CHAPTER 129

ROADS AND BRIDGES

AN ACT giving the Sussex County Levy Court power to close all Dirt Roads running parallel with improved Highways where there is no objection to same by property owners on such roads.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That on and after the approval of this Act, the Levy Court of Sussex County shall have full power and authority to close any public road, whether same be of dirt or otherwise, running parallel with any improved highway in said County ; provided, that all of the abutting property owners along said public road consent to the vacating of such public road and signify such consent in writing.

Section 2. That where any such public road is vacated and closed, the abutting property owners on either side of same shall be permitted to extend the boundaries of their respective properties to the middle of such vacated and closed public road and shall own all of that land up to said middle of said vacated and closed public road.

Section 3. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with any or all of the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

Approved April 10, 1929.