Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 415

AN ACT TRANSFERRING MONEY FROM THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENABLING THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES COMMISSION TO OBTAIN OR MOVE AND RESTORE CERTAIN HISTORICAL PROPERTIES.

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

Section 1. The Public Archives Commission is requested and directed to purchase on behalf of the State the properties at the junction of Naaman's Road and the Philadelphia Pike known as the old Robinson House (constructed in 1725) and the Swedish Block House (constructed in 1654).

Section 2. There is hereby transferred and appropriated out of the Capital Investment Fund, existing pursuant to Chapter 62, Title 29, Delaware Code, to the Public Archives Commission $55,000 for the following purposes:

(a) For the purchase of the properties at the junction of Naaman's Road and the Philadelphia Pike known as the old Robinson House and the Swedish Block House or

(b) For the removal of the Swedish Block House and its restoration at another site.

Section 3. Upon the State receiving title to the said old Robinson House and the Swedish Block House, the properties shall be under the custody and control of the Public Archives Commission.

Section 4. In the event that the transactions or moving and restoration shall not be completed, there shall be no reversion of the funds herein appropriated at the end of fiscal 1967.

Approved June 27, 1966.