Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 78

PROVIDING FOR FEES AND MILEAGE TO WITNESSES AND JURORS AT CORONER'S INQUEST

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 156 OF THE REVISED CODE OF DELAWARE, 1935, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO FEES OF PUBLIC OFFICERS BY PROVIDING FOR WITNESS FEES AND MILEAGE FOR WITNESSES AT CORONER'S INQUEST; BY PROVIDING FOR FEES FOR JURORS AT CORONER'S INQUEST.

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

Section 1. That Chapter 156 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, as amended, be and the same hereby is further amended by striking out and repealing the third paragraph of 5362 Section 19 thereof reading as follows:

"Attendance at Coroner's inquest in New Castle County fifty cents, and three cents per mile going and returning.",

and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"Attendance at Coroner's inquest fifty cents, and three cents per mile going and returning."

Section 2. That Chapter 156 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, as amended, be and the same hereby is further amended by striking out and repealing the following language and figures appearing in 5365 Section 22 thereof, to wit:

"Joining in inquisition of death taken by the Coroner, or other officer in view of the body, in Kent and Sussex Counties .33

In New Castle County 1.00",

and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"Joining in inquisition of death taken by the

Coroner, or other officer in view of the body $1.00".

Approved March 25, 1947.