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An Act to incorporate the Town of Felton, and for other purposes. 1861 69 (1861.1)

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shall be the same as provided in Chapter 60 of the Revised
Statutes, in reference to public roads in Kent County, and when
the Levy Court shall have approved the said road, it shall  Tabe fpub-
deemed and taken as a public road of Kent County, and be sub- l road.
ject to the same laws and regulations that govern the public roads
therein, laid out under the provisions of said Chapter.
SEcrIoN 3. The said Commissioners and Surveyor, before view- commustron.
ing the premises, shall be severally sworn or affirmed f u    oreo.
and impartially to perform the duties incumbent on them respect-
ively; either of said Commissioners may administer the oath or
affirmation to the others and the Surveyor; a majority may do Majority
or determine any matter. In case of a vacancy, another or other Vga ....
Commissioners may be appointed by the Governor, whose duties ,owu filled.
shall be the same as hereinbefore provided.  The fee of the rees.
Commissioners, Surveyor, and chain carriers, shall be the same
as provided by law for such services, in case of laying out public
roads, and be paid in like manner.
Passed at Dover, February 26, 1861.
CHAPTER 47.
An Act to incorporate the Town of Felton, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
State of Delaware in General Assembly met, (two thirds of each
branch of the Legislature concurring:) SECTION 1. That John W. Cominslon-
Carter, Nathaniel P. Luff, Jehu Clifton, Andrew J. Wright, and ed .ppot-
Dr. Joseph Simpson are hereby appointed Commissioners, whose Theirduties.
duty it shall be, with the assistance of a skillful Surveyor, to be
by them chosen, to survey and lay down on a plot the town ofPlotoftown.
Felton, establishing its limits, and marking and describing its Wine to
streets, alleys, lanes, and sidewalks; and shall, when all the ser- s
vice is performed, return the plot under their hands, to the
Recorder's office at Dover, to be recorded, and the original and
the record or certified copy thereof shall be evidence; all the
Commissioners must act, but the decision of a majority shall
govern. They and the Surveyor, before entering on the duties crnis-
under this Section, shall take an oath or affirmation to discharge voyonr to be
them with fidelity; and the aforesaid return shall show that this
qualification was complied with.
SECTION 2. The Commissioners hereby appointed, and their commission-
5iBccssors in office to be chosena 44heinfter provided, shall be a o.

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