Smyrna times., 1897-09-15
THE NEW LAWS.

last Legislature were placed in the
hands of the Secretary of State during
the later part of last week, and are now
ready for distribution. The book
forms the second part of the 22nd vol
ume OF the laws. 1t covers four hun
dred and eighty-five pages of text, and
fourteen of index, and between its COW
ers will be found the completed labors
OF the last General Assembly.
Despite the number of pages which
the book embraces, the several statutes
of real public interest and concern. are
comparatively few in number and
might be confined within a small
printed space. The bulk of the new
phamphlet copy, as is usual, is taken
up with acts of interpretations, public
roads, transfers of school districts.
taking up of salt marsh, divorce legis-
latiOn, and the like. There still re-
main, however, a number of very i'm
Portant statues whose scope and effect
should be well understood by every
Delawarean.
These are, in part, as follows:
The limitation of the time within
which actions for personal injuries can
be instituted, to one year from the
date of the accruing of the cause.
The extension of the time within
which the affidavit may be filed to Sc
cure a mechanics lien on vessels, to
one year.
Permitting the partial failure of the
consideration of bills and notes to be
used as a propOrtiOnate defence in ac-
tions between the original parties to
such instruments; whereas the old law
only suffered a total failure to be used
for that purpose.
Executors and administrator bonds
are, usually, in vigor but for six years
from their date; but a new statute
makes them liable to be called on, when
they are also life benefciares of the de-
ceased's personal property, to give
bond for the safe keeping of such prop
erty, which shall continue until three
years after the death of such executor
or administrator.
The time for holding the Superior
Court in Kent county is changed from
third to the fourth Monday in April
and October in each year.
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visions regarding the maintenance,
and regulation of the Nation Guard of
Delaware.
Where the jury in the cause cannot
agree, and a new trial becomes neces-
sary, none of the jurors who sat in the
first may sit in the second trial.
Liquor licenses may be transferred
to an incoming tenant or other proper
person, with the approval of the asso-
ciate judge of the county, or in his alb
sence or inability, by the chief justice;
but the assignment of the license must
be noted in the Office of the clerk of the
peace under the original order.
County and State taxes are made a
lien for two years from the first day of
July instead of from the first day of
March as heretofore.
Executors, administrators and trus-
tees who are required to give bond
with surety, and who shall get secur-
ity company to go ON their obligation,
may be allowed the costs of such secur-
ity out of the funds in hand, but not
to an amount over one half of one per
cent. per annum on the amount of the
bond.
Agents of foreign insurance compa-
nies are required to pay license of five
dollars.
All cOnveyances and mortgages made
by aliens prior to the first day of jan
uary, 1897, are made good and valid as
if they had been made by legally nat
uralized parties; and the widows and
children of all aliens who died previous
to that date, are permitted to hold the
same right and estate in the property
of such aliens as though they had been
citizens; and the conveyance of such
right or estate by such widows and
children are made good and binding.
In addition the statutes which we
have referred to, there are the impor-
tant ones regarding the equalization
of taxation, or the taxing of invest
ments, and those regarding our cleo
tion laws. linden.