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15 DE Code § 7706. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 77. Convention to Act Upon Amendments to Federal Constitution|§ 7706. Qualifications of delegates; nomination by petition.

§ 7706. Qualifications of delegates; nomination by petition. Candidates for the office of delegate to the convention shall be citizens and qualified voters of this State. Nominations shall be by petition and not otherwise. A single petition may nominate any number of candidates not exceeding the total number of delegates to be elected from each county, and all candidates on any such petition shall be residents of the same county and shall reside in the county which said candidates propose to represent at such convention and every such petition shall be signed by not less than 100 persons who are qualified voters of the county wherein such candidates reside. Nominating petitions shall be filed with the Department. Nominations shall be without party or political designation, but the nominating petitions shall contain a statement as to each nominee to the effect that the nominee favors ratification or that the nominee opposes ratification or that the nominee remains uncommitted to either ratification or rejection of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and no nominating petition shall contain the name of any nominee whose position as stated therein is inconsistent with that of the position of any other nominee as stated therein. 38 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  5;  Code 1935, §  6210;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  7706;  61 Del. Laws, c. 480, §  23;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  102;
15 DE Code § 7707. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 77. Convention to Act Upon Amendments to Federal Constitution|§ 7707. Determination of nominations.

§ 7707. Determination of nominations. The sixteenth day before the day fixed for the holding of the election of delegates shall be the last day for the filing of nominating petitions with the Department or, if such sixteenth day falls upon a Sunday or a legal holiday, the day following shall be the last day for the filing of such nominating petitions, and thereafter nominations for the office of delegate to such convention shall be closed. After the closing of such nominations, the Department shall forthwith count and determine the number of signatures which each candidate for nomination as delegate to such convention has obtained upon the candidate's or the Department's nominating petition or petitions. In making such count and determination, the Department shall only count the signatures of those persons who are qualified voters of the county which the candidates propose to represent at such convention. A signature to such nominating petition shall be prima facie evidence that the person purporting to sign the same did actually sign the same and that such person is a qualified voter of the same county as the county of residence of the candidate or candidates whose names appear in such nominating petition, and all signatures to such nominating petitions shall be counted by the Department, unless, within 5 days after the closing of nominations, evidence satisfactory to the Department shall have been produced before him or her that a person whose name purports to have been signed to a nominating petition is either a fictitious person or not a qualified voter of the county of residence of the candidate or candidates whose nominating petition the person purports to have signed. After the closing of nominations all nominating petitions shall be open to the inspection of any qualified voter of the county in which such petitions have been filed. 38 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  6;  Code 1935, §  6211;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  7707;  61 Del. Laws, c. 480, §  23;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  102;
15 DE Code § 7708. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 77. Convention to Act Upon Amendments to Federal Constitution|§ 7708. What nominations shall be effective.

§ 7708. What nominations shall be effective. No nominations shall be effective except those of the 7 candidates from New Castle County in favor of ratification, the 7 candidates from New Castle County against ratification and the 7 candidates from New Castle County not committed to either ratification or rejection of the proposed amendment, the 5 candidates from Kent County in favor of ratification, the 5 candidates from Kent County against ratification and the 5 candidates from Kent County not committed to either ratification or rejection of the proposed amendment, the 5 candidates from Sussex County in favor of ratification, the 5 candidates from Sussex County against ratification and the 5 candidates from Sussex County not committed to either ratification or rejection of the proposed amendment, whose nomination petitions have respectively been signed by the largest number of qualified persons, ties to be decided by lot drawn by the Department. 38 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  7;  Code 1935, §  6212;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  7708;  61 Del. Laws, c. 480, §  23;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  102;
15 DE Code § 7709. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 77. Convention to Act Upon Amendments to Federal Constitution|§ 7709. What nominations shall be effective

§ 7709. What nominations shall be effective 38 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  8;  Code 1935, §  6213;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  7709;  61 Del. Laws, c. 480, §  23;  repealed by 79 Del. Laws, c. 275, § 102, eff. July 1, 2015.;
15 DE Code § 7710. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 77. Convention to Act Upon Amendments to Federal Constitution|§ 7710. Alternates.

§ 7710. Alternates. Candidates for nomination not nominated as provided in §§ 7706-7708 of this title shall be deemed to be alternates to the nominees in their respective groups in the order of the number of signatures which they have respectively received upon their nominating petitions and in the event of the death, resignation or removal of any nominee, the first alternate shall take his or her place as nominee, and so on, ties to be decided by lot drawn by the Department. In the event of the death, resignation or removal of any nominee after the printing of the ballots for such election, the Department shall provide the election officers of each election district with a number of pasters containing only the name of such nominee, at least equal to the number of ballots provided for each election district and the clerks of election shall put 1 of such pasters in a careful and proper manner in the proper place on each ballot before they shall deliver the same to voters. 38 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  9;  Code 1935, §  6214;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  7710;  61 Del. Laws, c. 480, §  23;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  102;
15 DE Code § 7711. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 77. Convention to Act Upon Amendments to Federal Constitution|§ 7711. Printing of ballots; to whom delivered; additional ballots.

§ 7711. Printing of ballots; to whom delivered; additional ballots. The Department shall cause to be printed and distributed the ballots for the election of delegates in the quantity and in the manner provided by law for general elections; provided that such ballots as are required under the election laws to be delivered to the chairs of the various political parties shall, in lieu thereof, be distributed to the various nominees as equally as possible, and provided further that the Department, in addition to the ballots mentioned in this section, shall cause to be printed such further number of ballots as shall be directed by any nominee in any county; provided, however, that the Department shall not have printed any ballots upon the order or request of any nominee, unless the request shall have been made to him or her in writing at least 10 days prior to the holding of the election at which the ballots are to be used, nor unless a deposit sufficient to cover the cost of the ballots be made at the time they are ordered. The ballots so ordered by the nominees shall be delivered to the nominees or to their agents upon their request or order at least 5 days before the election at which the ballots are to be used. 38 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  10;  Code 1935, §  6215;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  7711;  61 Del. Laws, c. 480, §  23;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  102;
15 DE Code § 7713. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 77. Convention to Act Upon Amendments to Federal Constitution|§ 7713. Election of nominees; vacancies.

§ 7713. Election of nominees; vacancies. The 17 nominees who receive the highest number of votes shall be the delegates to the convention. If there is a vacancy in the convention caused by the death or disability of any delegate or any other cause, the same shall be filled by appointment by the majority vote of the delegates comprising the group from which such delegate was elected and, if the convention contains no other delegate of that group, shall be filled by the Governor. 38 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  12;  Code 1935, §  6217;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  7713;
15 DE Code § 7714. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 77. Convention to Act Upon Amendments to Federal Constitution|§ 7714. Meeting of delegates.

§ 7714. Meeting of delegates. The delegates to the convention shall meet in the Senate Chamber at the State House in Dover on the twenty-eighth day after their election at 12: 00 noon, and shall thereupon constitute a convention to pass upon the question of whether or not the proposed amendment shall be ratified. 38 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  13;  Code 1935, §  6218;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  7714;
15 DE Code § 7715. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 77. Convention to Act Upon Amendments to Federal Constitution|§ 7715. Election of officers and adoption of rules.

§ 7715. Election of officers and adoption of rules. The convention may elect its president, secretary and other officers and adopt its own rules. 38 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  14;  Code 1935, §  6219;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  7715;
15 DE Code § 7716. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 77. Convention to Act Upon Amendments to Federal Constitution|§ 7716. Journal of convention.

§ 7716. Journal of convention. The convention shall keep a journal of its proceedings in which shall be recorded the vote of each delegate on the question of ratification of the proposed amendment. 38 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  15;  Code 1935, §  6220;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  7716;
15 DE Code § 7717. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 77. Convention to Act Upon Amendments to Federal Constitution|§ 7717. Certification of results.

§ 7717. Certification of results. (a) After the sense of the majority of the total number of delegates composing the convention is taken upon the question of the ratification of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the convention shall certify a resolution of its vote over the hand of the president, attested by the secretary and signed by all of the members of the convention. Such resolution shall be so certified in duplicate originals. The duplicate originals shall then be delivered by the convention to the Secretary of State together with the journal and any other records of the convention. (b) If it appears from the resolutions so certified to the Secretary of State that the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States has been ratified by the convention, the Secretary of State of Delaware shall send to the Secretary of State of the United States 1 of the duplicate originals certified under the Delaware Secretary of State's hand and the seal of the State. The remaining duplicate original shall be proclaimed by publication and shall be deposited together with the journal and any other records of the convention in the Delaware Public Archives. If it appears from the resolutions so certified to the Secretary of State that the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States has not been ratified, the resolution shall be proclaimed by publication and the duplicate originals of the resolution together with the journal and any other record of the convention shall be deposited in the Delaware Public Archives. 38 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  16;  Code 1935, §  6221;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  7717;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  72 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  9;
15 DE Code § 7718. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 77. Convention to Act Upon Amendments to Federal Constitution|§ 7718. Compensation of delegates, officers and employees; expenses.

§ 7718. Compensation of delegates, officers and employees; expenses. Every delegate to the convention shall receive $10 for every day that delegate is in attendance at such convention, not exceeding 3, and in addition thereto, 10 cents for each mile necessarily travelled by the delegate in making 1 round trip from the place of that delegate's residence to Dover. The president, secretary and other officers shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the convention not in excess of $25 for any such officer, in addition to their compensation as such delegates. Disbursements for the purposes mentioned in this and for other necessary expenses of the convention, when approved by the convention and signed by the president, shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated. The expenses of holding a special election shall be borne as provided by law for the holding of a general election. 38 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  17;  Code 1935, §  6222;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  7718;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
15 DE Code § 7719. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 77. Convention to Act Upon Amendments to Federal Constitution|§ 7719. Applicability of act of Congress.

§ 7719. Applicability of act of Congress. If at or about the time of submitting any such amendment, Congress shall, either in the resolution submitting the same or by a statute, prescribe the manner in which the conventions shall be constituted, and shall not except from the provisions of such statute or resolution such states as may theretofore have provided for constituting such conventions, the provisions of this chapter shall be inoperative, the convention shall be constituted and shall operate as the resolution or act of Congress shall direct, and all officers of this State who may by the resolution or statute be authorized or directed to take any action to constitute such a convention for this State shall act thereunder and in obedience thereto with the same force and effect as if acting under a statute of this State. 38 Del. Laws, c. 5, §  18;  Code 1935, §  6223;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  7719;
16 DE Code § 301. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 3. Local Boards of Health|§ 301. Appointment and membership outside Wilmington; vacancies and removal.

§ 301. Appointment and membership outside Wilmington; vacancies and removal. (a) The common council of every city and the commissioners of every incorporated town in the State, except in the City of Wilmington, shall appoint in January of each year, a local board of health for such city or town to consist of not less than 3 nor more than 7 persons of whom at least 1 should be a physician duly authorized to practice medicine and who shall hold office until their successors are appointed. In case there be a port physician appointed by the Governor, the port physician shall be a member of the local board ex officio. (b) In case the common council or the commissioners are unsuccessful in securing persons to act on the local board, then the common council or the commissioners are and shall be the local board of health for such city or town and shall perform all duties and offices the local board should perform, and be subject to all laws applicable to local boards of health. (c) All vacancies occurring in any local board by death or otherwise shall be filled by the city council or town commissioners as the case may be. The same authorities may remove for sufficient cause any member of the local board in their respective jurisdictions. 16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §§  1, 2, 15;  Code 1915, §§  745, 763;  29 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;  Code 1935, §§  753, 769;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  301;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
16 DE Code § 302. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 3. Local Boards of Health|§ 302. Officers; meetings; quorum; secretary.

§ 302. Officers; meetings; quorum; secretary. (a) The local boards of health shall elect annually from among their own members a president and a secretary. The local board shall meet not less than once in every 3 months. A majority of the local board shall form a quorum to do business; a less number may adjourn. (b) The secretary of the local board shall keep the minutes of the meetings of the local board, and shall perform all such duties as shall be assigned to the Secretary by the local board, for which services he shall receive such compensation as the city council or commissioners of the respective cities or towns may determine. 16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §§  1, 2, 14;  Code 1915, §§  745, 762;  29 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;  Code 1935, §§  753, 768;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  302;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
16 DE Code § 303. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 3. Local Boards of Health|§ 303. General powers; quarantine regulations.

§ 303. General powers; quarantine regulations. Each local board of health may make orders and regulations concerning:  (1) The place and mode of quarantine; (2) The examination and purification of vessels, boats and other craft not under quarantine; (3) The treatment of vessels, articles or persons thereof; (4) The regulation of intercourse with infected places; (5) The apprehension, separation and treatment of emigrants and other persons who shall have been exposed to any infectious or contagious disease; and (6) Regulating and prohibiting or preventing all communication or intercourse with all houses, tenements and places and the persons occupying the same in which there shall be any person who shall have been exposed to such contagious or infectious disease.16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  12;  Code 1915, §  754;  Code 1935, §  762;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  303;
16 DE Code § 304. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 3. Local Boards of Health|§ 304. Public laundries and washhouses; supervision, inspection and regulation; violations and penalties.

§ 304. Public laundries and washhouses; supervision, inspection and regulation; violations and penalties. (a) The local boards of health of the respective towns and cities of this State (where such towns and cities have local boards of health) shall supervise all public laundries and public washhouses within such towns and cities and shall not permit the employment by any public laundry or public washhouse of any person suffering with an infectious or contagious disease. The local board shall not allow any person to sleep in such public laundry or public washhouse, or in any room adjoining and opening into such public laundry or public washhouse. Every room in such laundry or washhouse that is used for the purpose of washing or drying clothes shall be properly ventilated and drained and shall be used for no purposes other than those specified. The floors of all rooms in public laundries or public washhouses used for the purpose of washing clothes, shall be made of cement or other mineral substance, and shall be so arranged as to be easily drained. (b) The local board of any town or city within the State shall upon request of any citizen in such town or city inspect or cause to be inspected any public laundry or public washhouse, and if the same is found in an unsanitary condition shall direct the owner thereof to make the same in a sanitary condition. Upon the owner's failure to do so, the local board shall cause the place to be closed and shall post a notice upon the front door thereof and the place shall not be reopened until the owner or manager thereof receives a certificate from the local board certifying that the place has been put in a sanitary condition. (c) A public laundry or public washhouse within the meaning of this section shall be any place within any town or city of this State now or hereafter required by the laws of the State to be licensed for the conduct of its business or any branch thereof. Nothing in this section shall apply to the laundering or washing of clothes in any private residence or hotel. (d) Whoever violates this section shall for each offense be fined not less than $50 nor more than $100. Every day during which such violation shall be persisted in after notice from the local board in any town or city of the State shall constitute a separate offense. 16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  3;  18 Del. Laws, c. 33, §  1;  22 Del. Laws, c. 328, §§  1, 2;  Code 1915, §  746;  28 Del. Laws, c. 59, §  1;  Code 1935, §  754;  43 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  304;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
16 DE Code § 305. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 3. Local Boards of Health|§ 305. Cleansing or closing unfit dwellings; recovery of expenses.

§ 305. Cleansing or closing unfit dwellings; recovery of expenses. (a) Any local board of health when satisfied after an examination that any cellar, room, tenement or building within its jurisdiction occupied as a dwelling place has become, by reason of the number of occupants or want of cleanliness or other cause, unfit for such purpose, and a cause of nuisance or sickness to the occupants or the public may direct the owner or owners, or occupants thereof, to have the premises properly cleansed, or if it see fit, may require the occupants to remove or quit the premises within such time as the local board deems reasonable. (b) If the person or persons so notified neglect or refuse to comply with the direction of the local board, it may cause the premises to be properly cleansed at the expense of the owners or may remove the occupants forcibly and close up the premises. The premises shall not again be occupied as a dwelling place without permission, in writing, of the local board. If such owner or owners refuse to pay the expenses incident to the execution of such orders, the treasurer of the local board, or the city council, or town commissioners, shall recover the same with interest and costs from the person who ought to have paid the same, as debts of like amount are recoverable. 16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  4;  Code 1915, §  747;  Code 1935, §  755;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  305;
16 DE Code § 306. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 3. Local Boards of Health|§ 306. Cleansing diseased places; recovery of expenses.

§ 306. Cleansing diseased places; recovery of expenses. Each local board of health may in case of the prevalence or of reasonable ground to apprehend the prevalence of malignant disease within its jurisdiction direct especially the cleaning of houses, cellars, yards, docks or other such places as the local board shall consider requisite or prudent for the preservation of the public health or for the mitigation of disease. If such direction shall not be observed and fulfilled within the time prescribed, by the person or persons to whom the directions were given, the local board shall order an officer of the local board, or some other person or persons to carry the same into effect, and the expense thereof shall be paid by the person or persons to whom the direction was given unless the local board shall otherwise order. If payment of the expense shall not be made on demand, the treasurer of the local board, city council or town commissioners shall pay the same and shall recover the same with interest and costs from the person who ought to have paid the same, as debts of like amount are recoverable. 16 Del. Laws, c. 345, §  8;  Code 1915, §  750;  Code 1935, §  758;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  306;