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29 DE Code § 102. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 1. Jurisdiction and Sovereignty|§ 102. Consent to purchase of land by the United States.

§ 102. Consent to purchase of land by the United States. The consent of the General Assembly is given to the purchase by the government of the United States, or under authority of such government, of any tract, piece or parcel of land, not exceeding 10 acres in any 1 place or locality, for the purpose of erecting thereon lighthouses and other needful public buildings whatsoever and of any tract, piece or parcel of land, not exceeding 100 acres in any 1 place or locality, for the purpose of erecting thereon forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards and other needful buildings, from any individuals, bodies politic or corporate within the boundaries or limits of the State; and all deeds, conveyances or title papers for the same shall be recorded as in other cases upon the land records of the county in which the land so conveyed may be situated and, in like manner, may be recorded a sufficient description, by metes and bounds, courses and distances of any tracts or legal divisions of any public land belonging to the United States, which may be set apart by the general government for any or either of the purposes before mentioned by an order, patent or other official document or papers so describing such land. The consent herein given is in accordance with clause 18, § 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States and with the acts of Congress in such cases made and provided. 14 Del. Laws, c. 357;  21 Del. Laws, c. 1;  Code 1915, §  4;  Code 1935, §  4;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  102;
29 DE Code § 103. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 1. Jurisdiction and Sovereignty|§ 103. Cession of lands to the United States; taxation; reversion to State.

§ 103. Cession of lands to the United States; taxation; reversion to State. (a) Whenever the United States shall desire to acquire a title to land of any kind belonging to this State, whether covered by the navigable waters within its limits or otherwise, for the site of any lighthouse, beacon, lifesaving station or other aid to navigation, and application is made by a duly authorized agent of the United States describing the site or sites required therefor, the Governor may convey the site to the United States and cede to the United States jurisdiction over the site. No single tract desired for any lighthouse, beacon or other aid to navigation shall contain more than 10 acres or, for any lifesaving station, more than 1 acre. (b) All the lands, rights and privileges which may be ceded under subsection (a) of this section and all the buildings, structures, improvements and property of every kind erected and placed on such lands by the United States shall be exempt from taxation so long as the same shall be used for the purposes mentioned in subsection (a) of this section. (c) The title of any land which may be ceded under subsection (a) of this section shall escheat and revert to the State, unless the construction thereon of the lighthouse, beacon, lifesaving station or other aid to navigation for which it is ceded shall be commenced within 2 years after the conveyance is made and shall be completed within 10 years thereafter. 15 Del. Laws, c. 5;  Code 1915, §  5;  Code 1935, §  5;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  103;
29 DE Code § 104. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 1. Jurisdiction and Sovereignty|§ 104. Execution of process on ceded territory.

§ 104. Execution of process on ceded territory. The sovereignty and jurisdiction of this State shall extend over any lands acquired by the United States under §§ 101-103 of this title, to the extent that all civil and criminal process issued under authority of any law of this State may be executed in any part of the premises so acquired or the buildings or structures thereon erected. 14 Del. Laws, c. 357, §  3;  21 Del. Laws, c. 1, §  3;  Code 1915, §  6;  Code 1935, §  6;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  104;
29 DE Code § 105. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 1. Jurisdiction and Sovereignty|§ 105. Nanticoke Indians; proof of descent; recognition.

§ 105. Nanticoke Indians; proof of descent; recognition. (a) The class of people known as the descendants of the Nanticoke Indians, formerly of Sussex County but at present located in the several counties of this State, who desire to migrate, may appear before any justice of the peace or notary public of this State and, on the evidence and proof that the person belongs to or is a descendant of the Nanticoke Indians, may procure from such justice or notary a certificate reciting such facts. (b) The descendants of the Nanticoke Indians named in subsection (a) of this section shall be recognized as such within this State. 22 Del. Laws, c. 470, §§  1, 2;  Code 1915, §  3563;  Code 1935, §  4053;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  105;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
29 DE Code § 106. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 1. Jurisdiction and Sovereignty|§ 106. Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware; recognition.

§ 106. Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware; recognition. (a) Legislative findings. — The General Assembly finds all of the following:  (1) The Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware, referred to as “the Tribe” in this section, has an unbroken history of hundreds of years of settlement and continued residency in the vicinity of the Town of Cheswold in Kent County. (2) Members of the Tribe preserved, displayed, and manifested close cultural ties with one another by conducting themselves in such a social and economic manner so as to identify themselves as being culturally and ethnically distinct. (3) The Tribe can date their ancestral ties as far back as the early 1700s. (4) The Tribe was formerly known as “the Moors” and, for many decades of the twentieth century, state documents such as driver's licenses designated the Tribe's race with an “M”. (5) The Delaware School Code of 1921 provided that the State Board of Education could establish a school “for the children of people called Moors.” As a result, 2 schools were built, 1 in the Town of Cheswold and 1 at Fork Branch on Denney's Road in Kent County. (6) There has been unofficial statewide acceptance and recognition of the Tribe for at least 125 years. Through a formal process of reviewing applicable state laws, historical and anthropological references, and previous actions of the General Assembly and State agencies, the Department of State concluded by 2009 that this State has historically acknowledged the Tribe. (7) The Smithsonian Institute issued an annual report in 1948, in which the Tribe was referred to as the “Moors of Kent County, Delaware,” and identified as a surviving Indian group of the eastern United States. (8) The United States Census Bureau approved a defined “state designated tribal statistical area” for the Tribe for the 2010 Census. (9) The Tribe has a constitutional tribal government, and the preamble of its constitution states that its purpose is to:  a. Preserve the legacy of its ancestors. b. Promote the interests of its people. c. Affirm its tribal identity. d. Establish justice. e. Ensure domestic tranquility. f. Defend the general welfare. g. Exercise its governmental jurisdiction. h. Protect its environmental, cultural, and human resources. i. Secure its national sovereignty for future generations of its people. (b) Recognition. — The Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware is designated and recognized as an American Indian Tribe with a recognized tribal governing body carrying out and exercising substantial governmental duties and powers. The Tribe is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services that the United States provides to Indians because of their status as Indians. 80 Del. Laws, c. 367, §  1;
29 DE Code § 107. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 1. Jurisdiction and Sovereignty|§ 107. Nanticoke Indian Tribe of Delaware; recognition.

§ 107. Nanticoke Indian Tribe of Delaware; recognition. (a) The Nanticoke Indian Tribe of Delaware is designated and recognized as an American Indian tribe with a tribal governing body carrying out and exercising substantial governmental powers and duties. The Tribe is recognized as eligible for all programs, services, and other benefits provided to Indian tribes by the United States or any state thereof because of their status as American Indians. (b) The Nanticoke Indian Tribe of Delaware is designated and recognized as the first state-recognized tribe in Delaware, and has been so recognized since March 10, 1881. 80 Del. Laws, c. 346, §  1;
29 DE Code § 201. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 2. State Boundaries|§ 201. Description.

§ 201. Description. The limits of the State are as follows: On the south, the divisional line between Delaware and Maryland; on the west, the divisional line between Delaware and Maryland extended northerly to its intersection with the southerly boundary line of Pennsylvania; on the north, the boundary line between Maryland and Pennsylvania extended easterly to its intersection with the 12-mile circle described from New Castle and the 12-mile circle extended to low water mark on the eastern side of the Delaware River; and on the east, the low water mark on the eastern side of the Delaware River within the 12-mile circle, the southerly perimeter of the 12-mile circle from its intersection with the low water mark westerly to the middle line of the Delaware River, the middle lines of the Delaware River and Bay below the 12-mile circle to the mouth of the Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Code 1852, §  4;  Code 1915, §  7;  Code 1935, §  7;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  301;
29 DE Code § 203. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 2. State Boundaries|§ 203. Penalty for removing, damaging or possessing monument.

§ 203. Penalty for removing, damaging or possessing monument. (a) Whoever moves, removes, breaks, mutilates, defaces, destroys or otherwise injures any monument marking any boundary between this State and any adjacent state or commonwealth shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor. (b) Any person who has in possession any monument heretofore placed or prepared to be placed upon any of the boundary lines specified in subsection (a) of this section shall, upon demand being made for the monument by the Director of the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, surrender and deliver the monument to the Director of the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, or to the Director's authorized agents or employees. (c) Whoever fails on demand to surrender and deliver the monument as required by subsection (b) of this section shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor. 48 Del. Laws, c. 256, §  2;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  303;  53 Del. Laws, c. 255;  58 Del. Laws, c. 102, §  3;  65 Del. Laws, c. 475, §§  1, 2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
29 DE Code § 204. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 2. State Boundaries|§ 204. Publication of state boundaries.

§ 204. Publication of state boundaries. The Director of the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs is hereby directed to publish a small pamphlet setting forth in latitudes and longitudes, as currently determined by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, the boundaries of the State. In addition to other distribution, copies shall be sent to the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, the State Department of Transportation, the Legislative Council and the Library of Congress. 29 Del. C. 1953, §  304;  58 Del. Laws, c. 86.;
29 DE Code § 301. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 301. Great Seal.

§ 301. Great Seal. The seal now used as the Great Seal of this State and bearing the arms of this State shall be the Great Seal of this State. It is emblazoned as follows: Party per fess, or and argent, the first charged with a garb (wheat sheaf) in bend dexter and an ear of maize (Indian Corn) in bend sinister, both proper; the second charged with an ox statant, ruminating, proper; fess, wavy azure, supporters on the dexter a husbandman with a hilling hoe, on the sinister a rifleman armed and accoutred at ease. Crest, on a wreath azure and argent, a ship under full sail, proper, with the words “Great Seal of the State of Delaware,” the dates “1704, 1776, and 1787,” and the words “Liberty and Independence” engraved thereon. Code 1852, §  463;  24 Del. Laws, c. 89, §  1;  Code 1915, §  387;  Code 1935, §  361;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  501;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  74 Del. Laws, c. 276, §  1;
29 DE Code § 302. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 302. Seal of state officials, courts and public officers.

§ 302. Seal of state officials, courts and public officers. The seals of the Secretary of State and Auditor of Accounts and of the several courts of this State and of the several public offices and officers in the several counties, now established and used, shall be the seals of such courts, offices and officers respectively and shall be so received and used. The seal of the office of the clerk of peace shall be the seal of the county government of Kent and Sussex Counties. The seal of the office of the clerk of the county council shall be the seal of the county government of New Castle County. Code 1852, §  464;  21 Del. Laws, c. 114;  Code 1915, §  388;  Code 1935, §  362;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  502;  54 Del. Laws, c. 186;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  38A;
29 DE Code § 303. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 303. State song.

§ 303. State song. The official state song shall consist of the poem “Our Delaware” containing 3 verses, each verse in honor of a county of this State, written by George B. Hynson; a fourth verse in praise of the State and pledging the loyalties of its citizens, written by Donn Devine; and a musical score composed specifically for the state song by Will M. S. Brown.  34 Del. Laws, c. 253;  Code 1935, §  2763;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  503;  61 Del. Laws, c. 45, §  1;
29 DE Code § 304. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 304. State bird.

§ 304. State bird. The blue hen chicken is the official bird of the State. 42 Del. Laws, c. 128;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  504;
29 DE Code § 305. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 305. State tree.

§ 305. State tree. The American holly (Ilex opaca, Aiton) is adopted as the state tree. 42 Del. Laws, c. 86;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  505;
29 DE Code § 306. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 306. State flag.

§ 306. State flag. The design of the official state flag shall be as follows: A background of colonial blue surrounding a diamond of buff in which diamond is placed the correct coat of arms of the State in the colors prescribed by law and in accordance with § 301 of this title, with the words, “December 7, 1787,” to be inscribed underneath the diamond. The official state colors, colonial blue and buff, are designated by the Textile Color Card Association of the United States, Inc., New York, as “arno blue” Cable No. 10663, and “golden beige” Cable No. 10781 respectively; the color shades having been determined by Colorimetric Specifications of the National Bureau of Standards, United States Department of Commerce, in Test No. 2, 1/140565, dated November 18, 1954, which is on file with the Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware. The colors of the coat of arms and other elements of the state flag shall be the following: Husbandman, trousers of gray brown, shirt of red, hat and hilling hoe of brown; rifleman, suit of green, binding, bag and leggings of buff, hat of brown, powder flask and feather of gray; shield, frame of shaded yellow, top panel of orange, center panel of blue, lower panel of white, ox of red brown, grass and corn of green, wheat and branches underfoot of yellow, heraldric wreath to be blue and silver (twisted); ship under full sail to have a dark hull and white sails; date, December 7, 1787, to be white; cord and tassels to be blue and gold. 29 Del. C. 1953, §  506;  50 Del. Laws, c. 288, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  72 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  10;
29 DE Code § 307. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 307. Governor's flag.

§ 307. Governor's flag. The official flag of the Governor of the State shall be identical to the official flag of this State except that it shall also bear a fringe of gold surrounding the edge of the flag and the pole upon which the Governor's flag is carried shall have mounted thereon a model of a blue hen's fighting cock. 29 Del. C. 1953, §  507;  50 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  1;
29 DE Code § 308. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 308. State flower.

§ 308. State flower. The peach blossom, as originally adopted as the floral emblem of the State on May 9, 1895, shall be the official state flower. 29 Del. C. 1953, §  508;  50 Del. Laws, c. 289, §  1;
29 DE Code § 309. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 309. State bug.

§ 309. State bug. The lady bug shall be the official state bug for the State. 59 Del. Laws, c. 300, §  1;
29 DE Code § 310. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 310. State mineral.

§ 310. State mineral. The official state mineral is sillimanite. 61 Del. Laws, c. 21, §  1;
29 DE Code § 311. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 311. State fish.

§ 311. State fish. The weakfish (Cynoscion genus) is the official fish of the State. 63 Del. Laws, c. 90, §  1;
29 DE Code § 312. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 312. State beverage.

§ 312. State beverage. Milk shall be the official beverage of the State. 64 Del. Laws, c. 41, §  1;
29 DE Code § 313. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 313. State herb.

§ 313. State herb. Solidago odora, commonly known as “sweet golden rod,” shall be the official herb of the State. 70 Del. Laws, c. 386, §  1;
29 DE Code § 314. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 314. State fossil.

§ 314. State fossil. The official state fossil is the belemnite. 70 Del. Laws, c. 427, §  1;
29 DE Code § 315. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 315. State butterfly.

§ 315. State butterfly. The tiger swallowtail (Pterourus glaucus) is the official butterfly of the State. 72 Del. Laws, c. 44, §  1;
29 DE Code § 316. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 316. State soil.

§ 316. State soil. Greenwich loam (a coarse, loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic, Typic Hapludult) is the official soil of the State. 72 Del. Laws, c. 288, §  1;
29 DE Code § 317. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 317. State star.

§ 317. State star. The official state star is Delaware Diamond, located in the constellation of Ursa Major (Great Bear), with coordinates of right ascension 9h40m44s and declination 48°14′2″. 72 Del. Laws, c. 398, §  1;
29 DE Code § 318. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 318. State nickname.

§ 318. State nickname. The official nickname of the State is “The First State.” 73 Del. Laws, c. 268, §  1;
29 DE Code § 319. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 319. State marine animal.

§ 319. State marine animal. The official state marine animal is the horseshoe crab. 73 Del. Laws, c. 326, §  1;
29 DE Code § 320. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 320. State macroinvertebrate.

§ 320. State macroinvertebrate. The stonefly (order Plecoptera) is the official macroinvertebrate of the State. 75 Del. Laws, c. 37, §  1;
29 DE Code § 321. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 321. State dessert.

§ 321. State dessert. Peach pie shall be the official dessert of the State. 77 Del. Laws, c. 190, §  1;
29 DE Code § 322. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 322. State fruit.

§ 322. State fruit. Strawberries shall be the official fruit of the State. 77 Del. Laws, c. 255, §  1;
29 DE Code § 323. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 323. State wildlife animal.

§ 323. State wildlife animal. The grey fox is the official wildlife animal of the State. 77 Del. Laws, c. 286, §  1;
29 DE Code § 324. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 324. State shell.

§ 324. State shell. The shell of the channeled whelk (Busycotypus canaliculatus) shall be the official shell of the State. 79 Del. Laws, c. 215, §  1;
29 DE Code § 325. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 325. State sport.

§ 325. State sport. Bicycling is the official sport of the State. 79 Del. Laws, c. 253, §  1;
29 DE Code § 326. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 326. State dance [Expired].

§ 326. State dance [Expired]. 80 Del. Laws, c. 334, §  1;  expired by operation of 80 Del. Laws, c. 334, §  3, eff. July 29, 2017;
29 DE Code § 327. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 327. State dog [Expired].

§ 327. State dog [Expired]. 82 Del. Laws, c. 20, § 1;
29 DE Code § 328. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 328. State tall ship.

§ 328. State tall ship. The ship Kalmar Nyckel is designated the official tall ship of Delaware. 80 Del. Laws, c. 423, §  1;
29 DE Code § 329. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols|§ 329. State historical aircraft.

§ 329. State historical aircraft. The Bellanca Cruisair is the official historical aircraft of Delaware. 82 Del. Laws, c. 172, § 1;
29 DE Code § 601. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 6. Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 601. Obtaining portraits by gift.

§ 601. Obtaining portraits by gift. The Department of State shall continue to obtain, by gift, portraits of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, governors, United States Senators, Representatives, judges of courts, cabinet officers, Naval, Army and Air Force officers and colonial and United States officials who are from Delaware. 29 Del. C. 1953, §  3501;  57 Del. Laws, c. 608, §  4;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
29 DE Code § 602. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 6. Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 602. Certified or registered mail.

§ 602. Certified or registered mail. The State, its various offices, departments and agencies may use certified mail in all cases where registered mail was required prior to September 30, 1959. 29 Del. C. 1953, §  7601;  52 Del. Laws, c. 191, §  1;