§ 9121. Uniform mileage payments.
§ 9121. Uniform mileage payments. The authorized mileage rate for officers or employees of the several counties who receive mileage from the respective county governments for miles driven in their private motor vehicles shall be at a rate to be determined by levy court or county council. 48 Del. Laws, c. 235, § 1; 9 […]
§ 9122. Posting of fee lists.
§ 9122. Posting of fee lists. Every county officer who keeps a public office shall post in some convenient and conspicuous place therein a printed or written list of the fees prescribed in this part, as they relate to him or her. Code 1852, § 2834; Code 1915, § 4887; Code 1935, § 5375; 9 […]
§ 9123. Construction of fee provisions; time for payment of fees.
§ 9123. Construction of fee provisions; time for payment of fees. Fees shall be construed strictly and no fee shall be allowed for any service, except where otherwise expressly provided, until it has been actually performed. Code 1852, § 2836; Code 1915, § 4889; Code 1935, § 5377; 9 Del. C. 1953, § 9123;
§ 9124. Payment of salaries.
§ 9124. Payment of salaries. Payment of salaries of all county officers, deputies, clerks and employees payable by New Castle County, shall be paid by warrants drawn by the government of New Castle County on the Department of Finance, in such installments and upon such dates as the government of New Castle County shall designate, […]
§ 9125. Chief deputies.
§ 9125. Chief deputies. (a) The clerk of the peace, Sheriff, Recorder of Deeds and Register of Wills in New Castle County each may select and employ 1 chief deputy who shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing officeholder. The provisions of this section shall not authorize any elected officeholder to increase the number […]
§ 9201. Duties and responsibilities of officers appointing deputies and clerks.
§ 9201. Duties and responsibilities of officers appointing deputies and clerks. All deputies and clerks shall be under the control of the officer by whom they are selected and employed, who may discharge any such deputy or clerk at any time. The officer shall be responsible for all the official acts, neglects and defaults of […]
§ 9202. Powers and duties of chief deputies.
§ 9202. Powers and duties of chief deputies. The chief deputy or, if there is no chief deputy, the deputy employed by each of the officers shall be possessed of all the authority of their respective offices, and in the absence or disability of the duly elected officer, the chief deputy or deputy of such […]
§ 9203. Payment of salaries.
§ 9203. Payment of salaries. The salaries of deputies and clerks, payable by Kent County, shall be paid to them by warrants drawn by the government of Kent County on the Receiver of Taxes and County Treasurer, upon the certificate in writing of the officer employing them that they have faithfully performed their duties during […]
§ 9112. Liability for fees.
§ 9112. Liability for fees. Each county officer is made liable upon his or her respective official bond, for the payment to the receiver of taxes and county treasurer or the department of finance of the county of such officer of all the fees which such officer shall collect. All the official bonds to be […]
§ 9204. Employment of extra clerks.
§ 9204. Employment of extra clerks. (a) Except as provided otherwise by law, the Resident Judge of New Castle County may authorize any county officer in his or her County, whose office is a constitutional office, to employ clerks in addition to those specified by law when such Judge deems such employment necessary for the […]