CHAPTER 78
FORMERLY
HOUSE BILL NO. 252
AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1
AND SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT BEING CHAPTER 197, VOLUME 54, LAWS OF DELAWARE, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "AN ACT REVISING THE PRIOR CHARTER OF THE CITY OF REHOBOTH BEACH AND ESTABLISHING A NEW CHARTER THEREFOR AND PRESCRIBING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF REHOBOTH BEACH" RELATING TO THE ALDERMAN.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware (two-thirds of all members elected to each House concurring therein):
Section 1. Subsection (a), Section 21 A, Chapter 197, Volume 54, Laws of Delaware, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended by striking out all of Subsection (a), Section 21 A, Chapter 197, Volume 54, Laws of Delaware, as amended, and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
(a) The Mayor upon the approval of this Act, shall appoint some suitable person to act as Assistant-Alderman. Any person appointed by the Mayor to serve as Alderman or Assistant-Alderman shall be at least Twenty-One (21) years of age, shall be of good character and reputation, and shall be a resident within Three (3) miles of the corporate limits of The City of Rehoboth Beach and shall not be a member of the Commissioners of Rehoboth Beach. Any person appointed by the Mayor to serve as Alderman or Assistant-Alderman shall be appointed for an indefinite term and any such appointment shall be confirmed by a majority of all members of the Commissioners of Rehoboth Beach. Either the Alderman or the Assistant-Alderman may be removed from office at any time by the affirmative vote of Two-Thirds (2/3) of all the elected members of the Commissioners of Rehoboth Beach.
Approved June 18, 1973.