LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, PASSED AT A SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER, ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 3RD, A. D. 1905 AND IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. VOLUME XXIII–PART II. 1905: THE DELAWAREAN PRINT, DOVER, DEL. LAWS OF DELAWARE. TITLE FIRST. Of the Jurisdiction and Property of the State; its Legislation and Laws. CHAPTER 4. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. AN ACT proposing an Amendment to Section 4 of Article V, of the Constitution of this State by striking out of said Section all thereof which requires the payment of money as a Qualification to Register. 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 elected to each House agreeing therein:) Amendment to cle 5, of the Section I. That Section 4 of Article V of the Constitution Proposed of this State, be and the same is hereby amended by striking Section 4, Artiout of said Section 4 the following words: "and each voter Constitution shall, at the time of his registration, pay a registration fee relating to regof one dollar, for the use of the County where such registration is paid." Approved, March 30, A. D. 1905. istration fee. OF SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. Preamble. Preamble. Preamble. Preamble. CHAPTER 5. OF SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. AN ACT to Ratify and Confirm a Compact or Agreement between the Whereas By joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, approved February 14th 1905, Edward C. Stokes, Governor, Robert H. McCarter, Attorney General, Franklin Murphy and Chauncey G. Parker, were appointed and constituted Commissioners of the State of New Jersey to confer with like Commissioners representing the State of Delaware for the purpose of framing a compact or agreement between the said States and legislation thereon, to be submitted to the legislatures of the said two States for action. thereon, looking to the amicable termination of the suit between said two States now pending in the Supreme Court of the United States, and the final adjustment of all controversies relating to the boundary line between said States and to their respective rights in the Delaware River and Bay; And Whereas By like joint resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Delaware approved February 13th 1905, Preston Lea, Governor, Robert H. Richards, Attorney General, Herbert H. Ward and George H. Bates were appointed to represent the said State as Commissioners to confer with the Commissioners of the State of New Jersey, for the purpose before recited; And Whereas The Commissioners of the said two States having duly conferred as directed by said resolutions, have framed and submitted to this General Assembly a proposed compact or agreement between the said States; And Whereas The compact or agreement so framed and submitted is in the words following, that is to say: "Compact between the State of New Jersey and the State of Delaware relating to the boundary controversy between said States. OF SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. compact. Whereas A controversy hath heretofore existed between Preamble of the States of New Jersey and Delaware, relative to the jurisdiction of such portion of the Delaware River as is included within the circle of twelve mile radius an arc of which constitutes the Northern boundary of the State of Delaware, and it is the mutual desire of said States to so settle and determine such controversy as to prevent future complications arising therefrom; compact. And Whereas There is now pending in the Supreme Court Preamble of of the United States, a cause wherein the said State of New Jersey is the complainant and the said State of Delaware is the defendant, in which cause an injunction has been issued against the State of Delaware restraining the execution of certain statutes of the State of Delaware relating to fisheries in said river, which said litigation hath been pending for twenty-seven years and upwards; And Whereas For the purpose of adjusting the differences Preamble of between the said two States arising out of said conflict of compact. jurisdiction, Edward C. Stokes, Robert H. McCarter, Franklin Murphy, and Chauncey G. Parker, have been appointed Commissioners on the part of the State of New Jersey by joint resolution of the Legislature of said State, and Preston Lea, Robert H. Richards, Herbert H. Ward and George H. Bates have been appointed Commissioners on the part of the State of Delaware by joint resolution of the General Assembly of said State, to frame a compact or agreement between the said States and legislation consequent thereon, to be submitted to the Legislatures of said two States for action thereon, looking to the amicable termination of said suit between said States now pending in the Supreme Court of the United States, and the final adjustment of all controversies relating to the boundary line between said States, and to their respective rights in the Delaware River and Bay; compact. Now Therefore, The said State of New Jersey, by its Com- Article 1 of missioners above named, and the said State of Delaware, by its Commissioners above named, do hereby make and enter into a compact or agreement between said States as follows: Article I. Criminal process issued under the authority of the State of New Jersey against any person accused of an |