Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-02-23


tensive and requires much time. So
far, the commission has revised and
codifed nine chapters, most of
Chapter 10 of the Revised Code and
the General Incorporation Law Of
the State, making about, exclusive !
OF said Corporation Law, lis pages. |
II expects TO complete the entire !
work within a year from this date. |
The commission has been greatly |
handicapped in its work by the lack |
OF stenographers. Unless the COM |
mission shall have the assistance of !
a competent stenographer, it does |
not feel that il will be able to com /
plete the work within the year. |
Heretofore the work has been large |
ly done by copying under the per-
sonal supervision Of some member
OF the commission. The commits |
sion does not consider It available |
Mt this time, to recommend the re-
peal or amendments of all the |
statutes which It believes will be |
necessary TO amend or repeal be- |
fore the final adoption of said Re- |
vised Code, but it does specifically |
recommend the repeal at the pres
Of the following Act, viz. Volume 10, |
Chapter 1856, being "An Act to Pre-
vent all Accomplishment of Frauds
Upon the General Assembly by
Means of Deceptive and Tricky
Amendments or Addition of Acts
COnstitutiOnality OF Statutes.
There is great uncertainty in the
minds, not only Of lawyers but of
the citizens generally, concerning
the constitutionality OF many
statutes passed prior to the pro-
mitigation Of the Constitution of
1879, as the Supreme court of the
State of Delaware in the case Of
Monaghan VS.. Lewis, 5 Pennw., 224,
decided, THAT if an Act passed
prior to the time the Constitution
took effect would be invalid If pass
ed after that time, then such prior
act would be rendered invalid by
the Constitution" In order that
these doubts may be removed and
the General Statute law Of the State
of Delaware be known, this com
mission has decided to prepare the
Revision and Codifcation of the
General Laws of the State of Della
divided into chapters and sections,
so that the same may be considered
and If approved, adopted by the
Legislature. That such statute may
be intelligently considered by the
Legislature, the commission recon-
mends that it be authorized to have
It printed for the use Of the MEM
bers OF the Legislature. the judges,
members of the bar and of the State
and such others as to the General AS
sembly may seem sufficient--this
to be done as cheaply as consistent
with the nature of the act and tC
be ready in such printed form, at a
special session of the General AS
sembly TO be held some timo dur
ing the early part of the year A. ID
1912. After such statute shall b.
considered, and have been adopted
It will then be necessary to prepare
the index and the commission re-
commends that provision be made
for the annexation of the new code
and feels that the printing Of tho
same in its final form should be
done under the supervision of the
commission.
The commission has its work and
results insured against loss by fire
to the amount OF five thousand dol
lars. and will increase that amount
as its work progresses.
The commission is making twc
typewriter copies Of the revision
one Of which il keeps deposited all
the time in the vaults of the Equit-
able Guarantee ana Trust -Jmpany
The joint resolution under which
the commission acts does not pro-
vide for the payment OF any com
pensation to the commission during
the progress Of its work. This
should be so remedied that the com
mission would be enabled to re-
ceive compensation as the work
progresses.
Attached to the report is a state
ment showing an expense account of
S56453 contracted by the commission