CHAPTER 149
AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO THE STATE SOIL CONSERVATION COMMISSION FOR THE DRAINAGE OF TAX DITCHES IN KENT COUNTY.
WHEREAS, there exists a necessity to clean out and drain certain tax ditches in Kent County, State of Delaware; AND
WHEREAS, land owners, adjacent to and near said tax ditches, have agreed to contribute funds for said purpose;
NOW, THEREFORE,
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:
Section 1. There is appropriated to the State Soil Conservation Commission the sum of $10,000 for each of the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1959 and ending June 30, 1960, and beginning July 1, 1960 and ending June 30, 1961, to be used for the purpose of contributing to the costs of clearing banks, removing obstructions, installing permanent-type structures, straightening, cleaning out and draining the tax ditches of Kent County.
Section 2. For the purposes of this Act, the Levy Court of Kent County shall appropriate to the State Soil Conservation Commission the further sum of $10,000 for each of the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1959 and ending June 30, 1960, and beginning July 1, 1960 and ending June 30, 1961, to be used for the purpose of contributing to the costs of clearing banks, removing obstructions, installing permanent-type structures, straightening, cleaning out and draining the tax ditches of Kent County.
Section 3. The money hereby appropriated shall be paid to the State Soil Conservation Commission by the State Treasurer and the Levy Court of Kent County from time to time upon certification to the State Treasurer and the Levy Court of Kent County by the Board of Soil District Supervisors of the Soil Conservation District of Kent County that it has collected or received, from farmers and others benefiting from such clearing banks, removing obstructions, installing permanent-type structures, straightening, cleaning out and draining of said tax ditches, a specified sum of money to be used on said project. The State Treasurer, and the Levy Court of Kent County, shall each make payment to said State Soil Conservation Commission on the basis of $0.50 for every $1.00 or more so certified to the State Treasurer and the Levy Court of Kent County by the Board of Soil District Supervisors of the Soil Conservation District of Kent County, as having been by it collected or received from farmers and others benefiting from such clearing banks, removing obstructions, installing permanent-type structures, straightening, cleaning out or draining of said tax ditches in Kent County.
Section 4. The sums of money from time to time paid to the State Soil Conservation Commission shall be transferred by said Commission to the Board of Soil District Supervisors of the Soil Conservation District of Kent County, and shall be used by said Board on such tax ditches for which contributions from farmers and others benefiting from such cleaning out and draining have been collected or received as shall be determined by the said Board of Soil District Supervisors.
Section 5. This Act shall be known as a Supplementary Appropriation act and the money hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Fund of the State of Delaware.
Approved July 9, 1959.