for the purposes aforesaid, after the said proceedings shall be recorded as aforesaid, as the chancellor shall judge adequate therefor; and it shall be lawful for the chancellor to commit to the custody of such person or persons, as may be so employed by him, the said unrecorded proceedings of the said court. Passed at Dover, Feb. 1, 1806. CHAP. XXIL 1806 An ACT making provision for the support of government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and six. SECTION 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House treasury. of Representatives of the State of Delaware, in General Assembly met, That the sum 10,500 dollars to of ten thousand five hundred dollars shall be raised be raised and and paid into the treasury of this State, within the paid into the time and in the manner directed by an act of the General assembly, entitled, "An act for the better ordering, assessing, levying and collecting of taxes, and making provision for the support of government, for the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight;" and shall be assessed and levied in the several counties of this State, in the following proportions that is to say, for the county of NewCastle, the sum of four thousand dollars; for the county of Kent, the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars; and for the county of Sussex, the sum of three thousand dollars. Appropriation SECT. 2. And be it enacted, That the aforesaid sums of money shall be appropriated and applied for the G ries, &c. payment of sala to and in the following manner: that is to say, so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be applied to the payment of the salaries due and to become due to the governor, chancellor, judges of the Supreme court, and of the Court of common pleas, attorneygeneral, secretary, and auditor of accounts, up to the first day of January, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven; and so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be applied to the payment of the daily allowance of the members of the General assembly, their clerks and other expenses, and for printing the laws passed at this session of the General assembly, and the votes and proceedings of the two branches thereof; and the residue, if any there be, shall be applied to the payment of any sums of money due to the citizens of this State, for which provision shall be made by law. 8,000 dollars appropriated to State treasurer required to make the pur chase, &c. SECT. 3. And be it enacted, That the sum of purchase stock. eight thousand dollars, part of the sum now in the treasury of the State, shall be and the same is hereby appropriated to the purchase of stock in the funds of the United States of America; and the State treasurer is hereby authorized and required to purchase, for the use of the State, on the lowest and best terms to be obtained, with said money, the said stock; and the same, when so purchased, shall be entered by him in the treasury books, specifying therein the number and amount of each certificate, the date thereof to whom the same issued, of whom bought, and the price paid for the same; and the said treasurer is hereby directed to return to the auditor, in his quarterly settlements with him, an account of such purchase of stock, with a specification thereof, as before mentioned. Passed at Dover, February 1, 1806. CHAP. XXIII. An ACT to increase the salary of the chancellor, and the daily allowance of grand and petit jurors, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. B С НА Р. 1806 E it enacted by the Senate and Chancellor's sa House of Representatives of the lary after 21st State of Delaware, in General Assembly met, That March, 1806. in lieu of the salary heretofore allowed by law, the annual sum of one thousand dollars be, and hereby is granted to the chancellor, which shall commence from the twenty-first day of March next, and be paid quarterly at the treasury of this State. members of the SECT. 2. And be it enacted, That from and after Allowance to the first Tuesday in October next, there be granted General assemin lieu of the present daily allowance, to each mem- bly, &c. ber of the General assembly, three dollars, and to the speaker of each house, three dollars and fifty cents for each day's attendance: and that the clerk of each house, be allowed for every day's attendance, three dollars, to be paid at the treasury of this State, on warrants drawn by the speakers of each house respectively, and each member shall also be entitled to one day's allowance for going to, and one day's allowance for returning from the place where the General assembly is or shall be held.. SECT. 3. And be it enacted, That henceforth, in To grand and lieu of the daily allowance, and in addition to the petit jurors: mileage heretofore granted by law, there be allowed every grand juror summoned, for every day of his attendance and service, in any of the courts of this State, provided he be sworn or affirmed before the charge be given, to be paid by the county, one dollar; and every petit juror summoned, for every day of his attendance, provided he appear at every calling of his name, by order of the court, to be paid by the county, one dollar. To door keepers To commission court. SECT. 4. And be it enacted, That the door-keepers of the respective houses, shall be allowed, in lieu of their present daily allowance, for every day of their attendance, one dollar and fifty cents. SECT. 5. And be it enacted, That in addition to ers of the Levy the fees already allowed the commissioners of the Levy court, they shall each have three cents per mile, from the places of their abodes respectively, to the court house of their county respectively, for each and every day of their attendance. Passed at Dover, Feb. 1, 1806. CHAP. XXIV. An ACT to revive and continue in force the act, entitled, "An act to create a fund sufficient to establish schools in this State," for seven years, from the first day of January in the present year. Chap. 105, C. SECTION 1. B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware, in General Assembly met, That the act, entitled, "An act to create a fund sufficient to establish schools in this State," passed the ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, shall be, and is hereby revived and re-enacted in every part and thing therein contained; except so much thereof as is alterchapter 133. c. ed, changed, or repealed, by the act, entitled, "A 2 vol. p. 1362. supplement to an act, entitled, an act to create a fund sufficient to establish schools in this State," passed the twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven. Exception.--See Limitation. SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be and continue in force, for seven years from the first day of January, in the present year. Passed at Dover, February 1, 1806. CHAP. XXV. 1806 CHA P. XXV. A supplement to the act, entitled, "An act for the appointment of escheators, and to declare and regulate escheats." E it enacted by the Senate and former act re directing the Sheriff to sum mon jury of ins quest. State of Delaware, in General Assembly met, That Part of the third so much of the third section of the act, to which this section of the is a supplement, as requires each of the escheators pealed. in the respective counties of this State, to cause to be empannelled and summoned twenty-four good and lawful men of the county, to come before him to make the enquiry mentioned in said section, be and the same is hereby repealed; and that from hence- Escheator to isforth, it shall and may be lawful, for each of the said sue his precept, escheators to issue his precept, directed to the Sheriff or coroner of the county, as the case may require, thereby commanding such Sheriff or Coroner to empannel and summon sixteen good and lawful men of the county, to come before the said escheator, at some public and convenient place within the same county, not less than ten, nor more than twenty days thereafter, to make enquiry for the purposes as in the said section provided; and if any In what case intwelve or more of the said inquest shall find that quisition shall any such estate real or personal, within the said coun- be made, &c. ty, hath escheated to the State, an inquisition thereof shall be made, signed and sealed by the said escheator, and twelve or more of the inquest that find the same, setting forth that the intestate person |