Delaware General Assembly

CHAPTER 289.

OF OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY.

AN ACT Regulating Telephone Lines in this State.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, corporation or corporations operating, controlling or owning any telephone lines within this State, known as party lines, and for which the regular charge for separate telephones is at the rate of Fifteen Dollars or more per year, to have more than eight telephones upon any one line.

Section 2. Any person or persons, corporation or corporations violating the provisions of this Act shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not less than Twenty-five Dollars nor more than One Hundred Dollars for each offense.

Approved March 26, A. D. 1913.