CHAPTER 143 - THE CITY OF WILMINGTON - RELATIVE TO THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OF OILS AND FLUIDS; CLERK OF MARKET, AND SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; AND PROVIDING FOR ELECTION OF A CITY CLERK AND BAILIFF OF COUNCIL.
AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION 1 OF AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT RELATING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON", BEING CHAPTER 178, VOLUME 18, LAWS OF DELAWARE, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 740, VOLUME 19, LAWS OF DELAWARE, BY THE OMISSION OF ALL PROVISIONS IN RELATION TO THE OFFICES OF INSPECTOR OF OILS AND FLUIDS, CLERK OF MARKET AND SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; AND PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF A CITY CLERK AND BAILIFF OF COUNCIL; DEFINING THEIR DUTIES, TERMS OF OFFICE AND SALARIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly net (two-thirds of all the members elected to each House of the General Assembly concurring therein):
SECTION 1. That Section 1 of an Act entitled "An Act relating to the Government of the City of Wilmington," being Chapter 178, Volume 18, Laws of Delaware, as amended by Chapter 740, Volume 19, Laws of Delaware, be and the same is hereby further amended by striking out and repealing all of said Section 1, as amended as aforesaid, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"At the third stated meeting of "The Council" of The Mayor and Council of Wilmington, in the month of July, A. D. 1941, and at the stated meeting biennially thereafter, "The Council" shall proceed to elect, by ballot, a City Clerk, who shall be the Clerk of Council, and a Bailiff of Council, who shall be charged with such duties as shall be prescribed by "The Council". The terms of office of the two officials herein designated shall commence on the first day of August next after their election, and shall be for the term of two years, and the terms of office of the present incumbents of the said offices are hereby extended until the first day of August, A. D. 1941. The salaries of the officials herein provided for shall be fixed by "The Council", and shall be payable in the same manner and at the same time as the salaries of other City officials are now payable."
SECTION 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
Approved April 18, 1941.