(a) The Department may employ a general manager for the purpose of supervising the operation of toll crossings constructed or maintained by it and may appoint such number of guards and toll keepers as may be deemed advisable by it for the proper operation of the Delaware Memorial Bridge and any toll crossing over the Delaware River constructed or maintained by the Department.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 410

  • Crossing: shall include a bridge or bridges over the Delaware River or a tube or tubes under said River and all approaches thereto and approach highways and all other buildings or structures connected with any such bridge or tube and all equipment essential to the operation thereof and also all property rights, easements and franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient for the construction or operation thereof and may include any elevated or depressed highways connecting any such bridge or tube with a state road. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 401
  • Department: means the Department of Transportation established under this title, or if said Department shall be abolished, any board, commission or officer succeeding to the principal functions thereof, or to whom the powers given by this chapter to said Department shall be given by law. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 401
  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302

(b) The general manager, guards and toll keepers shall have the powers of a constable in the performance of their duties, and the Department shall procure and keep in force at all times a fidelity bond or bonds issued by a bonding company qualified to do business in this State to protect the Department against loss arising from the fraudulent or dishonest conduct of any such persons with respect to funds or property of the Department or of the State within the control of the Department, and the Department may pay the costs of such bond or bonds out of its revenues.

17 Del. C. 1953, § ?411; 50 Del. Laws, c. 492, § ?10; 57 Del. Laws, c. 671, § ?3D;

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