Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-09-23
no 8. ls6l
AN ACT .--
To Raise Revenue for this State

Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
representatives. of the State of Delaware in General
Assembly met, as fOlloWs:-
SECTION l. Every person, corporation or as
sociation or company Of persons not corpora
tion, engaged or that may hereafter engage in
the business Of transporting or carrying passen-
gers by steam power, whether on land or water,
in, through, upon, over or across any portion Of
this State or within the territorial limits of the
same, shall on the first day Of October next and
thereafter monthly on the fret day of each
month or within five days thereafter pny into
| the hands Of the State Treasurer for the use Of
the State, a tax az and after the rate of ten
cents for every passenger 80 transported within
this State during the month then Just ended.
Provided, that when the transportation of pas
senger shall be by railroad and the direction and
length Of his journey shall be such as to require
| him to travel upon more than one road on the
same occasion, there shall be but one tax paid to
the State Treasurer and that shall be paid by the
person, association or company or corporation
| upon the road used by which his journey begins.
In estimating the number of passengers referred
| TO in this section, all persons carried who are
soldiers or sailors of tho United States, shall be
omitted
| SECTION .. Within five days next after the end
| Of any month, il shall be the duty of the person
| conducting the aforesaid business Of transport
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pany Of persons or corporation be so engnged)
of said association, company or corporation, to
make statement to the State Treasurer, veiillel
by the oath or affirmation of their Treasurer or
Keeper Oftheir funds, of the number Of passengers
carried on account OF whom thoy are subject to
tho tax aforesaid, md also to pay over to him tho
tax or duty aforesaid Any failure to do this shall
in the case OF an Individual person ur company
or association OF persons not Incorporated, so
transporting or carrying passengers, be deemed
mlsdemeunor and subject the offender on CON
victiOn by indictment, TO u fine Of ono thousand
dollnrs and in the case Of corporation, the
said fnilure shall work IL revocation Ofits charter
and the same shall from thenoefOrh be deemed
and taken to be and shall be absolutely revoked.
And further, in case OF my individual person or
company or association of persons as aforesaid,
so falling, il shall be unlawful for him or them
thereafter TO prosecute or conduct or be con.
cerned in the carrying Of passengers MS aforesaid
in this State, and il he or they shall presume to
pursue said business, they shall be guilty of a
uisdemeanor, and on conviction by indictment,
be punished by fine not less than one thousand
dollars, and imprisonment not less than one year.
SNCTIoN 8. The Court of Chaucery shall have
jurisdiction and power, and upon the application
Of the State Treasurer on behalf Of the Slute,
it shall be The duty of the Chancellor to restrain
by injunctio on process, my breach OF this act, iu
carrying passengers, alter failure to make the
statement and payment or either of them, pro-
vidcd for by the second section of this act And
further in case of any failure by any corporation
to comply with the terms Of this act applicable
to it, the State Treasurer shall report tho fact
Immediately to the General Assembly, il in ses-
sion, or at their next meeting regular or adjourn
ed, Ond also to the Attorney General, whose duty
it shall be to proceed without delay against The
said corporation in the proper tribunal, to carry
the aforesaid revocation into effect
| d Tn ha In ha obo
any corporation liable to the provisions of thi
act, any clause or provision 80 restricting the
amount Of toll to be charged for the transporta
lion of passengers as that thisaot would accord.
ing to the present rate Of charges by tho Law
corporation operate uniustly against it, then il
1 is hereby declared and enacted that the sait
corporation shall have the right to increase the
said toll to the amount Of the tax herein prOvdet
for.
% SECTION 8. The State Treasurer shall hay,
- and exercise every necessary power to enabl,
him TO ascertain the tax payable according tC
the provisions OF this act, and ho may enforce
81 the payment of the same and all the provisions
of chapter 30, of the Revised Code of this Sihle
comforting power &C., upon that officer and hi
collectors in relation to tho execution ef tn
warrant issued to him by the Auditor for thu
=. collection of the State tax, shall be vested il
Il and may be exercised by him and them in th
collection of the tax provided by this act.
SECTION u. The condition OF the official BON
Of the State Treasurer shall extend to the none
>, received under the provisions of this act, and t
la the performance of the duty of collecting th
ia aforesaid tax, which duty is hereby impose,
upon him.
=. y sEoTIoE 7. The Secretary of State shall caus
a. o copy Of this act duly certified, to be publshe
=, Immediately in oil the newspapers Of this State
~ aud to be kept published therein for the spac
Of three months.
- Passed at Dover, August IL, 1861
[Signedl john SORpEN,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives,
JonN GREEN,
, Speaker Of the Senate
STATE OF DELAWARE, I
Executive Department.
al !, Samuel NJ. Harrington, Jr., Secretary o
State Of the State Of Delaware, do hereby crrti
fy that the foregoing is u correct copy of an ac
Of the General Assembly of this State, entitlet
L can Act to raise revenue for this State" passet
at Dover, August IL, A. D., 1864 tho SAINT
having been compared by me with the origiua
1t rolls now in my office.
10 testimony whereof, have hereunto set M,
hand and official seal ut Dover, thii
r., fifteenth day of August, in the year o.
l"'9 our Lord one thousand eight hundret
sixty four.
SAML. NJ. uAnRINaroa, JR.,
Secretary Of State.
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