Evening journal., 1897-03-30
A SNAKE IN THE BILL.
The Delaware Ophthalmic Col
lege at Dover.


lege at Dover.
STEPHENS ASKS FOR THE EARTH.
DEGREES GRANTED BY HIM EN-
TITLE THE PossEssORs THERE
OF TO ALL THE IMMUNITIEs
AND PRIVILEGES THEREIN CON
TAINED-FULL TEXT OF THE
BILL.
Pending in the Senate is a bill, which
recently passed the house, to incor-
porate the Delaware OphthalmicC College
at Dover, which evidently has not beer
scrutinized as Closely as it should have
been by the House Committee on Pri-
vate Corporations. Referring TO the at
tack of a prominent physician uDon HI
Ophthalmic College charter Dr.. r. S
Stephens has written the followlns
letter to the editor Of the Evening
Journal:
Il saw in Saturdays issue Of
your paper that my character and
qualifications to teach ophthalmolOgy
were both impeached. | may suggest
that it is a mark of weakness, as wei,
as meanness to thus malign an oppo-
nent l challenge the writer to meet
me before the Legislature committee
and discuss the subject, and they will
soon ascertain which of us is the ignO-
rant one"
The full text of the bill is as follows:
An Act TO Incorporate the Delaware
Ophthalmic College at Dover.
Section 1. BE It enacted by the SEN
ate and House Cf Representatives o.
the State Of Delaware. in General AS
sembly met, with the concurrence Of
twO-thirds Of each branch.
That Reuben S. Stephens ana such
other persons as now are. or may al
any time hereafter be associated with
him and their successors be and they
are hereby constituted a body corpor
ate by the name and style of the Della
ware Ophthalmic College. the said cor
pOration to be in all respects a college
and its object the instruction of stu.
dents in the science Of theoretical and
applied optics. with power to confer
the degrees Of Graduate Optician and
Doctor Of Refractions.
Section 2 And be it further enacted
that the said corporation shall have
succession for the period OF twenty
years, with power to sue and be sued
implead and be impleaded in any couri
of law or equity of this state, TO maxi
and use a common seal and alter thr
same at pleasure, with power and ca
pacity to take by gift, grant devise
! bcquest, contract, or otherwise, and tC
/ hold and to transfer lands, tenements
| hereditaments goods, chatrels, rights
and credits. provided that all property
/ Of said corporation shall not exceed ir
yearly value the sum Cf SO 600, and Wit
power to grant to students under it.
| charge diplomas and degrees as are
usually granted by any such college
and I'm such form as the said corpora
tiCn may designate.
Section g. And be 10 further enacted
that the persons mentioned in the frs
| section Of his act and their successor
! he and they are hereby appointed trus
/ tees Of the said corporation, q m3jOrit'
| Cf whom shall constitute quorum i0'
/ the transaction of business, that Tho
| said trustees shall have power to ap
point the president and other Offices
| the professors and such ether instruc
/ tors as they may deem necessary. sub.
! joct 10 removal by the said trustees
/ that the said trustees shall have pCwe
to make bylaws as well for tho gov
ernment CT the college rs for their owr
! government, and conduct all the con,
Germs of the institution with power t
meet at such times and places as c
them shall seem advisable.
Section 4. And be it further enacte'
that diplomas and degrees granted b,
said corporation shall entitle the pos
SCISSORS thereof to all the immunitie
and privileges therein contained.
Section .. And be it further enacte,
this this act shall take effect imme
diately. and that il may be at at an.
time altered or repealed by the Gen
eral Assembly, provided, however. tina
when this act shall be repealed all tn
property, real, personal and mixed. the
belonging to the said corporation II
Il possession or action shall remain wit
p and belong to the proper owners there
Of, their assigns or legal representa-
tives.
Meanwhile the bill remains hung u
t in the Senate Committee on Privat
5 Corporations, where it is likely to re
main until scme important mOdifica
tions in it shall have been made.