Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 552

AN ACT MAKING A SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE BUDGET COMMISSION TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR PAYMENTS DUE UNDER VOLUME 57, LAWS OF DELAWARE, CHAPTER 228.

WHEREAS, Volume 57, Laws of Delaware, Chapter 228, by its provisions, requires that the State Treasurer shall pay rent to each County for the operation of the Court of Chancery, Superior Court, Family Court of New Castle County, Juvenile Court of Kent and Sussex Counties, and the Courts of Common Pleas of New Castle, Kent and Sussex Counties; and

WHEREAS, the amount of rental is $336,282 for the period of July 1, 1969 to June 30, 1970; and

WHEREAS, the necessary funds to cover payment of the rent was not included in Volume 57, Laws of Delaware, Chapter 228, because at the time of enactment the amount of the liability was unknown; and

WHEREAS, the State Budget Commission is in charge of the control of this expenditure;

NOW, THEREFORE,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated to the State Budget Commission the sum of $336,282 to be expended for the purpose of paying rent to each County for the operation of the Court of Chancery, Superior Court, Family Court of New Castle County, Juvenile Court of Kent and Sussex Counties and the Courts of Common Pleas for New Castle, Kent and Sussex Counties for the period of July 1, 1969 to June 30, 1970, to be paid as follows:

Kent County $46,596

Sussex County $103,836

New Castle County $185,850

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.

Approved June 12, 1970.