Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 240

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 4501, TITLE 10, DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF JURY COMMISSIONERS AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.

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

Section 1. Amend Section 4501, Title 10, Delaware Code, by striking Section 4501 as it now appears and inserting in lieu thereof a new Section to read as follows:

§ 4501. Appointment, qualifications and compensation of Jury Commissioners

The judges of the Superior Court shall annually, in the month of March of each year, appoint two suitable persons, both of whom shall not at any time be of the same political party, in each county of this State to be Jury Commissioners for the county in which they respectively reside. They shall each receive for their services the sum of $1000 per annum together with expenses of travel at the rate of 8 cents per mile, said travel expense not to exceed the sum of $500 for each commissioner per annum to be paid quarterly by the Treasurer of the county wherein they reside upon warrants drawn by the Superior Court sitting in and for the county. The Commissioners shall, before entering upon their duties, be severally sworn to faithfully and impartially discharge their duties as such commissioners.

Approved December 20, 1961.