TITLE NΙΝΤΗ.
Regulations Concerning Trade.

Days of grace abolished.

CHAPTER 91.

GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING TRADE.

AN ACT abolishing days of grace on negotiable paper.

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

SECTION I. That on and after the first day of July, A. D. 1898, no days of grace shall be allowed on notes, drafts, acceptances and bills of exchange made, drawn or accepted by any person or corporation, but the same shall be due and payable without days of grace.

SECTION 2. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved May 20, A. D. 1898.

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LAWS OF DELAWARE.

OF THE SALE AND INSPECTION OF BREAD STUFFS.

CHAPTER 92.

OF THE SALE AND INSPECTION OF BREAD STUFFS, &C.

AN ACT regulating the weight of bread sold in loaves by the Bakers or
Manufacturers thereof and by other persons.

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

weigh one

SECTION 1. That all loaves of bread manufactured from Loaves of wheat flour in whole or in part, sold or offered for sale in this read State by the baker or manufacturers thereof or by any other pound. person whether wholesale or retail shall weigh at least one pound avoirdupois weight.

SECTION 2. If any baker or manufacturer of bread into sate of loaves from wheat flour in whole or in part, or any other per-weighing son shall in this State sell or offer to sell to any person any such loaf of said bread that shall weigh less than one pound avoidupois weight he, she or they, or it shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall forfeit and pay to the county wherein such sale or offer to sell is made, a fine of not less than five dollars, and not more than twenty- Penalty. five dollars and upon default of the payment of said fine shall be imprisoned in the County Jail not exceeding thirty days. Approved June 1, A. D. 1898.

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TITLE TEΝΤΗ.

Of Corporations.

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CHAPTER 93.

OF CITIES AND TOWNS.

A further Additional Supplement to an Act entitled an Additional Supple-
ment to an Act entitled an Act for the better regulation of the Streets of
Delaware City and for other purposes passed at Dover, March 5, 1851.

WHEREAS, the mayor and commissioners of the City of
Delaware City were authorized and empowered to issue their
bonds as said mayor and commissioners of the said city to the
amount of twenty-nine thousand dollars in such denomina-
tions as they should see best bearing interest at not more than
(42) four and one-half per cent. per annum payable in a
time not less than ten (10) years and not more than twenty
years from the date of their issue and to provide for the pay-
ment of the interest on such bonds, to have power to raise
annually by taxation of the persons and property within the
limits of the City of Delaware City according to all acts in
regard to the assessment and collection of taxes within the
said City, such a sum as might be necessary for that purpose,

and

WHEREAS, the amount of bonds outstanding and falling due July 1, 1899, is twenty-two thousand dollars and it is deemed expedient to lower the rate of interest on said bonds and also to provide a sinking fund for the extinguishment of said principal sum, now for that purpose,

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 therein):

SECTION I. That the Mayor and Commissioners of Dela

f LAWS OF DELAWARE.

OF CITIES AND TOWNS.

and com

$22,000 in

interest.

ware City be and they are hereby authorized and empowered Mayor for the purpose of redeeming the bonds heretofore issued by missionthe Mayor and Commissioners of Delaware City to issue the aware City bonds of the said the Mayor and Commissioners of Delaware City under the corporate seal to the amount of twenty-two bonds. thousand dollars. The said new bonds to bear interest at not Rate of more than four (4) per cent. per annum. The said bonds to be payable in a time not less than five years and not exceeding Time of thirty years from the date of their issue and to provide for the payment. payment of the interest on said bonds. The said, The Mayor and Commissioners of Delaware City shall have power to Taxation raise annually by taxation of the persons and property within ment of the limits of the City according to the various acts in relation bonds. to the assessment and collection of the taxes within the said City, such sum as may be necessary for this purpose and as the bonds to be redeemed are so redeemed they shall be can

celled

for pay

fund for

SECTION 2. That the Mayor and Commissioners of Delaware City, "be further authorized and empowered to raise annually by taxation of the persons and property within the said city in the same manner as prescribed in Section 1, such sum of money, as shall amount to one-tenth of one per cent. Sinking on the whole assessment which shall constitute a sinking payment fund for the extinguishment and payment of the principal of bonds. sum of twenty-two thousand dollars as the same may fall due or be payable, such annual sum so raised to be safely invested by the said Mayor and Commissioners of Delaware City until it shall be applied to the purposes specified in this Secless than five hundred dol-$500 to be paid antion, provided, however, that not lars of the principal sum be paid and cancelled each and every nually. year."

tion from

SECTION 3. The bonds provided for in the first Section of Exempthis act, shall be exempt from taxation of every kind and taxation. shall not be disposed of by the Mayor and Commissioners of To be sold

Delaware City at less than their par value.

Approved, March 23, A. D. 1898.

at par.

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ation for

CHAPTER 94.

OF CITIES AND TOWNS.

AN ACT to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Newport, passed at
Dover, April 10, 1883, being Chapter 192, Volume 17, Laws of Delaware.
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):

Appropri- SECTION I. Amend Section 6 of Chapter 192, Volume 17,
streets, &c. by striking out the words, "one hundred" in lines 31 and 32
to $250. of said Section and insert in lieu thereof the words, "Two

increased

hundred."

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

Approved April 18, A. D. 1898.

Ordinances

CHAPTER 95.

OF CITIES AND TOWNS.

AN ACT concerning Shows in the Town of Newark.

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

SECTION 1. That Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 51 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware shall not hereafter apply to the Town of Newark.

SECTION 2. The Council of Newark is hereby authorized regulating to pass ordinances to regulate shows, exhibitions and public shows, etc. representations of all kinds within the Town of Newark, and to establish and receive for the use of the town all fees for licenses issued for the same.

Approved May 5, A. D. 1898.

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