CHAPTER 165 - GEORGETOWN
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REINCORPORATE THE TOWN OF GEORGETOWN."
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 House thereof concurring):
Section 1. That Section 17, Chapter 238, Volume 26, Laws of Delaware be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "male" in the fifth line thereof after the word "white" and before the word "citizen" so that when amended said Section shall read as follows:
"Section 17. That the assessor of the town for the time being shall annually, on or before the first day of April, make a true, just and impartial valuation or assessment of all the real estate within said town, except as hereinbefore excepted, and also an assessment of all the white citizens residing in said town above the age of twenty-one years, as well those owning as those not owning real estate within its limits; and the said assessor shall forthwith, after making such assessment, deliver to the commissioners for the time being a duplicate containing the names of all the persons assessed and the amount of their assessment, distinguishing the real and personal assessments of each. The commissioners shall assess the real estate and person of the assessor. The commissioners shall, between the first and fifteenth days of April, cause a complete and full transcript of said duplicate to be hung in a public place in one hotel in said town, there to remain for the space of twenty days thereafter for public inspection; and the said commissioners shall, on the Wednesday next after the expiration of the said twenty days, hold a court of appeals, which shall continue open from nine o'clock A. M. until twelve N., and from two o'clock P. M. until five o'clock P. M., of the said day when they shall hear and determine appeals from said assessment. Notice of the hanging up of the list, and also, at the same time, notice of the time and place of hearing appeals, shall be given by notices posted in at least six public places in said town. The decision of the commissioners upon any appeals shall be final and conclusive. No commissioner shall sit upon his own appeal, but the same shall be heard and determined by the others.
After the valuation and assessment shall be examined and adjusted by the said commissioners, all taxes shall be levied, assessed and raised on the real estate, and persons thus valued and assessed in just and equal proportions and rates. The assessor, immediately after his election and before entering upon the duties of his office, shall be sworn or affirmed by some judge or justice of the peace, diligently, faithfully and impartially to perform the duties of his office to the best of his ability, knowledge and judgment, and a certificate shall be made by the person administering the oath or affirmation, in the record book of the commissioners containing the certificate of the election of the alderman, commissioners, assessor, treasurer, collector, auditors aforesaid. The assessor shall receive a reasonable compensation to be determined by the commissioners."
Approved April 18, 1935.