisdiction in, to and over said tract of land, and the said tract of land has thereby reverted to the State of Delaware clear and free of said cession of land and jurisdiction heretofore granted to the United States of America. Section 2. That said tract of land ceded by the State of Dela-ware to the United States of America by said Chapter not exceeding fifteen hundred (1500) feet front and twelve hundred (1200) feet deep from low water mark, situate and lying on the Delaware Bay, between the United States Government Iron Pier and the Point of Henlopen, is now owned in fee simple by the State of Delaware and constitutes a part of the public lands of the State. Approved April 24, 1939. 5 CHAPTER 2 UNKNOWN SAILORS' CEMETERY AN ACT DESIGNATING CERTAIN PUBLIC LANDS NEAR THE COAST GUARD STATION NEAR LEWES, DELAWARE, AS A MEMORIAL CEMETERY AND PROVIDING FOR THE CARE AND SUPERVISION THEREOF. WHEREAS, certain public lands hereinafter described have for a long period of time been used as a cemetery principally for the burial of sailors, the names of many of whom have always re-mained unknown; and, WHEREAS, for a long period of time there has been no pro-vision for the care and maintenance of said land as a cemetery; THEREFORE, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the public lands hereinafter described be and they are hereby set aside and designated as a memorial cemetery and shall be maintained solely for that purpose. Said cemetery shall be known as the "Unknown Sailors' Cemetery" and shall include the following described lands: Beginning at a point on the north edge of the State Highway leading from the Town of Lewes towards the old Henlopen Light-house Reservation, said point being 171 feet east from the lines of Lewes Coast Guard Station and corner for lands in possession of Louis L. Paynter, and thence running along and with one line of said lands 577 feet to a point at high water mark on Delaware Bay, thence along the high water mark of said Bay southeast 350 feet to a point corner for land leased to the Lewes Fertilizer Com-pany, now in possession of Smith Meal Company, thence along and with one line of said lands southwest 568 feet to a point in the north edge of the above described highway, thence along and with the north edge of said Highway 385 feet home to the place of beginning. 6 Chapter 2 UNKNOWN SAILORS' CEMETERY Section 2. That the Delaware Society for the Preservation of Antiquities, a corporation of the State of Delaware, be and the same is hereby appointed and constituted a State agency or authority of the State of Delaware to carry out the provisions of this Act. Said Society shall have full power and authority to provide for the care and maintenance and the reconstruction and restoration of said cemetery, with the power and authority to make application to any Federal Department, board or agency for the performance of any necessary work and to accept any grant which may be available to it as such State agency or to the State of Delaware for the purpose of the reconstruction and restoration of said cemetery. Approved May 4, 1939. CHAPTER 3 FORT CHRISTINA STATE PARK AN ACT NAMING AND DESIGNATING THE PARK CREATED AT "THE ROCKS" ON THE CHRISTINA RIVER IN THE CITY OF WILMINGTON AS "FORT CHRISTINA STATE PARK" IN ORDER TO MARK PERPETUALLY THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE COLONY OF NEW SWEDEN. WHEREAS, by an act of the General Asserribly, Chapter 235 of Volume 41, Laws of Delaware, approved April 28, 1937, the State Highway Department was authorized and directed to acquire land at "The Rocks" on the Christina River in the City of Wil-mington for the purpose of creating there a State Park to mark perpetually the place where the first Swedish settlers landed and the site of Fort Christina, the first permanent settlement in the State of Delaware as well as the first permanent settlement in the entire Delaware River Valley, and WHEREAS, in said act no name was given to the proposed park, and WHEREAS, said park was completed in the year, 1938, and a monument therein, modelled by the sculptor, Carl Milles, and pre-sented to the people of America by the people of Sweden, was dedicated on June 27, 1938, in the presence of the President of the United States, the Crown Princess Louise and Prince Bertil of the Kingdom of Sweden, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Fin-land, the Governor of the State of Delaware, and many other dis-tinguished guests, therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That on and after the passage and approval of this Act, the land acquired at "The Rocks" on the Christina River in the City of Wilmington, for the purpose of creating there a State Park to mark perpetually the place where the first Swedish settlers landed and the site of Fort Christina, the first permanent settlement 7 8 Chapter 3 FORT CHRIST/NA STATE PARK in the State of Delaware as well as the first permanent settlement in the Delaware River Valley, thereafter be known and designated as "Fort Christina State Park." Approved April 24, 1939. CHAPTER 4 AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF STATE LANDS AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN LANDS OWNED BY THE STATE OF DELAWARE SITUATED IN SOUTH MURDERKILL HUNDRED, KENT COUNTY, IN EXCHANGE FOR CERTAIN OTHER LANDS IN SAID HUN-DRED REQUIRED FOR STATE HIGHWAY PURPOSES, AND NOW OWNED BY CLARENCE T. POSTLES AND ANNA-BELLE POSTLES, HIS WIFE. WHEREAS, the State of Delaware is the owner of a small tract of land, situated in South Murderkill Hundred, Kent County and State of Delaware, and described as follows: All that certain lot or tract of land situated in South Murder-kill Hundred, Kent County and State of Delaware, and more par-ticularly described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at the intersection of the center line of the old county road leading from Plymouth to Barratt's Chapel, and the division line between the lands of George F. McGinnis and said lands of the State of Delaware, thence by and with the lands of George F. McGinnis and other lands of the State of Delaware north thirty (30) degrees fourteen (14) minutes east two hundred sixty (260) feet more or less to a point in the southerly right of way line of the new state road leading frorri. Plymouth to Barratt's Chapel; thence along said right of way line south eighty-two (82) degrees twenty-four (24) minutes west one hundred eighty-four (184) feet more or less to a point; thence, tangent to the right three hundred sixty-five (365) feet more or less along an arc of nine hundred eighty and thirty-seven-hundredths (980.37) feet ra-dius, to the point of the intersection of the southerly right of way line of the aforementioned new state road and the center line of the old county road; the aforedescribed arc being parallel to and twenty-five (25) feet from the center line of the new state road leading from Plymouth to Barratt's Chapel; thence along the cen-ter line of the old county road and by and with the lands of Clar-ence T. Postles south sixty-two (62) degrees one (1) minute east 9 10 Chapter 4 AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF STATE LANDS five hundred (500) feet more or less to the place oi beginning; and containing one and two-hundred-sixty-two-thousandths (1.262) acres, more or less; and BEING a part of the same lands which were conveyed to The State of Delaware in and by the deed of Samuel H. Lingo and wife, dated March 16, 1936, and recorded in the Recorder's Office at Dover, in and for Kent County aforesaid, in Deed Record Book W. Vol. 14, Page 188. AND WHEREAS, the State Highway Department of the State of Delaware desires to acquire for The State of Delaware for state highway purposes, certain other lands situated in the Hundred afore-said, and now owned by Clarence T. Postles and Annabelle Pestles, his wife. AND WHEREAS, the said Clarence T. Postles and Annabelle Pestles are willing to make, execute and deliver a good and suffi-cient deed for the lands owned by them and so desired for highway purposes in exchange for the tract of land owned by the State of Delaware above described, and the State Highway Department de-siring to effect said exchange, Therefore, be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen-tatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the Governor and the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware be, and they are hereby authorized and fully empowered to execute, and to acknowledge a deed of conveyance conveying to the said Clarence T. Postles and Annabelle Pestles, his wife, the tract of land above described, the said deed to be de-livered by the State Highway Department of the State of Delaware to the said Clarence T. Pestles and Annabelle Postles in exchange for a good and sufficient deed conveying to The State of Delaware the lands of the said Clarence T. Pestles and Annabelle Postles desired by the State of Delaware for highway purposes, free and clear of liens. Approved May 1, 1939. State Revenue CHAPTER 5 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING CERTAIN MONEY FOR THE CON-STRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF A NEW STATE ARMORY IN THE TOWN OF GEORGETOWN OR IN THE VICINITY THEREOF. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. The State Armory Commission is hereby authorized and directed to acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation a suitable tract of land in the town of Georgetown or in the vicinity thereof and to prepare or cause to be prepared plans and specifications for an Armory and Arsenal building to be erected on such site. Section 2. When the plans and specifications shall have been prepared and accepted by the State Armory Commission, the said State Armory Commission shall advertise for bids and shall award the contract for the erection of the building to the lowest respon-sible bidder. The successful bidder shall be required to furnish bond with satisfactory surety in such sum as the said State Armory Com-mission may deem necessary and proper for the faithful perform-ance of the contract in accordance with the plans and specifications. Section 3. The title to any land acquired for the site of said Armory and Arsenal building shall be taken in the name of the State of Delaware. Section 4. In the selection of a suitable site, if the said State Armory Commission shall be unable to agree with the owner or owners of said site as to the purchase price thereof, the said State Armory Commission is hereby vested with full power and authority to institute appropriate condemnation proceedings in the same man- 11 12 Chapter 5 APPROPRIATION ner as is now provided for the condemnation of land for highways or other public purposes. Section 5. The said State Armory Commission is authorized to receive money by gift or otherwise to be used and applied in ac-quiring the aforesaid site and in the erection of the building thereon and in the equipment of the same. Section 6. The sum of Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) is hereby appropriated to be used and employed for the purpose of obtaining a suitable site and for the erection of said Armory and Arsenal building, and for the equipment thereof. The State Armory Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to draw its warrants upon the State Treasury for such sums of money from time to time to be used in acquiring said suitable site, in the preparation of necessary plans and specifications and in the erec-tion and equipment of said Armory and Arsenal building as do not exceed in the aggregate the sum of Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00). Section 7. That when such building has been completed and accepted, all such Government and State military property as the military authorities of the State of Delaware may desire shall be stored in the aforesaid Armory and Arsenal building and the use and occupation of the aforesaid Armory and Arsenal building shall be turned over to such military organization or organizations of the State of Delaware as the military authorities of the State of Dela-ware may direct. Section 8. This act shall be known as a Supplementary Ap-propriation Act and the funds hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Funds of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved April 28, 1939. CHAPTER 6 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO THE INSURANCE COM-MISSIONER TO PAY PREMIUMS ON ALL INSURANCE ON STATE PROPERTY. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Insur-ance Commissioner of The State of Delaware as an additional ap-propriation to that made for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1939, for the purpose of paying premiums on insurance on State property determined necessary for the remainder of the present fiscal year ending June 30th, 1939. Section 2. This act, shall be known as a Supplementary Ap-propriation Act, and the monies hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Fund of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved March 3, 1939. 13 14 CHAPTER 7 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING CERTAIN MONEYS TO HARVEY B. RIGGS TO PAY CLAIM AGAINST THE STATE OF DEL-AWARE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Ninety-seven Dollars ($97.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund to Harvey B. Riggs for the payment of lawful claim against the State of Delaware for furnishing plans and specifications for the erection of the Cupola for the State House at Dover, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same forth-with. Approved May 15, 1939. CHAPTER 8 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY OUT OF THE STATE TREAS-URY TO PAY A CLAIM OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM WIN-DER LAIRD, DECEASED, AGAINST THE STATE OF DELA-WARE. WHEREAS, on September 28, 1931, while litigation was in progress respecting the amount for which the Estate of William Winder Laird, Deceased, was liable for Federal Estate Tax, the Executors of said Estate paid to the State Treasurer of the State of Delaware the sum of $400,000.00 on account of the liability of said Estate of Delaware Estate Tax; and WHEREAS there has recently been a decision in said litiga-tion after final hearing, from which decision it now appears that, in the payment of said $400,000.00 to the State Treasurer, said Executors overpaid the amount due to the State of Delaware for Delaware Estate Tax by the sum of $184,497.16; and WHEREAS some question has been raised as to whether the amount of said overpayment is refundable under the provisions of Section 143 of the Revised Code of Delaware of 1935, as amended, providing for refunds of overpayments to the State of Delaware for Delaware Estate Tax, because said William Winder Laird died prior to the enactment of said statute; now, therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. The sum of $184,497.16 is hereby appropriated to be paid to Walter J. Laird and Philip D. Laird, surviving Executors of the Estate of William Winder Laird, Deceased, or to the person at the time having the execution of the will of said Deceased, as a refund of Delaware Estate Tax erroneously overpaid by said Ex-ecutors to the State Treasurer of the State of Delaware, payment thereof to be made as in Section 2 of this Act provided. 15 16 Chapter 8 APPROPRIATION Section 2. Within thirty days after the end of the fiscal year of the State terminating June 30, 1939, and within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal year thereafter until payment in tun of the amount appropriated in Section 1 of this Act shall have been made, the aggregate amounts paid for Inheritance and Estate taxes under the Laws of the State of Delaware for the preceding fiscal year shall be ascertained by the State Treasurer, and a sum equiva-lent to the excess above the sum of $400,000.00 received during the preceding fiscal year on account of such Inheritance and Estate taxes shall be paid to the said surviving Executors of William Winder Laird, Deceased, or to the person at the time having the execution of the will of said Deceased, on account of the amount appropriated in Section 1 of this Act until the amounts so paid shall aggregate the amount so appropriated. The amount appro-priated in Section 1 of this Act shall bear interest at the rate of four per centum (4%) per annum from the date of the approval of this Act until paid, and there shall also be paid to the said surviving Executors, or to the person at the time having the execution of said will, semi-annually, from and after the date of the approval of this Act, from monies in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, accrued interest on the amount appropriated in Section 1 hereof, or on any unpaid balance thereof, at the rate of four per centum (4%) per annum. Section 3. The State Treasurer and the State Auditor are hereby authorized and directed to draw and deliver to the said sur-viving Executors, or to the person at the time having the execution of said will, from time to time, proper state warrants in accordance with Sections 1 and 2 of this Act. Approved April 28, 1939. 17 CHAPTER 9 APPROPRIATION AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DELAWARE STATE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU FOR THE EXPENSES OF SAID BUREAU. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Twelve Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars ($12,850.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Delaware State Employment Bureau for each of the fiscal years beginning July 1st, 1939 and July 1st, 1940 to be used for the expenses of the said Bureau. Section 2. That the said money so appropriated shall be paid by the .State Treasurer upon warrants drawn by the State Auditor upon vouchers approved, submitted and signed by the proper offi-cers of the Delaware State Employment Bureau. Section 3. This act shall be known as a Supplementary Ap-propriation Act, and shall be paid out of the general fund of the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved March 30, 1939. 18 CHAPTER 10 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING CERTAIN MONEYS FOR THE PAY-MENT OF EXPENSES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR APPOINT-ED UNDER THE UN/FORM ACT FOR OUT-OF-STATE PAR-OLEE SUPERVISION. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in Genieral Assembly met: Section 1. In order to pay the actual expenses of the Ad-ministrator appointed under the Uniform Act for Out-of-State Par-olee Supervision, there is hereby appropriated out of the General Funds of the State in the State Treasury, a sum not to exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, and a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each of the years of the next ensuing biennium. All payments shall be limited to actual expenses and shall not include any com-pensation for personal services. Payments shall be made upon voucher submitted and signed by the Administrator in the manner provided by law. Approved May 15, 1939. CHAPTER 11 APPROPRIATION AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE MOTHER'S PENSION COMMISSION OF DELAWARE FOR THE PAYMENT OF MOTHER'S PENSIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated to the Mother's Pension Commission of Delaware out of the General Fund of the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of Ten Thou-sand ($10,000.00) Dollars for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1940 and June 30, 1941, for Mother's Pensions and adminis-trative costs. Section 2. That the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dol-lars as heretofore appropriated for each of the aforesaid fiscal years shall be applied and used as follows: For the payment of Mother's Pensions in New Castle County, Four Thousand ($4,000.00) Dollars. For the payment of Mother's Pensions in Kent County, Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars. For the payment of Mother's Pensions in Sussex County, Twenty-five Hundred ($2500.00) Dollars. For administrative purposes, Fifteen Hundred ($1500.00) Dollars. Section 3. The moneys appropriated under the provisions of this Act- shall be drawn upon and paid by the State Treasurer as other moneys heretofore appropriated to the Mother's Pension Com-mission of Delaware are now drawn upon and disbursed. Approved August 7, 1939. 19 20 CHAPTER 12 APPROPRIATION AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE STATE HIGH-WAY DEPARTMENT TO ASSUME AND CONTINUE THE WORK FOR THE CONTROL AND ELIMINATION OF MOS-QUITOES, HERETOFORE CONDUCTED BY THE MOSQUITO CONTROL COMMISSION; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MOSQUITO CONTROL COMMISSION TO TRANSFER AND DELIVER TO THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ALL ITS MACHINERY, TOOLS, AND EQUIPMENT, TO-GETHER WITH ALL MAPS, CHARTS AND RECORDS, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO TRANSFER SAME; AND PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION THEREFOR. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. Upon this act becoming effective, all work, hereto-fore conducted under the control, management and supervision of the Mosquito Control Commission of this State, for the control and elimination of mosquitoes shall be under the absolute control, man-agement and supervision of the State Highway Department, which said Department is hereby authorized and directed to continue such work at such places in this State and in such manner as said De-partment deems most advisable in the interest of public health and comfort, having due regard for plant and animal life. In carrying out such work, said Department is hereby authorized to enter intd agreements and contracts with Delaware property owners, the Civilian Conservation Corps, or any other agency, Federal or other-wise, engaged in mosquito elimination; to employ such agents and servants as may be deemed necessary; and to provide the necessary equipment for performing such work. Section 2. Within ten days after this Act becomes effective, the Mosquito Control Commission is hereby authorized and directed to transfer and deliver to the State Highway Department, for the use of, and to become the property of said Department, all ma-chinery, toots and equipment of every description, and all maps, Chapter 12 21 APPROPRIATION charts, surveys, books, documents and records pertaining to mos-quito control and elimination, and all other property belonging to said Commission. Section 3. Any member of the said Mosquito Control Com-mission, or any agent or servant of said Commission, or any other person, who shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of Section 2 of this Act, or who shall interfere with or prevent, or try to prevent, any such transfer or delivery of said machinery, tools and equipment, or maps, charts, surveys, books, documents or rec-ords, as in this Act provided, or any of them, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof by any Court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court. Section 4. There is hereby appropriated from the State Treas-ury the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) to be paid out of the General Fund of the State Treasury and placed to the credit of the State Highway Department, said sum, or any neces-sary part thereof, to be used for the purpose of carrying on the work described in Section 1 hereof, any unexpended balance thereof remaining at the end of the present biennium to be returned by said Department to the general Fund. The appropriation of Thirty-five Hundred Dollars ($3500.00) for each year of the current bien-nium heretofore made as set forth in the General Appropriation Act for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1940, and June 30, 1941, or so much remaining unexpended upon this Act becoming effective is hereby repealed and made null and void, and shall be cancelled by the fiscal officers upon the books and accounts of the State indi-cating such appropriation. Approved September 5, 1939. 22 CHAPTER 13 APPROPRIATION AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATION FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT FOR EACH OF THE TWO FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1940 AND JUNE 30, 1941. Be it enacted by the State and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the several amounts named in this Act, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated and authorized to be paid out of the treasury of this State to the re-spective public officers of the respective departments and divisions of Government, and other specified spending agencies, subject to the provisions of Sections 16, 17, and 18, of Chapter 81, of Volume 37, Laws of Delaware, and for the periods specified; provided, however, that all parts or portions of the several sums appropriated by this Act which, on the first day of July immediately following each of the respective fiscal years, shall not have been paid out of the State Treasury, shall revert to the General Fund of the State Treasury. The several sums hereby appropriated are as follows: For the Year Ending For the Year Ending June 30, 1941 June 30, 1940 GENERAL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE A-1 COMMITTEE ON UNIFORM LAWS Office Expense $ 50.00 $ 50.00 Travel 175.00 175.00 $ 225.00 $ 225.00 Chapter 15 23 APPROPRIATION JUDICIAL B-1-4d COURT OF CHANCERY B13 COMMON PLEAS COURT OF KENT COUNTY Salary of Chancellor $ 10,500.00 $10,500.00 Chancellor for Reporting 200.00 200.00 Stenographer 5,400.00 5,400.00 Salaries and Wages 600.00 600.00 Office Expense 500.00 500.00 Repairs and Replacements 100.00 100.00 Chancellor's Reports 1,600.00 1,600.00 $ 18,900.00 $ 18,900.00 B-6-12c DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Salary of Chief Justice $ 10,500.00 $ 10,500.00 Salaries of Associate Judges 40,000.00 40,000.00 Kent County Judge for Reporting 200.00 200.00 Salary of Court Stenographer 3,000.00 3,000.00 Salary of Clerk to Supreme Court 300.00 300.00 Salaries and Wages 3,250.00 3,250.00 Office Expense 500.00 500.00 Repairs and Replacements 65.00 65.00 Reports 2,000.00 $ 57,815.00 $ 59,815.00 Salary of Judge $ 3,600.00 $ 3,600.00 $ 3,600.00 $ 3,600.00 B-15471/2 STATE LIBRARIAN Salary of Librarian $ 1,800.00 $ 1,800.00 Salary of Clerk 400.00 400.00 Office Expense 150.00 150.00 Repairs and Replacements 200.00 200.00 Equipment 1,500.00 1,000.00 Supplies (Legislative) 5,000.00 $ 4,050.00 $ 8,550.00 ELECTIONS D-2 SALARIES OF REGISTRARS AND ASSISTANTS Salaries of Registrars and Assistants. .$ $ 25,000.00 $ 25,000.00 D-3 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Presidential Electors $ 25.00 $ 25.00 LEGAL E-I-7f ATTORNEY GENERAL Salary of Attorney General $ 6,000.00 $ 6,000.00 Salary of Chief Deputy 3,000.00 3,000.00 Salary of Deputy, New Castle County 3,000.00 3,000.00 Salary of Deputy, Kent County 2,500.00 2,500.00 Salary of Deputy, Sussex County 2,500.00 2,500.00 Salaries of State Detectives 7,200.00 7,200.00 Salaries and Wages 3,400.00 3,400.00 Office Expense 1,600.00 1,600.00 Travel 1,125.00 1,125.00 Operation 1,400.00 1,400.00 Repairs and Replacements 925.00 925.00 Equipment 160.00 160.00 $ 32,810.00 $ 32,810.00 Salary of Governor $ 7,500.00 $ 7,500.00 Contingent Expenses 2,500.00 2,500.00 Governor's Conference 100.00 100.00 Governor's Budget 115.00 3,035.00 $ 10,215.00 $ 13,135.00 24 Chapter 13 APPROPRIATION EXECUTIVE C-1 GOVERNOR Chapter 1., 25 APPROPRIATION E-8a-86 ATTORNEY GENERAL, REQUISITION EXPENSES Salaries and Wages $ 180.00 $ 180.00 Travel 720.00 720.00 $ 900.00 $ 900.00 FINANCIAL F-1-31/213 SECRETARY OF STATE Salary of Secretary of State $ 6,000.00 $ 6,000.00 Salary of Telephone Operator 1,200.00 1,200.00 Salaries and Wages 38,100.00 38,100.00 Office Expense 2,700.00 2,700.00 Travel 500.00 500.00 Repairs and Replacements 900.00 900.00 Equipment 2,000.00 2,000.00 $ 51,400.00 $ 51,400.00 F-4a-4 b STATE BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY Salaries and Wages $ 100.00 $ 100.00 Office Expense 150.00 100.00 $ 250.00 $ 200.0( F-68e STATE TREASURER Salary of State Treasurer 4,000.00 $ 4,000.0C Salary of Deputy 2,400.00 2,400.00 Salaries and Wages 5,000.00 5,000.00 Office Expense 3,500.00 4,700.00 Rt.pairs and Replacements 200.00 300.00 Equipment 400.00 400.00 $ 15,500.00 $ 16,800.00 26 Chapter 13 APPROPRIATION F-10-12e STATE AUDITOR Salary of State Auditor $ 4,000.00 $ 4,000.00 Salary of Deputy 2,400.00 2,400.00 Salaries and Wages 11,460.00 11,460.00 Office Expense 575.00 575.00 Repairs and Replacements 250.00 315.00 Equipment 100.00 100.00 $ 18,785.00 $ 18,850.00 F-13 STATE AUDITOR, SPECIAL AUDIT, UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE AND STATE COLLEGE FOR COLORED STUDENTS Salaries and Wages (Fee) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00 F-14-15b STATE REVENUE COLLECTOR Salary of Collector $ 1,800.00 $ 1,800.00 Office Expense (Miscellaneous) 40.00 40.00 Travel of Collector 500.00 500.00 $ 2,340.00 $ 2,340.00 F-16-17e STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER Salary of Commissioner $ 4,000.00 $ 4,000.00 Salaries of Clerks 3,300.00 3,300.00 Office Expense 720.00 720.00 TravelOfficers 500.00 500.00 Repairs and Replacements 100.00 100.00 Premium of Commissioner's Bond for four (4) years 555.00 $ 9,175.00 F-19-2 id OYSTER REVENUE COLLECTOR Salary of Collector $ 960.00 Salaries of Crew and Patrol Officer 6,200.00 $ 8,620.00 $ 960.00 6,200.00 Chapter 13 APPROPRIATION 27 Office Expense 65.00 65.00 TravelOfficers 75.00 75.00 Operation 500.00 500.00 Repairs and Replacements 200.00 200.00 $ 8,000.00 $ 8,000.00 F-22-23e STATE TAX DEPARTMENT Salary of Commissioner $ 6,000.00. $ 6,000.00 Salaries and Wages 89,410.00 89,410.00 Office Expense 21,200.00 21,200.00 Travel 1,000.00 1,000.00 Repairs and Replacements 500.00 500.00 Equipment 300.00 300.00 $118,410.00 $118,410.00 F-24-25e STATE BANK COMMISSIONER Salary of Commissioner $ 4,200.00 $ 4,200.00 Salaries and Wages 16,400.00 16,400.00 Office Expense 1,200.00 1,200.00 Travel 3,900.00 3,900.00 Repairs and Replacements 50.00 50.00 Equipment 150.00 150.00 $ 25,900.00 $ 25,900.00 F-26a-26f DELAWARE LIQUOR COMMISSION Salaries and Wages $ 65,250.00 $ 65,250.00 Office Expense 12,410.00 12,410.00 Travel 10,000.00 10,000.00 Operation 500.00 500.00 Repairs and Replacements 500.00 500.00 Equipment 840.00 840.00 $ 89,500.00 $ 89,500.00 G-2 INSURANCE COMMISSIONER Operation (Premiums) $ 28,000.00 $ 28,000.00 CONSERVATION OF HEALTH AND SANITATION H-Ia-If STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION II-I1/2a-0/2f STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, CORPS OF ORAL HYGIENISTS Salaries and Wages $ 63,300.00 $ 63,300.00 Office Expenses 6,000.00 6,000.00 Travel 1,700.00 1,700.00 Operation 11,750.90 11,750.00 Repairs and Replacements 4,050.00 4,050.00 Equipment 500.00 500.00 $ 87,300.00 $ 87,300.00 Salary of Custodian $ 1,500.00 $ 1,500.00 Salary of Janitors, Watchmen, etc. 13,240.00 13,240.00 Office Expense 125.00 125.00 Operation 12,000.00 12,000.00 Repairs and Replacements 5,000.00 5,000.00 Equipment 500.00 750.00 $ 32,365.00 $ 32,615.00 Salaries and Wages $ 9,947.00 $ 9,947.00 Office Expense 228.00 228.00 Travel 112.00 112.00 Operation 1,100.00 1,100.00 Repairs and Replacements 513.00 513.00 Equipment 100.00 100.00 $ 12,000.00 $ 12,000.00 28 Chapter 13 APPROPRIATION GENERAL GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS G-IaIg CUSTODIAN Chapter 13 29 APPROPRIATION H-2a-2e STATE BOARD OF HEALTH PATHOLOGICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY H-3a-3g STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, EDGEWOOD SANATORIUM H-4a-41 STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, BRANDYWINE SANATORIUM Salaries and Wages $ 62,500.00 $ 62,500.00 Office Expense 2,400.00 2,400.00 Travel 100.00 100.00 Operation 72,000.00 72,000.00 Repairs and Replacements 6,000.00 6,000.00 Equipment 300.00 300.00 $143,300.00 $143,300.00 H-5a-5c MEDICAL COUNCIL OF DELAWARE Salaries and Wages $ 300.00 $ 300.00 Office Expenses 250.00 250.00 Travel 200.00 200.00 $ 750.00 $ 750.00 Salaries and Wages $ 13,000.00 $ 13,000.00 Office Expense 500.00 500.00 Travel 100.00 100.00 Operation 16,000.00 16,000.00 Repairs and Replacements 1,500.00 1,500.00 Equipment 900.00 900.00 $ 32,000.00 $ 32,000.00 Salaries and Wages $ 9,350.00 $ 9,350.00 Office Expenses 200.00 200.00 Travel 90.00 90.00 Operation 2,593.00 2,593.00 Repairs and Replacements 542.00 542.00 Equipment 75.00 75.00 $ 12,850.00 $ 12,850.00 H-7a-7c STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS H-11a4 Id BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR REGISTERED NURSES Salaries and Wages $ 400.00 $ 400.00 Office Expense 50.00 50.00 Travel 50.00 50.00 $ 500.00 $ 500.00 H-8a-8c BOAR6 OF EXAMINERS OF BARBERS Salaries and Wages $ 400.00 $ 400.00 Office Expense 20.00 20.00 Travel 20.00 20.00 $ 440.00 $ 440.00 H-9 BOARD OF VETERINARY EXAMINERS Salaries and Wages 18.00 $ 18.00 Travel 7.00 7.00 $ 25.00 $ 25.00 Salaries and Wages $ 720.00 $ 720.00 Office Expense 200.00 200.00 Travel 180.00 180.00 $ 1,100.00 $ 1,100.00 H-10a-10c BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN OPTOMETRY Salaries and Wages $ 125.00 $ 125.00 Office Expense 50.00 50.00 Travel 75.00 75.00 $ 250.00 $ 250.00 Salaries and Wages $ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00 Office Expenses 250.00 250.00 Travel 150.00 150.00 $ 1,400.00 $ 1400.00 30 Chapter 13 APPROPRIATION H-6a-6c STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY Chapter 13 31 APPROPRIATION H-12a-12c STATE BOARD OF UNDERTAKERS Salaries and Wages Office Expense Travel $ 275.00 $ 275.00 70.00 70.00 45.00 45.00 $ 390.00 $ 390.00 CHARITIES, HOSPITAL AND CORRECTIONS I-1 GOVERNOR Governor Board and Tuition, Deaf, Dumb, Blind and Idiotic Children $ 19,000.00 $ 19,000.00 $ 19,000.00 $ 19,000.00 I-3a-3k STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES Salaries and Wages $ 12,000.00 $ 12,000.00 Office Expense 3,600.00 3,600.00 Travel 750.00 750.00 Operation 1,650.00 1,650.00 Repairs and Replacements 425.00 425.00 Equipment 1,300.00 450.00 Direct Care 43,105.00 43,955.00 $ 62,830.00 $ 62,830.00 I-4a-4g DELAWARE STATE HOSPITAL Salaries and Wages $205,444.25 $206,302.75 Office Expense 5,477.00 5,774.00 Travel 1,421.00 1,426.00 Operation 170,143.32 171,289.32 Repairs and Replacements 16,370.00 15,690.00 $398,855.57 $400,482.07 32 Chapter 13 APPROPRIATION I-7a-10 MOTHERS PENSION COMMISSION I-12a-12h INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR COLORED GIRLS I-16a-16g DELAWARE COMMISSION FOR FEEBLE-MIMED Salaries and Wages $ 46,587.00 $ 46,587.00 Office Expense 1,575.00 1,575.00 Travel 1,050.00 1,050.00 Operation 97,788.00 97,788.00 Repairs and Replacements 14,000.00 14,000.00 Equipment 1,000.00 1,000.00 Permanent Improvements 3,000.00 3,000.00 $165,000.00 $165,000.00 I- 17a-17 g FERRIS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL Salaries and Wages $ 40,000.00 $ 40,000.00 Office Expense 1,700.00 1,700.00 Travel 850.00 850.00 Operation 52,343,00 52,343.00 Salaries and Wages $ 19,084.00 $ 19,084.00 Office Expense 675.00 675.00 Travel 610.00 610.00 Operation 19,225.00 19,225.00 Repairs and Replacements 2,000.00 2,000.00 Equipment 855.00 855.00 Permanent Improvements 500.00 500.00 $ 42,949.00 $ 42,949.00 Salaries and Wages $ 7,900.00 $ 7,900.00 Office Expenses 600.00 600.00 Travel 3,000.00 3,000.00 OperationPension Grants New Castle County 39,000.00 39,000.00 Kent County 8,500.00 8,500,00 Sussex County 13,000.00 13,000.00 $ 72,000.00 $ 72,000.00 I-18a-18e OLD AGE WELFARE COMMISSIONPENSION ACCOUNT EDUCATION J-la-If UNIVERSITY OF Salaries and Wages $180,065.00 Office Expense 1,700.00 Operation 36,485.00 Repairs and Replacements 7,500.00 Equipment 600.00 DELAWARE, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $180,065.00 1,700.00 36,485.00 7,500.00 600.00 $226,350.00 $226,350.00 Salaries and Wages $ 24,000.00 $ 24,000.00 Office Expense 4,200.00 4,200.00 Travel 4,200.00 4,200.00 Operation 167,300.00 167,300.00 Equipment 300.00 300.00 $200,000.00 $200,000.00 1-20 OLD AGE WELFARE COMMISSION MAINTENANCE OF STATE WELFARE HOME Operation $ 65,000.00 $ 65,000.00 $ 65,000.00 $ 65,000.00 I-22a-22f MOSQUITO CONTROL COMMISSION Salaries and Wages $ 1,200.00 $ 1,200.00 Office Expense 300.00 300.00 Travel 50.00 50.00 Operation 1,000.00 1,000.00 Repairs and Replacements 450.00 450.00 Equipment 500.00 500.00 $ 3,500.00 $ 3,500.00 Chapter 13 33 APPROPRIATION Repairs and Replacements 13,165.00 13,165.00 Equipment 4,560.00 3,200.00 Permanent Improvements 500.00 500.00 $113,118.00 $111,758.00 34 Chapter 13 APPROPRIATION J-2 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, CHAIR OF HISTORY Salaries and Wages $ 2,500.00 $ 2,500.00 $ 2,500.00 $ 2,500.00 J-21/2a-21/2b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, CHAIR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION Salaries and Wages $ 4,250.00 $ 4,250.00 Operation 250.00 250.00 $ 4,500.00 $ 4,500.00 J-3 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, SUMMER SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS J-5 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE Scholarships $ 675.00 $ 675.00 $ 675.00 $ 675.00 J-G UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, U. S. GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATION Salaries and Wages .$ 58,332.07 $ 58,332.07 $ 58,332.07 $ 58,332.07 J-7a-7f UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE AGRICULTURE AND FARM EXPERIMENTAL STATION Salaries and Wages $ 7,500.00 $ 7,500.00 $ 7,500.00 $ 7,500.00 J-4a4c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE SMITH-LEVER AGRICULTURE EXTENSION Salaries and Wages $ 7,000.00 $ 7,000.00 Travel 5,500.00 5,500.00 Office Expense 300.00 300.00 $ 12,800.00 $ 12,800.00 Salaries and Wages $ 12,600.00 $ 12,600.00 Office Expenses 400.00 400.00 Travel 200.00 200.00 Chapter 13 35 APPROPRIATION J-8a-8d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, POULTRY AND ENTOMOLOGY J-9a-9g STATE COLLEGE FOR COLORED STUDENTS GENERAL ADMINISTRATION J-10 STATE COLLEGE FOR COLORED STUDENTS U. S. GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATION Salaries and Wages $ '10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 J-t2 STATE BOARD OF VOCATION EDUCATION Salaries and Wages $ 23,300.00 $ 23,300.00 Office Expense 1,400.00 1,400.00 Travel 300.00 300.00 Operation 19,830.00 19,830.00 Repairs and Replacements 6,005.00 6,005.00 Equipment 1,000.00 1,000.00 Permanent Improvements 250.00 250.00 $ 52,085.00 $ 52,085.00 Salaries and Wages $ 4,000.00 $ 4,000.00 Office Expense 75.00 75.00 Travel 800.00 800.00 Operation 1,125.00 1,125.00 $ 6,000.00 $ 6,000.00 Travel $ 250.00 $ 250.00 Tuition 2,000.00 2,000.00 $ 2,250.00 $ 2,250.00 Operation 5,000.00 5,000.00 Repairs and Replacements 1,800.00 1,800.00 $ 20,000.00 $ 20,000.00 K-4a-4c STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE CONTROLLING DISEASES OF LIVE STOCK Salaries and Wages $ 1,500.00 Travel 100.00 Operation 400.00 $ 8,775.00 $ 8,775.00 K-2a-2c STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE PENINSULA HORT/CULTURAL SOCIETY Office Expense $ 450.00 $ 450.00 Travel 50.00 50.00 Operation 150.00 150.00 $ 650.00 $ 650.00 K-3a-3f STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE ANALYZING FERTILIZERS AND FEEDS Salaries and Wages $ 12,900.00 $ 12,90a00 Office Expense 750.00 750.00 Travel 150.00 150.00 Operation 875.00 875.00 Repairs and Replacements 150.00 150.00 Equipment 175.00 175.00 $ 15,000.00 $ 15,000.00 $ 1,500.00 100.00 400.00 $ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00 36 Chapter 13 APPROPRIATION DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES K-ta-if STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Salaries and Wages $ 6,500.00 $ 6,500.00 Office Expense i 850.00 850.00 Travel 1,200.00 1,200.00 Operation 75.00 75.00 Repairs and Replacements 100.00 100.00 Equipment 50.00 50.00 Chapter 13 37 APPROPRIATION K-5a-5e STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE FARM PRODUCTS INSPECTION Salaries and Wages $ 6,400.00 $ 6,400.00 Office Expense 75.00 75.00 Travel 1,200.00 1,200.00 Operation 200.00 200.00 Office Expense Travel Operation Repairs and Replacements Equipment $ 7,875.00 K4a-61 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE BUREAU OF MARKETS $ 920.00 750.00 150.00 200.00 25.00 $ 7,875.00 $ 920.00 750.00 150.00 200.00 25.00 $ 2,045.00 $ 2,045.00 IC7a-7f STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, POULTRY DISEASES Salaries and Wages $ 13,690.00 $ 13,690.00 Office Expense 650.00 650,00 Travel 2,625.00 2,625.00 Operation 2,100.00 2,100.00 Repairs and Replacements 250.00 500.00 Equipment 900.00 100.00 $ 20,215.00 $ 19,665.00 K-8a-8f STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE CATTLE TUBERCULOSIS AND BANGS' DISEASE ERADICATION Salaries and Wages $ 15,250.00 $ 15,250.00 Office Expense 100.00 100.00 Travel 450.00 450.00 Operation 33,800.00 33,800.00 Repairs and Replacements 350.00 350.00 Equipment 50.00 50.00 $ 50,000.00 $ 50,000.00 i 38 Chapter 13 APPROPRIATION K-9a-9c STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE CORN GROWERS' ASSOCIATION Salaries and Wages $ 25.00 $ 25.00 Office Expense 75.00 75.00 Operation 350.00 350.00 $ 450.00 $ 450.00 K-10 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE HOG CHOLERA ERADICATION Operation $ 9,000.00 $ 9,000.00 $ 9,000.00 $ 9,000.00 K-11a-11f STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE PLANT PATHOLOGIST Salaries and Wages $ 3,000.00 $ 3,000.00 Office Expense 450.00 450.00 Travel 1,000.00 1,000.00 Operation 100.00 100.00 Repairs and Replacements 300.00 Equipment 175.00 175.00 $ 4,725.00 $ 5,025.00 K-12a-12f STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE JAPANESE BEETLE ERADICATION Salaries and Wages $ 6,475.00 $ 6,475.00 Office Expense 75.00 75.00 Travel 100.00 100.00 Operation 500.00 500.00 Repairs and Replacements 300.00 300.00 Equipment 50.00 50.00 $ 7,500.00 $ 7,500.00 Chapter 13 39 APPROPRIATION K-13a-13d STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE APPLE GRADING AND INSPECTION Salaries and Wages Office Expense Travel Operation $ 1,900.00 25.00 375.00 100.00 $ 1,900.00 25.00 375.00 100.00 $ 2,400.00 $ 2,400.00 K-151/2a-131/2b STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE CANTALOUPE INSPECTION Salaries and Wages $ 430.00 $ 430.00 Travel 70.00 70.00 $ 500.00 $ 500.00 Salary of Child Labor Inspector $ 2,100.00 $ 2,100.00 Salary of Ten-Hour Law Inspector 1,500.00 1,500.00 Salary of Secretary 400.00 400.00 Salaries - and Wages 1,565.00 1,565.00 Office Expense 1,085.00 1,085.00 Travel 450.00 450.00 Operation 400.00 400.00 Repairs and Replacements 350.00 350.00 $ 7,850.00 $ 7,850.00 K-15a-15g STATE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Salaries and Wages $ 7,300.00 $ 7,300.00 Office Expense 1,120.00 1,120.00 Travel 800.00 800.00 Operation 3,050.00 3,050.00 Repairs and Replacements 500.00 200.00 Equipment 100.00 100.00 $ 12,870.00 $ 12,570.00 PROTECTION TO PERSON AND PROPERTY L-1-4f LABOR COMMISSION OF DELAWARE 40 Chapter 13 APPROPRIATION L-5-7d PAROLE BOARD L-13a-13d BOARD OF BOILER RULES L-15a-I5h STATE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT SPECIAL FIRE PROTECTION AND EXTINCTION Salaries of Board Members $ 480.00 $ 480.00 Salary of Clerk 85.00 85.00 Office Expense 35.00 35.00 Travel 700.00 700.00 Equipment 65.00 65.00 $ 1,365.00 $ 1,365.00 L8 DETENTION HOME FOR JUVENILES Salaries and Wages $ 1,500.00 $ 1,500.00 $ 1,500.00 $ 1,500.00 L-9a-9d BOARD OF PARDONS Salary of Lieutenant-Governor $ 169.00 $ 169.00 Travel 133.00 133.00 $ 302.00 $ 302.00 Salaries and Wages $ 3,120.00 $ 3,120.00 Office Expense 400.00 400.00 Travel 1,000.00 1,000.00 Operation 2,880.00 2,880.00 Repairs and Replacements 300.00 300.00 Equipment 400.00 400.00 $ 8,100.00 $ 8,100.00 Salaries and Wages $ 4,500.00 $ 4,500.00 Office Expense 130.00 130.00 Travel 500.00 500.00' $ 5,130.00 $ 5,130.00 Chapter 13 41 APPROPRIATION L-16a-16c REGULATORS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES L-17a-17c DELAWARE REAL ESTATE COMMISSION L-19-21f NATIONAL GUARDADJUTANT GENERAL GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Salary of Adjutant General $ 2,500.00 $ 2,500.00 Salary of Two Clerks 3,600.00 3,600.00 Salaries and Wages 6,765.00 6,765.00 Office Expense 1,700.00 1,700.00 Travel 1,100.00 1,100.00 Operation 4,900.00 4,900.00 Repairs and Replacements 3,000.00 3,000.00 Equipment 400.00 400.00 $ 23,965.00 $ 23,965.00 Salaries and Wages $ 750.00 $ 750.00 Office Expense 50.00 50.00 Travel 100.00 100.00 $ 900.00 $ 900.00 L-18-18d INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT BOARD Salaries of Board Members 9,000.00 $ 9,000,00 Salaries and Wages 6,040.00 6,040.00 Office Expense 2,330.00 2,330.00 Travel 1,200.00 1,200.00 Repairs and Replacements 50.00 50.00 $ 18,620.00 $ 18,620.00 Salaries and Wages $ 4,200.00 $ 4,200.00 Travel 1,800.00 1,800.00 Operation 100.00 100.00 $ 6,100.00 $ 6,100.00 42 Chapter 13 APPROPRIATION L-22a-22d NATIONAL GUARDADJUTANT GENERAL STATE RIFLE RANGE L-23a-23f NATIONAL GUARDADJUTANT GENERAL BATTERIES, HEADQUARTERS AND BANDS L-24a-24d NATIONAL GUARDADJUTANT GENERAL ALLOWANCE FOR REGIMENTAL BAND Salaries and Wages $ 2,250.00 $ 2,250.00 $ 2,250.00 $ 2,250.00 L-25 NATIONAL GUARDADJUTANT GENERAL CLOTHING ALLOWANCE TO OFFICERS Operation $ 6,030.00 $ 1,675.00 $ 6,030.00 $ 1,675.00 L-26 NATIONAL GUARDADJUTANT GENERAL ADJUSTMENT OF VETERANS' GOVERNMENT CLAIMS Salaries of Service Officers and Asst. Service Officers $ 500.00 $ 500.00 $ 500.00 $ 500.00 Salaries and Wages $ 1,500.00 $ 1,500.00 Office Expense 1,350.00 1,350.00 Travel 700.00 700.00 Operation 7,300.00 7,300.00 Repairs and Replacements 3,000.00 3,000.00 Equipment 1,000.00 1,000.00 $ 14,850.00 $ 14,850.00 Salaries and Wages $ 2,015.00 $ 2,015.00 Operation 600.00 600.00 Repairs and Replacements 500.00 500.00 Equipment 85.00 85.00 $ 3,200.00 $ 3,200.00 Chapter 13 43 APPROPRIATION LIBRARIES N-Ia-if STATE LIBRARY COMMISSION 0-3a-3b PORTRAIT COMMISSION OF DELAWARE 0-4a-4c LEWES TERCENTENARY COMMISSION Salaries and Wages $ 5,200.00 $ 5,200.00 Office Expense 405.00 405.00 Travel 250.00 250.00 Operation 650.00 650.00 Repairs and Replacements. 600.00 600.00 Equipment 2,395.00 2,395.00 $ 9,500.00 $ 9,500.00 HISTORICAL RECORDS 0-Ia-If PUBLIC ARCHIVES COMMISSION Salaries and Wages Archivist $ 1,200.00 $ 1,200.00 Asst. Archivist 2,400.00 2,400.00 Secretary 1,060.00 1,060.00 Clerk 810.00 810.00 Office Expense 300.00 300.00 Travel 100.00 100.00 Repairs and Replacements 75.00 75.00 Equipment 300.00 300.00 Permanent Improvements 500.00 500.00 $ 6,745.00 $ 6,745.00 Salaries and Wages $ 250.00 $ 250.00 Operation 125.00 125.00 Repairs and Replacements 125.00 125.00 $ 500.00 $ 500.00 Repairs and Replacements $ 250.00 $ 250.00 Equipment 250.00 250.00 $ 500.00 $ 500.00 44 Chapter 13 APPROPRIATION DEBT SERVICE Q-I-I3 STATE TREASURER Interest Section 2. That if the estimated revenues of the State of Dela-ware shall prove to be insufficient for the payment of the several appropriations provided for herein, to provide for casual deficiencies of revenue for either of the fiscal years aforesaid, and in order that the appropriations hereinabove enumerated may be promptly paid, the State Treasurer is hereby authorized to issue notes or certificates of indebtedness of the State of Delaware to such an amount as he shall, by and with the consent of the Governor and the Auditor of Delaware State Hospital Bonds $ 200.00 $ 100.00 Women's College Bonds, 1917 Issue 600.00 400.00 Women's College Bonds, 1925 Issue 7,012.50 6,800.00 State Improvement Bonds 5,408.13 5,089.38 State Building Bonds, 1937 Issue 5,650.00 5,350.00 Indian River Inlet Bonds, 1937 Issue 1,912.50 1,687.50 Redemption Delaware State Hospital Bonds 5,000.00 Women's College Bonds, 1917 Issue 5,000.00 5,000.00 Women's College Bonds, 1925 Issue 5,000.00 5,000.00 State Improvement Bonds 15,000.00 15,000.00 State Building Bonds, 1937 Issue 15,000.00 15,000.00 Indian River Inlet Bonds, 1937 Issue 15,000.00 15,000.00 $ 75,783.13 $ 79,426.88 GENERAL R-I STATE DEPARTMENTAL SUPPLIES State Departmental Supplies $ 19,500.00 $ 19,500.00 $ 19,500.00 $ 19,500.00 GRAND TOTAL $2,723,884.77 $2,730,345.02 Chapter 13 45 APPROPRIATION Accounts, deem necessary to meet and to pay any of said appropria-tions, or any part of any of said appropriations, as to which the revenues of the State of Delaware for either of the fiscal years aforesaid may prove to be insufficient. The said notes or certifi-cates of indebtedness shall be in such denominations, and have such form as the Governor, the Auditor of Accounts, and the State Treasurer may determine, and shall be payable at any period not exceeding one year from the date of the issuance thereof out of any moneys in the treasury of the State not otherwise appropriated. The said notes or certificates of indebtedness shall be numbered con-secutively. The principal of said notes or certificates of indebted-ness shall be payable at the Farmers' Bank at Dover, on the date of their maturity upon presentation thereat and surrender thereof. The said notes or certificates of indebtedness shall be signed by the Governor, the Auditor of Accounts, and the State Treasurer, for and on behalf of the State, and shall have the great seal of the State of Delaware impressed thereon or affixed thereto. Section 3. That the Governor, the Auditor of Accounts and the State Treasurer shall constitute a Commission to negotiate and arrange for the sale or disposition of said notes or certificates of indebtedness. Section 4. That all moneys received by the State Treasurer from the sale of the said notes or certificates of indebtedness by this Act authorized to be issued, shall be and they are hereby specially pledged and appropriated to and for the payment of the several appropriations, or any part or portion thereof hereinabove enumer-ated and set forth, as to which the revenues of the State for the said fiscal year may prove to be insufficient; provided, however, if, for the payment of said appropriations it shall be necessary to sell said notes or certificates of indebtedness, or any of them, and there shall remain a balance in the hands of the State Treasurer derived from said sale of said notes or certificates of indebtedness, after the said appropriation shall have been paid, then such balance is hereby appropriated and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and di-rected to pay such balance into the general fund of the State of Delaware. 46 Chapter 13 APPROPRIATION Section 5. That the public faith and credit of the State of Delaware is hereby pledged for the full and complete payment of the principal and interest of the notes or certificates of indebetdness authorized by this Act, and said notes or certificates of indebted-ness shall be, and the same are exempted from taxation for any purposes by this State. Section 6. That all expenses incident to the advertising, prep-aration, the issuing and delivering of said notes or certificates of in-debtedness shall be allowed to the said State Treasurer, and shall be paid by him out of any money in the treasury of the State not other-wise appropriated upon the production and exhibition by the said State Treasurer of the necessary vouchers thereof as by law required with reference to other disbursements of the public fund. 47 CHAPTER 14 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING CERTAIN MONEY TO THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF A NEW HOSPITALIZATION BUILD-ING AT EDGEWOOD SANATORIUM. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated to the State Board of Health for the purpose of erecting, constructing and equipping a hospitalization building at Edgewood Sanatorium. Section 2. That this Act shall be taken and deemed to be a Supplementary Appropriation Act and the sum hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Fund of the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved September 5, 1939. 48 CHAPTER 15 APPROPRIATION AN ACT PROVIDING FOR STENOGRAPHIC SERVICES FOR THE COURT OF CHANCERY. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1200.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware for the period from Janu-ary 1st, 1939 to and including June 30th, 1939, for the purpose of providing proper stenographic services for the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. Section 2. That this Act shall be known as a supplementary Appropriation Act and the money hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Fund of the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, upon 'warrants signed by the Chancellor and ap-proved by the Auditor of Accounts. Approved April 24, 1939. CHAPTER 16 APPROPRIATION AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE MILI-TARY BOARD FOR THE ERECTION OF A SUITABLE BUILD-ING AT THE STATE RIFLE RANGE, NEAR NEW CASTLE, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE, TO BE USED FOR STORING EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL, AND FOR NECES-SARY REPAIRS TO EXISTING BUILDINGS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) be, and the same hereby is, appropriated to the State Military Board for the erection of a suitable building at the State Rifle Range near New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware, to be used for the stor-age of additional equipment and material issued to the Delaware National Guard by the Federal Government, and for necessary re-pairs to existing buildings at said location. Section 2. This act shall be known as a Supplementary Ap-propriation Act and the money hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Funds of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved May 15, 1939. 49 50 CHAPTER 17 APPROPRIATION AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 47, VOLUME 41, LAWS OF DEL-AWARE, 1937, ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING CER-TAIN MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIP-MENT OF A NEW STATE ARMORY IN THE CITY OF MIL-FORD." WHEREAS, numerous changes in the original specifications were made in connection with the construction of a new State Arm-ory in the City of Milford, Delaware, in order to fall within the appropriation allotted by Chapter 47, Volume 41, Laws of Dela-ware, 1937, as a result of which several major and necessary items were eliminated and, WHEREAS, the new Armory in its present condition is unable to furnish the proper training, retarding the efficiency of the local Battery in its weekly operation, etc., due to lack of facilities and major conveniences, and, WHEREAS, all of such items as have been eliminated from the original specifications are essential requirements for the com-pletion and installation of the Armory in Milford, Delaware, and should be accomplished for the proper maintenance and operation of the local Battery, and, WHEREAS, the citizens of Milford and various organizations of that city consider the matter of utmost importance in order to have the needs of the new armory fulfilled; therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That Chapter 47 of Volume 41, Laws of Dela-ware, 1937, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all of Section 8 thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a new section to be known as Section 8: Chapter 17 51 APPROPRIATION Section 8. That when such new building has been completed and accepted, the State Armory Commission shall be and it is here-by authorized, empowered and directed to sell at public vendue, the present State Armory and Arsenal Building and property in the said City of Milford, and the said State Armory Commission is hereby empowered and directed to give a good and sufficient deed to said premises in fee simple to the purchaser or purchasers there-of in the name of the State of Delaware, and the Adjutant General of the State of Delaware is hereby authorized to execute, acknowl-edge and deliver such deed on behalf of the State of Delaware. The proceeds of such sale, to the extent of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), shall be forthwith applied to complete the furnish-ings and site and other requirements of the New Armory, and any balance thereafter shall be expended by the said State Armory Commission for repairing any other Armories in the State of Dela-ware, as the said State Armory Commission in its discretion sh.all deem proper. Approved April 28, 1939. 5 2 CHAPTER 18 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING CERTAIN MONEYS TO EQUITABLE TRUST COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF W. MILLER SHAW, DECEASED, TO PAY A CERTAIN CLAIM AGAINST THE STATE OF DELAWARE, ARISING FROM AN OVER-PAYMENT OF THE DELAWARE ESTATE TAX. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Three Thousand, Six Hundred and Sixty-six Dollars and Fifty-three cents ($3,666.53) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund unto Equitable Trust Company, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Executor of the Estate of W. Miller Shaw, deceased, to pay a certain claim against the State of Delaware, arising from the overpayment of said amount to the State of Delaware as a Delaware Estate Tax on the Estate of W. Miller Shaw, deceased. Section 2. This shall be known as a supplementary appropria-tion act. Approved May 1, 1939. CHAPTER 19 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING CERTAIN MONEY TO THE UNIVER-SITY OF DELAWARE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS AT DELAWARE COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) annually to the Delaware College, University of Delaware for the purpose of establishing scholarships at Delaware College, University of Delaware. Section 2. The minimum number of scholarships to be award-ed in each and every year shall be ten (10). Section 3. The Committee to award such scholarships shall be three in number, and shall be composed of one member of the faculty at Delaware College, one member of the Athletic Council at Delaware College, and one member of the Alumni Association of Delaware College. The said Committee shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees of the University of Delaware for such term or terms as the said Board may deem: advisable. Section 4. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and di-rected to pay to the University of Delaware for Delaware College the said sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) in each and every year upon warrant or warrants signed by the Chairman and Secre-tary of the Committee. Section 5. This Act shall be known as a Supplementary Ap-propriation Act, and the money hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Funds of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved April 24, 1939. 53 CHAPTER 20 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO THE STATE TAX DE-PARTMENT WITH WHICH TO PAY FOR AN ANNUAL AU-DIT OF ITS ACCOUNTS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Eight Thousand, One Hundred Dollars ($8,100.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated to the State Tax Department for the purpose of employment of certified public accountants to audit the accounts of the said Department. Section 2. That the sum shall be paid to said Department in equal payments of Two Thousand, Seven Hundred Dollars ($2,700.00) for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1939, June 1940 and June 30, 1941, out of the General Fund of the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the conduct of said audit of its accounts for the years ending October 31, 1939 and October 1940. Section 3. That any portion of this appropriation not expend-ed for the purpose hereinbefore named shall revert to the General Fund of the State Treasury. Section 4. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed only to the extent of such inconsistency. Approved April 24, 1939. AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE MONEY TO THE CUSTODIAN OF STATE PROPERTY FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF HALL OF RECORDS BUILDING FOR BALANCE OF FIS-CAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1939. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. The sum of Four Thousand One Hundred Twenty Dollars ($4,120.00) is hereby appropriated to the Custodian of State Property for the operation and maintenance of the Hall of Records Building for balance of fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, the said money to be expended as follows: Approved April 28, 1939. CHAPTER 21 APPROPRIATION 55 Salaries $ 840.00 Office Expense 25.00 Operation 2,077.00 Repairs and Replacements 225.00 Equipment 953.00 56 CHAPTER 22 APPROPRIATION AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE MILI-TARY BOARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING NECESSARY REPAIRS TO STATE-OWNED ARMORIES LOCATED AT DO-VER, LAUREL, NEWARK, AND NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met; Section 1. That the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) be and the same hereby is, appropriated to the State Military Board for the purpose of making necessary repairs to State-owned Armories located at Dover, Laurel, Newark, and New Cas-tle, Delaware, which are urgently required to prevent further de-terioration of said Armory buildings. Section 2. This Act shall be known as a Supplementary Ap-propriation Act and the money hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Funds of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved May 4, 1939. CHAPTER 23 APPROPRIATION AN ACT AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AMERICANIZATION OF ALL FOREIGN BORN NOW RESI-DENTS AND CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Forty-five Hundred Dollars ($4500.00) per annum for each of the two years beginning July 1, 1939 and July 1, 1940 be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Eund of the State not otherwise appropriated for the purpose of assisting the State Board of Education, through its already established bureau, to employ such methods, subject to ex-isting law, as will best serve the process of Americanization of resi-dents and citizens of the State of Delaware who are of foreign origin, and will best tend to protect them from exploitation and injustice. Section 2. This Act shall be known as a Supplementary Ap-propriation Act and the funds hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the general funds of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated, and that this Act shall take effect on July 1, 1939. Approved May 15, 1939. 57 58 CHAPTER 24 APPROPRIATION AN ACT MAKING AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF WAR VETERANS. WHEREAS it now appears that the sum of Two Thousand Dollars heretofore appropriated by the General Appropriation Act for each of the two years of the ensuing biennium beginning July 1, 1939 is not sufficient to properly provide for the education and training of children of World War Veterans who died while in the service of the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States; AND WHEREAS it is represented that an additional sum of One Thousand Dollars for each year will be sufficient; NOW THEREFORE Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the additional sum of One Thousand Dol-lars for each of the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1939 and July 1, 1940 (in addition to the sums heretofore appropriated) is hereby appropriated for the education and training of children of the World War Veterans who died while in the service of the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States. Section 2. Payment of said sums, or any part thereof, shall be made in the manner provided by Chapter 226 of Volume 36, Laws of Delaware, and any amendments thereto. Section 3. This Act shall be known as a Supplementary Ap-propriation Act and the funds hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Fund of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved May 15, 1939. CHAPTER 25 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING CERTAIN MONIES FOR THE SUP-PORT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE DISTRICT LIBRARY COMMISSIONS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That for each of the two fiscal years beginning July 1, 1939 and ending June 30, 1940, and beginning July 1, 1940 and ending June 30, 1941 the sum of Thirty-five Hundred Dollars ($3500.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Funds of the State for the support and maintenance of the District Library Commissions of this State, pursuant to the provi-sions of Chapter 34 of the Revised Code of Delaware 1935. Section 2. That this Act shall be known as a Supplementary Appropriation Act and the funds hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the general funds of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved May 15, 1939. 59 60 CHAPTER 26 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO CERTAIN HOSPITALS IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (three-fourths of the members of each House concurring therein): Section 1. There is hereby appropriated for the maintenance, equipment and operation of the hospitals hereinafter mentioned for each of the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1939 and July 1, 1940, the sums of money set after the names of such hospitals, respectively, viz: To Kent General Hospital, Incorporated, at Dover $12,500.00 To Milford Memorial Hospital, Inc., at Milford 25,000.00 To Beebe Hospital at Lewes, Incorporated 25,000.00 To Homeopathic Hospital Association of Delaware, at Wilmington 51,000.00 To St. Francis Hospital, Incorporated, at Wilming-ton 25,500.00 To The Delaware Hospital, at Wilmington 51,500.00 To Wilmington General Hospital Association, at Wilmington 42,500.00 Each of said appropriations shall be paid to said respective hospitals in equal quarterly installments on the Fifteenth day of August, 1939, October 1, 1939, January I, 1940 and April 1, 1940 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1939, and on the first days of July, October, January and April during the fiscal year be-ginning July 1, 1940. Section 2. This Act shall be known as a Supplementary Ap-propriation Act, and the funds hereby appropriated shall be paid from the general funds of the State Treasury not otherwise appro-priated, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Approved August 14, 1939. 61 CHAPTER 27 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO THE DELAWARE INDUS-TRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (three-fourths of all members elected to each Branch concurring therein): Section 1. That the sum of Eighty-one thousand eight hun-dred twenty-two and no/100 Dollars ($81,822.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Delaware Industrial School for Girls for the maintenance and training of girls committed thereto, and for salaries, wages and for operation. The said sum shall be paid to said School in two equal annual payments of Forty Thousand nine hundred eleven and no/100 Dol-lars ($40,911.00) for the years ending June 30, 1940, and June 30, 1941. Section 2. That this Act shall be known as a Supplemental Appropriation Act and the funds hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the general funds of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved August 14, 1939. 62 CHAPTER 28 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO THE DELAWARE COM-MISSION FOR THE BLIND FOR EXPENSES FOR EACH OF THE TWO FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1940, AND JUNE 30, 1941. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00) Dollars for the fiscal year beginning July 1st, 1939 and ending June 30th, 1940, and a like sum of Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00) Dol-lars for the fiscal year beginning July 1st, 1940, and ending June 30th, 1941, be and the same are hereby appropriated to the Dela-ware Commission for the Blind for the purposes set forth in 3054. Section 8 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935. Section 2. That this Act shall be known as a Supplementary Appropriation Act and the funds hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Fund of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved August 14, 1939. 63 CHAPTER 29 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING CERTAIN MONEY TO PALMER HOME, INCORPORATED. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (three-fourths of all the members elected to each Branch thereof concurring therein): Section 1. That the sum of Five Thousand and Eight Hundred Dollars ($5,800.00), be and the same is hereby appropriated to Palmer Home, Incorporated, a corporation of the State of Dela-ware, for the care and maintenance of old age persons at its Old Folk's Home at Dover, and for operation for the biennium be-ginning July 1, 1939 and ending June 30, 1941. Twenty-nine Hundred Dollars ($2,900.00) of said sum shall be paid within three months after July 1, 1939 and a like sum of Twenty-nine Hundred Dollars ($2,900.00) shall be paid within three months after July 1, 1940. Section 2. That this Act shall be known as a Supplementary Appropriation Act and the funds hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Funds of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved August 14, 1939. 64 CHAPTER 30 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO LAYTON HOME FOR AGED COLORED PEOPLE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (three-fourths of all members elected to each Branch thereof concurring therein): Section 1. That the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Layton Home for Aged Colored People for the care and maintenance of old age colored persons and for operation expenses for the biennium beginning July 1, 1939 and ending June 30, 1941. Two Thousand Dollars of said sum shall be paid within three months after July 1, 1939 and a like sum of Two Thousand Dollars shall be paid within three months after July 1, 1940. Section 2. This Act shall be known as a Supplementary Ap-propriation Act and the funds hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Fund of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved August 14, 1939. 65 CHAPTER 31 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO CERTAIN FIRE COM-PANIES IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (three-fourths of all members elected to each Branch concurring therein): Section 1. That to each and every Fire Company in the State of Delaware, outside the limits of the City of Wilmington, which was, on the first day of January, A. D. 1939, and is now, duly or-ganized and equipped for the fighting of fires, there is hereby ap-propriated the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) annually for each of the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1939 and beginning July 1, 1940, to be used for the prevention and extinguishment of fires throughout the State and for the maintenance of apparatus and equipment. The said sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) shall be paid by the State Treasurer to each of the said Fire Companies within three months after the beginning of each of said fiscal years. Section 2. That this Act shall be known as a Supplementary Appropriation Act and the funds hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Funds of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved August 14, 1939. 66 CHAPTER 32 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO THE G. A. R. DEPART-MENT OF DELAWARE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (three-fourths of all the members elected to each House agreeing thereto): Section 1. That the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated to the G. A. R. Department of Delaware, for operation expenses, for the biennium beginning July 1, 1939 and ending June 30, 1941. One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) of said sum shall be paid within three months after July 1, 1939 and a like sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) shall be paid within three months after July 1, 1940, to the duly elected Finance Officer of the G. A. R. Department of Delaware, upon warrants signed by the said Finance Officer and ap-proved by the Auditor of Accounts. Section 2. This Act shall be known as a Supplementary Ap-propriation Act and the Money hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Funds of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved August 14, 1939. 67 CHAPTER 33 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO THE VETERANS OF FOR-EIGN WARS, DEPARTMENT OF DELAWARE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (three-fourths of all the members elected to each House agreeing thereto): Section 1. That the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Vet-erans of Foreign Wars, Department of Delaware, for operation ex-penses for the biennium beginning July 1, 1939 and ending June 30, 1941. Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) of said sum shall be paid within three months after July 1, 1939 and a like sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) shall be paid within three months after July 1, 1940, to the duly elected Finance Officer of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Delaware, upon war-rants signed by the said Finance Officer and approved by the Audi-tor of Accounts. Section 2. This Act shall be known as a Supplementary Ap-propriation Act and the money hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Funds of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved August 14, 1939. 68 CHAPTER 34 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO THE UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS, DEPARTMENT OF DELAWARE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (three-fourths of all the members elected to each House agreeing thereto): Section 1. That the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated to the United Spanish War Veterans, Department of Delaware, for the biennium beginning July 1, 1939 and ending June 30, 1941 for operation ex-penses. Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) of said sum shall be paid within three months after July 1, 1939 and a like sum of Five Hun-dred Dollars ($500.00) shall be paid within three months after July 1, 1940 to the duly elected Finance Officer of the United Span-ish War Veterans, Department of Delaware, upon warrants signed by the said Finance Officer and approved by the Auditor of Accounts. Section 2. This Act shall be known as a Supplementary Ap-propriation Act and the money hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Funds of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved August 14, 1939. 69 CHAPTER 35 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO THE AMERICAN LE-GION, DEPARTMENT OF DELAWARE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (three-fourths of all the members elected to each House agreeing thereto): Section 1. That the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Ameri-can Legion, Department of Delaware, for operation expenses for the biennium beginning July 1, 1939 and ending June 30, 1941. Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) of said sum shall be paid within three months after July 1, 1939 and a like sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) shall be paid within three months after July 1, 1940, to the duly elected Finance Officer of the American Le-gion, Department of Delaware, upon warrants signed by the said Finance Officer and approved by the Auditor of Accounts. Section 2. This Act shall be known as a Supplementary Ap-propriation Act and the money hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Funds of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved August 14, 1939. 70 CHAPTER 36 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO THE DELAWARE SO-CIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (three-fourths of all members elected to each Branch concurring therein): Section 1. That the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Dela-ware Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for the bi-ennium beginning July 1, 1939 and ending June 30, 1941, for salar-ies, wages and for operation. Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) of said sum shall be paid within three months after July 1, 1939, and a like sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) shall be paid within three months aftet July 1, 1940. Section 2. That this Act shall be known as a Supplementary Appropriation Act and the funds hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Funds of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved August 14, 1939. 71 CHAPTER 37 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING CERTAIN MONEYS TO KENT AND SUSSEX COUNTY FAIR, INCORPORATED, FOR PRIZES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (three-fourths of all the members elected to each Branch concurring therein): Section 1. That the sum of Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000.00) is hereby appropriated out of the Treasury of the State of Delaware to the "Kent and Sussex County Fair, Incorporated" a corporation of the State of Delaware, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1939 and ending June 30, 1940, and a like sum of Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000.00) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1940 and ending June 30, 1941. Said appropriation shall be used and expended only for prizes for meritorious achievements in agri-culture, stock and poultry raising, and in works of manual training and the domestic arts. Such prizes shall be awarded by an Award Committee, which shall be appointed within ten days after this Act becomes effective, one member of which shall be named by the Gov-ernor from the personnel of the State Board of Agriculture, and the remaining members shall be named by the Kent and Sussex County Fair, Incorporated. Said corporation shall on or before the first day of December in each of said fiscal years, file with the State Au-ditor a sworn itemized statement showing the name of each person to whom a prize has been awarded, for what each prize was awarded and the amount of each prize, and showing also the grand total of said prizes, which statement shall be sworn to and signed before a Notary Public, by both the President and Treasurer of said corpora-tion; when said statement shall have been audited by the State Au-ditor and found to be true and correct and according to law he shall authorize and direct the State Treasurer to pay to said corporation in each of said fiscal years the total sum shown to be due for prizes by said itemized list; provided, however, said sum shall not exceed Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000.00) for each of said years and should said sum be less than the amount appropriated by this Act, then the unused balance shall each year remain in and revert to the State Treasury and shall in no case be paid to said corporation. 72 Chapter 37 APPROPRIATION Section 2. That this Act shall be known as a Supplementary Appropriation Act and the money hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Funds of the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved August 14, 1939. CHAPTER 38 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY OUT OF THE STATE TREAS-URY FOR THE PAYMENT OF CLAIM OF FRANK S. WEBB AGAINST THE STATE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Treasury of the State for the payment of a certain claim against the State, for damages sustained by one Frank S. Webb, of the Town of Christiana, New Castle County, and State of Delaware, by reason of the said Frank S. Webb's being struck in the eye with a ruler or yardstick in the hands of Estol Hopkins, a teacher in the employ of the State Board of Education at the Christiana School, Christiana, Delaware, on February 2, 1938; such blow causing the said Frank S. Webb pain and suffering, and bodily injury, to wit, and the loss of his right eye. The Auditor of Accounts is hereby authorized and fully empowered and directed to approve and prop-erly execute a warrant for, and the State Treasurer is hereby au-thorized and fully empowered and directed to pay to Frank C. Webb, the legal guardian of Frank S. Webb, a minor, the above specified sum. Section 2. That this Act shall be taken and deemed to be a Supplementary Appropriation Act and the money hereby appro-priated shall be paid out of the moneys or receipts paid to the State of Delaware pursuant to the franchise tax law and the income tax law of this State before the payment or delivery of the aforesaid appropriated sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) into or to the credit of the Public School Fund. Approved May 4, 1939. 73 74 CHAPTER 39 APPROPRIATION AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE TO JUSTIS DAVIDSON THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT DOLLARS AND SEV-ENTY- FIVE ($358.75) TO REFUND SAID SUM IMPROPERLY COLLECTED AS A PART OF THE INHERITANCE TAX UN-DER THE WILL OF JOSEPH DAVIDSON. WHEREAS, on June 6, 1936, there was paid to the State Tax Department the sum of Eleven Hundred Sixteen Dollars and Twen-ty- eight Cents ($1116.28) as the proper inheritance tax under the will of Joseph Davidson, which tax was determined according to the provisions of said will; and WHEREAS, thereafter upon due proceedings in the Court of Chancery of this State certain parts of said will were held to be invalid and upon a re-determination of the proper inheritance tax on the provisions of said will as construed by the said Court it is found that the sum of Seven Hundred Fifty-seven Dollars and Fifty-three cents ($757.53) is the proper tax and therefore there has been overpaid to the State of Delaware the sum of Three Hun-dred Fifty-eight Dollars and Seventy-five Cents ($358.75) ; NOW THEREFORE Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: That there is hereby appropriated from the moneys in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of Three Hundred Fifty-eight Dollars and Seventy-five Cents ($358.75) to be paid to Justis Davidson the proper person entitled thereto, as a refund on the inheritance tax improperly paid to the State Tax Department, and the State Treasurer and the State Auditor are hereby authorized and directed to draw and deliver the proper State warrant for said sum to the said Justis Davidson. Approved April 24, 1939. 75 CHAPTER 40 APPROPRIATION AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN SCHOOL BONDS MATURING DURING THE FIS-CAL YEARS BEGINNING JULY 1, 1939, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 1941. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated, out of any mon-ies in the State Treasury to the credit of the School Fund not other-wise appropriated, the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Four Thousand Six Hundred Seventeen Dollars ($174,617.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purpose of paying the principal of cer-tain school bonds issued by certain of the School Districts and Spe-cial School Districts of this State, and maturing during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1939, and ending June 30, 1940; and there is hereby further appropriated, out of any monies in the State Treas-ury to the credit of the School Fund not otherwise appropriated, the sum of One Hundred Fifty-four Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-two Dollars ($154,732.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purpose of paying the principal of certain school bonds, issued by such School Districts or Special School Districts and maturing during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1940, and ending June 30, 1941. Section 2. The names of said School Districts and Special School Districts and the respective amounts of the bonds maturing during said two fiscal years respectively, referred to in Section 1 of this Act, for which said monies are appropriated, are as follows: 76 Chapter 40 Alexis I. DuPont Arden Christiana Claymont Claymont Delaware City Eden Hockessin Marshallton Middletown Middletown Mt. Pleasant Newark New Castle Newport Oak Grove Odessa Richardson Park Rose Hill & Minquadale Stanton Townsend Wilmington Wilmington Yorklyn APPROPRIATION NEW CASTLE COUNTY 1938 1924 1934 1922 1928 1929 1934 1931 1931 1928 1939 1931 1929 1928 1932 1927 1934 1924 1928 1928 1932 1915 1924 1931 Amount of Prin. cipal of bonds maturing during fiscal year begin-ning July 1, .939, and end-it. g Tune 30, 1940 $10,000.00 500.00 1,000.00 11,000.00 4,000.00 1,000.00 500.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 2,832.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 6,000.00 2,000.00 1,000.00 1,800.00 1,000.00 3,400.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 15,000.00 30,000.00 1,000.00 KENT COUNTY Caesar Rodney 1916-20 2,500.00 Caesar Rodney 1938 Clayton 1929 Dover 1925 Dover 1925 Dover 1938 Farmington 1928 Felton 1928 4,600.00 1,000.00 8,000.00 1,000.00 10,000.00 300.00 1,000.00 Amount of Prin-cipal of bonds maturing during fiscal year begin-ning July 1, 1940, and end-ing June 30, 1941 $10,000.00 500.00 11,000.00 4,000.00 1,000.00 500.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 2,832.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 6,000.00 2,000.00 1,000.00 1,800.00 1,000.00 3,400.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 30,000.00 1,000.00 2,500.00 4,600.00 1,000.00 8,000.00 1,000.00 10,000.00 300.00 1,000.00 Name of School District or Year of Special School District Issue Chapter 40 77 APPROPRIATIPN Frederica 1930 1,000.00 1,000.00 Harrington 1911 2,000.00 Harrington 1928 500.00 Harrington 1938 1,000.00 1,000.00 Kenton 1932 500.00 500.00 Leipsic 1928 200.00 200.00 Magnolia 1934 500.00 500.00 Smyrna 1929 2,500.00 2,500.00 SUSSEX COUNTY Bridgeville 1929 2,000.00 2,000.00 Delmar 1927 1,000.00 1,000.00 Delmar 1934 585.00 Ellendale 1928 500.00 Georgetown 1928 3,000.00 3,000.00 Georgetown 1934 1,000.00 1,000.00 Greenwood 1930 1,000.00 1,000.00 Gumboro 1927 500.00 200.00 John M. Clayton 1931 1,000.00 1,000.00 Laurel 1927 2,000.00 2,000.00 Lewes 1921 2,000.00 2,000.00 Seaford 1939 5,000.00 5,000.00 Lincoln 1930 700.00 700.00 Lord Baltimore 1931 2,000.00 2,000.00 Millsboro 1927 1,000.00 1,000.00 Milton 1931 2,500.00 2,500.00 Rehoboth 1924 500.00 500.00 Rehoboth 1938 8,000.00 8,000.00 Roxana 1934 400.00 400.00 Sycamore 1934 300.00 300.00 Total $174,617.00 $154,732.00 Section 3. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and di-rected to pay to the holders of bonds described in Section 2 hereof, the amounts due thereon when and as the same shall fall due with-in the respective fiscal years referred to, upon presentation to him of said bonds. Section 4. No part of the monies hereby appropriated shall be used for the payment of any interest of any of said bonds, or for any purpose other than the payment of the principal, of the bonds listed and described in Section 2 of this Act. 78 Chapter 40 APPROPRIATION Section 5. The several Boards of Education and other taxing bodies, if any, of the several School Districts and Special School Districts listed in Section 2 of this Act are hereby expressly relieved from the duty of levying and collecting any taxes for the purpose of paying the principal amount of the said bonds listed and de-scribed in Section 2 of this Act; and no such tax shall be levied or collected for the purpose of paying the principal of the bonds men-tioned and described in said Section 2 during the two fiscal years aforesaid, provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as relieving said School Districts or Special School Districts of the payment of interest upon said bonds. Approved April 14, 1939. CHAPTER 41 APPROPRIATION AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR COMMERCIAL COURSES IN THE CLAYMONT SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TO APPRO. PRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated from the Public School Fund to the Board of School Trustees having charge of the Claymont Special School District in New Castle County, to enable it to establish in the Claymont Special School District High School Commercial Courses and provide the proper equipment and sup-plies therefor. Approved August 7, 1939. 79 80 CHAPTER 42 APPROPRIATION AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE REPAIRS TO THE HEATING SYSTEM AT MT. PLEASANT SCHOOL NO. 2 IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Forty-five Hundred Dollars ($4500.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated to the State Board of Education, for the repairs to the heating system at Mt. Pleasant School No. 2 in New Castle County. Section 2. The said sum hereby appropriated for the specific use as set forth in Section 1 of this Act shall be paid out of the Public School Funds of this State. Approved August 7, 1939. CHAPTER 43 APPROPRIATION AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE EQU/PP/NG AND FURNISHING THE NEW STATE BUILDING IN THE CITY OF DOVER KNOWN AS THE "HALL OF RECORDS." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the President Pro Tempore of the Senate of the present One Hundred and Seventh Session of the General As-sembly be and he is hereby authorized and directed to immediately appoint three suitable persons of whom not more than two shall be of the same political party, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the present Session of said General Assembly be and he is hereby authorized and directed to immediately appoint three other suitable persons of whom not more than two shall be of the same political party, which said six persons shall constitute a Committee to purchase necessary equipment and furniture for the iecently erected State Building known as the "Hall of Records" and shall be known as the "Hall of Records Equipment and Furni-ture Committee." The members of said Committee shall receive no salary or other compensation for their services, but shall be re-imbursed for. actual expenses incurred in connection with their du-ties as members thereof. Any vacancy in the Committee shall be filled by appointment by the same authority who made the original appointment. Section 2. Upon appointment, as aforesaid, the said Com-mittee shall forthwith organize by selecting one of their members President and by selecting another member as Secretary of said Committee, and shall immediately cause, order and direct the in-stallation of an air conditioning system throughout the vaults in said "Hall of Records" and shall immediately purchase and cause to be installed the necessary equipment and furniture needed to properly equip the offices of said building for the uses of those State Departments and Commissions as set forth in the law au- 81 82 Chapter 43 APPROPRIATION thorizing the erection of said building, being Section 2 of Chapter 38, Volume 41, Delaware Laws. Section 3. The sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00), or as much thereof as shall be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of the receipts paid to the State of Delaware pursuant to the fran-chise tax law and the income tax law of this State before the pay-ment and delivery of the aforesaid appropriated sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) into or to the credit of the Public School Fund, and all payments for the purposes authorized herein shall be made by the State Treasurer upon warrants drawn by the State Auditor from time to time upon the presentation to him of itemized vouchers approved by the Chairman and Secretary of said Committee. Section 4. No portion of the money appropriated as afore-said shall be deemed or held to revert at the end of any fiscal year, but the said appropriation shall remain in force until the objects and purposes of this Act have been fully accomplished. Section 5. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistencies only. Approved February 20, 1939. 83 CHAPTER 44 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY OUT OF THE STATE TREAS-URY FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE CLAIM OF REUBEN PARIS AGAINST THE STATE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Treasury of the State of Delaware for the payment of a certain claim against the State, for damage sustained by one Reuben Paris of the City of Wilmington, New Castle County and State of Dela-ware, by reason of the said Reuben Paris being struck in the eye with flying glass from the revolving door leading into the entrance of the Bancroft School in the City of Wilmington, Delaware, the said glass being smashed through by another pupil swinging against or leaning upon the glass of the revolving doors wfiich were in-adequately and unsafely maintained, with no proper regard for the health, care and safety of the children and pupils attending such school. As a result of such accident the said Reuben Paris under-went great pain and suffering, and thereby sustained the loss of his right eye. The Auditor of Accounts is hereby authorized and he is fully empowered and directed to approve and properly ex-ecute a warrant for, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and fully empowered and directed to pay to Abe H. Paris, the legal guardian of Reuben Paris, a minor, the above specified sum. Section 2. That this Act shall be taken and deemed to be a Supplementary Appropriation Act and the money hereby appro-priated shall be paid out of the moneys or receipts paid to the State of Delaware pursuant to the franchise tax law and the income tax law of this State before the payment or delivery of the aforesaid appropriated sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) into or to the credit of the Public School Fund. Approved May 4, 1939. 84 CHAPTER 45 APPROPRIATION AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL BUD-GET FOR THE SCHOOL YEARS BEGINNING RESPECTIVELY JULY 1, 1939, AND JULY 1, 1940, AND ENDING RESPEC-TIVELY JUNE 30, 1940, AND JUNE 30, 1941. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated the sum of Three Million Five Hundred Twenty-nine Thousand Dollars ($3,529,000.00) for the School Budget hereinafter described for the school year beginning July 1, 1939, and ending June 30, 1940, and there is hereby further appropriated the sum of Three Million Five Hundred Twenty-nine Thousand Dollars ($3,529,000.00) for the said School Budget for the school year beginning July 1, 1940, and ending June 30, 1941, and the amount hereby appropriated for each of the said years shall be paid by the State Treasurer for school purposes from any sources so designated by law. Section 2. The State Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the amounts appropriated in this Act on warrants of the State Board of Education as provided by statute, with the following further re-strictions upon the expenditure of the same: "GENERAL CONTROL" not more than five per centum, pro-vided that the State Board of Education in making its distribution of this item may reserve not more than two percentum of the total budget for the functions of the State Board, its offices, officers and employees; "INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE" not less than seventy per centum ; "OPERATION" not more than eleven and one-half per centum; "MAINTENANCE" not more than five per centum; Chapter 45 85 APPROPRIATION "AUXILIARY AND CO-ORDINATE ACTIVITIES" hot more than eleven per centum; provided that the State Board in making the distribution of this item is authorized to reserve first, not more than eight and six-tenths per centum of the total budget for transportation of pupils and second, not more than one-half per centum of the total budget for the *following activities: Ora-torical and Declamation Association, Adult Education, a teacher in Sunnyside Preventorium and a teacher in Brandywine Sanitorium. "FIXED CHARGES" not more than one and five-tenths per centum; "CAPITAL OUTLAY" not more than two per centum; "DEBT SERVICE" no part of the total; "FOR MATCHING THE APPROPRIATION OF THE FED-ERAL GOVERNMENT FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION" not less than Thirty-five Thousand Dollars ($35,000.00). Section 3. The term "GENERAL CONTROL" as used in Section 2 shall include the following expenditures: Salaries and expenses of the members of the State Board of Education and the expense of the business office. Salaries of Superintendents and their traveling expenses and the administrative part of the salaries of Superintendents of Special Districts. Compulsory attendance and school census. The term "INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE" as used in Section 2 shall include the following expenditures: The Supervisional part of salaries of Superintendents and Supervisors and their expenses. Salaries of Principals and Teachers. Textbooks and Professional Books for Teachers. APPROPRIATION (d) Supplies and other materials of instruction. Tuition paid to other boards. Other instructional costs, including school libraries. The term "OPERATION" as used in Section 2 shall include all expenditutres for janitors and engineers, fuel, water, light and power, care of grounds, rent, supplies, and other operating expenses. The term "MAINTENANCE" as used in Section 2 shall in-clude all expenditures for the upkeep of grounds, repair of build-ings, repair and replacement of equipment, repair and replacement of apparatus, and other maintenance. The term "AUXILIARY AND CO-ORDINATE ACTIVITIES" as used in Section 2 shall include all expenditures for Transporta-tion of Pupils, Vocational Teacher-Training, Americanization, Adult Education, Promotion of Health, salaries of teachers at Sunnyside' Preventorium and Brandywine Sanitorium, expenses of teachers' and trustees' meetings, and other auxiliary activities. The term "FIXED CHARGES" as used in Section 2 shall in-clude all expenditures for Insurance and Premiums paid for work-ingmen's compensation insurance. The term "CAPITAL OUTLAY" as used in Section 2 shall include all expenditures for grounds, new buildings and alterations (other than repairs), new equipment and apparatus. Section 4. Each year after the sums for the State-wide activi-ties hereinbefore mentioned have been deducted from the total amount set forth in Section 1, the remainder shall be divided among the following divisions, to wit: The State Board, the Board of Public Education in Wilmington, and the Boards of Education of the Special School Districts of the State, according to their respec-tive enrollments, the amounts for each to be calculated as follows: 86 Chapter 45 Chapter 45 87 APPROPRIATION 1st. Multiply Eighty-one Dollars ($81.00) by the net enroll-ment in grades ten, eleven, and twelve during the previous school year. 2nd. Multiply Seventy-four Dollars and Twenty-five Cents ($74.25) by the net enrollment in grades seven, eight, and nine during the previous school year. 3rd. Multiply One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) by the net enrollment in special classes for retarded children, provided the said special classes and their teachers meet with the standards and quali-fications set up by the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education in this behalf. 4th. The remainder shall be divided among the said divisions in the proportion which the net enrollment in grades one to six, inclusive, during the previous school year in each of these divisions bears to the total net enrollment in said grades during the said school year in all of the said divisions, but excluding the net enroll-ment in special classes for retarded children as provided in the pre-ceding paragraph. Net enrollment of pupils shall be calculated on the basis of the following conditions: To be counted enrolled a pupil must attend twenty or more school days in a public school in Delaware. In case a pupil transfers from one school to another in Delaware: (1) he shall be counted as .enrolled in the school in which he attends the largest number of days; (2) if he attends the same number of days in each of two or more schools he shall be counted as enrolled in the school which he last attended. In case of a continuation school where pupils are re-quired to attend fewer than five days a week the enrollment in such a school shall be multiplied by one-fifth times the number of days the pupil is required to attend school per week. 88 Chapter 45 APPROPRIATION Section 5'. In addition to the sums. hefeinbefore appropriated by this Act there i5 hereby further appropriated for the school year beginning July 1, 1939, and ending June 30, 1940, the sum of Two- Hundred Eighty-six Thousand Dollars ($286,000.00) and for the school year beginning July 1, 1940, and ending June 30, 1941, the further sum of Two Hundred Eighty-six Thousand Dollars ($286,000.00). The said sums shall be allotted by the State Board of Education to the State Board, the Board of Public Education in Wilmington, and the various Special School Districts of the State, and by them used for the purpose of restoring the total of the salary reductions which were required by Section 5 of Chapter 141, Volume 38, Laws of Delaware. Provided that in distributing this appropriation the State Board of Education shall each year allot to each unit exactly the same amount as that unit received during the year 4938-39 by reason of Section 6 of Chapter 285, Volume 41, Laws,pf.Delaware. The said sums shall be paid by the State Treas-urer our of the school funds. Section 6. In addition to the amounts appropriated in Sec-tions 1 and 5, respectively, there is hereby appropriated the further sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) for the school year beginning July 1, 1939, and the further sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) for the school year beginning July 1, 1940. The said sums shall be used for the painting and repair of school buildings and shall be allotted for this purpose by the State Board. of Education to the State Board, Board of Public Edu-cation in Wilmington, and. the various Special School Districts of the State in propoftion to their respective needs as determined by the State Board of Education. The said sums shall be paid, by the State Treasurer out of the School Funds. . , . . . Section 7. In addition to the amounts appropriated in Sections 1, 5, and 6, respectively, of this Act there is hereby further appro.' priated the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the school year beginning July. 1, 1939, and the further sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the school year beginning July 1, 1940.. The said sums shall be allotted 1?y the 'State Board of Education to the -State Board, Board of Public Education in *ill-mington, and the various Special School Districts of the State, and Chapter 45 89 Approved April 28, 1939. APPROPRIATION shall be used for the Purpose of increasing the salaries of regular, full-time employees who would receive no benefits or who would benefit to the extent of less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) a year under the provisions of Section 5 of this Act. Provided, that in distributing this appropriation the State Board of Education shall each year allot to each unit exactly the same amount as that unit received during the year 1938-39 by reason of Section 9 of Chapter 285, Volume 41, Laws of Delaware. The said sums shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of the School Funds. Section 8. After the first of June of any year the State Board of Education is authorized to transfer any amount that will not be needed by one of the aforesaid Boards of Education from the credit of such Board to that of another which may show a deficiency, pro-vided, that the expenditure of any sum or sums so transferred shall he subject to the percentage limitations in Section 2 of this Act. 90 CHAPTER 46 APPROPRIATION AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE IMPROVE-MENT OF THE NEGRO SCHOOLS OF DELAWARE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Seventy-six Thousand Five Hun-dred Dollars ($76,500.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated to the State Board of Education, to alleviate the housing and sew-age conditions of the colored schools of the State of Delaware, to be allocated among the colored schools as follows: Section 2. The said sum hereby appropriated and allocated I or the specific uses as set forth in Section 1 of this Act shall be paid out of the Public School Funds of this State. Approved April 17, 1939. Colored School at Newport $30,000.00 Colored School at Middletown $10,000.00 Colored Schools of Wilmington $30,000.00 Colored School at Bridgeville $ 6,500.00 CHAPTER 47. APPROPRIATION AN ACT REQUIRING THE BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF THE CLAYMONT SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE FOR COMMERCIAL COURSES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the Board of School Trustees of the Clay-mont Special School District be and it is hereby authorized and di-rected to provide for Commercial Courses in the proper grades in the high school of said School District. Approved April 17, 1939. 91 ; 92 CHAPTER 48 APPROPRIATION AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE STATE TREASURER TO TRANS-FER THE FUND APPEARING IN THE DEBT SERVICE AC-COUNT TO THE CREDIT OF THE MILFORD SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE CURRENT FUND OF THE MIL-FORD SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHEREAS, there is the sum of Three Thousand Eight Hun-dred Ninety-six Dollars and Sixteen Cents in the Debt Service Ac-count to the credit of the Milford Special School District which said sum has remained idle and dormant since July 1st, 1926 and rep-resents a balance of the fund which was raised by local taxation by the Board of Education of the Milford Special School District for the purpose of taking care of the expiring bond issues of 1904 and 1905 with accrued interest thereon, and WHEREAS, it is necessary to transfer such fund to the current fund of the Milford Special School District for the purpose of carry-ing on its program of improvement in the Milford Special School District; now therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby au-thorized and directed to transfer the sum of Three Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-six Dollars and Sixteen Cents ($3,896.16) pres-ently in the Debt Service Account of the Milford Special School District to the current fund of said school district for use by the Board of Education of the Milford Special School District for im-provements of school property in said district. Approved April 20, 1939. CHAPTER 49 APPROPRIATION AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY OUT OF THE STATE TREAS-URY FOR THE PAYMENT OF CLAIM OF CALVIN G. McKAY AGAINST THE STATE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Treasury of the State of Delaware for the payment of a certain claim against the State for injury sustained by one Calvin G. McKay of the City of Dover, Kent County and State of Delaware, by reason of the said Calvin G. McKay's being struck in the eye with an arrow shot by a school pupil during official school hours and in a public school room of the Dover Public School in the Dover Special School District in and for Kent County and State of Delaware, the possession of said bow and arrow having been authorized, permitted and suggested by the teacher in charge of the class of which the said Calvin G. McKay was a pupil, said injury having occurred on the 29th day of March, A. D. 1935; such injury to the eye causing the said Calvin G. McKay much pain and suffering and bodily injury, to wit: the loss of his left eye. The Auditor of Accounts is hereby authorized, and fully empowered and directed to approve and properly execute a warrant for, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and fully empowered and directed to pay to Lewis M. McKay, the legal guardian of and for the said Calvin G. McKay, a minor, the above specified sum. Section 2. This Act shall be taken and deemed to be a sup-plementary appropriation act, and the money hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the moneys or receipts paid to the State of Delaware pursuant to the Franchise Tax Law and the Income Tax Law of this State before the payment or delivery of the aforesaid appropriated sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) unto or to the credit of the Public School Fund. Approved May 4, 1939. 93 94 CHAPTER 50 APPROPRIATION AN ACT MAKING A DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS TO SCHOOLS. WHEREAS, it appears that the school budget for the year 1938-39 is inadequate to enable the State Board of Education to pay fully the per diem contract with bus drivers and to pay fully the cost of transportation of school children in accordance with the 185-day school term adopted by the State Board of Education and approved by colleges and commissions for certification of Secondary Schools for the year 1938-39; now therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated out of the funds of the State Treasury derived from sources of taxation set up for the support of schools, not otherwise appropriated, Eleven Thousand Dollars ($11,000.00) the same to be added to the budget of the State Board of Education for the school year 1938-39, all or so much thereof as may be necessary to be applied solely and ex-clusively to the payment of the costs of transportation of school children. Section 2. This Act shall be known as a Supplementary Ap-propriation Act and the funds hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the School Funds in the State Treasury not otherwise ap-propriated. Approved May 15, 1939. CHAPTER 51 APPROPRIATION AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF A PORTION OF THE COSTS OF DREDGING AND IMPROVING THE CHAN-NEL OF INDIAN RIVER. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. The sum of Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars shall be and is hereby appropriated out of the State Highway Fund for the purpose of this Act and the State Highway Department of the State of Delaware is hereby fully authorized, empowered and directed to pay said sum of Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars to the Government of the United States of America, represented by the District Engineer, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when the project for which these funds are intended has been authorized by the Congress of the United States or has been included in any program of the President of the United States as an emergency project and when the said District Engineer, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been authorized to undertake upon the plans and specifications approved by the District Engineer, Corps of Engineers, or some other authorized Federal Agency, of the dredging and im-provement of the channel in Indian River. Section 2. That in the event the above project is authorized and undertaken, the State of Delaware will provide free of cost to the United States suitable rights of way and/or other land which may be required in furtherance of the purpose of this Act. Section 3. The monies hereby appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of the State Highway Fund in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of this Act. Approved May 15, 1939. 95 3 96 CHAPTER 52 APPROPRIATION AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE DOLLARS AND EIGHTY-SEVER CENTS TO PURE OIL COMPANY TO REIMBURSE IT FOR PENALTY PAID TO THE STATE OF DELAWAgE ON MOTOR FUEL TAXES. WHEREAS, Pure Oil Company owed to the State of Dela-ware the sum/ of Three Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-five Dollars and Forty-eight Cents ($3,895.48) for motor fuel taxes for the month of March A. D. 1938, and the sum became due and payable during the month of April A. D. 1938; and WHEREAS, the said Pure Oil Company did, at the City of Chicago, State of Illinois on the Thirtieth day of April, A. D. ce for the Dol 1938, send by United States Registered Mail, its remittan said sum of Three Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-lars and Forty-eight Cents ($3,895.48) in payment of said tax, but hway De-the State Oil Corn-said remittance did not reach the Office of the State Hig partment until the second day of May, A. D., 1938, and Highway Department did impose a penalty on said Pure pany of Nine Hundred and Seventy-three Dollars and Eighty-seven Cents ($973.87) and on the Fourteenth day of June A. D. 1938, the said Pure Oil Company did remit to the State Highway Depart-ment the sum of Nine Hundred and Seventy-three Do llars and Eighty-seven Cents ($973.87) in payment of said penalty, and which said payment was made under protest; and WHEREAS, the said Pure Oil Company should be reimbursed for the payment of said penalty so paid as aforesaid; now therefore tatives of is hereby ut of any Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepreSen the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the State Treasurer be and he authorized and directed to pay to the Pure Oil Company o moneys in the Treasury to the credit of the State Highway Depart Chapter 52 97 APPROPRIATION ment, the sum of Nine Hundred and Seventy-three Dollars and Eighty-seven Cents ($973.87) to reimburse said company for the said penalty as mentioned in the Second Preamble of this Act. Approved May 1, 1939. 98 CHAPTER 53 APPROPRIATION AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE STATE TREAS-URER TO PAY OUT OF THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND UPON WARRANTS SIGNED BY THE MOTOR VEHICLE COMMIS-SIONER SUCH SUM OR SUMS AS SHALL BE NECESSARY TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE ANNUAL MOTOR VE-HICLE INSPECTION CAMPAIGN NOT TO EXCEED IN THE AGGREGATE THE SUM OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00) PER YEAR. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1939 and ending June 30, 1940, and for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1940 and ending June 30, 1941, the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay out of the funds of the Highway Department of the State of Delaware upon warrants signed by the Motor Vehicle Commissioner, such sum or sums as shall be neces-sary to defray the expenses of the annual Motor Vehicle Inspection Campaign, not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940 and the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941. Approved April 17, 1939. CHAPTER 54 AUTHORIZING THE BORROWING OF MONEYS AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE STATE OF DELAWARE TO BOR-ROW MONEYS FROM THE STATE SCHOOL FUND AND FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPART-MENT FOR USE OF THE GENERAL FUND. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assenvbly met: Section 1. That for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1939 and ending June 30, 1940 the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed in behalf of the State of Delaware and for the use of the General Fund of this State to borrow from the funds now or hereafter allocated to the State Highway Department the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), or any part there-of, and also to borrow from the State School Fund the gum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) or any part there-of; and for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1940 and ending June 30, 1941 the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed in behalf of the State of Delaware and for the use of the General Fund of this State to borrow from the funds now or hereafter al-located to the State Highway Department the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), or any part thereof, and also to borrow from the State School Fund the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) or any part thereof, provided, how-ever, that in case the total amount borrowed during each fiscal year from the two funds shall be less than Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000.00), the amount borrowed from the Highway Department and from the School Fund shall be approximately in the ratio of five to two. Section 2. On the date of the borrowing of the sums noted above, or any part thereof, there shall be delivered to the State Treasurer a certificate of indebtedness for such sum or sums bor-rowed, which certificates shall not bear interest. These certificates shall be in non-negotiable form. 99 100 Chapter 54 AUTHORIZING THE BORROWING OF MONEYS They shall be signed in the name of the State of Delaware by the Governor, the Secretary of State, and the State Treasurer and shall have the great seal of the said State impressed thereon or affixed thereto. Said certificates shall be a direct general obli-gation of the State and the public faith and credit of the State of Delaware is hereby expressly pledged for the full and complete payment of the debt. The principal of such certificate shall be exempt from taxation by the State or any political sub-division thereof for any purpose. Such certificate of indebtedness shall recite that it is issued for the purpose set forth in Section 1 of this Act and that it is issued in pursuance of this Act and the Constitution of this State and such recital shall be conclusive evidence of the authority of the State of Delaware to issue such certificate and of its validity. Upon the sale and delivery to said Treasurer of the certificate of indebted-ness for which provision is made in this Act, the legality and valid-ity of such certificate shall never thereafter be questioned in any court of law or equity by the State of Delaware or by any person or persons for its use or in its behalf, and this provision shall be and become part of the contract and obligation represented by said certificate of indebtedness. Section 3. Form of Certificate:Such certificates of indebted-ness shall conform as nearly as possible to the following form, to wit: Certificate of indebtedness to the Trustee of the School Fund. Certificate of indebtedness to the State Highway De-partment. Pursuant to the constitution of the State of Delaware these presents certify and make known to all whom it may concern that the State of Delaware acknowledges its indebtedness to, and pledges its faith to pay to the State School Fund (or State Highway De-partment) in the full sum of $ lawful money of Chapter 54 101 AUTHORIZING THE BORROWING OF MONEYS the United States of America to be used for the purpose of re-plenishing the General Fund of the State of Delaware, without in-terest. This certificate of indebtedness shall be payable at the aforesaid Farmer's Bank at Dover, Delaware, upon presentation thereat and surrender thereof but not within five years of its date of issue, but it may be redeemed at the option of the State of Dela-ware at face value on the first day of March or on the first day of September after it shall have been issued two years. This certifi-cate is not negotiable. In Witness Whereof the Great Seal of the State of Delaware is hereunto af-fixed, and the hands of the Governor and Secretary of State and State Treasurer sub-scribed this day of in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Governor Secretary of State State Treasurer Section 4. After the creation of the indebtedness of this State as authorized by this Act, for the purpose of amortizing and paying said indebtedness and retiring the certificates of indebtedness evi-dencing the same, the State Treasurer shall be and he is hereby authorized and directed to apply the Sinking Fund of the State or any other fund which may be specifically provided for that purpose by legislative act. Section 5. This Act shall become in full force and effect on July 1, 1939. Approved May 4, 1939. 102 CHAPTER 55 INSURANCE COMPANIES AN ACT TO AMEND THE REVISED CODE OF DELAWARE, 1935, BY DEFINING "GROSS PREMIUMS" WHEN REFERRING TO INSURANCE COMPANIES OR INSURANCE POLICIES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That 87, Section 53, of Chapter 6, Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all of 87, Section 53, and inserting in lieu thereof a new sec-tion to be known as 87, Section 53. 87. Section 53. Taxes on All Insurance Except Workmen's Compensation; Dividends Deducted From Gross Amount of Pre-miums; Statements of Receipts Delivered to Insurance Commis-sioner; "Gross Premiums" Defined:Each and every insurance com-pany doing an insurance business of any kind within the State of Delaware, excepting that of workmen's compensation insurance, shall, on the first day of March, of each year, pay to the Insurance Commissioner, for the use of the State, one and one-half per cent= upon the gross amount of premiums received and assessments col-lected from insurance of every kind upon persons or on the lives of persons resident in, or upon real and personal property located within this State, or upon any other risks insured within this State, by any such insurance company or the authorized agent thereof, for the calendar year immediately preceding the date herein provided for such payments; provided, however, that in computing the gross amount of premiums received and assessments collected as herein defined, there shall be deducted dividends paid to policyholders. Each and every insurance company, firm or corporation as hereinbefore mentioned in this Section shall at the time of making such payments, deliver to the Insurance Commissioner a full and detailed statement showing the gross amount of such premiums received and assessments collected and dividends paid to policy-holders by such insurance company, firm or corporation, or the au- Chapter 55 103 INSURANCE COMPANIES thorized agent thereof, for the calendar year immediately preceding the date herein provided for such payments, and such statement shall be verifi |
| Date Digital | 2010 |
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| Title | Laws of the State of Delaware - Volume 42 - Page 1 |
| Creator2 | Delaware General Assembly |
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| Full Text | LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER On Tuesday, January 3, A. D. 1939 AND IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES THE ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY- THIRD VOLUME XLII Printed by WILLIAM E. TAYLOR, INC. Wilmington, Delaware |
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