Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 579

RELATING TO EXPENDITURE OF CONTINGENCY FUNDS BY STATE DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 518, VOLUME 50, LAWS OF DELAWARE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS "THE CONTINGENCY FUND ACT" IN RESPECT TO THE EXPENDITURE OF CERTAIN CONTINGENCY FUNDS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE.

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

Section 1. Chapter 518, Volume 50, Laws of Delaware, commonly known as "The Contingency Fund Act" and entitled in full AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN CONTINGENCIES, FOR THE RESPECTIVE YEARS OF THE BIENNIUM JULY 1, 1955 TO JUNE 30, 1957, AND PRESCRIBING LIMITATIONS UPON THE USE THEREOF AND THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF BUDGET COMMISSION IN RELATION THERETO is amended by striking out Section 4 (h) thereof and substituting a new Section 4 (h) to read as follows :

(e) To provide for this State's share of Salaries and Wages, replacement of not more than eleven automobiles in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, the replacement of not more than seven automobiles in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, Aid to Dependent Children-Grants, Aid to Disabled-Grants, Old Age Assistance-Grants and Child Welfare Service-Direct Care over and above those provided for in the General Appropriation Act, the Department of Public Welfare may expend all or any part of an amount not to exceed $100,000 in each of the respective years of the biennium ending June 30, 1957.

Approved February 29, 1956