Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 268

AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF OCEAN VIEW IN SUSSEX COUNTY, DELAWARE", BEING CHAPTER 649, VOLUME 18, LAWS OF DELAWARE, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO JURISDICTION OF OFFENSES COMMITTED IN SAID TOWN.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware (two-thirds of all Members elected to each Branch thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. Section 3, Chapter 649, Volume 18, Laws of Delaware, is amended by inserting and adding to the second sentence appearing in the second paragraph of said Section 3, the further proviso as follows:

And further provided, that if at any time the Alderman shall not be available to hear and determine any alleged breach of the peace or other offense committed in said town, the same may be heard and determined by any Justice of the Peace resident in said town, or if there be none or if he is not available at the time, then the same may be heard and determined by the nearest Justice of the Peace outside of said town.

Approved May 18, 1960.