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An Act to incorporate the Town of Middletown. 1861 49 (1861.1)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsde0192 and id is 1 raw text is: STATE OF DELAWARE. months, nor less than thirty days; one-half of said fine to be paid to the informer, who shall be a competent witness, and the other half to the State. And on the trial of any indictment Proof. nitder this Section, any lottery scheme drawing, ticket or tickgts, certificate of or substitute for a ticket or tickets, or part or parts of tickets, which shall be proved to have been by the traverser or traversers brought or procued to be brought, or sent or procured to be sent into this State, or printed or procured to be printed within this State, for the purpose of circulating the same by mail or otherwise, shall be hold as prina fcie evidence within the description of this Section. SEcTIoN 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. Passed at Docer, February 20, 1861. CHAPTER 30. An Act to incorporate the Town of Middletown. Be it enacted by the Senate and House qf Representatives qf the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, (two thirds of each branch of the Legislature concurring): SEcTION 1. That an eec- tion shall be held in the town of Middletown, New Castle County, TOW,, wnee. on the first Monday of March next, and on the same day yearly, as l from one o'clock till four in the afternoon, for live Commissioners, held. an Assessor, and Treasurer. Three of said Commissioners, and the Assessor, shall be residents of and freeholders in said town. The votes shall be received by the State's Justice of the Peace in said town, and the result of the balloting for said Commissioners, no o Assessor, and Treasurer, shall be ascertained by himself and twoudecea. citizens of said town, selected by him to assist in holding said election. At such election every free white male citizen of said town, who shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, and is who may a taxable of said town, shall have the right to vote. The Justice vote of the Peace and two citizens aforesaid, shall be the judges of.iamgeorthe the election, and shall decide on the legality of the votes offered. tecoon. Immediately after the election is closed, the votes shall be read and counted, and the persons having the highest number of votes shall be declared duly elected, and shall continue in office one year, or until their successors are duly elected. IInmnediately rinoronce after such election, the person or persons under whose super- Com intendence the election is held, shall enter in a book to be pro- vided for that purpose, a minute of such election, containing the 7 49

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