TITLE TWO Jurisdiction and Property of the State CHAPTER 17. INDIAN RIVER INLET. AN ACT providing for opening an Inlet for Indian River and Rehoboth Bay to be known as the Indian River Inlet. WHEREAS, the Commission appointed under Senate Joint Resolution No. 3 of the Ninety-seventh General Assembly to view and report upon the condition of Indian River Inlet has made a report showing that the said Inlet is entirely closed and that the body of water known as Indian River Inlet and Rehoboth Bay of an area of twenty-five square miles is thus rendered of no value for fishing purposes and constitutes a menace to the health of the State and recommending the opening of an Inlet into said body of water; now therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the Commission appointed under Senate Joint Resolution No. 3 of the Ninety-seventh General Assembly consisting of Asa Bennett, Robert H. Hollett and William H. Danzenbaker, be and the same is continued until the end of the Ninety-eighth General Assembly; and the said Commission shall proceed to open an Inlet from the Atlantic Ocean to the body of water known as Indian River and Rehoboth Bay. The said work shall be done under the supervision of the Chief Engineer of the State Highway Department and shall be paid for out of moneys paid into the said Commission by private contributions and moneys hereinafter appropriated. INDIAN RIVER INLET. Section 2. The said Commission shall have power to select the location and course of the said Inlet and to determine all the details of the opening thereof. The said Commission shall also endeavor to obtain Federal aid for the construction of said Inlet. Section 3. The appropriation heretofore made under Senate Joint Resolution No. 3 is hereby continued for the use of the said Commission and there is hereby appropriated such sum or sums as the said Commission shall require for the proper construction of said Inlet not exceeding the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, which shall be paid by the State Treasurer on warrants drawn by the said Commission or a majority of them. Approved April 2, A. D. 1919. STATE HOUSE. CHAPTER 18. STATE HOUSE. AN ACT providing for the erection of a building as a Memorial to the Soldiers and Sailors of Delaware. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the Governor of the State of Delaware be and he is hereby authorized and directed to name, within sixty days after the approval of this Act, not less than four and not more than eight persons who, together with the Governor, shall be known as "the Commission for the erection of a building in memory of the soldiers and sailors of Delaware." Section 2. The Commission so constituted is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to construct, and equip a building as a memorial to all the soldiers and sailors of Delaware who served in any of the wars of the United States during its entire history. The said building shall be erected on the lot recently acquired by the State on which is now located the building known as “The County Building” on the Greene in the Town of Dover; the building so erected to be a wing, annex or addition to the State House, and to be used for State offices and adminis trative purposes, and to express in some appropriate manner its object of commemorating the patriotic services of the Delaware soldiers and sailors aforesaid, and to conform architecturally with the State House. Section 3. The members of the Commission shall receive no salaries or other compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in connection with their duties as members of said Commission. STATE HOUSE. All vacancies occurring in the Commission shall be filled by appointment by the Governor of the State. The duties of the said Commission shall include the erection and completion of the building aforesaid, the equipment of such building with necessary fixtures for heating and lighting, the furnishing and decorating the same, the destruction and removal of the building now occupying the said site, or the utilization of the same or such part thereof for the new building, as the. said Commission shall deem proper, and the making of such alteration to the present State House as shall be necessary or proper to enable the new building to be used in connection therewith. Section 4. After approval of this Act the Commission shall immediately organize and shall employ a capable architect and proceed as speedily as possible to have necessary drawings and specifications prepared for the construction and decoration of said building said drawings to include plans for lighting, heating, decorating and furnishing the same. Said Commission shall let contracts for the execution of the work authorized by this Act by public advertising to the lowest, best and most responsible bidder, and shall have the right to reject any and all bids; and shall require all contractors to give bonds, satisfactory to said Commission, at least equal to one-half the amount of the respective contracts. Section 5. The total aggregate cost for the construction, equipment and decoration of such building and for the neces sary alterations to the State House, the performance of all other work hereby authorized, including all fees, commissions, salaries and expenses of all kinds for the Commission, counsellors and attorneys, engineers, experts, architects, superintendents, clerks and other employees shall not exceed the sum of one hundren and twenty-five thousand dollars. All payments on account of said work shall be made by the State Treasurer upon warrants drawn by the State Auditor from time to time upon the presentation to him of specifically itemized vouchers approved by the Chairman and Secretary of said Commission. ་ STATE HOUSE. Section 6. Said Commission shall use its best endeavor to complete all their duties and work by the first day of January, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one. It shall have the power to allot and assign and reassign any and all rooms or portions in said building or in the State House, including the recent addition, to the various State Offices and Departments after a thorough study of the available space and the needs and requirements of each State Office or Department. The Commission shall render to the next General Assembly, sitting in the year 1921, a full report of its proceedings under the provisions of this Act. Section 7. That the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the State Treasury to be paid by the State Treasurer upon warrants drawn as hereinbefore provided. Approved April 2, A. D. 1919. |