Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 56

BONDS OF CONSTABLES

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 11 OF THE REVISED CODE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, 1935, RELATING TO OFFICIAL BONDS OF CONSTABLES.

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

Section 1. That Chapter 11 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out and repealing 349, Section 4 of said chapter, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following new Section, to be known as 349, Section 4:

349. Section 4. Cancellation of Bonds of Certain Public Officers After, Three Years:--The several Bonds and recognizances of the several officers provided for in Sections 3 and 10 of this Chapter as well as the official Bond of any Constable of the several Counties shall be cancelled three years after the expiration of the terms of office of the said several officers and such Constable and shall after such time cease to be a lien on any property of any kind of the said several officers and such Constable or their respective Bondsmen.

Approved March 7, 1947.