AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF REHOBOTH BEACH AS ESTABLISHED BY CHAPTER 161, VOLUME 41, LAWS OF DELAWARE, AND AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 177, VOLUME 43, LAWS OF DELAWARE AND BY CHAPTER 243, VOLUME 46, LAWS OF DELAWARE, BY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT MAY BE RAISED IN ANY FISCAL YEAR FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (two-thirds of all members elected to each branch thereof concurring therein):
Section 1. That Section 29 of Chapter 161, Volume 41, Laws of Delaware, as amended by Section 7 of Chapter 243, Volume 46, Laws of Delaware, be amended by striking out all of paragraph numbered 30 and of said section 29, as contained in said section 7, and substituting therefor the following:
30. To levy and collect taxes for any and all municipal purposes upon all real estate within the City, except lands belonging to the city; Provided, that the amount to be raised from this source in any one fiscal year shall not exceed the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) may be set apart, when deemed necessary, for the expense of maintaining mosquito control within the corporate limits of the city; and Five Thousand ($5,000.00) may be set apart, when deemed necessary, as and for a sinking fund to defray the expense of repairing, restoring or replacing of machinery, appliances and appurtenances of the water department of the City.