McDaniel v. Armstrong

Pennewill, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

The Legislature of this State in 1899 passed an act entitled “An Act to Establish the New Castle County Workhouse; ” which was approved by the Governor, became a law, and went into effect and operation March 16, 1899.

Section 1 of that act provided for the appointment, within thirty days, of a Board of Trustees for the Workhouse; and Section 2 authorized the Levy Court of the county to borrow the money necessary for the establishment of said Workhouse.

Section 3 provided as follows: “ The trustees herein named shall, immediately after the…