Milford chronicle., 1907-05-03
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New Revenue Officer for Delaware

!, The Legislature purposes hav
ing a square deal in the matter O
revenues for the State, and Law
was passed creating an officer t.
to look after this particular interest
/ Governor Lea appointed Harry w
Chairs, of Wilmington, to carry the
new law into effect, and he is now
in charge
Under the former law the Clerks
of the Peace of the different coun-
ties collected the revenue, and the
amount was based upon the oath
or affirmation of the parties inter
ested. 1t was found that in many
cases the statments were false, and
the State lost considerable revenue
as a consequence. The clerks had
not the authority to investigate the
statements. Consequently, the Leg
islature passed an enactment pro-
viding for a person to throughly in
vestigate the matter, and Mr. Chairs
was named as the collector.
The bill defining the work of Mr..
Chairs in part is as follows
"Section THAT the Office of
Collector Of State Revenue is hereby
created and established, the terms
of each incumbent of said Office
shall be four years, and the COVER
nor is hereby empowered, author
lied and directed to appoint such
officer and to fill all vacancies oc-
curing in said office and such ap-
pointments shall be for the full term.
1t shall be the duty Of every collec-
tor, from time to time to investigate
all statements made under oath or
and filed in the Office of
any Clerk of the Peace (by any per
son, for the purpose ofsaid clerk as
,ertaining and collecting from every
such person or any other person, firm
II corporation, any revenue due the
otate), whenever he is requested to
10 so by any such Clerk of the Peace
n his deputy and it shall be the
luty of the said Collector of State
Revenue on his own motion, when
shall appear necessary, to inves-
igate any such statement so filed
$ aforesaid. Upon every such in
by said officers of the
mentioned in this sec
ion, he shall report the results 5
hereof in writing to the attorney =
whose duty it shall be to
immediately take proper steps for :
le punishment of every person !
aking such false statements. 4
Section 2-The Clerks of the 4
eace of the several counties shall 4
ave printed a sufficient number of {.
pies Of the provisions of law ap- 8
icable to the payment of State rev q
ue to them, by persons, firms or 4
operations and based upon the 3
'orn statement of any person and &
all deliver the same, whenever re- y
ested by him to the collector of g
ate revenue, who shall cause the 81
ne to be delivered to the persons
king statements, possible. =
Section 4-If any person shall y
Ike any false statement in any af- 2.
avit mentioned and described in 81
5 ac,, he or she shall be guilty of sSs
lisdemeanor and upon conviction e
.reof shall be fined not more than ~
: thousand dollars or imprisoned ~
not more than three years or both
the discreation of the court. -
Section 5-The said Collector of
te Revenue, shall perform such
er duties in relation to the state ~
enue paid to the Clerks of the ~
ce, as he shall be directed to do
Clerks ofthe Peace.
Section 6-All laws and parts 81
avs inconsistent with the pro- ssk
ons of this act, be and the same SO
hereby repealed. " +.