CHAPTER 59

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH

AN ACT to amend Chapter 25 of the Revised Code of 1915 of the State of Delaware, as amended by Chapter 102, Volume 36 of the Laws of Delaware, Approved April 1, 1929, relating to the manufacture and sale of mat- tresses and related articles.

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

Section 1. That Chapter 25 of the Revised Code of 824 J. S. 88 the State of Delaware be and the same is hereby amended by striking out 824 J. Section 99 of said Chapter as found in Chapter 102, Volume 36, of the Laws of Delaware, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following to be known as 824 J. Section 99.

824 J. Section 99. All fees collected under the provisions of this Article 6 shall be paid to the State Board of Health and, when so paid, shall be turned over by said Board to the State Treasurer of the State of Delaware and credited to the General Fund of the State.

Section 2. That Chapter 25 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware be and the same is hereby amended by striking out 824 M. Section 102 of the said Chapter as found in Chapter 102, Volume 36, of the Laws of Delaware, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following to be known as 824 M. Section 102.

824 M. Section 102. Any person violating the provisions of this Article 6 or the rules and regulations adopted thereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than Ten Dollars and not more than Fifty Dollars for each offense, and, in default of the payment of such fine, to undergo imprisonment of not less than ten days for each separate offense; provided that the total term of imprisonment at any one time for additional offenses shall not exceed ten months. Every Justice of the Peace of the State of Delaware and the Municipal Court of the City of Wilmington shall, when the offense is committed within their respective jurisdictions, have summary authority to hear and determine all violations of the provisions of this Article 6 or the Appeal rules and regulations adopted thereunder, with the right of appeal to the defendant, as in other cases.

Each mattress, pillow, bolster, feather-bed or comfortable made, remade or renovated, sold, offered for sale, delivered, consigned, or possessed with intent to sell, deliver or consign, contrary to the provisions hereof, shall constitute a separate offense.

Each imitated or counterfeited adhesive stamp made, used, sold, offered for sale, delivered or consigned contrary to the provisions of this Article shall constitute a separate offense.

The State Board of Health may revoke any permit issued under the provisions of Article 6, if the person to whom the permit was issued has violated any provisions of this Article 6 or the rules or regulations established thereunder.

Section 3. The provisions of 824 J. Section 99 as they appear in Section 1 of this Act shall become effective on the first day of July 1931.

Approved March 30, 1931.