OF CITIES AND TOWNS. CHAPTER 103.. OF CITIES AND TOWNS. AN ACT authorizing "The Commissioners of the Town of Middletown" to borrow Four Thousand Dollars to complete the well and Two Thousand Dollars to pay on the outstanding indebtedness of said Town. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (twothirds of each branch of the Legislature concurring): sioners of town may $4000 to well, and SECTION I. That "The Commissioners of the Town of CommisMiddletown" shall have power and authority under and by Middlevirtue of an ordinance to be passed by the said commission- borrow ers to borrow, on the faith and credit of said town, the sum complete of four thousand dollars to complete the well for supplying $2000 for the said town with water, and the additional sum of two general inthousand dollars to pay on the outstanding indebtedness of said town, and none of the six thousand dollars shall be appropriated to any other purpose. Passed at Dover, February 11, 1895. debtedness. CHAPTER 104. OF CITIES AND TOWNS. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'A supplement to the act entitled an act to incorporte the Town of St. Georges'", passed at Dover, March 6th, 1877. Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Volume 17, SECTION I. That Chapter 198 of Vol. 17, Laws of Del- Chapter198, aware, passed at Dover, April 20th, 1883, entitled "An act amended. to amend an act entitled 'A supplement to the act entitled Road coman act to incorporate the town of St. Georges'", passed at missioners Dover, March 6th, 1877, be and the same is hereby amended hundred to by striking out of the twelfth line of Section 1 of said Chap- Council of of Red Lion pay to one-half of OF CITIES AND TOWNS. St. Georges ter 198, after and following the word "pay" and before the road taxes word "of" the words following, to-wit: "the whole", and collected in inserting in lieu thereof the words "one-half." said town. Passed at Dover, March 19, 1895. Chapter152, In city of discount on 1 interest CHAPTER 105. OF CITIES AND TOWNS. AN ACT to amend Section 18 of Chapter 152, Volume 15 of the Laws of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (twothirds of each branch concurring therein): SECTION I. That Section 18 of Chapter 152, Volume 15 Volume 15, of the Laws of Delaware, entitled "Of the City of New Casamended. tle", be and the same is hereby amended by adding to said section the words following, to-wit: "Upon all city or New Castle school taxes (so to be collected) paid before the first day of city and 'September, there shall be an abatement of five per cent.; on school taxes all said taxes paid after the first day of September and before the first day of December, there shall be an abatement of After Jan. three per cent.; on all said taxes not paid by the first day of to be added. January and paid before the first day of February, one per cent. thereof shall be added thereto; on all said taxes unpaid on the first day of February and paid before the first day of March, two per cent. thereof shall be added thereto; on all said taxes unpaid on the first day of March and paid before the first day of April, three per cent. thereof shall be added thereto; on all said taxes unpaid on the first day of April and paid before the first day of May, four per cent. thereof shall be added thereto; and on all said taxes unpaid on the first day of May, four per cent. and an additional one-half of one per cent. for each and every month thereafter that said taxes shall remain unpaid shall be added thereto. OF CITIES AND TOWNS. 1894 ex This act shall not apply to the city or school taxes laid Taxes for for the year 1894. SECTION published. 2. This act shall be deemed a public act and so Passed at Dover, March 20, 1895. cepted. CHAPTER 106. OF CITIES AND TOWNS, A SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act to re-incorporate the town of WHEREAS, "The Council of Newark" by virtue of the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (two-thirds of each branch thereof concurring): Newark to for out SECTION I. That "The Council of Newark" be and it is Council of hereby authorized and empowered, for the purpose of redeem- make loan ing the bonds heretofore issued by the said "The Council of to provide Newark", payable on the first day of December, A. D. 1896, standing signed by the President of said Council and sealed with the corporate seal of said town to the amount of thirty-seven bonds. Rate OF CITIES AND TOWNS. thousand dollars, when and as soon as the same shall fall due, to issue new bonds in the name of the said "The Council of Newark", said new bonds to bear interest at a rate not exceeding five and one-half per centum per annum, payable semi-annually for such amounts or denominations as the Council shall deem best; the principal of said new bonds shall When due, be made payable in twenty years from the date of the issue thereof, the said "The Council of Newark" reserving to itself the power and authority of redeeming said bonds or any part of them at the expiration of ten years from the date of the same; provided, however, that if the said "The Council of Redeemed Newark" elects to redeem any of said bonds at the expiration of ten years, as aforesaid, such election shall be affected on the first days of December and June, and in pursuance of a notice to that effect published by the said "The Council of Newark" for the space of thirty days in two newspapers, one published in the City of Wilmington and one in the town of Newark; and in calling said bonds for redemption and payBonds, how ment they shall be called consecutively, commencing with the lowest number; the interest on all of said bonds so called shall cease from the date of the redemption thereof, and said bonds when so redeemed and paid shall be cancelled. oner by ing given. notice be called. Given power to issue bonds SECTON 2. The said "The Council of Newark" shall be taken and deemed to have and it is hereby expressly given full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts, and provide matters or things not herein specifically granted but which for payment may be necessary to do and perform in relation to the redemption of said bonds at maturity and the issuing of said new bonds as aforesaid. of same. SECTION 2. This act shall be taken and deemed to be a public act and printed as such. Passed at Dover, March 22, 1895. OF CITIES AND TOWNS. CHAPTER 107. OF CITIES AND TOWNS. AN ACT to amend the act entitled "An act to re-incorporate the town of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (two-thirds of each branch of the Legislature concurring, as follows, viz): Milford tion in in January. and treas SECTION I. The act entitled "An act to re-incorporate Charter of the town of Milford", Chapter 161, Volume 18, pages 269, amended. etc., and, as amended, Chapter 757, Volume 19, Laws of Delaware, is hereby amended by substituting the word "January" for the word "March" in each of the lines 13 and 18 of Section two (2) of said act; also by substituting the word "Janu- Town elecary" for the word "March" in the sixth (6) line of Section 3 January. of said act; also by substituting the word "January" for the Assessment word "March" in line three (3) of Section 13; also by substi- Tax duplituting the word "February" for the word "April" in line 15 cates to be of Section 13; also by substituting the word "December" for February. the word "February" in line 26 of Section 14; also by substi- Collector tuting the word "six" for the word "four" in line 33 of urer to Section 14; also by substituting the word "November" for December. the word "January" in line 3 of Section 18; also by substi- Taxes tuting the word "January" for the word "March" in line 9 $6000. of Section 18; also by inserting between the word "town" Auditor to and the word "within" in line 5 of Section 19 the following ed in Novwords, viz: "Nor shall any person, firm, company or cor- Report to poration open, set up, or attempt to open or set up any lished in bucket shop, racket shop, transient store, transient shop, January. pool or billiard room or temporary place of business for the License to purpose of selling or offering for sale any goods, wares or for certain merchandise". SECTION 2. Further amend the act to re-incorporate the town of Milford by striking out all of Section 25 and adding thereto the following two new Sections to be known as Sections 25 and 26, respectively, of the act: settle in limited to ember. be pub be obtained occupations taxes if "Section 25. Hereafter it shall be lawful for the Town Discount Council of the town of Milford to make and allow a discount on town of three per centum upon all taxes assessed upon the taxables paid prior of said town for the prompt payment of said taxes on or to June 1. |