IN RELATION TO PUBLIC OFFICERS. therefor is made upon him by said Clerk of the Peace, and in case Appointm'nt CHAPTER 127. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, SEC. 1. Appointment of an additional Justice SEC. 1. Where to reside. An Act for the appointment of an additional Justice of the Peace in and SECTION 1. of additional tatives of the Justice au Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresenState of Delaware in General Assembly met, (twothorized. thirds of each branch concurring), That the County of Sussex shall be entitled to one Justice of the Peace in addition to the number now allowed by law, and that he shall be appointed and continue to reside in Georgetown hundred, and in the town of Georgetown. Where to reside. Current Vol. An Act to amend Chapter 10 of the 13th Volume of the Laws of Delaware. 12. Addition to Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the SECTION 1. That Chapter 10 of the 13th Volume of the Laws 34. IN RELATION TO PUBLIC OFFICERS. give bond. When. hereby amended by adding to the end of Section 1 of the said chapter the following, viz: "Any person who has been or shall be appointed Constable under this act, within twenty days after Constable to the passage of this amendment (if he is now appointed), or within five (5) days after his appointment (if he shall hereafter be appointed), shall give bond with sufficient surety, and which bond the Levy Court of said county shall take, approve, certify and deliver for record in like manner as is now provided by law in case of other Constables, in Chapter 34 aforesaid." Passed at Dover, March 22, 1867. CHAPTER 129. SEAL OF OFFICE. SEC. 1. Recorder of Deeds for Kent county to SEC. 1. New Seal to be used hereafter. procure a new seal of office. Dimensions and device of seal. 2. Levy Court of Kent county to pay costs An Act to authorize the Recorder of Deeds in and for Kent County to procure a new Seal of Office. Deeds for new Seal of and device of SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- Recorder of tatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, That Andrew J. Wright, Esquire, Recorder of Deeds in and for Kent to procure a county, be and he is hereby authorized to procure a new seal Office. for his office, to be made of brass or steel, of the dimensions and Dimensions engraved with the same devices of the present seal, which said seal. seal, when completed, shall be taken and deemed to be the seal of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Kent county, in the State New seal to of Delaware, and shall thereafter be fixed to all writings, papers, after. and records where said seal is required, and the present seal shall then be broken up and destroyed by the said Recorder. be used here SECTION 2. And be it enacted, That the Levy Court of Kent Levy Court county shall pay the necessary cost and expense of procuring costs the said new seal. Passed at Dover, January 25, 1867. of Kent Co. Recorder of IN RELATION TO PUBLIC OFFICERS. CHAPTER 130. SEAL OF OFFICE. SEC. 1. Recorder of Deeds of Sussex county authorized to procure a new seal of SEC. 2. Levy Court of Sussex county to pay costs. An Act to authorize the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County to procure a new Seal of Office. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: SECTION 1. That George M. Davis, Recorder of Deeds in and sex county for Sussex county, be and he is hereby authorized to procure a new seal, to be made of brass, of the size and engraved with the new Seal of devices of the seal now in use in said office, which said seal, when authorized to procure Office. Levy Court of Sussex Co. completed, shall be taken, adjudged, and deemed to be the seal of the Recorder's Office in and for Sussex County, and shall thereafter be affixed to all writings, papers and copies where the seal of said office is required; and the said George M. Davis is then hereby authorized, directed and required to break up and destroy the seal of said office now in use. SECTION 2. That the Levy Court and Court of Appeal of Susto pay cost. sex county shall pay the necessary cost and expenses of procuring the said new seal. Passed at Dover, March 19, 1867. Preamble. Preamble. CHAPTER 131. INDEX TO MORTGAGES, SEC. 1. Recorder of Deeds for Sussex county to SEC. 1. Recorder and successors to continue index. 2. Commissioners to examine indices. 3. Compensation. An Act to authorize the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Sussex county, to make a Direct and Reverse General Index to Mortgages in separate Records in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in Sussex county, WHEREAS it has been represented to this General Assembly that there is no general direct and reverse index to mortgages IN RELATION TO PUBLIC OFFICERS. recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex Recorder of make a index. successors to index. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- Deeds for tatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, That Sussex co. to George [M.] Davis, the present Recorder of Deeds in said county, mortgage shall make a general direct and reverse index to mortgages recorded in his office, the said indexes to be in separate records, and to be called general direct index to mortgages, and general reverse index to mortgages; and hereafter it shall be the duty of the Recorder and his successors in office to continue said general Recorder and direct and reverse indexes in said books, as well as the general continue direct and reverse indexes to the records, in the several books from time to time prepared for recording mortgages in his office. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That if the said George Commission[M.] Davis, Recorder as aforesaid, shall make indexes [as] afore-amine indisaid, then that Custis W. Wright and Edwin R. Paynter are hereby appointed commissioners, whose duty it shall be to examine said indexes after the said George [M.] Davis shall have completed them, and if they approve of the execution thereof they shall certify on the record containing the indexes aforesaid, made by the said George [M.] Davis, the same to be a true general direct and reverse index to mortgages, recorded in said office, and that then and after said certificate the said record shall become and be the indexes to said mortgages. ces. tion. to ex SECTION 3. Be it further enacted as aforesaid, That it shall and Compensamay be lawful for the Levy Court of Sussex county to make such allowances to the said George [M.] Davis, and Custis W. Wright and Edwin R. Paynter, for the services required of them by this act, as the said Levy Court may deem proper. Passed at Dover, February 7, 1867. A Preamble. Proth'y of to ascertain ments have been discharged. An Act in relation to the Judgment and Continuance Dockets of the Superior Court of Kent County, and the General Indexes to the same. WHEREAS it has been represented to this General Assembly that the dockets aforesaid do not show all the satisfactions of the judgments of the said court which have been made by legal process, nor does it appear by the indexes to the said dockets whether or not judgments therein indexed are satisfied; AND WHEREAS the people of this State would be greatly benefited if their searches for liens could be made sufficient by the dockets and indexes aforesaid, without actual reference to the returns to writs issued upon such liens, or to other entries equivalent to satisfaction; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresenKent county tatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, That what judy the Prothonotary of the Superior Court of Kent county be and he is hereby authorized and required, by himself, or a deputy by him to be appointed for that purpose, to examine the records of the said court and ascertain what judgments thereof have been satisfied, or otherwise discharged, by entries of satisfaction Satisfaction, or returns of writs; and if such satisfaction shall appear by said how entered. returns, the same to enter under the hand of such Prothonotary, or deputy, upon the record of said judgments, and also to enter upon the aforesaid indexes, at every judgment referred to, which has been satisfied by said entries, returns, or otherwise, the capital letter S. Compensation. Proth'ys to mark satis faction in indices. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That when the said work is completed, the Levy Court of Kent county shall make, to the said Prothonotary, or deputy, as the case may be, a just and proper allowance for the same. SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That hereafter it shall be the duty of the Prothonotaries in each county, when satisfaction of a judgment is made by entry, or otherwise, to write the letter S in the index opposite the names of the parties in such judgment. Passed at Dover, March 13, 1867. |