GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING THE POLICE. CHAPTER 138. GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING THE POLICE. AN ACT to amend Chapter 146, Volume 26, Laws of Delaware, entitled "An Act for the protection of Owners of Motor Vehicles". Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: 146, Vol. 26 Section 1. That Chapter 146, Volume 26, Laws of Del- Sec. 3, Chap. aware, entitled "An Act for the Protection of Owners of amended Motor Vehicles" be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "felony" in line four of Section 3 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the word "misdemeanor" and by striking out the word "and" in line five of said Section 3 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the word "or". Approved March 12, A. D. 1913. OF SHIPMENT AND CARRYING OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS. Common car riers not to ac of liquors CHAPTER 139. OF SHIPMENT AND CARRYING OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS. AN ACT regulating the shipment or carrying of spirituous, vinous or malt liquor into local option territory, or the delivery of same in such territory. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any common cept shipments carrier, knowingly to accept or receive for shipment, transportation or delivery to any person or place within local option territory, or to carry, bring into, transfer to any other person, carrier or agent, handle, deliver or distribute in local option territory, any spirituous, vinous or malt liquor, regardless of the name by which it may be called. Unlawful to transport or deliver Unlawful for any firm or vey liquor into local option territory when engaged in Section 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person, person to con- firm or corporation engaged in the manufacture or sale of spirituous, vinous or malt liquor, or the agent, servant or employee of any such person, firm or corporation, to or sale of same carry, convey or bring into local option territory, spirituous, vinous or malt liquor, regardless of the name by which it may be called, by any conveyance or means of transportation whatsoever. manufacture Penalty for violation Section 3. That any person, whether as principal, or agent, clerk or servant of another, who shall knowingly violate any of the provisions of this Act, shall upon conviction thereof be fined not less than fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars for the first offense; and upon conviction for any subsequent offense, in addition OF SHIPMENT AND CARRYING OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS. to such fine shall be imprisoned for a period of not less than thirty days, nor more than six months. shipped con Section 4. This Act shall apply to all packages of Each package spirituous, vinous or malt liquor, whether broken or un- stitutes a sepbroken. Each package of spirituous, vinous or malt arate offence liquor, regardless of the name by which it may be called, accepted, received, carried, transferred, handled, delivered or distributed in violation of the provisions of this Act, shall constitute a separate offense. And the false or fictitious naming or labeling of any spirituous, vinous False labeling or malt liquor for shipment or delivery into local option territory, shall work a forfeiture of such liquor. druggists and exempted Section 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to Physicians, apply to the shipment or delivery to physicians or drug-churches gists, of spirituous, vinous or malt liquor, in unbroken. packages in quantity not to exceed five gallons at any one time, nor to the delivery to Churches, or the proper officers thereof, of wine in unbroken packages for sacra- Limit of five mental purposes. gallons from within ware into local Section 6. That it shall be unlawful for any person to Shipments carry, bring or have brought any quantity of spirituous, State of Delavinous or malt liquor from any point within the State of option terriDelaware into local option territory within said State greater than one gallon within the space of twenty-four hours. Approved April 8, A. D. 1913. tory Limit of shipment OF FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME. Apprpriation for hatching and propagating food CHAPTER 140. OF FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME. AN ACT appropriating money for the hatching, propagating and distribution of food fish and game. WHEREAS the office of Fish Commissioner has been abolished by legislation of this General Assembly, and WHEREAS the appropriation for the purpose of hatching, propagating and distributing food fish in the inland waters of this State has been expended upon the order and under the supervision of the Fish Commissioner, and in order to continue said appropriation for the benefit of the people of this State, therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That there be and is hereby appropriated out of any moneys of the sinking fund of the State not fish and game otherwise appropriated the sum of Six Hundred Dollars per annum to be expended for the hatching, propagating and distribution of valuable food fish and game in this State as nearly equally as may be through the three Counties of this State. State Treasurer to pay to and Game Section 2. That the State Treasurer is hereby authBoard of Fish orized and directed to pay to the Board of Game and Commissioners Fish Commissioners the said sum of Six Hundred Dollars in equal semi-annual installments upon the order of the President of said Board of Game and Fish Commissioners. OF FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME. subsequent in to be paid un account is Provided, however, that the State Treasurer Second and shall not pay the second and subsequent installments of stallments not this appropriation, unless the order of the President as less itemized hereinbefore provided shall be accompanied by an item- presented ized account of the expenditure of the previous payment. This itemized account shall be signed by the President and Secretary of said Board and shall be approved by the Auditor of Accounts. If for any reason the Auditor of Accounts shall deem that the previous installment of Auditor of this appropriation was not expended within the meaning of the provisions of this Act, the subsequent installments of this appropriation shall be with-held and unpaid by the State Treasurer. Section 3. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 28, A. D. 1913. Approval of Accounts |