Notice of sale.

All monies to be paid to treasurer.

Town con

OF CORPORATIONS.

auction, for the shortest space of time in which the rents and profits will satisfy the said debt, together with all costs and expense attending the collection of the same. And all of which taxes and sums of money of whatever nature the same may be, and all moneys from whatever source the same may be derived and due and belonging to the said town, the said collector or any person receiving the same shall, without delay, pay over to the treasurer, whose receipt shall be a good and sufficient voucher.

SECTION 27. The said town constable shall assist the presstable; duties. ident and council in carrying into effect the ordinances, laws. and regulations directed to him, make arrests of vagrants or violators of the peace, with or without warrant, and perform all other duties and offices that ordinance may prescribe.

Bond of collector and

treasurer.

Powers un

der former

SECTION 28. The collector and treasurer shall, each, severally, give bond with security in double the amount of money that may probably come into their hands respectively, for the true and faithful performance of such duties as may be ordained, which security must be approved by council.

SECTION 29. All the powers and authorities granted by charters and the acts of this State to the commissioners under the former supplements charter and supplements thereto, are hereby transferred to the upon council. town council under the present charter.

conferred

SECTION 30. This act shall be deemed and taken to be a Public act, public act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges and justices, and all other persons whatsoever without the same being specially pleaded, and every matter herein contained shall be construed and taken most favorably and beneficially for the said corporation.

Passed at Dover, March 6, 1877.

OF CORPORATIONS.

CHAPTER 461.

OF THE TOWN OF FELTON.

AN ACT to amend Sections 12 and 13 of Chapter 479 of Volume 13, part Volume 13, 3 of the Laws of the State of Delaware, entitled "An act to incorporate 502. the town of Felton, and for other purposes," passed at Dover, April, 8, 1869.

and 13, of

amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- Sections 12 sentatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, chapter 479, That sections 12 and 13, of chapter 479, of volume 13. part volume 13, 3, of the act entitled, “An act to incorporate the town of Felton, and for other purposes," passed at Dover, April 8, 1869, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out of the fourth and fifth lines of section 12, the words, "when no constable resides in said town," and inserting in lieu thereof, the words," if they shall deem such appointment necessary." That section 13 of said act be and the same is hereby amended by inserting in the first line thereof, immediately after the word "constable" and before the word "shall," the words, " or the town bailiff."

Passed at Dover, March 7, 1877.

CHAPTER 462.

OF THE TOWN OF LEWES.

A supplement to the act entitled "AN ACT to incorporate the town of Volume 14, Lewes, and for other purposes."

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,)

126

sioners to

SECTION 1. That the commissioners of the town of Lewes Commisare authorized to erect, or cause to be erected, suitable gates erect gates, or bars to or at all the bridges connecting Lewis with the bars, fences; cape or marshes; also a fence where needed, and keep the

where.

Expense; how paid.

Penalty for not closing gates &c.

Fine.

OF CORPORATIONS.

same in suitable repair, to prevent cattle, horses, mules, sheep and hogs from coming off said cape; the expense of erecting and keeping in repair said gates, fences and bars to be paid out of funds that may be in their hands.

SECTION 2. Any justice of the peace in the town of Lewes shall, on complaint being made to him by any citizen, that any person has opened and neglected or refused to shut any of said gates or bars, issue a warrant of arrest for the offending party, and upon sufficient proof of guilt thereof, shall impose a fine not exceeding ten dollars and costs, one-half of said fine shall go to the informer, the other half to the town of Lewes.

Passed at Dover, March 22, 1877.

Certain

be included

limits.

CHAPTER 463.

OF THE TOWN OF LEIPSIC.

A further additional supplement to the act entitled "AN ACT to incorporate the town of Leipsic, and for other purposes," passed at Dover, February 26, 1852."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, (twothirds of each branch of the Legislature concurring therein.)

SECTION 1. That, hereafter, so much of the farms or agricullands not to tural lands of Samuel Hargadine, Mary S. Reed, James L. within town Smith and William H. Grasley, lying and being on the southern and eastern sides of the following line, to wit, comBoundaries. mencing at a point in the branch of James L. Smith's farm, due west of the farm-gate of the said Mary S. Reed, and running thence in an eastern direction to the said farm-gate, thence in an eastern direction, a distance of three hundred yards, and thence due north to Leipsic creek, and lying within the corporate limits of said town of Leipsic, shall not be embraced and included therein, nor be liable to taxation by the authorities of the said town of Leipsic, under said act of incorporation for the benefit and improvement thereof.

Nor liable

to town taxes.

Passed at Dover, March 22, 1877.

TITLE ELEVENTH.

Of the Domestic Relations.

CHAPTER 464.

OF HUSBAND AND WIFE.

Current vol

AN ACT to amend section 3, of chapter 165, volume 15, of the laws of this ume, 289.
State, entitled "Of Husband and wife."

Section 3, of

current vol

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- chapter 165, sentatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, ume amend. That section 3, of chapter 165, volume 15, of the laws of this ed. State be, and the same is hereby amended by inserting in line six of said section, after the word "where," and before the word "it," the words, "to secure such purchase money," and further by inserting after the word "of" in line ten of said section, and before the word "money" the words "such purchase."

Passed at Dover, March 22, 1877.

TITLE TWELFTH.

Of Titles to Real Property.

Time of re

CHAPTER 465.

OF CONVEYANCES.

A further additional supplement to the act entitled AN ACT to extend the time of recording deeds.

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

SECTION 1. That all deeds or letters of attorney concerning cording lands, tenements, or hereditaments,sealed and delivered on or ded to 1879. before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred

deeds exten

and seventy-seven, first being acknowledged or proved, and the acknowledgment or proof certified to according to the laws of the State in force at the time when such acknowledgment or proof was made, with the certificate of acknowledgment or proof, and all indorsements and annexations be recorded in the office for recording deeds in the county wherein such lands, tenements and hereditaments, or any part thereof, are situated, if lodged in such office on or before the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, and the said record or copy thereof shall be sufficient evidence, and from and after the said first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, no deed or letter of attorney sealed before the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, shall be recorded.

Passed at Dover, January 18, 1877.