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 Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated to the State Soil Conservation Commission the sum of Seventy-five Hundred Dollars ($7500.00) for each of the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1949 and ending June 30, 1950, and beginning July 1, 1950 and ending June 30, 1951, to be used and expended for the purpose of contributing to the costs of clearing banks, removing obstructions, 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 is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate to the State Soil Conservation Commission the further sum of Seventy-five Hundred Dollars ($7500.00) for each of the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1949 and ending June 30, 1950, and beginning July 1, 1950 and ending June 30, 1951, to be used and expended for the purpose of contributing to the costs of clearing banks, removing obstructions, straightening, cleaning out and draining the tax ditches of Kent County.
Section 3. That 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, 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 make payment to said State Soil Conservation Commission on the basis of Fifty Cents ($0.50) for every Dollar ($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, 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 used and expended by the Board of Soil District Supervisors of the Soil Conservation District of Kent County 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 moneys hereby appropriated by Section 1 of this Act shall be paid out of the General Fund of the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated.