An Act dividing Christiana Hundred into two Election Districts. Christiana districts. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- Division of tatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, That hundred into for the purpose of holding elections for State and county officers two election in Christiana hundred, the said hundred shall be divided into two election districts, northern and southern. The Christiana Northern election district shall be composed of all that portion of said hundred lying northerly of the Lancaster turnpike, and all that portion of said hundred lying southerly of said turnpike to be called Christiana South election district. tious shall SECTION 2. That the elections for the said Christiana South Where elecelection district shall be held at the district school house No. 21, be held at Newport, and the elections for Christiana North election district shall be held at the usual place as heretofore. voted for SECTION 3. At the said places shall be held the general elec- Whom to be tions, all special elections for the members of the General Assem- at said bly and representative in Congress, elections for electors of elections. President and Vice President of the United States, and elections for road commissioners, for assessor of the said hundred, and for inspectors of the said election districts. The electors residing in said hundred shall vote in the election district in which they shall at the time reside. laws to ap SECTION 4. All the laws of the State touching elections held Election. in the several hundreds of the State shall apply to elections for ply to said the same officers of the said election districts, excepting only so districts. far as the general law for the election of assessors and inspectors and road commissioners is qualified by the provisions hereinafter contained. Exception. and SECTION 5. There shall be elected, in accordance with the Assessor provisions of Chapter 17 of the Revised Statutes, one assessor Inspectors, for Christiana hundred, and one inspector for each of the said districts. In such election for assessor and inspector, the collector of said hundred shall be the presiding officer of Christiana North election district, and some qualified voter of the district, to be appointed by the Levy Court of New Castle county in the month Presiding and how voted for. CONCERNING LIMITS. of March next previous to the election, shall be the presiding officer for Christiana South election district, and shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of the presiding officer of officer, when such election according to law; and if at any election for assessor and inspector in said Christiana South election district a presiding officer shall not have been appointed, or shall not be present at the time and place of opening the election, the electors present shall choose a presiding officer for said election according to the provisions of Section 10 of Chapter 18 of the Revised Statutes. The Levy Court of New Castle county shall, at the time of the appointment, make provision for the furnishing by the collector List of voters of a list of the voters of the said hundred to the person appointed as presiding officer as aforesaid. Certificates of election. Presiding officers to assemble. when and where Tie vote. SECTION 6. Immediately upon closing the election for assessor and inspector in the said election districts, and ascertaining the state of the vote, the presiding officer and judges of the election in each of said districts shall make and sign certificates according to law of the election of inspectors, varying from the form prescribed for that purpose by omitting the assessor, and in lieu of including the election of assessor in such certificate they shall make and sign a certificate of the number of votes given for each candidate voted for as assessor, and also of the number of votes given for each candidate voted for as road commissioner. SECTION 7. The said presiding officers and judges of both the said election districts shall assemble on the day next succeeding said election, at 12 o'clock M., at the place of voting in Christiana North election district aforesaid, and ascertain the aggregate number of votes given in both the said districts for each person voted for for road commissioner and for assessor. The candidate having the highest number of votes shall be declared duly elected assessor, and the candidate or candidates, according as there may be one or more to be elected, having the highest number of votes for road commissioner or commissioners, shall be declared duly elected road commissioner or road commissioners, and the presiding officers and judges shall make, sign and deliver certificates of said election according to law. If two candidates for said office shall have the highest and an equal number of votes, the collector or presiding officer of said Christiana North election district shall give a casting vote, which shall elect the candidate in whose favor it is given. Passed at Dover, February 9, 1869. CONCERNING LIMITS. CHAPTER 386. ELECTION DISTRICTS. SEC. 1. Red Lion hundred divided into two elec- SEC. 5. Assessors and Inspectors. tion districts. 2. Elections, where held. 3. At said elections whom to be voted for. 4. Election laws to apply to said districts. Presiding officer, when and how appointed. 7. Presiding officers to assemble, when and An Act dividing Red Lion Hundred into two Election Districts. hundred di districts. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- Red Lion tatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, That vided into for the purpose of holding elections for State and county officers two election in Red Lion hundred, the said hundred shall be divided into two election districts, eastern and western. The Red Lion Eastern election district shall be composed of all that portion of said hundred bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning on the Delaware How divided river at the mouth of St. George's creek; thence proceeding up said creek to the Chesapeake and Delaware canal; thence continuing up said creek on the opposite side of said canal to Dragon creek; thence with said creek until it intersects the road leading from St. George's to New Castle; thence with said road north to Red Lion creek; thence down said creek to the Delaware river, and thence down said river, including Fort Delaware, to the place of beginning. All that portion of said hundred not included within the above described boundaries to be called Red Lion West election district. where held. SECTION 2. The elections for the said Red Lion East election Elections, district shall be held at the school house in district No. 76, in Delaware City, or such other place in Delaware City as the inspector, who publishes the election, shall designate, and the elections for Red Lion West election district shall be held at the usual place as heretofore. to be voted SECTION 3. At the said places shall be held the general elec- At said elections, all special elections for the members of the General tions whom Assembly and representative in Congress, elections for electors for. of President and Vice President of the United States, and elections for road commissioners, one of whom shall reside in each election district, for assessor of the said hundred, and for inspectors of the said election districts. The electors residing in the said. hundred shall vote in the election district in which they shall at the time reside. laws to ap SECTION 4. All the laws of the State touching elections held Election in the several hundreds of the State shall apply to elections for ply to said the same officers of the said election districts, excepting only so districts. CONCERNING LIMITS. Exception. far as the general law for the election of assessor and inspector and road commissioners is qualified by the provisions hereinafter contained. Assessors and SECTION 5. There shall be elected, in accordance with the Inspectors. provisions of Chapter 17 of the Revised Statutes, one assessor for Red Lion hundred, and one inspector for each of the said districts. In such election for assessor and inspector the collector of said hundred shall be the presiding officer of Red Lion West election district, and some qualified voter of the district, to be appointed by the Levy Court of New Castle county in the month of March next previous to the election, shall be the presiding officer for Red Lion East election district, and shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of the presiding officer of such election according to law; and if at any election for assessor and inspector in said Red Lion East election district a presiding officer shall not have been appointed, or shall not be present at the time and place of opening the election, the electors appointed. present shall choose a presiding officer for said election, according to the provisions of Section 10 of Chapter 18 of the Revised Statutes. The Levy Court of New Castle county shall, at the time of the appointment, make provision for the furnishing by List of voters the collector of a list of the voters of said hundred to the person appointed as presiding officer as aforesaid. Presiding officer, when and how Certificates SECTION 6. Immediately upon closing the election for assessor of election. and inspector in the said election districts, and ascertaining the state of the vote, the presiding officer and judges of the election in each of said districts shall make and sign certificates according to law of the election of inspectors, varying from the form prescribed for that purpose by omitting the assessor, and in lieu of including the election of assessor in such certificate they shall make and sign a certificate of the number of votes given for each candidate voted for as assessor, and also of the number of votes given for each candidate voted for as road commissioner. Presiding officers to assemble, when and where. SECTION 7. The said presiding officers and judges of both the said election districts shall assemble on the day next succeeding said election, at 12 o'clock M., at the place of voting in Red Lion West election district aforesaid, and ascertain the aggregate number of votes given in both the said districts for each person voted for for road commissioner and for assessor. The candidate having the highest number of votes shall be declared duly elected assessor, and the candidate or candidates, according as there may be one or more to be elected, having the highest number of votes for road commissioner or commissioners, shall be declared duly elected road commissioner or road commissioners, and the presiding officers and judges shall make, sign and deliver certificates CONCERNING LIMITS. of said election according to law. If two candidates for said office shall have the highest and an equal number of votes, the Tie vote. collector or presiding officer of said Red Lion West election district shall give a casting vote, which shall elect the candidate in whose favor it is given. Passed at Dover, February 23, 1869. CHAPTER 387. An Act Changing the Place of holding Elections for Brandywine West SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, That Chapters 19 and 82 of the 12th Volume of Laws of Delaware be amended by striking out all after the word "held," in line four of Section 2 of each of said Chapters, and inserting in lieu thereof, "at the school house in school district No. 7.* Passed at Dover, March 17, 1869. CHAPTER 388. OFFICE PROVIDED FOR REGISTER IN CHANCERY AND CLERK OF ORPHANS' COURT, IN SEC. 1. Levy Court of New Castle county au- SEC. 2. The Recorder of Deeds of said county to Records, &c., to be removed when room use the present office of the Register An Act relating to the Public Offices of New Castle County. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Levy Court State of Delaware in General Assembly met, of New Castle county to provide a SECTION 1. That the Levy Court of New Castle county is hereby authorized authorized to provide a suitable room in the main building or south- room for |