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and disbursements, and the payment over to his successor in office of all moneys in his hands when his term of service expires. He shall also pay all orders or drafts drawn by said company upon him, such payment and also all payments to be made by him to be of funds of the said company in his hands or to come into his hands as such treasurer, after deducting his own commissions, Commissions which shall be five per cent. on all moneys which shall come into of treasurer. his hands: Provided, however, That only one set of commissions shall be allowed upon the same money: Provided, That in the From whom collection of taxes by said treasurer he shall collect first from lect taxes. those whose lands are immediately affected by the operations of said company; that is: he shall collect from those below before he collects from those above within the bounds of said company. The said treasurer shall also ex-officio be the collector of the taxes laid by the said company, and for the purpose of such collection he shall have all the powers which by the laws of this State are vested in the collectors of county rates and levies. He shall settle with the company at the annual meeting next after his apaccount of pointment, and also at all times when required by them shall exhibit an account of his receipts and disbursements and the vouchwithin con- ers for the latter. The duties hereby imposed shall be within the condition of his official bond as treasurer of said company.

Treasurer ex-officio collector. Power.

When to
settle.
Shall exhibit

receipts, &c.

Duties

dition of official bond.

Sum to be raised to

meet current expenses,

when determined.

of each

owner of

land, how

SECTION 10. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall, at each annual meeting, determine what sum of money shall be raised to meet the current expenses of said company for the year thence next ensuing, and shall then determine from the present valuation of the lands lying upon the main ditch and upon Proportion any ditch (now maintained by a company) which leads into the same, and also from the valuation of lands to be made under the determined. provisions of this act, what proportion of said expenses shall be borne and paid by each and every owner of lands within said Certificate to 'company's limits, and shall certify and make known such their determination, in the usual mode employed by other ditch comcollection.panies, to the aforesaid treasurer, with a warrant thereto annexed under the hand of the chairman of said meeting, and attested by Certificate the secretary, for the collection of such expenses, which certificate shall be final and conclusive upon all parties.

treasurer.

Warrant for

conclusive.

Persons assessed enti

tled to one

SECTION 11. And be it further enacted, That at all meetings of said company each assessed for taxes shall be entitled to person vote for each one vote for every dollar of taxes for which he has been assessed, Proxy. and he may deliver that vote in person or by proxy duly constituted under his hand and seal.

dollar of tax.

Expenses of this act.

SECTION 12. And be it further enacted, That all expenses atHow paid. tending the drawing and passage of this act and putting the

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same in force, shall be borne and paid by the said company out of any funds in its possession.

SECTION 13. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be Public act. deemed and taken to be a public act and shall be printed as such among the public statutes.

repealed.

SECTION 14. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts Certain acts of acts heretofore passed with reference to any of the lands embraced or to be embraced within the limits of the company hereby created be and the same hereby are repealed, made null

and void.

how filled.

SECTION 15. And be it further enacted, That in case a vacancy Vacancies, should occur in the aforesaid body of commissioners by death, removal from the county, or inability to serve, the Judge of the Superior Court resident in Sussex county shall have power to fill such vacancy.

SECTION 16. And be it further enacted, That the power to re- Revocation. voke this act is hereby reserved to the Legislature. Passed at Dover, March 22, 1867.

CHAPTER 196.

DUCK CREEK, IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.

11 Vol. 672; 12 Vol. 74. SEC. 1. Future Elections.

Voters.

SEC. 2. Sec. 1, Chap. 592, Vol. 11, amended.
How.

A Supplement to the act entitled, "An Act to incorporate the Duck Creek

Improvement Company."

11 Vol. 672. 12 Vol. 74.

tions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, (twothirds of each branch concurring), That in all future elections for Future elecManagers and Treasurer, and other meetings of marsh owners for the purpose of laying additional tax, as provided for in the act to which this is a supplement, it shall and may be lawful for each voters. person owning five acres of marsh, or low ground, to have one vote, and for every additional ten acres owned by such person, which shall have been assessed, he or she may be entitled to an additional vote therefor.

Sec. 1, Chap. 592, Vol. 11

amended.

How.

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SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 1 of Chapter 592, Vol. 11 of Laws of Delaware, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Duck Creek Improvement Company," be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "first," in 8th line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "second;" and further by striking out the words "at the tavern-house on Long Point," occurring in line 10 of said section, and the following be and the same is hereby inserted in lieu thereof: "at Smyrna Hotel, owned by Tilghman Foxwell."

Passed at Dover, February 20, 1867.

CHAPTER 197.

9 Vol. 352. 12 Vol. 307.

New assessment authorized.

New assessment to be

the valua tion for the

assessment

of taxes for

ten years.

JAMISON'S BRANCH COMPANY.

9 Vol. 352; 12 Vol. 307.
SEC. 1. New assessment authorized.

SEC. 2. New assessment to be the valuation for the assessment of taxes for ten years. Re-establishment of original act.

An Act in Relation to " The Jamison's Branch Company."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, That a new assessment or appraisement of the lands enclosed within the scope of the operations, or benefited by the works of said company, is hereby ordered to be made, and Henry Pratt, William Virden and William Slaughter, are hereby appointed to make and return the same, as provided with reference to another appraisement ordered by the 2d Section of Chap. 288, of the Laws of this State, (12 Vol., page 308.)

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the said new assessment or appraisement shall be the valuation upon which the taxes with which the aforesaid lands shall be chargeable shall be assessed and levied for the space of ten years thereafter, and generally all and every the provisions of the original charter of said company, and of any and all supplements thereof, or additions thereto, except as the same are altered by this act, be and the same are hereby re-enacted, re-established and declared to be lishment of in full force, and shall have full operation and effect for the space of twenty years from the date of the passage hereof.

Re-estab

original act.

GENERAL CORPORATIONS.

SECTION 3. This act is passed with the concurrence of twothirds of each branch of the Legislature.

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A Further Supplement to the act entitled, "An Act to Incorporate the
Wilmington Coal Gas Company."

10 Vol. 575.

with supple

ments, re

vived.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, (twothirds of each branch concurring,) That the act entitled, "An Act to incorporate the Wilmington Coal Gas Company," passed Original act, the fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, and the supplements thereto, passed at subsequent sessions of the General Assembly, or so much of them as is now in force and not altered, changed, or amended by this act, shall continue and be in full force, and the same is hereby extended and continued for the term of twenty years from the passage of this act, and the said corporation created or established by the said recited act and the supplements thereto, or any of them, with all the rights, powers, privileges, franchises and immunities which are now vested in the said corporation by any law of this State, are hereby continued, extended, and shall be held in full force and operation for the term of twenty years from and after the passage of this act, except so far as said recited act and the supplements thereto are changed, altered, or amended by this act.

SECTION 2. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock of the Increase of said Wilmington Coal Gas Company may be increased to a sum capital stock not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars, and the directors of said company shall have power to issue the additional stock in shares of the same par value as the shares already in existence, and to dispose of the same in such manner and at such times as

Sec. 10 re

pealed.

Price of gas,

how regu lated.

Publication ordered.

GENERAL CORPORATIONS.

in the discretion of said directors it may be necessary to enlarge the operations of said company to meet the public wants.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That Section 10 of the act to which this is a further supplement be and the same is hereby repealed.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That the prices of gas shall be so regulated as that the dividends upon the capital stock of said company shall never exceed twelve per cent. per annum. SECTION 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be published in the laws of this State and not be excluded therefrom by virtue of any provision in the act entitled, "An Act concerning the publication of the Laws," passed at Dover, February 17, 1866: Provided, The said company shall first pay to the Secretary of State the special tax provided for by Section 3 of Chapter 1, Part 1, Vol. XIII of the Laws of the State of Delaware. Passed at Dover, January 30, 1867.

Incorporation.

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An Act to Incorporate the Delaware Gas Light Improvement Company.

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,) as follows, to wit:

SECTION 1. That James Bradford, William G. Gibbons, E. Q. Sewall, George G. Lobdell, William G. Mendinhall, James G. Knowles, Oborn Levis, Casper Kendall, Isaac G. Lloyd, James

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