Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 330

DOVER

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 158, VOLUME 36, LAWS OF DELAWARE, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE 'TOWN OF DOVER' AND ESTABLISHING A CHARTER THEREFOR," BY PROVIDING COMPENSATION FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

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

Section 1. That Chapter 158 of the Volume 36, Laws of Delaware, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended by striking out and repealing Section 12 thereof, and by substituting and enacting in lieu thereof a new Section to be known as Section 12, as follows:

Section 12. Neither the Mayor nor the Vice-Mayor shall receive a salary or other compensation for the performance of the duties of the office of Mayor. The Mayor, and the Vice-Mayor while discharging the duties of the office of Mayor of the City, shall respectively be reimbursed for all expenses actually incurred in the execution of the official duties of said office.

Each member of the City Council shall be paid the sum of Ten ($10.00) Dollars for each regular or special meeting of the City Council which he may attend, not exceeding, however, a total of fifteen (15) meetings in any one year beginning with the second Monday in February.

Any member of the City Council sitting to hear appeals from the municipal assessment, and each member of the Election Board, shall be paid the sum of Five ($5.00) Dollars for such services.

Approved June 30, 1949.