CHAPTER 12
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 188, VOLUME 18, LAWS OF DELAWARE, CREATING A STREET AND SEWER DEPARMENT, AS AN AGENCY OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF WILMINGTON, AND THE ACTS AMENDATORY THEREOF AND SUPPLEMENTAL THERETO, BY CHANGING THE NAME OF SAID DEPARTMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware (two-thirds of all Members elected to each House thereof concurring therein):
Section 1. That Chapter 188, Volume 18, Laws of Delaware, by which the Street and Sewer Department was created as an agency of The Mayor and Council of Wilmington be and the same is amended by striking the words "Street and Sewer Department" whenever used therein and substituting for the words so stricken the words "Department of Public Works."
Section 2. That all acts amendatory of said Chapter 188, Volume 18, Laws of Delaware, or in any wise supplemental thereto, in which the said words are used including, Volume 18, Laws of Delaware, Chapter 665; Volume 19, Laws of Delaware, Chapters 206, 207, 208, 209, 220 and 735; Volume 20, Laws of Delaware, Chapter 93, 547 and 566; Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, Chapter 405; Volume 24, Laws of Delaware, Chapter 183; Volume 26, Laws of Delaware, Chapters 196, 197, and 199; Volume 27, Laws of Delaware, Chapter 206; Volume 28, Laws of Delaware, Chapters 114 and 116; Volume 31, Laws of Delaware, Chapter 28; Volume 36, Laws of Delaware, Chapter 145; Volume 37, Laws of Delaware, Chapters 135, 136, 140 and 146; Volume 42, Laws of Delaware, Chapter 115; Volume 43, Laws of Delaware, Chapters 44 and 145; Volume 46, Laws of Delaware, Chapters 219 and 237; Volume 47, Laws of Delaware, Chapter 269; Volume 49, Laws of Delaware, Chapter 273; and Volume 51, Laws of Delaware, Chapters 58 and 352, are likewise amended in the same respect and extent as provided in Section 1 hereof.
Section 3. That it is hereby stated that the sole and exclusive purpose of this Act is to effect a change of name, as
heretofore provided and that all the powers and jurisdiction of the Street and Sewer Department shall remain and be unaffected notwithstanding the provisions hereof.
Approved April 7, 1961.