Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 422

BRANDYWINE SPRINGS PARK

AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO THE STATE PARK COMMISSION OF DELAWARE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF "BRANDYWINE SPRINGS PARK" AND FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF SAID PARK FOR EACH OF THE TWO FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1954 AND JUNE 30, 1955.

WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the State of Delaware at the One Hundred and Sixteenth Session thereof (Chapter 372, Volume 48, Laws of Delaware) appropriated money for the acquisition and purchase by the State Park Commission of Delaware of "Brandywine Springs Park" in Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware; and

WHEREAS, in pursuance of the authority of said Act, the State Park Commission of Delaware thereafter acquired and purchased the tract of land known as "Brandywine Springs Park" and the same is now owned by and is under the sole jurisdiction and control of said Commission; and

WHEREAS, said Act of the General Assembly directs the State Park Commission of Delaware to develop and maintain "Brandywine Springs Park" as a public recreational area, but no funds have heretofore been made available or are available for such purpose; NOW THEREFORE

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. That a sum of money not exceeding Sixty-Seven Thousand, Five Hundred and Ten Dollars ($67,510) be and the same is hereby appropriated to the State Park Commission of Delaware to be used, to the extent found necessary or desirable by the Commission, for the development of and for capital improvements upon the park or public recreation area known as "Brandywine Springs Park", the purchase of which by said Commission was authorized by Chapter 372, Volume 48, Laws of Delaware.

Section 2. Any part of the appropriation made by Section 1 of this Act which is not expended for the stated purpose within two years from and after the effective date of this Act, shall revert to the General Fund of the State Treasury.

Section 3. This Act shall be known as a Supplementary Appropriation Act and the moneys hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Fund of the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, on warrants of the State Park Commission of Delaware drawn according to law.

Approved July 24, 1953.