OF THE JANITOR FOR THE STATE HOUSE.

CHAPTER 8.

OF THE JANITOR FOR THE STATE HOUSE.

AN ACT to amend Chapter 64, Volume 19, Laws of Delaware, entitled "An
Act to authorize the appointment of a Janitor for the State House."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

State

given

SECTION 1. That Section 2 of said Chapter 64, Volume Janitor of
19, Laws of Delaware, entitled "An Act to authorize the ap-House
pointment of a Janitor for the State House," be and the same police
is hereby amended by adding at the end of said Section 2, powers.
the following: "The said Janitor for the purpose of enforcing
this Section shall be clothed with all the powers which any
police officer of the town of Dover now has."

of salary

SECTION 2. That Section 3 of Chapter 64, Volume 19, Payment
Laws of Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended by of Janitor.
striking out all of said Section after the words "per year" in
the third line thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the words
"payable in equal quarterly installments."

SECTION 3. That Section 4 of said Chapter be and the How paid.
same is hereby amended by striking out the word "draft" in
the sixth and seventh lines thereof and inserting in lieu
thereof respectively the words "quarterly installments."

Approved March 17, A. D. 1898.

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Filing of bills, &c., with Secretary of

State

CHAPTER 9.

OF THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS.

AN ACT to amend Chapter 4 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Delaware, relating to the passing and publication of Laws.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

SECTION I. That Section 1 of Chapter 4 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Delaware be and the same is hereby stricken out and the following inserted in lieu thereof : "Whenever a bill, 'order, resolution or vote of both Houses of the General Assembly, first being duly enrolled and signed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and having been approved and signed by the Governor, or not having been returned by him with his objections, becomes a law or takes effect, it shall forthwith be received by the Secretary of State from the Governor; and whenever a bill, order, resolution or vote is returned by the Governor with his objections and on being reconsidered, is agreed to be passed and is approved by three-fifths of all the members elected to each House of the General Assembly and thereby becomes a law, or takes effect; it shall be received by the Secretary of State from the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in whichsoever house it shall last Printing have been so approved, and the Secretary of State, if the bill, order, resolution or vote, be of a public nature, shall immeNumber diately upon the adjournment of the General Assembly, have of copies. three thousand two hundred copies, accurately printed in pamphlet form, with proper notes and index, and shall carefully preserve the originals.

of public

laws.

"The printing shall conform with this edition and each volprinting. ume shall be closed when the pages exceed five hundred and of pages to the Secretary of State shall then have three hundred and fifty copies bound with a general index, which he shall distribute Bolumes as follows: one hundred copies to the Prothonotary of New Pistribu- Castle County, fifty copies to the Prothonotary of Kent County and fifty copies to the Prothonotary of Sussex County; and he

OF THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS.

shall charge the respective Prothonotaries for the same at the sale of. rate of two dollars per volume; one copy to the executive; one copy to each State officer; one copy to each County officer of the respective Counties and the residue to the State Library for the Librarian to distribute; one copy to the State Library of each of the United States and retain the residue. The copies Custody of delivered as herein provided, to the executive, the State and copies in County officers, shall be kept and remain in their respective offices and by them delivered to their successors as the property of said offices."

pamphlet

laws.

SECTION 2. That Section 2 of Chapter 4 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Delaware, be and the same is hereby stricken out and the following inserted in lieu thereof: "The DistribuLaws when printed in pamphlet form, as directed in the fore- tion of going Section shall be distributed, by the Secretary of State Session as follows, one thousand one hundred copies to the Prothonotary of New Castle County, seven hundred copies to the Prothonotary of Kent County, and eight hundred copies to the Prothonotary of Sussex County; one to the President of the United States; one to each of the departments of the General Government, two to the Library of Congress; one to Delaware College; one to St. Mary College; one to the Historical Society of Delaware; one to the executive of each of the United States; retain three hundred and fifty copies in the office of the Secretary of State, for the purpose of being bound into suitable volumes, as provided in the foregoing Section and the residue to the State Library, for the Librarian to distribute one to the State Library of each of the United States and retain the residue."

Auditor's

not to be

SECTION 3. That Section 4 of Chapter 4 of the Revised Report Statutes be and the same is hereby amended by striking out printed in the words "The Auditor's Report" in the third and fourth tive lines of said Section.

Legisla-
Journals.

Approved April 28, A. D. 1898.

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Unpub

CHAPTER 10.

OF THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS.

AN ACT to revive and extend the time of Recording Private Acts.

WHEREAS, by Section 3 of Chapter 4 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Delaware, it is provided that private statutes (namely such as are not of a public nature or published as such) shall be recorded in the Recorder's office in one of the counties of this State within twelve months after their passage or they shall be void, and

WHEREAS, A number of private and unpublished acts heretofore passed have been allowed to become void through ignorance or neglect of the aforesaid enactment; therefore, for the purpose of relieving the parties interested of the embarrassments and disappointments arising from such neglect in the premises; therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (two-thirds of each branch concurring therein):

SECTION I. That all unpublished acts heretofore passed lished acts that have become void on account of not being duly recorded corded re- in compliance with the provisions aforesaid and that have not and time by special acts been repealed or become void by lapse of the for record-time for which they are limited, be and the same are hereby

enacted

extended

ing.

severally renewed and re-enacted, and together with the provisions therein contained are respectively declared to be in full force for the period mentioned in the original acts, and all acts and transactions done and performed under the provisions of said acts respectively shall have the same force and

Acts valid. effect and be as valid to all intents and purposes as if the said acts had been severally recorded according to law. Provided, that this enactinent shall not take effect in the case of any act that has become void as aforesaid until a certified copy thereof procured of the Secretary of State, shall be duly recorded in the Recorder's office of one of the counties of this

be

When act State; and provided further that no such copy of a voided recorded. act shall be received for record after the expiration of one

year after the passage of this act.

i

LAWS OF DELAWARE.

A.

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SECTION 2. That this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act and be published as such.

Approved March 17, A. D. 1898.

CHAPTER 11.

OF THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS.

AN ACT to revive and extend the time of recording Private Acts.

WHEREAS, By Section 3 of Chapter 4 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Delaware, it is provided that private statutes (namely such as are not of a public nature or published as such) shall be recorded in the Recorder's office in one of the Counties of this State within twelve months after their passage or they shall be void; and

WHEREAS, A number of the private and unpublished acts heretofore passed have been allowed to become void through ignorance of the aforesaid enactment; therefore, for the purpose of relieving the parties interested of the embarrassments and disappointments arising from such neglect in the premises; therefore

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

SECTION I. That all unpublished acts heretofore passed Certain that have become void on account of not being duly recorded re-enacted in compliance with the provisions aforesaid and that have not onde by special acts been repealed or become void by lapse of the ing ex time for which they were limited, be and the same are hereby severally renewed and re-enacted, and together with the provisions therein contained are respectively declared to be in full force for the period mentioned in the original acts, and