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OF PUBLIC LANDS.

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expenses.

necessary expenses incident to the discharge of the duties, Two thouherein imposed, the sum of two thousand dollars, or so much sand dollars thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of to pay any money in the treasury of the State not otherwise appro- Paid by propriated, which sum shall be paid by the Treasurer of the State IceaState of Delaware when duly verified and authenticated surer. vouchers of disbursements have been filed in said treasurer's filed in office office by the said commissioners hereby appointed. Passed at Dover, April 25, 1889.

Vouchers

of State Treasurer.

CHAPTER 449.

OF PUBLIC LANDS.

AN ACT to cede certain lands to the United States of America.

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

sionert on

part of

States.

dary of land

Delaware

SECTION I. That Hiram R. Burton, David L. Mustard, Commisand Franklin C. Maull, of Sussex County, be, and they are part of State hereby appointed Commissioners on the part of the State of Delaware, and they, or a majority of them are hereby authorized and empowered in conjunction with any agent or per- Commisson appointed by the President of the United States, or by sioners on the Secretary of the Treasury, to locate and fix the bound- United aries of any quantity of land belonging to the State of Dela- Location ware, not exceeding fifteen hundred feet front, and twelve and bounhundred feet deep from low water mark, situate and lying on Land on the Delaware Bay, between the United States Government B Bay. Iron Pier, and the point of Cape Henlopen; and the land so Where located and designated by the aforesaid Commissioners, in conjunction with the agent or person appointed as aforesaid by the President of the United States or the Secretary of the Treasury, and all claim, title and right of soil and jurisdiction of the State of Delaware into or over the same, are and vested. hereby ceded to and vested in the United States in perpetuity; that a plot of the land so located and hereby ceded as afore-Plot of land said be made and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Recorder's Deeds, in and for Sussex County; Provided, that the sover- Georgetown

located.

Land ceded

office at

of United

OF LIMITS.

Jurisdiction eignity and jurisdiction of this State shall extend over the States to land hereby ceded to the United States so far as that all civil extend over and criminal process issued under any laws of this State may

land ceded. be executed in any part of said lands and the buildings or

structures thereon erected.

SECTION 2. That the above cession of land and jurisdic-
tion is made upon the express condition that a Quarantine
State* shall be located and maintained thereon by the United
States.

Passed at Dover, April 12, 1889.

Purposes of act.

Divided

into two districts.

lines.

CHAPTER 450.

OF LIMITS.

AN ACT to divide South Murderkill Hundred into two Election Districts.

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

SECTION I. That for the purpose of holding all elections for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, State and county officers, and for the election for Assessors of the said hundred and for Inspectors of the election districts and all other elections legally called, the hundred of South Murderkill shall be divided into two election districts by the following lines, viz: Dividing Beginning at a point in the town of Canterbury, where the direct road leading from Magnolia to Canterbury intersects the public road leading through the said town, and running thence by said road, southward, directly over Pratts and Spring Branches, until it intersects the road leading from Masten's Corner to Boone's Mill, thence eastward with said road to Boone's Mill stream. All that part of said hundred west of said dividing line shall be called Election District No. 1, South Murderkill Hundred, and the elections in said held in dis district shall be held in the Town of Felton at the usual Election in place. All that part east of said dividing line shall be called Election District No. 2, South Murderkill Hundred and the

Election districts. Where election

shall be

trict No. 1.

district

No. 2.

*So enrolled.

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OF LIMITS.

election in said district shall be held in the Town of Frederica at the hotel called "The Delaware House."

Electors to

vote in dis

they reside.

inspector

SECTION 2. All electors of said hundred shall vote in the election district in which they at that time reside. One In-trict where spector shall be elected by the electors of each district, who Inspector shall preside over the election in the district in which he re- how elected sides. In case of death, removal or failure of an Inspector to be present at the place of election in due time, his place Vacancy of shall be filled in manner as directed by existing law, as if the how filled. hundred had not been divided. In all elections for Assessor Assessor for the hundred, the name shall be placed on the tickets in both districts and shall be voted for by all the electors voting, a majority of votes in the whole hundred electing. And Districts to be it further provided that in the election of Assessor, the sented aldistricts shall be represented alternately.

how filled.

be repreternately.

to appoint

for 1889 in

SECTION 3. The Levy Court at its session in March 1889, Levy Court shall appoint some duly qualified voter of District No. 1, as inspector Inspector, to hold and preside with all the usual authority at district Ne.1 the next election or elections to be held in said district until a successor is duly elected by the provisions herein provided by Section 2.

to assemble

assessor.

SECTION 4. The said presiding officers or Inspectors and Inspectors Judges of both election districts shall assemble on the day to ascertain succeeding the election or elections at 12 o'clock M., or be- the vote for tween the hours of 12 M., and 1 o'clock P. M., at the voting place of one of the districts and shall ascertain the aggregate numbers of votes in both election districts for Assessor, and shall make and deliver certificates according to law. If two candidates for said office shall have received the same Tie vote number of votes, the presiding officer of the district in which how decided they are met shall cast the deciding vote, which shall elect the candidate for whom the vote is cast. And be it further provided that said election officers of both districts shall assemble on the next day after the next election at the voting Warble place of District No. 2, and alternately at the voting places of the two districts.

to assemble.

to furnish with list of

SECTION 5. The Levy Court of the County of Kent shall at the time of appointing the presiding officer of District No. Levy Court 1, make provision for the furnishing him with a list of the inspector voters of his district, and all necessary means to hold the voters. election or elections in legal form and manner.

SECTION 6. It shall be the duty of the Collector of said

authorize

collect taxes

for him.

OF DUCK CREEK.

Collector to hundred to give written authority to a person to collect taxes some one to in the district in which said Collector does not reside, furnishing him with a correct abstract of the duplicate list of the To be fur said district and blank receipts in legal form, thereby impowabstract of ering him as his legal representative to perform the same duplicate. duties legally as if said Collector was there in person.

nished with

And

further it shall be the duty of the Levy Court of Kent County, Delaware, to provide that said person shall receive Pay for his the sum of two dollars and fifty cents for his services on election day.

services.

cable to

SECTION 7. All the laws of this State touching elections Laws appli- held in the several hundreds of the State shall apply to elecelectors to tions for the same officers in the said election districts, excepting only so far as the general law for the election of Assessors and Inspectors is qualified by the provisions hereinbefore contained.

apply.

Passed at Dover, February 21, 1889.

Name

Smyrna

river.

CHAPTER 451.

OF DUCK CREEK.

AN ACT to change the name of the stream or water course now known as "Duck Creek."

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

SECTION I. That the stream or water course constituting in part the dividing line between New Castle and Kent changed to counties, heretofore known as and called by the name of "Duck Creek" shall be hereafter known as and called by the name of "Smyrna River," and said last mentioned name is hereby declared to be and shall hereafter be the name whereby the said stream or water course shall be known and designated.

SECTION 2. This act shall be a public act.

Passed at Dover, February 7, 1889.

OF MISPILLION CREEK.

CHAPTER 452.

OF MISPILLION CREEK.

AN ACT to change the name of Mispillion Creek.

Name

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, as follows: SECTION I. That the name of Mispillion Creek be and changed to the same is hereby changed to the name of Mispillion River. Mispillion Passed at Dover, February 21, 1889.

river.

CHAPTER 453

OF MURDERKILL CREEK.

AN ACT entitled An Act to change the name of the stream of water known as Murderkill Creek to that of Murderkill River.

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

SECTION I. That the name of Murderkill Creek be and the same is hereby changed to Murderkill River.

Passed at Dover, February 21, 1889.

Name

changed to Murderkill

river.

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