Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-05-27

| 'Neu Dy speclhl uct. nut only Dy or under
! general law, nor shall any existing cor
porate charter be amended, renewed, or re-
vived by special act, but only by or under
general law; but the foregoing provisions
shall not apply to municipal corporations,
banks, or corporations for charitable, PEN
al, reformatory, or educational purposes,
sustained in whole or in part by the State,
| The General Assembly shall. by general
law. provide for the revocation or forfeit
| IRE of the charters of all corporations for
the abuse, misuse or non-user of their cor
porate powers, privileges or franchises.
ANY proceeding for such revocation or for
feiture shall be taken by the Attorney
| General. as may be provided by law. No
| general incorpora ton law, nor any special
act of incorporation, shall be enacted with
| out the concurrence of two-thirds of all
| the members elected to each House of the
General Assembly.
Section ,. No corporation in existence
Mt the adoption of this Constitution shall
have its charter amended or renewed
without first filing. under the corporate
| seal of said corporation, and duly attested
in the office of the Secretary of State an
acceptance of the provisions of this Con
stitution.
| Section g. No corporation shall issue
stock, except for money paid, labor done
or personal property, or real estate or
leases thereof actually acquired by such
| corporation: and neither labor nor prop
erty shall be received in payment of stock
at greater price than the actual value
at the time the said labor was done or
property delivered, or title acquired.
Section A. The rights, privileges. immu-
mites and estates of religious societies and
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wise provided, shall remain as if the Con-
stitution of this State had not been al
tered.
Section B. No foreign corporation shall
do any business in this State. without
| having an authorized agent or agents in
the State, upon whom legal process may
| be served.
Section 6. In all elections for directors
or managers of stock corporations, each
shareholder shall be entitled to one vote
for each share of stock he may hold, and
may cast as many votes for each director
| or manager to be elected as the shares of
stock he may hold, or he may cast the
whole number of votes to which he shall
be entitled for one or more candidates.
ARTICLE x-EDUoATIoN.
Section 1, The General Assembly shall
| pioNiut luT lHe anu Hdln-
tenance of general and efficient system
of free public schools. and may require by
law that every child, not physically or
mentally disabled, shall attend the public
school, unless educated by other means.
Section . In addition to the income of
the investments of the Public School
Fund, the General Assembly shall make
provision for the annual payment of not
less than one hundred thousand dollars for
| the benefit of the free public schools
which, with the income of the investments
of the Public School Fund, shall be equit-
| ably apportioned among the school dis
| tricts of the State as the General Assem-
bly, shall provide, and the money so
apportioned shall be used exclusively
for the payment of teachers salaries
and for furnishing free text books;
| provided, however. that in such ap-
and the money so apportioned shall be
used exclusively for the payment of teach
ers' salaries and for furnishing free text
books; provided, however, that in such ap-
portionment, no distinction shall be made
on account of race or color. and separate
schools for white and colored children
shall be maintained. All other expenses
connected with the maintenance of free
public schools, and all expenses connected
with the erection or repair of free public
school buildings shall be betrayed in such
manner as shall be provided by law.
Section 3. No portion of any fund now
existing, or which may hereafter be APP
propriated, or raised by tax, for education
| al purposes, shall be appropriated to, or
used by, or in aid of any sectarian, church
or denominational school; provided, that
| all real and personal property used for
school purposes, where the tuition is free,
| shall beIeXempt from taxation and assess
ment for public purposes.
Section 4. No part of the principal or
income of the Public School Fund. now
or hereafter existing, shall be used for any
other purpose than the support of free
| public schools.
ARTICLE xI-AGRICULTURE
Section |. There shall he n department
established and maintained. known as the
| State Board of Agriculture.
Section =. The said board shall he com
| posed of three Commissioners of Agricul-
| ture, one of whom shall reside in each
| county in the State. Any two of them
shall constitute II quorum for the trans
action of business.
Section 3. The said Commissioners of
| Agriculture shall be appointed by the Gov
ernor, by and with the consent of ma
| iority of all the members elected to the
Senate, one for the term of one year, one
| for the term of two years, and one for the
| term of three years; and thereafter all
| appointments of Commissioners of Agri-
culture shall he made as aforesaid for the
term of three years, and they shall hold
office until their SUCCESSORS are duly quail
fled: provided that any vacancy occur
ring in the office of Commissioner of Ag-
ricilture before the expiration of term
shall be filed by appointment as aforc-
said for the remainder of the term: and
provided further, that in case such va
cancy shall occur when the Senate is not
in session, such vacancy may be filed by
the Governor without confirmation by the
Senate until the end of the next session of
the Senate.
Section 4. The said board shall have
power to abate and prevent. by such
means as the General Assembly shall pre-
scribe, all contagious and infectious dis
eases of fruit trees, plants. vegetables,
cereals, horses, cattle and other farm ami
mails
Section :. The said Commissioners may
devise such plans for securing immigra-
tion to this State of Industrious and use
full settlers as they may deem eXpedient,
and such plans may he executed as pre-
scribed by the General Assembly.
Section G. The General Assembly shall
provide by law for the compensation of
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