CHAPTER 224.
COURT OF CHANCERY.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 117 of the Revised Code of Delaware Relating to the Salary of the Stenographer for the Court of Chancery.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
That Chapter 117 of the Revised Code of Delaware be, and the same is, hereby amended by repealing 3888, Section 45, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
3888. Section 45. STENOGRAPHER; COURT OFFICER; APPOINTMENT; REMOVAL; COMPENSATION; BOND; DUTIES: There shall be attached to the Court of Chancery an additional officer, who shall be a skilled and competent stenographer, whose duty it shall be to attend the sessions of said Court in the several counties, and also whenever the Chancellor sits in Chambers for the hearing of causes or petitions, and under the order and direction of the Chancellor to report all evidence, opinions and other matters, as the Chancellor may order.
He shall be appointed by the Chancellor and be subject to be removed at pleasure, and another appointed in his place.
Before entering upon his duties, he shall be duly sworn as other Court officers, and shall give bond to the State of Delaware in the penal sum of two thousand dollars, to be approved by the Chancellor, for the faithful discharge of his duties.
He shall receive as compensation for his services such sum as may be approved by the Chancellor, not exceeding two thousand dollars for each and every year.
Approved March 31, A. D. 1919.
CHAPTER. 226.
ATTACHMENTS.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 126 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware, Relating to Attachments.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
That 4120, Section 2, Chapter 126 of the Revised Code of Delaware be and the same is hereby repealed and the following substituted in lieu thereof :
4120. Section 3. All corporations doing business in this State, except banks, saving institutions and loan associations, are subject to the operations of the attachment laws of the State of Delaware, as provided in case of individuals; but insurance companies shall not be liable to attachment, except only as to moneys due in consequence of the happening of the risk provided for in policy of insurance; and said corporation shall be liable to be summoned as garnishee, for which purpose service of the summons upon the President, Treasurer, Cashier, Paying Clerk, any Director or the registered agent, as provided in other attachment cases, shall be sufficient to render the corporation subject to all the liabilities provided by the aforesaid laws; and the answer of the officers or agents so served with attachment process shall be enforced in the same manner as is now provided by law in cases where an individual is summoned as garnishee.
Approved March 20, A. D. 1919.