OF THE LEVY COURT. SECTION 12. Amend the said act by adding thereto the Inconsistent further additional section, to be known as Section 29 thereof : ed. "That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this law or inconsistent with or supplied by this law as amended are hereby repealed. SECTION 13. Amend the said act by adding thereto the further additional section, to be known as Section 28 of the said act: laws repeal taxables to notice by ad tax collect sale. How given. "That on the twentieth day of May of each year it shall be the duty of the County Comptroller of New Castle county to advertise in two of the daily newspapers of the City of Wilmington for a period of ten days, that if by the first day of June next ensuing the taxes due on any real estate in the said county are not paid the real estate so as- Real estate sessed and taxed shall be levied on, advertised for sale and be given sold by the sheriff for the payment of the said tax, in accor-vertisement. dance with the provisions of this law. On the first day of June in each year the collectors of delinquent taxes for New Delinquent Castle county shall make and send to the County Comptrol- ors to make ler lists of taxes due and unpaid at that date upon all real lists. estate within their respective hundreds, and they shall upon the same date give written notice to the owners of the said property upon which taxes are due and unpaid as aforesaid, either by delivering the said notice in person, by mailing Notice of the said notice to the reputed address of the said owner or owners, or by posting the said notice on the land on which the taxes are due, that proceedings have been begun for the sale of the property for the payment of taxes. And all tax bills unpaid on the first day of June as aforesaid, as they shall appear upon the said lists received by the County Comptroller from the collectors of the delinquent taxes, shall Unpaid tax be filed by the County Comptroller in the office of the Pro- bills to be thonotary of the Superior Court of New Castle county as thonotary's liens npon the real property upon which the said taxes are due, and it shall be the duty of the Prothonotary aforesaid immediately to issue execution thereon, and the sheriff of the Sale. said county shall seize, advertise for sale and sell the said real estate; and the said sheriff shall make return thereof and give to the purchaser or purchasers good and sufficient deed or deeds therefor after confirmation in the manner now by law provided. The said sheriff of the said county shall deliver to the Receiver of Taxes and County Treasurer of the said county the amount of taxes due upon the property by filed in Pro office. How to be made. OF THE LEVY COURT. him sold under the provisions of this act, and after payment of costs distribute the remainder in the manner now by law provided. The collector of delinquent taxes of the hundred in which any property is seized under the provisions of this act, together with the County Comptroller, are empowered and Process to authorized to discontinue process begun against any delin be discon. tinued on tax. quent under the provisions of this act upon payment by the payment of said delinquent of the full amount of the taxes, interest, costs and charges to the date of the discontinuance. Passed at Dover, April 14, 1893. May borrow credit of the county. CHAPTER 563. OF THE LEVY COURT. AN ACT authorizing the Levy Court of Sussex County to Fund the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: SECTION I. That the Levy Court of Sussex County be $25,000 on and are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow, on the credit of said county, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), and for that purpose to issue bonds of such denominations and bearing such rate of interest, not exceeding five per cent., as said Levy Court may deem expedient, and to be so arranged as to time of payment that the sum of five thousand dollars of the principal sum so borrowed shall become due and payable in each and every year until the whole is paid. Provided, That no part of said principal sum shall become due and payable until the expiration of five years from the date of issue of the said bonds. The interest upon said bonds shall be payable semi-annually in each and every year from the date of issue thereof, and they shall semi-annu- be in the following form, to wit: Not to be paid within five years. Interest ally. Series OF THE LEVY COURT. The State of Delaware, No. These presents certify and make known, that Sussex Form of county, in the State of Delaware, is held and firmly bound bond. unto the bearer in the sum of dollars, lawful money of the United States of America, which the said county binds itself to pay to the bearer at the Farmers' Bank at Georgetown, on the with interest at the rate of per centum per annum, payable at the said Farmers' Bank, in Georgetown, on the day of A. D. day of — and — in each and every year while said principal sum remains unpaid, upon presentation of the coupon hereunto annexed, representing such semi-annual installment of interest. Dated at Georgetown, the day of A. D. 18 Witness the seal of the Levy Court of Sussex county, and the hands of the County Treasurer, President of the Levy Court, and the Clerk of the Peace of the said county, the day and year aforesaid. (Seal.) County Treasurer of Sussex county. And the coupons shall be in the following form, to wit: Sussex County will pay to the bearer, at the Farmers' Bank at Georgetown, on the day of A. D. the sum of 189 dollars on bond No. Series dated County Treasurer of Sussex county. Form of coupons. The said bonds shall each be signed by the said County Treasurer, President of the Levy Court, and Clerk of the Peace, on behalf of the said county, and shall have the seal of the said Levy Court affixed thereto. The said coupons shall be signed by the said County Treasurer. The said Clerk of the Peace shall, in a book to be provided by him for that purpose, make an accurate record, showing each series of said bonds with their numbers and denominations Clerk of the respectively. Whenever any of said bonds shall have been Peace to paid by the said County Treasurer, or any of said coupons ord of bonds shall have matured and been surrendered to him, he shall make a rec How moneys to OF THE LEVY COURT. immediately file the same in the office of the said Clerk of the Peace, who shall note the same upon the record of the bonds and coupons so paid and matured, and shall give to the said County Treasurer a receipt therefor, stating the series, number, date and denomination of such bonds and coupons, which receipt shall constitute a good and sufficient voucher for said County Treasurer for the sums therein named. SECTION 2. That the moneys realized upon said bonds as be applied. provided in Section 1 of this act shall be delivered to the said County Treasurer to be by him applied to the indebtedness of said county, and the failure of the said County Treasurer to discharge his duty under the provisions of this act Sureties res- shall be a breach of his official bond, and he and his sureties shall be responsible thereon to said county. ponsible. Levy Court SECTION 3. That the said Levy Court, in fixing the rate for payment of taxation, shall annually, until the first installment of said of interest. bonds shall become due and payable, provide for a sum equal to the amount of interest due each year upon said bonds, and as and when said bonds shall become due and payable shall in like manner provide for a sum equal to the amount of such bonds in addition to the amount necessary to pay the interest on the unpaid bonds as before provided, which shall, when collected and paid to the said County Treasurer, be set apart by him in a separate account to be opened for that purpose and designated as the "Funded Debt Account for the yearand the said County Treasurer shall apply the said sum annually to the payment of such part of said loan and the interest thereon as may from time to time become due under the provisions of Section 1 of this act. County Treasurer to keep a separate account. Passed at Dover, April 18, 1893. OF THE LEVY COURT. CHAPTER 564. OF THE LEVY COURT. AN ACT to authorize the Levy Court of New Castle County to borrow money and issue Certificates of Indebtedness therefor. WHEREAS by an act of the General Assembly of the State Preamble. of Delaware, passed at Dover, March 28, 1883, the Levy Court of New Castle county were authorized to fund the floating debt of said county, and for that purpose to borrow a sum of money not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars: AND WHEREAS it was provided in the said act that ten Further prethousand dollars of said loan should be paid annually: amble. amble. AND WHEREAS the Levy Court of New Castle county have Further preheretofore omitted and neglected to provide for the payment of six of the said annual installments, represented by certificates of indebtedness, whereby the sum of sixty thousand dollars is now outstanding and in arrears, which said sum is bearing six per cent. interest, and it is desired to reduce the same: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: tle County to borrow SECTION I. That the Levy Court of New Castle county Levy Court is hereby authorized and directed to borrow upon the credit of New Casof the county such sum or sums of money as may be neces- authorized sary for the purpose of paying and redeeming the certificates money. of indebtedness now outstanding as aforesaid, and for auch purpose to issue other certificates of indebtedness of such May issue denomination, in such form as the Levy Court may deem certificates. expedient, payable in sums of ten thousand dollars annually, $10,000 to be the first of said sums to mature and become payable on Sep-D tember 1, 1904, and a like sum of ten thousand dollars to when to become due and payable upon the first day of September annually thereafter, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding five per centum per annum. The said Levy Court shall Payment, provide for the payment of said certificates and of the in- ed for. terest thereon by the tax levy of the said county. SECTION 2. This act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act. Passed at Dover, April 26, 1893. paid annu mature. how provid |