Section 2, of volume 14, amended. IN RELATION TO PUBLIC OFFICERS. the commission appointed in chapter 384,volume 14, Laws of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of SECTION 1. That section 2 of chapter 384,volume 14,of the chapter 384, Laws of Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended by striking, out all between the words "that" in the first line of said section, and the word "be" in the second line, and insert in lieu thereof, the following words, to wit: "John H. Rodney and G. Troupe Maxwell," and further amend the aforesaid chapter and section by adding to said section the following, to wit: "The said certificate, so certified to, shall be approved by the Superior Court, in and for New Castle county, and the Levy Court shall ascertain from the persons thus appointed, before entering on their duty, the charges for such service, and if they cannot agree, to make another or other appointments." Passed at Dover, February 19, 1877. H TITLE SIXTH. Of Religion, Public Education, and Health. CHAPTER 354 OF RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. AN ACT to incorporate the Summit Methodist Episcopal Church, of Pencader hundred. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, tion. SECTION 1. Tnat William Conlyn, James Gray, John F. Kane, Thomas W. McCraken, Ebenezer Eliason, L. Frank Corporators. Eliason, Washington Barrons, John Burris, Lambert V. Nicholson, Peter B. Alrichs, Levin Catts and Nathaniel Newman and others and their successors,. members of the Summit Methodist Episcopal Church, of Pencader hundred, New IncorporaCastle county, Delaware, be and they are hereby erected into a body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name Name. of the Summit Methodist Episcopal Church of Pencader hundred, whose object it shall be to provide its members with the Object. preaching of the Gospel, the administration of the sacraments and the other means of grace, in accordance with the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church. Board of SECTION 2. That the property, personal, real and mixed, of said corporation, shall be managed by a Board of trustees, trustees. who shall be elected by the qualified members of said congre- How elected. gation, and they shall hold during life or until their successors Term. shall have been duly elected. SECTION 3. That this corporation, by the name and style aforesaid, shall have perpetual succession, and shall have power to exercise all the rights and functions of a body poli- Perpetual tic, shall be able and capable in law and equity to sue or be sued, to plead or be impleaded in any of the courts of this Corporate succession. powers. Proviso. Present trustees. Term. Further cor porate powers. Proviso. Public act. CONCERNING RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. State, and to take, purchase, hold and receive to them and their successors for the use of said church, lands, tenements, goods and chattels of whatsoever kind, nature or quality, real or personal or mixed, which now is, or hereafter shall become, the property of said corporation, provided the whole rents or profits of the real estate, so held or enjoyed by or for them, shall not exceed five hundred dollars, and the yearly interest and income from all its personal property shall not exceed six hundred dollars, and they shall have the right to improve, sell, aliene and dispose of the same for the use and benefit of said church. SECTION 4. That William Conlyn, James Gray, John F. Kane, Thomas W. McCraken, Ebenezer Eliason, Dr. L. Frank Eliason, Washington Barrons, John Burris, Lambert V. Nicholson, Peter B. Alrichs, Levin Catts and Nathaniel Newman, named in the first section of this act of incorporation, be and they are hereby constituted trustees of said corporation until their successors shall have been elected, and this corporation shall have power from time to time to adopt, alter and amend such by-laws as it may see fit, provided they do not conflict with any provisions of this act, the constitution of the United States, or of this State. SECTION 5. That this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act and published as such. Passed at Dover, March 15, 1877. Vol. 14, 360. CHAPTER 355. OF RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. A supplement to an act to incorporate the Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Association, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, passed at Dover, January 27, 1873. SECTION 1. 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,) That from and after the passage of this act, upon the failure CONCERNING RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. directors county col collection of or neglect of the owner or owners of any lot or lots within Board of the limits of "The Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Associa- clothed with tion, of the Methodist Episcopal Church," to pay the taxes lectors' assessed under the provisions of section 8 of the act to which powers for this is a supplement, for a period of ninety days after such lot owners' taxes shall become due and payable in the manner prescribed by the by-laws of the said corporation, it shall and may be 90 days. lawful for the Board of directors to have the same powers for the collection of said taxes as are conferred by law on the collectors of county taxes. taxes in arrear for directors. how elected. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the Board of Board of directors shall consist, as heretofore, of thirty persons, who shall be elected annually in the manner prescribed in section Number. 5 of the act to which this is a supplement; two-thirds of said When, and directors and their successors shall be and remain members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in good and regular tions. standing. Persons not members of said church not exceeding ten in number, may be elected as members of said Board of directors. Qualifica may require pave in lots. In case of neglect refusal, curb and SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That the Board of The Board directors be and they are hereby authorized to direct, in lot owners writing, the owner or owners of any lot within the corporation to curb and limits, before or in front of which they may deem proper that front of their a pavement should be made, to curb and lay a pavement of such material and of such length and width as the said Board When, how. of directors may specify, and if such owner or owners shall owner's neglect or refuse, for the space of ninety days after being di- realtor rected as aforesaid, to lay such pavement with good and suffi- Board may cient curbs, it shall and may be lawful for the said Board of pave, and directors, and they are hereby authorized, to cause such pave-thereof ments and curbs to be made, and to recover the costs of by distress making the same by the distress and sale of any goods and goods &c., chattels, lands and tenements belonging to such owner or poration owners, within the corporation limits. In case the owner or owners shall not, at the time of giving such notice, reside Notice to or be within the limits of the corporation, notice to the occu- owners. pant shall be sufficient notice. recover costs and sale of within cor limits. non-resident purposes. SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That the said cor- Corporation poration shall have power and authority for the purposes of bonds for improving the real estate and other property of the said cor- certain poration, within the corporation limits, of issuing bonds (if two-thirds of the Board of directors shall so determine) to an amount not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, and bear- Restriction. ing interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, and to May secure payment PUBLIC EDUCATION. secure the payment of the same by a mortgage or mortgages thereof by of the real estate of the said corporation. mortgage. When act shall take effect. SECTION 5. This act shall not take effect until the parties holding receipts for lots shall have good and sufficient deeds delivered or tendered to them for said lots. Passed at Dover, March 22, 1877. Current vol. 81. volume 15, repealed. CHAPTER 356. OF FREE SCHOOLS. AN ACT to repeal chapter forty-seven, volume 15, Delaware Laws. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, SECTION 1. That chapter 47, volume 15, Delaware Laws, Chapter 47 passed at Dover, March 23, 1875, be and the same is hereby repealed. Provided, nevertheless, that all taxes heretofore assessed but not yet collected, shall be collected and applied in all respects as if the said act had not been repealed. Passed at Dover, January 16, 1877. Proviso. Preamble. CHAPTER 357. OF FREE SCHOOLS. AN ACT relating to School Districts Nos. 60 and 94 in New Castle county. |