CHAPTER 522
AN ACT MAKING A SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,464.50 TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS TO SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN APPOQUINIMINK SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, Senate Bill No. 87 which appears in Chapter 57, Volume 56, Laws of Delaware, approved by the Governor on July 5, 1967, provided an amount of $42,282 to the State Board of Education for certain improvements and repair to school buildings in the Middletown School District #60; and
WHEREAS, authorized improvements and repairs were made by the Middletown School District #60; and
WHEREAS, on April 29, 1968 Purchase Order #624202 and on May 16, 1968 Purchase Order #630030 encumbered funds in the amount of $2,464.50 as authorized by Senate Bill No. 87 hereinbefore referred to; and
WHEREAS, a May 6, 1968 directive from the Budget Director to financial officers did notify all State agencies that all purchase orders against fiscal 1968 General Fund appropriations shall be liquidated by September 30, 1968 unless specific approval to the contrary is secured from the Budget Director; and
WHEREAS, responsible agencies failed to secure specific approval from the Budget Director and therefore the encumbrances in the amount of $2,464.50 were therefore liquidated; and
WHEREAS, the agency erred in securing prompt submission of the voucher or bill in the amount of $2,464.50; and
WHEREAS, the vendor did complete satisfactorily the work for which he contracted; and
WHEREAS, the Appoquinimink School District wishes to pay its obligations of the Purchase Orders hereinbefore mentioned;
NOW, THEREFORE,
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:
Section 1. The sum of $2,464.50 is hereby appropriated to the State Board of Education to be used for the purpose of paying Purchase Order #624202 and Purchase Order #630030, which said purchase orders are for making certain improvements and repairs to school buildings in Appoquinimink School District.
Section 2. This Act is a supplementary appropriation and the money appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of funds in the General Fund of the State of Delaware not otherwise appropriated.
Section 3. Any money appropriated herein and unexpended shall revert to the General Fund of the State of Delaware on June 30, 1971.
Approved June 8, 1970.