CHAPTER 31
OF COLLECTORS.
AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An Act in relation to the Collection of Taxes for New Castle County," passed at Dover, May 29, 1807, as published at page 2 of the Appendix to Volume 20, Laws of Delaware; being an Act to provide for the Collection of Certain Taxes and to pay the expenses thereof.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
SECTION 1. That Section 2 of the act entitled " An Act in relation to the Collection of Taxes for New Castle county," passed at Dover, May 29, 1897, as published at Page 2 of the Appendix to Volume 20, Laws of Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended by inserting between the words " taxes" and " in " in the eleventh line of said section the words "and all other taxes except taxes assessed upon real estate and dog taxes " and by inserting between the word "assessed " in the twentieth line and the word " within " in the twenty-first line the words " upon real estate and all dog taxes ;" and by striking out the words following, to wit : "other than poll taxes" in the twenty-first line of said Section.
SECTION 2. That Section 3 of the act aforesaid be and the same is hereby amended by inserting between the words "district " and " for " in the fourth line of said Section 3 the words following, to wit : " with the address of the persons assessed."
SECTION 3. That said act be and the same is hereby further amended by striking out all of Section 35 of said Chapter and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to wit: " That on all taxes paid before the first day of October there shall be an abatement of live per centum ;on all taxes paid after the first day of October and before the first day of January there be an abatement of three per cent; on all taxes paid after the first day of January and before the first day of April there shall be no abatement ; and on all taxes unpaid after the first day of April five per centum thereof shall be added thereto.
SECTION 4. That Section 36 of the Chapter aforesaid be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all of said Section after the word " receive" in the eleventh line of said Section and inserting in lieu thereof the words following, to wit : 'the sum of one thousand dollars per annum as a compensation for their services to be paid in quarterly installments by warrants drawn by the Levy Court upon the County Treasurer."
Approved May 25, A.D. 1898.