CHAPTER 188
ALIENS
AN ACT to amend Chapter 91 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware relating to aliens.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That Chapter 91 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware be and the same is hereby amended by repealing 3194, Sec. 1 thereof, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following new section, to be styled, 3194, Sec. 1:
3194, Sec. 1. On and after the approval of this Act, only such aliens as are eligible to citizenship under the laws of the United States may acquire, possess, inherit, transfer or transmit, in any manner whatever, real and personal property, or any interest therein, in the State of Delaware, and all aliens eligible to citizenship under the laws of the United States as aforesaid, may acquire, hold, possess, inherit, transfer or transmit, real and personal property, or any interest therein, in the State of Delaware, in the same manner and to the same extent as citizens of the United States, except as otherwise provided by the laws of this State.
Section 2. That Chapter 91 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware be and the same is hereby further amended by repealing 3195, Sec. 2 thereof, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following new section, to be styled, 3195, Sec. 2:
3195, Sec. 2. All aliens other than those mentioned in Section 1 of this Act, may acquire, possess, inherit, transfer or transmit real and personal property, or any interest therein, in the State of Delaware, in the manner and to the extent, and for the purposes prescribed by any treaty now existing between the government of the United States and the nation or country of which such alien is a citizen or subject, and not otherwise.
Section 3. That Chapter 91 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware be and the same is hereby further amended by adding the following new section, to be styled, 3195 A. Sec. 2 A.:
3195 A. Sec. 2 A. Any real or personal property in the State of Delaware hereafter acquired in violation of the provisions of this Act, by any alien mentioned in Section 2 of this Act, shall escheat to and become and remain the property of the State of Delaware, in the same manner, and subject to the same conditions as now provided by law in reference to escheats.
Section 4. That nothing in this Act shall be construed as a limitation upon the power of the State of Delaware to enact laws with respect to the acquisition, holding or disposal by aliens of real or personal property in the State of Delaware.
Section 5. That all Acts and parts of Acts, inconsistent, or in conflict with, the provisions of this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict.
Approved April 7, A. D. 1921.