Delaware General Assembly

CHAPTER 253

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION

AN ACT to amend Article V, Chapter 90, Revised Code of Delaware, called and cited as The Delaware Workmen's Compensation Law of 1917.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: (two-thirds of each Branch thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. That 3193 V.V. Section 141 be repealed and a new section be created to be known and cited as 3193 V.V. Section 141 as follows:

3193V.V. Section 141. This Article shall not apply to the employer and employee in any employment in which less than five employees are engaged ; nor to farm laborers and domestic servants, nor to their respective employers, nor to officers and servants of the State of Delaware, nor any governmental agency created by it, excepting officers and servants of the State of Delaware who shall have been neither elected for a term of office- of fixed and definite duration or to complete the unexpired portion of any such term; and excepting officers and servants of the County of New Castle who shall have been neither elected for a term of office of fixed and definite duration or to complete the unexpired portion of any such term ; and excepting officers and servants of the Mayor and Council of Wilmington, a municipal corporation of the State of Delaware, who shall have been neither elected for a term of office for a fixed and definite duration or to complete the unexpired portion of any such term, provided, however, that the said The Mayor and Council of Wilmington shall at all times apply to the Industrial Accident Board for a certificate for self-insurance; and excepting officers and employees of the Town of Dover or The City of Dover, a municipal corporation of the State of Delaware, by whichever title the same may be known, who shall have been neither elected for a term of office for a fixed and definite duration or to complete the unexpired portion of any such term.

The election of the State of Delaware to be bound by the compensatory provisions of this Article shall be made by and be under the control of the Governor; said election by the County of New Castle shall be made by and be under the control of the Levy Court of the said County ; said election by the Mayor and Council of Wilmington shall be by and be under the control of said Mayor and Council; and election by the Town of Dover or The City of Dover shall be by and be under the control of the Town or City Council.

Approved March 28, 1929.