OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, PASSED AT A SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER, ON TUESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, A. D. 1867, AND OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES THE NINETY-FIRST. VOL. 13.--PART 2. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. JAMES KIRK, PRINTER, DOVER, DELAWARE. An Act to divide Murderkill hundred, in Kent county, into two hundreds.. to be called, respectively, North Murderkill hundred and South Murderkill hundred. Murderkill Kent county, divided into two hun purposes SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, That Murderkill hundred, in Kent county, shall be, and the same is hunded, hereby divided into two hundreds for the purpose of holding the general and special elections, the election of Assessors and Inspec- dreds tors, and for the appointment of Constables, and for such other purposes as may be necessary to constitute the respective hun. For what dreds distinct and separate hundreds, with the rights that may divided. properly appertain to them as such. All that part of said Murderkill hundred now embraced in Murderkill North Election District shall constitute one hundred of Kent county, and shall be called and known by the name of North Murderkill hundred; and all Name of of that part of Murderkill hundred now embraced in Murderkill when diviSouth Election District, shall constitute one hundred of Kent county, and shall be called and known by the name of South Murderkill hundred, and all laws of this State that apply to hundreds in Kent county as such, shall apply and extend to the said North Murderkill hundred and the said South Murderkill hundred as separate and distinct hundreds. hundreds ded. Court Com SECTION 2. Be it further enacted, That North Murderkill hun- of Levy dred and South Murderkill hundred, as formed by this act, shall missioners each have one of the Commissioners of the Levy Court and Court and Constaof Appeal, and two of the Constables which, under existing laws bles. pointment. CONCERNING LIMITS. Murderkill hundred, as it existed before the passage of this act, was entitled to, and at the next general election in this State one Levy Court Commissioner shall be elected for each of said huntion and a dreds, and the Levy Court of Kent county, upon the expiration of the term of office of either of the Constables at present residing in North Murderkill hundred, may appoint a Constable for said North Murderkill hundred to fill such vacancy, and upon the expiration of the term of office of either of the Constables at present within the limits of South Murderkill hundred, the said Levy Court may appoint a Constable for South Murderkill hundred to fill such vacaney; Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply [to], or in any way affect any Constable appointed under any special law residing within the limits of either hundred. The Levy Court aforesaid shall also dred to have appoint annually at the term now fixed by law for the appointof the Poor, ment of Trustees of the Poor, one Trustee of the Poor for each of the said hundreds. Proviso. Each hun one Trustee Elections, where held. Of the and collec tion of taxes in said hundreds. SECTION 3. Be it further enacted, That all general and special elections, and all elections for Assessors and Inspectors, shall be held in the said hundreds of North and South Murderkill, at the places now designated by law for holding elections in Murderkill North Election District and in Murderkill South Election District. SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That the assessment and assessment collection of taxes in the said hundreds hereby formed out of what has heretofore been Murderkill hundred shall, until the next general assessment of real and personal property, be made in the same manner as heretofore, and the payment of the taxes assessed under the present valuation shall have the same effect and force in all respects as the payment of taxes has, or can have, in any hundred of the county; and the passage of this act shall in no way impair the right of any Collector to complete the collection of duplicates or assessments in his hands for collection, or which may hereafter be placed in his hands for collection, in the same manner as if this act had not been passed, but such Collector or Collectors, their executors or administrators, and the sureties of any such Collector, shall have the same powers, rights and remedies, and be under the same liabilities, to collect the taxes committed to such Collector for collection as if this [act] had not been passed. stables and SECTION 5. Be it further enacted, That the Constables and Present Con- Trustees of the Poor heretofore appointed for Murderkill [hunTrustees of dred] shall continue in office and act as such until their respective terms of office shall expire or become vacant. the Poor. Passed at Dover, March 20, 1867. |