Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 329

SMYRNA

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 192, VOLUME 36, LAWS OF DELAWARE, 1929, BEING AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REINCORPORATE THE TOWN OF SMYRNA" BY AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SMYRNA TO ACQUIRE SUCH LANDS REQUIRED FOR SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT, ELECTRICAL SUB-STATION AND FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE DESIRABLE FOR ANY MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND THE WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF SMYRNA, WITHOUT ITS CORPORATE LIMITS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (two-thirds of all of the Members elected to each Branch of the Legislature concurring therein):

Section 1. That Chapter 192, Volume 36, Laws of Delaware, 1929, be amended by adding to Section 2. thereof a new paragraph at the end of present Section 2. which said new paragraph shall read as follows:--THE TOWN OF SMYRNA shall have the right and power to acquire in the name of THE TOWN OF SMYRNA such parcel or parcels of land, with or without improvements erected thereon, situated without the present corporate limits of THE TOWN OF SMYRNA at such location or locations and at such time or times hereafter as the Mayor and Council of THE TOWN OF SMYRNA may from time to time by resolution deem to be necessary or desirable for the establishment of sewage disposal plant and any sewage lines or other appurtenants thereto, and/or for the establishment of a sub-station or sub-stations in connection with the municipal electrical distribution system of THE TOWN OF SMYRNA and also any other buildings or improvements deemed necessary or desirable to be erected or acquired by resolution of the said Mayor and Council in connection with said electrical distribution system, and/or any parcel or parcels of land deemed necessary or desirable by resolution of the Mayor and Council for the improvement and/or extension of the water and/or sewer systems of the said THE TOWN OF SMYRNA, and/or extension of the streets of THE TOWN OF SMYRNA, and also to acquire such other parcel or parcels of land as the Mayor and Council by resolution may hereafter deem necessary or desirable to protect the health of the citizens of said Town, to properly furnish adequate municipal services to the citizens of said Town, and those certain persons residing in such proximity to but beyond the corporate limits of THE TOWN OF SMYRNA who can be furnished with such municipal services, in the discretion of the Mayor and Council, to the mutual benefit and advantage of THE TOWN OF SMYRNA and of such non-residents thereof, and also to acquire such parcel or parcels of land as the Mayor and Council by resolution may hereafter deem necessary or desirable as extension of or as separate facility to the bathing beach and other part or recreational facilities now or hereafter provided by the said THE TOWN OF SMYRNA. That the Mayor and Council shall have the right to acquire such parcel of land and premises by private negotiation and purchase and that the same shall be paid for and may be developed and improvements erected thereon from the general fund of THE TOWN OF SMYRNA and/or from the proceeds of any bond issue which may be authorized and sold for any of the purposes for which lands and premises are authorized by this Act to be acquired. That the Mayor and Council by resolution may do such other act or thing incidental, necessary or useful in connection with any of the matters in this Act duly authorized.

Approved June 5, 1951.