OF FREE SCHOOLS. the bonds then outstanding and the par value of the bonds called in for that year by more than twenty per centum of the aggregate amount of said interest and par value of said bonds. land for build Chap. 67, Section 5. In case the said Board of Commissioners May condemn shall not be able to procure, by agreement with the own- ing under er, a lot of land suitable and proper for the erection of Vol.21 said high school building, it shall and may be lawful for the said Board of Commissioners to have condemned said lot of land in the same manner and under and by virtue of the provisions of Section 17, of Chapter 67, Vol. 21 of the Laws of Delaware, in such case made and provided. Provided, however, that said Board of Commissioners shall have the right and they are hereby authorized and empowered under such condemnation proceedings as aforesaid, to select a site for said high school building and appurtenances not to exceed five acres in area. election before into effect Section 6. That before the provisions of this Act To hold school shall go into effect, or The Board of Commissioners of this act goes the Public Schools of Georgetown, shall have authority to issue any bonds, acquire any lands for school purposes, or make any contracts by virtue of this Act, the bor-. rowing of a sum of money not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars as aforesaid, shall be submitted to and approved by the majority of the votes cast, at the annual school election to be held in Georgetown in the month of June, 1913. Approved March 19, A. D. 1913. OF FREE SCHOOLS. Amend Chap. 511, Vol. 18 election as a school com missioner CHAPTER 113. OF FREE SCHOOLS. AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, “An Act Uniting the School Districts of Laurel and Vicinity", being Chapter 511, Volume 18, Laws of Delaware. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, (two-thirds of all the members of each House of the Legislature concurring therein): Section 1. That Chapter 511, Volume 18, Laws of Delaware, be, and the same is hereby amended by adding after the word "Districts", in the fifteenth line of Section Eligibility for 4, the following: No person shall be eligible for election as a Commissioner for said United School Districts unless a notice that his name will be presented at such election for the consideration of the voters of said Districts as a candidate for the position of Commissioner, shall have been filed with the Secretary of the Board of Commissioners of said Districts, at least ten days prior to the date of the election, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the said Board of School Commissioners to have the names of all such candidates published in at least one issue of some Newspaper in the Districts, and the Secretary shall have tickets printed, containing the names of all candidates filed in accordance with this Act, and all necessary election expenses shall be paid by the Districts. To file name ten days prior to date of election Further amend Section 2. That Section 6 of Chapter 511 is hereby amended by striking out all after the word "Districts" in the eighteenth line and all of the nineteenth line of said Section 6, and inserting in lieu thereof the follow OF FREE SCHOOLS. raised by ass ing: "A sum not less than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) and not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for School purposes, by assessment on real Amount to be values and in the same manner as County taxes are now, essment or may be hereafter assessed, levied, and collected, except that the poll or head tax on each male School voter shall be the sum of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) Annual poll for each year, and the said Board of School Commissioners of said United School Districts may make said School Assessment during the month of June in each year." Approved March 12, A. D. 1913. tax OF FREE SCHOOLS. Appropriating ford School Districts CHAPTER 114. OF FREE SCHOOLS. AN ACT Appropriating the sum of One Hundred and Ninety-four WHEREAS, The Seaford Graded School District No. 70, 702, 102, 1022 is now employing eleven teachers and should be entitled to One Hundred and Ninety-four Dollars for each teacher so employed; AND WHEREAS, By an oversight on the part of the Commissioners of said Seaford Graded School District No. 70, 702, 102, 1021⁄2 the said School District is receiving dividend from the State for only ten teachers instead of eleven; therefore, 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 and Ninetymoney to Sea- four Dollars be, and the same is, hereby appropriated to be paid to the said Seaford Graded School District No. 70, 701⁄2, 102, 102, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the said amount out of any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved February 19, A. D. 1913. OF FREE SCHOOLS. CHAPTER 115. OF FREE SCHOOLS. AN ACT to change the Number of School District Number Twentythree and Twenty-three and one-half, One Hundred and sixtyone and One Hundred and sixty-one and one-half, in Sussex County, Delaware. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: name or num school districts That School District Number Twenty-three, Twenty- Changing three and one-half, One Hundred and sixty-one and One ber of certain Hundred and sixty-one and one-half, in Sussex County, in Sussex Co. Delaware, shall upon and after the passage of this Act be known by the name or number of Twenty-three and One Hundred and sixty-one only. That all Laws or parts of Laws heretofore passed that are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved February 19, A. D. 1913. |