TITLE SEVENTH Of the Poor; The Insane; Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind CHAPTER 131. OF TRUSTEES OF THE POOR. AN ACT to authorize the Trustees of the Poor of Sussex County to borrow Ten Thousand Dollars for the repair and improvement of the inmates' and overseer's houses, and for the installation of water and heat; and to direct the Levy Court of Sussex County to provide for the payment thereof by additional taxation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Poor of Sussex row $10,000 Section 1. The Trustees of the Poor of Sussex Coun- Trustees of the ty are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow a county to borsum of money not exceeding ten thousand dollars. The sum so borrowed shall be secured by bond and mortgage to be executed by The Trustees of the Poor of Sussex County upon the lands and tenements of said Trustees To be secured of the Poor of Sussex County as now held and owned by mortgage them. by bond and expended in county alms Section 2. The money so borrowed under the pro- Money to be visions hereof shall be expended by The Trustees of the improving Poor of Sussex County to repair and improve the houses house buildand buildings of the inmates and Overseer, to renovate and refurnish said buildings, and to provide a water ings Money to be county and kept as a sep- OF TRUSTEES OF THE POOR. supply and a heating plant therefor, and for such other purposes as will ameliorate the condition of the inmates of the Alms house of Sussex County. Section 3. The money so borrowed shall be paid to the urer of Sussex County Treasurer of Sussex County to be kept by him in a separate and distinct fund, denominated "Improvement Fund of the Trustees of the Poor", and The Trustees of the Poor of Sussex County shall draw upon said fund from time to time by warrants denominated "Improvement Warrants", which shall be in such form as the said The Trustees of the Poor of Sussex County shall deem proper. Levy Court of ditional tax in as indebted this act exists Levy Court to Section 4. In addition to the tax levied each year for to levy an ad the benefit of the Poor of Sussex County by The Levy March as long Court of Sussex County, the said Levy Court shall, in ness created by the month of March of each year while the indebtedness created under the provisions of this act, or any portion thereof, shall remain unpaid, levy an additional tax for the benefit of the Trustees of the Poor of Sussex County, to be known as "Additional Poor Tax", which shall be collected as other County taxes are collected. The said Levy Court shall, by calculation, fix such rate as will provide a fund sufficient each year to pay one tenth of the amount of money borrowed under the provisions of this act, together with interest upon the whole amount due and unpaid; and the County Treasurer shall keep a separate and distinct account of the money so raised. The Trustees of the Poor of Sussex County shall draw upon the money so raised and deposited by warrants designated "Special Warrants", and for the sole and only "Special War- purpose of applying said money to the payment of the principal and interest of the debt secured by the bond and mortgage aforesaid. fix rate as will provide a fund to pay off rants" to be used Approved March 12, A. D. 1913. OF TRUSTEES OF THE POOR. CHAPTER 132. OF TRUSTEES OF THE POOR. AN ACT Increasing the Allowance to the Trustees of the Poor of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Poor of Sussex two dollars for Section 1. That the Trustees of the Poor of Sussex Trustees of the County shall be allowed for their attendance at any reg- county allowed ular or special meeting the sum of two dollars for each each meeting regular or special meeting, instead of one dollar as has been heretofore provided by law. Approved February 19, A. D. 1913. OF THE INSANE. Section 2, Chap. 49, Revised Code Amended Section 5, Chap. 49 of CHAPTER 133. OF THE INSANE. AN ACT to Amend Chapter 49 of the Revised Code, entitled “Of the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That Section 2 of Chapter 49 of the Revised Code, entitled "Of the Insane", be and it is hereby amended by adding thereto the following words: The Chancellor may, at any time, require the trustee to give other or additional recognizance or bond with surety to be approved by the Chancellor; and if such order be not complied with, the Chancellor may remove the trustee from his office." Section 2. That Section 5 of said Chapter 49 of the Revised Code Revised Code be and it is hereby repealed and the following Section, known as Section 5, inserted in lieu thereof. amended "Section 5. The proceeds of such sale shall be received by the trustee and shall be within the condition of his Trustee to recognizance or bond. It shall be the duty of the trustee invest proceeds to invest, collect and re-invest the proceeds of sale and collect and re of sale Chancellor may direct &c apply the income therefrom for the support and benefit of the insane person. The Chancellor may direct the trustee to expend a specified sum, either of principal or income, for the support or benefit of the insane person, or for the repair or improvement of his real estate; and may also direct such portion of the wood or timber grow OF THE INSANE. ing upon the land of the insane person, as may not be necessary for the use of the occupant of the land, to be cut and sold by the trustee for the benefit of the said insane person, and the proceeds of such sale shall be within the condition of the recognizance or bond of said trustee." |