Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 67 - APPROPRIATIONS - INDIAN RIVER INLET

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF A PORTION OF THE COSTS BY THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN IMPROVED INLET INTO THE INDIAN RIVER AND REHOBOTH BAYS.

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

Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated to the State Highway Department, of the State of Delaware, for the purpose of this Act, the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), which said sum, together with the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), which the Levy Court of Sussex County, Delaware, is hereby authorized and fully empowered and directed to pay to the State Treasurer of the State of Delaware, immediately upon the written request of the said State Highway Department, to be deposited by him to the credit of the said State Highway Department, for the purpose of this Act, making in all a total sum of One Hundred and Ten Thousand Dollars ($110,000.00), or so much of said total sum as shall be found necessary, shall be paid by the State Treasurer, upon warrant of the said State Highway Department, to the Government of the United States of America, represented by the District Engineer, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Philadelphia, Pa., when the project for which these funds are intended has been authorized by the Congress of the United States, or included in any program of the President of the United States as an emergency project, and when the said District Engineer, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Philadelphia, Pa., has been authorized to undertake, upon federally approved plans and specifications, the construction of the inlet, jetties, approaches and/or other necessary works incident to this project, to be located between the Atlantic Ocean and Indian River and Rehoboth Bay.

Section 2. That in the event the above project is authorized and undertaken, the State of Delaware will provide, free of cost to the United States, suitable rights of way and/or other land required. That, in the event that any land belonging to the State of Delaware is required for said work, the Governor and the Secretary of State, of the State of Delaware, are hereby authorized and fully empowered to execute, acknowledge and deliver, free of cost to the United States of America, proper deed or deeds of conveyance, conveying to the said United States of America a good, marketable, fee simple title thereto.

Section 3. That this Act shall be known as a Supplementary Appropriation Act and the money hereby appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer, in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of this Act, out of the Special Fund, at the Farmers' Bank of the State of Delaware, at Dover, consisting of money received from the sale of bonds authorized by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Delaware, entitled, "An Act Authorizing The Borrowing Of Money And The Creation Of A Debt By Or In Behalf Of The State Of Delaware, For The Erection, Repairs And Improvements Of Buildings At Institutions Of The State, And For The Payment Of A Portion Of The Cost Of Construction Of The Inlet With The Indian River And Rehoboth Bays, And The Issuance Of Bonds Therefor," approved , A. D. 1935.

Approved April 18, 1935.