OF CITIES AND TOWNS. CHAPTER 226. OF CITIES AND TOWNS. AN ACT to Amend an Act Entitled, "An Act amending the act incorporating the Town of Middletown, passed at Dover, February 12, 1861." 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 branch of the Legislature concurring therein). 216, Vol. 12 Section 1. That Section 2, of Chapter 216, Volume 12, Sec. 2. Chap. Laws of Delaware, entitled, "An Act amending the act amended incorporating the Town of Middletown," be and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end of Section 2, of said Act the following words. cancy of town of "And it is further provided, that in case of the death Filling a vaor resignation of the said Alderman, or in case he should Aldermen of become unable to perform the duties of the said Office of Middletown Alderman; then "The Commissioners of the Town of Middletown," or a majority of them, shall appoint some person an Alderman for said town, who is a resident of the said town and a freeholder therein; and who shall act as Alderman for said town, until his successor is duly elected and qualified." Approved March 19, A. D. 1913. OF CITIES AND TOWNS. Limits and St. Georges CHAPTER 227. OF CITIES AND TOWNS. AN ACT to Re-incorporate the Town of St. Georges, in New Castle Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware, in General Assembly met, (two-thirds of the members elected to each House concurring therein): Section 1. That the limits and boundaries of said boundaries of town of St. Georges, in New Castle County shall be as the said town is now bounded, as shown by the description and boundaries as recorded in Recorder's Office at Wilmington, in Deed Record B. Volume 11, page 106 &c., excepting out of the said bounds and limits so described, all that part of the road in said town which extends from the trunk or culvert under said road, at the junction of the Red Lion and Kirkwood Road, leading from said culvert at said junction, toward Kirkwood. Town Council * Section 2. That from and after the passage of this Act, William G. Janvier, Frank Cleaver, Charles H. Jamison, James Roberts, and Calvin Staats, who now compose the Town Council of said town under its former Acts of incorporation, shall continue to compose such Town Council until the expiration of the term for which they were each elected, with full power and authority to exercise all the rights and duties conferred upon them by said former Acts of incorporation, which are not inconsistent herewith, until the expiration of the term for which they were so elected or until their successors are elected under this Act. OF CITIES AND TOWNS. of Alderman cilmen Section 3. That on the first Monday in the month of Annual election April in the year Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen, and and Counannually thereafter, the qualified voters of said town shall hold an election, at which said election in the year 1913, One Alderman and Two Town Councilmen shall be elected, the said Town Councilmen to succeed in office the said Frank Cleaver and James R. Roberts. The Town Councilmen and Alderman so elected in the Term of office year 1913, shall hold their respective offices for the term of two years, and at the end of said two years and bi-ennially thereafter, their successors shall be elected; and in the year 1914, at such election, there shall be three Town Councilmen elected to succeed in office the said William G. Janvier and Charles H. Jamison and Calvin H. Staats. And the said three Councilmen so elected shall hold the office to which they shall be elected for the term of two years, at which time, and bi-ennially thereafter, their successors shall be elected. And the said Town Councilmen when elected and qualified as hereinafter provided shall compose the "Town Council", of the said Town. of term The term of office of the said Alderman and Town Beginning Councilmen shall begin on the first Monday of the month of May next following their election and shall continue until the first Monday in the Month of May two years thereafter, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. In case of death, removal from said Town, or refusal Vacancies or inability to serve, of any of the said officers during the term to which they have been elected, then, the remaining officers may, after declaring such office vacant, fill such vacant office by appointment of some person qualified to hold such office. Three must be freeholders OF CITIES AND TOWNS. At least three of the said Councilmen shall be freeholders within said Town. And where the election of a non-free-holder at any election, would make a less number than three free-holders in said "Town Council", a free-holder having the greater number of votes than any other free-holder, shall have preference over a non-freeholder having a greater number of votes than such freeholder. And no person shall be elected to any of the Qualification foregoing offices within said Town, unless he is at the time of such election a qualified voter at such Town election. for office Election officers Posting of notice by Section 4. The "Town Council", shall annually appoint three persons from among the qualified voters of said Town, two judges and one inspector, to hold the said annual election. The said judges and inspector shall post five notices election officers within said Town, five days before the day herein specified for the said election, giving notice of the day and place of holding such election. Failure to hold election Elections In case of failure to hold said election through inadvertence or neglect of said "Town Council", or said judges and inspector, the said "Town Council", may appoint two judges and one inspector to hold such election on the third Monday in April of the year in which the failure to hold such election occurred. The judges and inspector appointed shall hold such elections in the afternoon of the day herein specified for such election, and the voting shall be done between the hours of two and five o'clock. The said judges and inspector shall keep a full and complete record of all votes cast for such candidates and shall transmit to "Town Council", then in office, the records of the votes cast for each candidate, kept by them as aforesaid, and a copy of OF CITIES AND TOWNS. said record to each of the candidates elected at such The judges and inspector of the election when appointed, shall have like control of the election as the judges and inspector of State and County elections have. No person shall be qualified to, vote at such election Qualifications unless he shall have been qualified to vote at the State for voters and County election, immediately preceding such Town election, and shall have been a resident in the said Town of St. Georges, three months immediately preceding such Town election, and shall have paid all taxes assessed against him or against any property owned by him in said Town. All votes at said elections shall be by ballot with the name of the person for whom the voter in- Vote by ballot tends to vote, written plainly thereon. Alderman and Section 5. The Alderman and the Councilmen elected Swearing in of at such elections shall be sworn or affirmed at the first Councilmer meeting of the "Town Council", after their election, by the newly elected Alderman, he being first duly sworn or affirmed by a Justice of the Peace or Notary Public, to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Delaware, and to faithfully fulfil and perform all the duties and obligations imposed upon him by virtue of his election under this act of incorporation. None of these aforesaid officers shall be qualified to enter upon the duties of said office until such oath or affirmation shall be so administered. Section 6. The persons elected as Town Councilmen |
