CHAPTER 17
APPROPRIATION
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 47, VOLUME 41, LAWS OF DELAWARE, 1937, ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING CERTAIN MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF A NEW STATE ARMORY IN THE CITY OF MILFORD."
WHEREAS, numerous changes in the original specifications were made in connection with the construction of a new State Armory in the City of Milford, Delaware, in order to fall within the appropriation allotted by Chapter 47, Volume 41, Laws of Delaware, 1937, as a result of which several major and necessary items were eliminated and,
WHEREAS, the new Armory in its present condition is unable to furnish the proper training, retarding the efficiency of the local Battery in its weekly operation, etc., due to lack of facilities and major conveniences, and,
WHEREAS, all of such items as have been eliminated from the original specifications are essential requirements for the completion and installation of the Armory in Milford, Delaware, and should be accomplished for the proper maintenance and operation of the local Battery, and,
WHEREAS, the citizens of Milford and various organizations of that city consider the matter of utmost importance in order to have the needs of the new armory fulfilled; therefore
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That Chapter 47 of Volume 41, Laws of Delaware, 1937, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all of Section 8 thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a new section to be known as Section 8:
Section 8. That when such new building has been completed and accepted, the State Armory Commission shall be and it is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to sell at public venue, the present State Armory and Arsenal Building and property in the said City of Milford, and the said State Armory Commission is hereby empowered and directed to give a good and sufficient deed to said premises in fee simple to the purchaser or purchasers thereof in the name of the State of Delaware, and the Adjutant General of the State of Delaware is hereby authorized to execute, acknowledge and deliver such deed on behalf of the State of Delaware. The proceeds of such sale, to the extent of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), shall be forthwith applied to complete the furnishings and site and other requirements of the New Armory, and any balance thereafter shall be expended by the said State Armory Commission for repairing any other Armories in the State of Delaware, as the said State Armory Commission in its discretion shall deem proper.