Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 328

AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REINCORPORATE THE TOWN OF LEWES" RELATING TO COMMISSIONERS' POWER TO ENFORCE ORDER.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware (two-thirds of the Members of each Branch thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. That Section 12 of Chapter 170, Volume 43 of the Laws of Delaware, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the third paragraph of said Section 12, and inserting in lieu thereof a new paragraph as follows:

All fines and penalties which may be imposed upon any person or persons, either by this Act or by the ordinances adopted as aforesaid, may be collected before the Mayor or Alderman of said Town or any Justice of the Peace of said Town, and any, person or persons defaulting in the payment of a fine or penalty, imposed as aforesaid, may be committed by the Mayor, Alderman, or Justice of the Peace to the town lock-up or the public jail of Sussex County for any time not exceeding thirty days, or until such fine and costs shall be paid.

Approved June 22, 1960.