Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 595

APPROPRIATION

FOR PROTECTING BEACHES

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR PROTECTING THE BEACH OR STRAND FROM EROSION OPPOSITE, IN FRONT OF, OR NEAR THE TOWN OF LEWES, ALONG THE DELAWARE BAY SHORE, AT KITTS HUMMOCK, AT WOODLAND BEACH, AT PICKERING BEACH AND AT SLAUGHTER BEACH.

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

Section 1. The State Highway Department is authorized and directed to provide, erect, construct and build such groins, jetties, banks, dikes, dunes, bulkheads and make any other repairs or take any other measures necessary along the beach or strand opposite, in front of, or near the Town of Lewes, at Kitts Hummock, at Woodland Beach, at Pickering Beach and at Slaughter Beach as in the judgment of said Department may be necessary to protect the same from erosion by the waters of the Delaware Bay.

Section 2. A sum not in excess of Thirty-five Thousand Dollars ($35,000) is appropriated for use at Lewes Beach, a sum not in excess of Twelve Thousand and Five Hundred Dollars ($12,500) is appropriated for use at Kitts Hummock, a sum not in excess of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500) is appropriated for use at Woodland Beach, a sum not in excess of Two Thousand and Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500) is appropriated for use at Pickering Beach and a sum not in excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) is appropriated for use at Slaughter Beach, for such purposes, and the State Treasurer is directed to pay the same upon proper voucher drawn from time to time by the State Highway Department for purposes hereinbefore set forth.

they shall not revert to the General Fund of the State Treasury, but shall remain available for said purposes up to and including June 30, 1957.

Section 4. This Act shall be known as a Supplementary Appropriation Act and the monies hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the General Fund of the State of Delaware.

Approved June 7, 1956.