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UNITED STATES : — DELAWARE

DELAWARE.

Goveriimeilt. — The General Assembly consists of a Senate of 17 members elected for four years and a House of Eepresentatives of 35 members elected for two years. Senators must be 27 years of age, and Representatives 24 ; both must be citizens who have resided three years in the State, and one year in the electoral district immediately preceding the election.

With necessary exceptions all citizens, registered as voters, who have resided in the State one year, in the county three months, and in the district 30 days next preceding the election hav^e the right to vote. But no person who shall attain the age of 21 years after January 1, 1900, or shall after that date become a citizen of the United States, shall have the right to vote unless he is able to read English and to write his name ; United States soldiers and sailors merely stationed in the State are not considered resident. The registration fee of one dollar was abolished by constitutional amendment which took effect on January 21, 1907.

Delaware is represented in Congress by two Senators and one Representative.

Governor .—Charles R. Miller, 1913-17. (4,000 dollars.)

Secretary of State : — Thomas Miller.

The State capital is Dover (population 3,720 in 1910). Delaware is divided into three counties.

Area, Population, Instruction.-

90 square miles is water.

-Area 2,050 square miles, of which

Years

White 1 1 Negro

Total Per sq. mile

1800 1880 1900 1910

49,852 120,166 154,038 171,141

14,421 26,442 30,697 31,181

64,273 ' 32-8 146,608 74-8 184,735 94-3 202,322 103-0

1 Including Indians and Asiatics.

In 1910 the po

lulation by

sex and colour was : —

—

White

87,783 83,320

Negro

Asiatic

Indian

Total

Male Female.

15,616 15,565

33

3 2

103,435

98,887

Total

171,103

31,181

33

5

202,322

The foreign-born numbered 13,810, of whom 5,044 were Irish, 2,332 German, 1,506 English, and 1,122 Italian.

The largest city in the State is Wilmington, with a poxmlation of 87,411 in 1910. Other towns, Dover, 3,720 ; MilVord, 2,603.

The most numerous denominations of the State are, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and Baptist.

The State has free public schools, and compulsory school attendance separate schools being provided for white and coloured children. In 1910 the public elementary schools had 993 teachers and 35,950 enrolled pupils. The 19 public high schools had 84 teachers and 1,866 pupils. The State has