OF PUBLIC REVENUE. Preamble. $214 to be paid S. J. Wheatley for copies of Laws furnished Legislature. CHAPTER 29. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT authorizing the State Treasurer of the State of Delaware to pay Whereas, Stansbury J. Wheatley, the then prothonotary of Sussex County, by virtue of resolution adopted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Delaware, at the sessions thereof held in the years 1901 and 1903 respectively, supplied the House of Representatives with 35 copies of Volume 19, 4 copies of Volume 20, and 15 copies of Voulme 21, Laws of Delaware, and the Senate with 31 copies of Volume 20 and 21 copies of Volume 21 Laws of Delaware, for which he has received no compensation, but for which he will have to account to the State Treasurer; 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 authorized and directed to pay to Stansbury J. Wheatley, the sum of Two Hundred and Fourteen dollars in payment for 107 copies of the Laws of Delaware supplied the Legislature at the sessions thereof in the years 1901 and 1903, by virtue of resolutions of the respective Houses thereof. Section 2. That this Act shall be deemed and taken to be a public Act. Approved, April 3, A. D. 1905. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 30. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT authorizing the State Treasurer to deposit to the credit of the School Commissioners of District No. 149 in Kent County, for the use of the District, certain moneys to which the said District is entitled under the apportionment of school dividends. Whereas, The school officers in District No. 149 in Kent Preamble. County failed, during the years 1902 and 1903, to comply with the school law,in neglecting to levy and collect the taxes and keep their school open the required number of days, and by reason of said non-compliance with the law, no dividend was allowed or deposited to the credit of said District for the said school years; And Whereas, The people of said District at the stated Preamble. election in 1904 levied and collected the fifty dollar tax as required by law, and have opened their school, believing the State will allow said District the sum equal to the annual dividend; Now Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: credit School Section I. That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby State Treasurer authorized, empowered and directed to deposit in the authorized to Farmers' Bank to the credit of the School Commissioners District 149. Kent County, now holding office as School Commissioners in District No. $219-17. 149 in Kent County, for the use of the District, as by law directed, the sum of Two Hundred and Nineteen dollars and Seventeen cents ($219.17) out of any money now being in his hands as State Treasurer. ated out of Section 2. That the said sum of Two Hundred and Nine- Fund appropriteen dollars and Seventeen cents, be and the same is hereby General Fund. expressly appropriated and set apart out of any moneys now being in the hands of the State Treasurer, for the purposes mentioned in Section 1 of this Act. Section 3. public Act. I This Act shall be taken and deemed to be a Approved, March 14, A. D. 1905. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. Preamble. Preamble. Preamble. State Treasurer authorized to pay School District No. 98, CHAPTER 31. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT authorizing the State Treasurer to pay over to the School Commissioners of District Number 98, in Sussex County, for the use of the District, certain moneys to which said District is entitled under the apportionment of School Dividends. Whereas, By the neglect and refusal of the Clerk of School District Number 98 in Sussex County to submit the accounts of said District to the State Auditor no dividend was allowed or paid said District for the year 1904; And Whereas, The said Clerk of said District Number 98 in Sussex County, through malice and pique made no attempt to collect the tax; And Whereas, The people of said District have levied the amount of tax required by law to be levied, and are conducting the school, believing the State will allow said District the sum equal to the annual dividend; Now therefore, be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section I. That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to pay over to the Sussex County School Commissioners now holding office as School Comlost by failure missioners of District Number 98 in Sussex County, for the use of the District the sum of Two Hundred and Nineteen dollars and Seventy cents ($219.70) out of any moneys now being in his hands as State Treasurer. school dividend of clerk to make settlement with State Auditor. Said fund appropriated Fund. Section 2. That the said sum of Two Hundred and Nineout of General teen dollars and Seventy cents be and the same is hereby expressly appropriated and set apart out of any moneys now being in the hands of the State Treasurer for the purposes mentioned in Section I of this Act. Section 3. This Act shall be deemed and taken to be a public Act. Approved, March 2, A. D. 1905. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 32. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT to amend Chapter 281, Volume 19, Laws of Delaware entitled "An Act to encourage Horticulture," passed at Dover May 14, 1891, by increasing the annual appropriation to be paid to the Peninsula Horticultural Society. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Volume 19 increasing. Section 1. That Chapter 281, Volume 19, Laws of Del- Chapter 281, aware, entitled "An Act to Encourage Horticulture" passed amended at Dover, May 14, 1891, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "three" in the first line of Section I of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "five." Approved, April 6, A. D. 1905. CHAPTER 33. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT appropriating Five hundred dollars to defray expenses of heating, lighting and repairing the State House. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: repairing and Section I. That there is hereby annually appropriated out $500 for heating, of any moneys in the General Fund not otherwise appropri- lighting a ated, the sum of Five Hundred dollars, or so much thereof as State House. may be necessary, to defray the expenses for heating, lighting and repairing the State House; and that the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to pay all bills for said expenses of heat, light and repairs upon order of the State Librarian. Approved, March 16, A. D. 1905 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. Preamble. Preamble. Preamble. Appropriation to re-imburse CHAPTER 34. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT to provide for the Re-payment to the Levy Court Commissioners of New Castle County certain money paid to the State of Delaware under the Adams Tax Law. Whereas, Pursuant to the provisions and requirements of Section 11, of Chapter 25, Volume 21, Laws of Delaware, being "An Act to Equalize Taxation for State and County purposes," sundry sums of money aggregating Three Thousand Two Hundred and Seventy-two dollars and Ninety-six cents ($3272.96) were paid by the Receiver of Taxes of New Castle County to the State Treasurer for the use of the State of Delaware and same being one-third of the amount of taxes levied and collected on investments under the said Act; and Whereas, The Courts of the State of Delaware have declared the said Law to be unconstitutional and therefore null and void; and Whereas, The Levy Court Commissioners of New Castle County have refunded to the respective tax-payers the respective amounts paid by them under and pursuant to the said law; therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in Gencral Assembly met: That the said State Treasurer be and is hereby directed to Sussex County, pay to the Levy Court Commissioners of New Castle County the sum of Three Thousand Two Hundred and Seventy-two dollars and Ninety-six cents ($3272.96) out of any funds in his hands not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 3, A. D. 1905. |