Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 181 - DETENTION HOME

AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO PROVIDE A SUITABLE DETENTION HOME FOR JUVENILES FOR THE STATE OF DELAWARE," BEING CHAPTER 228, VOLUME 33, LAWS OF DELAWARE, APPROVED MARCH 27, A. D. 1923.

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 House concurring therein):

Section 1. That Chapter 228, Volume 23, Laws of Delaware entitled An Act to Provide a Suitable Detention Home for Juveniles of the State of Delaware" be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all of Section 8 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following to be known as Section 8.

Section 8. That the said, The Council of the Mayor and Council of Wilmington is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to raise and appropriate and to pay annually to the said Board of Managers of the Detention Home, for the maintenance and operation of the said Detention Home, the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000); such sum shall be paid by the Council, in four quarterly payments, beginning on the first day of July, 1935, and annually thereafter.

Section 2. That Chapter 228, Volume 33, Laws of Delaware, be and the same is hereby further amended by striking out all of Section 10 and inserting in lieu thereof the following to be known as Section 10:

Section 10. That the said Levy Court of New Castle County is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to raise and appropriate and to pay annually to the said Board of Managers of the Detention Home the sum of Two Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($2250); such sum shall be paid by the Levy Court of New Castle County in four quarterly payments, beginning on the first day of July, 1935, and annually thereafter.

Approved March 27, 1935.