Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 122

LAUREL - RELATING TO ELECTIONS

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LAUREL AS ESTABLISHED BY CHAPTER 164, VOLUME 29, LAWS OF DELAWARE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REINCORPORATE THE TOWN OF LAUREL" IN REFERENCE TO ELECTIONS.

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

Section 1. That Section 59 of Chapter 164, Volume 29, Laws of Delaware, be amended by striking out all of said Section, and by substituting the following:

Section 59. Elections. The Town Election for all municipal officers to be elected under the Charter of the Town of Laurel shall be held biennially on the second Tuesday in March and shall be by ballots to be prepared by Mayor and Council of Laurel. Said Election shall be held by such officers and in such manner as Mayor and Council of Laurel may provide by Ordinance or Resolution. The polls shall be opened between the hours of twelve o'clock noon and six o'clock in the afternoon, when the same shall be closed. The hours of holding the Election shall be in accordance with Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Saving Time, whichever shall be in force at the time of the Election.

Approved May 22, 1951.