Sections
§ 301 Appointment and membership outside Wilmington; vacancies and removal 16
§ 302 Officers; meetings; quorum; secretary 16
§ 303 General powers; quarantine regulations 16
§ 304 Public laundries and washhouses; supervision, inspection and … 16
§ 305 Cleansing or closing unfit dwellings; recovery of expenses 16
§ 306 Cleansing diseased places; recovery of expenses 16
§ 307 Neglected privy well; penalty 16
§ 308 Slaughterhouse; use as nuisance; penalty 16
§ 309 Placing or maintaining offensive matters in public places; penalty 16
§ 310 Abatement of nuisances 16
§ 311 Entry for destruction or removal of nuisances 16
§ 312 Removal of infected persons; taking possession of condemned premises 16
§ 313 Care of persons having infectious or contagious disease 16
§ 314 Common carriers; submission to regulations and examination of health … 16
§ 315 Temporary structures for isolation purposes; disinfection of property 16
§ 316 Venue; continuance of nuisance as offense 16
§ 317 Penalties; corporations 16
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Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 16 > Chapter 3 - Local Boards of Health

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Ballot: means those portions of cardboard, paper or other material to be placed within the ballot frames of a voting machine or to be used for absentee voting in order to list the names of the offices to be voted for, the name of each candidate and the designation of the party by which the candidate is nominated, a space for the voter to write in the name of any candidate of that voter's choice for any office, and the statement of any question submitted with provision for a "yes" or "no" vote. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the State Department of Elections, consisting of the State Board of Elections and such staff as the Board shall appoint under this title, but shall not include the State Election Commissioner. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services or such persons as may be designated by the Secretary. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
  • Signature: means both a written signature conforming to § 302(23) of Title 1 and a digital or electronic signature that is an electronic sound, symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document as specified by the State Election Commissioner. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
  • United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302