Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 137 - DEPUTY CORONER, NEW CASTLE COUNTY

AN ACT TO AMEND 1367, SECTION 22 OF CHAPTER 49 OF THE REVISED CODE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, RELATING TO DEPUTY CORONER FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY.

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

Section 1. That 1367, Section 22, Chapter 49 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware be and the same is hereby amended by repealing all of said Section and substituting in lieu thereof the following to be styled 1367, Section 22.

1367. Section 22. Deputy Coroner for New Castle County; Oath; Bond:--The Coroner of New Castle County may appoint two Deputies, who shall have power to hold inquests, administer oaths, where the Coroner is authorized to administer oaths; and to perform such other duties of the office of said Coroner as the said Coroner may in writing direct.

Said Deputy Coroners so appointed before entering upon the duties of their office shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed by the Constitution, and shall give satisfactory bonds to the said Coroner in the penal sum of three thousand dollars.

Approved March 22, 1935.