Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That Chapter 53 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out and repealing all of the first paragraph of 1597, Section 6 thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a new first paragraph, as follows:
The Clerk of the Peace, Sheriff, Coroner, Prothonotary, Recorder, Register of Wills, Register in Chancery and Clerk of the Orphans' Court, in each of the Counties, shall be paid, in lieu of all fees, costs, allowances, perquisites and other compensation of every kind for performing every and all the services, acts and duties of their respective offices, the following annual salaries payable in equal monthly installments by warrants drawn by the Levy Court on the County Treasurer of their respective Counties namely: In New Castle County the Clerk of the Peace shall receive Four Thousand Dollars ($4000.00) ; the Sheriff, Four Thousand Dollars ($4000.00) ; the Coroner, Seventeen Hundred Dollars ($1700.00) ; the Prothonotary, Four Thousand Dollars ($4000.00) ; the Recorder, Four Thousand Dollars ($4000.00) ; the Register of Wills, Four Thousand Dollars ($4000.00) ; the Register in Chancery, Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) and the Clerk of the Orphans' Court, Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00).
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on the first day of the month following its approval.