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hundreds. The said constables shall
make payment to the county treasurer
on the first secular day of each month of
all taxes collected by them for the month
preceding less their commission, 10 per
centum before mentioned and shall take
duplicate receipts for the same, one of
which receipts shall be filed with the
Levy Court Commissioners.
Section 4. One the first secular day
of August in the year \. ID. nineteen hua-
dred and six, and on the first secular day
of August in each year thereafter the re-
ceiver of taxes and county treasurer,
shall deliver to the comptroller of New
Castle county the receipt books men
toned in Section l of this act. with the
blank receipts and all the stubs; and on
the first secular day of July in the year
\. d. nineteen hundred and seven and
yearly thereafter the said constabes of
the hundreds aforesaid shall deliver to
the said comptroller the receipt books
heretofore issued to them with the re-
naming blank receipts and all stubs. The
said comptroller shall examine and pre-
serve all the said books. For the taxes
still unpaid other similar receipt books
shall be furnished, but no tax shall be
collected by said constables after two
years shall have expired from the time
the duplicate delinquent tax lists came
into their hands.
Section 5. This act shall not affect in
any way the powers or duties of receiver
of taxes and county treasurer so far as
they relate to the collection of taxes in
the city Of Wilmington.
Section g. That in order TO carry out
the provisions of this act the receiver of
taxes and county treasurer of New Castle
county is hereby authorized to appoint
three deputies, whose annual salary shall
be the sum of eight hundred dollars each,
to be paid by the county treasurer of
New Castle county in twelve equal
monthly instalments.
Section T. All acts or parts of acts in
consistent herewith are hereby repealed.
An act to create the office Of road sup
ervisor in New Castle county
BE il enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of Della
ware in General Assembly met:
Section /. That at the general cleo
tion to be held in the year A. ID. nineteen
hundred and eight, there shall be elected
from ach hundred in New Castle county
exclusive of Wilmington, three persons
citizens Of said hundred who shall be
known as road supervisors, which Office
is hereby created, and whose term of Of
flee shall be two years from the date Of
| their election. The said road supervisors
shall be voted for, the votes counted and
certificate of election given at the same
time i'm the same manner and under the
same provisions as now govern the cleo
tion of road commissioners and commits
sioners of roads in the several hundreds
OF said county. The said road supervisors
shall have charge of the public roads of
/ their respective hundreds subject TO the
/ supervision and control of the Levy
Court Commissioner of the district from
which they have been elected. The said
road supervisors shall be paid the sum of
two dollars per day for each day spent
| by them in performance of their duties
as such road supervisors, but shall not be
allowed for more than fifty days attend
ance or work in any one year, and no
road supervisor shall furnish a team or
materials for the repair. maintenance or
construction of any road in his hundred.
The Levy Court Commissioners of the re-
| spective districts Of New Castle county.
exclusive of Wilmington, shall keep full
and accurate accounts of all expenditures
made on the public roads in their respec.
/ tive districts and the said accounts shall
be audited annuallysas now provided bv
law. Au itemized account of an receipts
and expenditures made on the said public
roads shall be published by the Lew
Court in two county newspapers having
the greatest circulation in the hundreds
exclusive of Wilmington, and they shall
also cause printed statements of said
| itemized receipts and expenditures to be
posted in six of the most public places in
said hundreds.
Section ,. That all acts or parts Of
acts inconsistent herewith are hereby re-
pealed and made null and void
An act changing the manner of levying
road taxes in New Castle county and
! providing that the county shall assume
] the debts contracted by the several hun
] dreds on account of the public roads
/ thereof.
BE il enacted by the Senate and House
! OF Representatives of the State of Della
| ware in General Assembly met:
Section I. That after the approval Of
! this act the Levy Court of New Castle
county shall annually in the month of
/ April ascertain what sum Of money viii
I be necessary for roads and bridges in the
respective hundreds and calculate the
rate percentum thereof, and shall lay the
road tax for the respective hundreds ac-
cordingly.
Section 2. That after the approval of