CHAPTER 259
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 243, VOLUME 56, LAWS OF DELAWARE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29, PART II, DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY PROVIDING FOR THE COMPOSITION AND REAPPORTIONMENT THEREOF "BY CLARIFYING CERTAIN BOUNDARIES OF REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATORIAL DISTRICTS CONTAINED THEREIN.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:
Section 1. Amend Section 1 of Chapter 243, Volume 56, Laws of Delaware by:
(a) Inserting after the words "Ridge Avenue" where they appear in § 631 (b) and § 631 (c) the following:
" , also known as Green Street,".
()Inserting after the words "Curtis Mill Road" where they appear in § 631 (g) and § 631 (q) the following: "(Route 72)".
(a) Inserting after the words "Pike Creek" where they appear in § 631 (g) and § 631 (q) the following word : "Road".
(b) Striking the words "Old Telegraph Road" where they appear in § 631 (h) and § 631 (q) and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Old Capitol Trail".
(c) Striking the words "thence northwesterly along the center line of Beech Street (extended) to its intersection with the center line of Oak Street:" where they appear following the words "the center line of Beech Street (extended) ;" in § 631 (j) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"thence northwesterly along the center line of Beech Street (extended) approximately 110 feet to its intersection with the center line of a service alley; thence easterly along the center line of the said service alley one (1) block to its intersection with the center line of Oak Street;".
(f) Striking the words "North Avenue ; thence northerly along the center line of North Avenue to its intersection with the center line of Little Mill Creek ;" where they appear following the words "along the center line of Summit Road to its intersection with the center line of" in § 631 (k) and inserting in lieu thereof the following :
"Winston Place ; thence northerly along the center line of Winston Place (extended) to its intersection with the center line of Little Mill Creek;".
Striking the words "thence southerly along the center line of Oak Street to its intersection with the center line of Beech Street (extended) ;" where they appear following the words "with the center line of Oak Street ;" in § 631 (k) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"thence southerly along the center line of Oak Street to its intersection with the center line of a service alley (approximately 110 feet north of and parallel to Cypress Avenue) ; thence westerly along the center line of said service alley one (1) block to its intersection with the center line of Beech Street (extended) ;".
(g) Inserting after the words "Christiana Hundred" where they appear in § 631 (1) the following :
"and Mill Creek Hundred."
() Striking the words "intersection with the center line of Red Clay Creek ;" where they appear following the words "along the center line of White Clay Creek to its" in § 631 (1) and inserting in lieu thereof the following :
"second junction with the center line of Red Clay Creek, so as to include Bread and Cheese Island in this district ;".
(a) Striking the words "North Avenue ; thence southerly along the center line of North Avenue to its intersection with the center line of Summit Road ;" where they appear following the words "Little Mill Creek to its intersection with the center line of" in § 631 (1) and inserting in lieu thereof the following :
"Winston Place (extended) ; thence southerly along the center line of Winston Place to its intersection with the center line of Summit Road ;".
(k) Inserting after the word "Pencader," where it appears in § 631 (p) the following:
"White Clay Creek,".
(1) Inserting after the words "Red Mill Road" where they appear in § 631 (q) and § 631 (r) the following:
" , also known as Ruthby Road."
(m) Striking the words "thence southwesterly along the center line of Route 273 (Chestnut Hill Road)" where they appear following the words "Route 273 (Chestnut Hill Road) ;" in § 631 (r) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"thence southwesterly along the center line of Chestnut Hill Road."
() Striking the words "with the western boundary of the City of Wilmington" where they appear in § 632 (d) and § 632 (e) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"with the center line of duPont Road; thence northeasterly along the center line of duPont Road to its intersection with the western boundary of the City of Wilmington at Silverbrook Cemetery"
(a) Striking the words "Faulkland Road and the western boundary of the City of Wilmington ;" where they appear following the words "beginning at the intersection of" in § 632 (e) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"duPont Road and the western boundary of the City of Wilmington at Silverbrook Cemetery ;".
(b) Striking the words "North Avenue" where they appear following the words "the Town of Elsmere to its intersection with the center line of" in § 632 (e) and § 632 (g) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"Winston Place (extended) ; thence southerly along the center line of Winston Place to its intersection with the center line of North Avenue;".
(c) Striking the words "Hershey Run" where they appear following the words "White Clay Creek to its intersection with the center line of" in § 632 (e) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"Red Clay Creek; thence northerly along the center line of Red Clay Creek to its intersection with the center line of Hershey Run."
(r) Striking the words "the center
line
of Red Clay Creek; thence southwesterly along the center line of Red Clay Creek to its intersection with the western boundary of Christiana Hundred; thence easterly along the western boundary of Christiana Hundred to its intersection with the center line of Hershey Run; thence southerly along the center line of Hershey Run to its intersection with the center line of White Clay Creek;" where they appear following the words "thence southerly along the center line of Calf Run to its intersection with" in § 632 (f) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"the western boundary of Christiana Hundred; thence southerly along the western boundary of Christiana Hundred to its intersection with the center line of White Clay Creek ;".
(r) Inserting after the words "Bunch Blvd." and "Bunch Boulevard" where they appear in § 632 (g) and § 632 (h) respectively the following:
" (extended)".
Section 2. Further amend Chapter 243, Volume 56, Laws of Delaware, by adding the following new section thereto:
§ 664. Designation of roadways
Hereafter the terms : Avenue, Boulevard, Drive, Highway, Lane, Parkway, Place, Road, Route, Street, Turnpike or any abbreviations thereof shall be used interchangeably so as to make the descriptions used in this chapter to conform to maps currently in existence.
Approved March 4, 1968.