Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 177

AN ACT MAKING A SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF $21,000 TO PURCHASE 10.5 ACRES OF LAND AND AUTHORIZING THE LEASE OF SAID LAND TO THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.

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

Section 1. The sum of $21,000 is appropriated to the State Development Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, for the purpose of purchasing 10.5 acres of land presently owned by the St. Jones River Gravel Company situated in East Dover Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, lying adjacent to the southwesterly portion of the Dover Air Force Base Golf Course.

Section 2. This Act is a supplementary appropriation and the money appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of funds in the General Fund of the State of Delaware, not otherwise appropriated.

Section S. Upon the purchase of said land and the vesting of title in the State of Delaware, the State Development Department is authorized to lease said 10.5 acres to the United States Air Force, Dover, Delaware for the nominal rent of $1.00 per year for 25 years with an option by the United States Air Force to renew said lease for an additional 25 years.

Section 4. Any funds not expended for the purposes of this Act on June 30, 1969 shall not revert to the General Fund of the State of Delaware. Any funds not expended for the purposes of this Act, or any funds remaining unexpended as of June 30, 1970, whichever first occurs, shall revert to the General Fund of the State Treasury.

Approved June 26, 1969.