Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-28
.SPECIAL SESSION CALL
Governor Lea COnVeneS General
Assembly 10 Act Upon
Several Matters.
AT NOON NEXT THURSDAY
Text of the Proclamation,
Which Was Issued at 2
O'clock This Afternoon.

The call issued by Governor Preston
Lea, this afternoon, Tor a special ses-
sion of the General Assembly, which
is to convene at Dover at noon next
Thursday, stipulates several items of
business. in addition 90 halloting for
United States Senator, which are 90
be considered, the proclamation being
as ioliows
State of Delaware, Executive Depart
ment, Dover. Delaware, May 18th, 1906.
/. Preston Lea, Governor of the State
of Delaware, under and 10y virtue of
section l6 ol article 3 of the Consti-
tuition of the State of Delaware, which
provides as follows:
Section Is, He (the Goyernorl may
on extraordinary occasions convene the
General Assembly by proclamation !;
ana in case of disagreement between
the two houses with respect to the time
Of adjournment, adjourn them 20
such time as he shall think proper, not
exceeding three months. He shall have
power to convene the Senate IN extraor-
dinary session 10y proclamation, for
the transaction of executive business ~
do issue this my proclamation TO con-
yene the General Assembly OF the
State of Delaware, al Dover, the capi-
tai of the State, on Thursday, the 3lst
day of May, A. ID. 1906, az ~ clock
noon, TO consider and act upon the
following matters and subjects Of
legislative business, TO wit;
/. To readopt and establish the fol-
| lowing amendments 10 article Of
the Constitution of this State, viz:
"That all Of section 3 of article
| of the Constitution of this State after
| the word corporation, where il oc-
! ours the second time In section 3, be
stricken out. That section 9 Of said
article 8 be stricken out and IN lieu
/ thereof substitute and adopt the fol
! lowing, viz: Shares Of the capital
stock Of corporations created under
the laws of this State, shall not be
/ subject to taxation by any law now
existing or hereafter TO be made, con.
corning which there appears TO have
arisen some doubt as TO whether the
same was legally adopted 10y the Gen
eral Assemblies of 1901 and 1893, re-
spectively. and the firm establishment
Of which is important to the success
full operation of the General Corpora.
tion Law Of this State.
II. To consider and act upon certain
amendments TO the Franchise Tax Law
| OF Iulo Dldlt Ani NAt pun IN1t va th
abling the State 20 collect q large
amount Of unpaid franchise taxes due
by corporations organized under th,
General Incorporation Law Of thi.
State and transacting their busines.
without the limits of this State.
III. To ballot for and elect a Sena
tor Of the United States to fill the va
cancy now existing in the representa-
tion Of this State in the Senate Of the
United States, in accordance viii
the provisions of the acts of Congress
touching the same.
In witness whereof 1 have hereuntg
set my hand and cause the Great Sea
Of the State to be hereto affixed thi.
25th day Of May, in the year of ou
Lord one thousand nine hundred an,
six, and Of the independence Of thi
United States of America the on
hundred and thirtieth. Preston Lea.
BY the Governor
Joseph /. Cahall, Secretary of State
United States Senator Alice evidentl
heard Of the call for just before he lef
for Washington, at about O'Clock, h
remarked that "Col. du Pont will b
elected Senator two weeks from to
Z morrow.