Evening journal., 1913-03-22

of.any other utility forever afterward
upon said boulevard by or under con-
tract with said boulevard corporation.
That annexed hereto, marked
Exhibit A. is copy OF said pro-
posed contract between Coleman du-
Pont Road. Incorporated, and the
State Of Delaware. and as Exhibit b.,
a copy of the proposed amendments to
said General Corporation lmw relat
ing TO boulevards. and as Exhibit c.
copy Of the proposed joint resolu-
ton
That the said attorneys. in behalf
of said committee. submitted said
proposed contract and amendments TO
said statute and joint resolution to
Robert r. Richards, Esquire, attorney
for said boulevard corporation, and
certain suggested additions 10 said
counsel for said boulevard corpora
ton IN reply letter Of which IS
hereunto annexed, marked Exhibit
( d."
THAT on March eighteenth, A. u
one thousand nine hundred and thir~
teen. in behalf Of said committee, ona
OF the counsel for said committee sub
mitted to the said counsel for sd
boulevard corporation. certain othel
suggested additions and changes IN
said contract and amendments to said
statute, q copy Of which is hereunto
annexed marked Exhibit f.
"That on the nineteenth day Of
March. A. ID. one thous, nd nine hum
dred and thirteen, said counsel for
said committee received from said
counsel for said boulevard corpora
ton a reply to the suggestion in
cluded I'm Exhibit e a copy OF which
--ply Is hereunto annexed, marked
Exhibit f.
That at a meeting OF your Joint
Committee. held on the Goth day of
March, A. D.. one thousand nine hun
dred and thirteen, 1t was determined
that 1t was impracticable to procure
the making and concluding Of a con-
tract between the State and Coleman
DUPONT Road, Incorporated, In time
for presentation to the General AS
sembly at It's present session Your
committee, however, was OF the opin-
ion that said Coleman DUPONT Road.
I Incorporated, should have full OPP
portunity 10 examine into the merits
and availability of the contract ami
amendments TO said General Corpor-
alton Law relating TO Boulevards,
and to determine whether It should
complete said Boulevard in accord
ance with said amendments to said
General Corporation Law and the
terms of said contract
"Persuant to the said opinion Of
your committee, your committee
herewith submits to the Senate and
House of Representatives, proposed
amending statute covering suggested
amendments to the General Corpora
ton Law relating to boulevard Cor
porations, under which the said law
relating TO Boulevard Corporations is
repealed, but saving said Boulevard
Corporation Law and all its benefits
for the use of said Coleman dupont
Road. Incorporated provided II
Vhould within three months from the
approval Of said proposed amending
statute accept and execute the pro
posed contract between the State and
| said Boulevard Corporation, prepared
! by said committee as aforesaid. anC
! should accept said amendments 4
said General Corporation Law relat
+, ing to Boulevard Corporations. alst
prepared by said committee as Sc
forth and expressed In said proposed
amending statute That annexed
hereto, marked Exhibit g. is a copy
OF said proposed amendment statute
THAT upon most careful considera.
ton your committee is of the opinion
that the said proposed contract anc
4 10.
alton Law are sufficient to protect
the interests of the State in this be.
half. and carry out the spirit and in.
tent OF the offers made by Thoma:
Coleman DUPONT. president of Cole.
man DUPONT Road. Incorporated. al
the Joint session OF the Senate anC
House of Representatives. on the sew
cnteenth day of February. A. d.. on,
thousand nine hundred and thirteen
as such offers we're understood b,
the General Assembly
Relative to the proposal OF Mr.. du
Pont. made In the joint session O
the Senate and House OF Representa-
| tives on February seventeenth. A. ID.
one thousand nine. hundred and thIr
teen. to purchase any persons lant
through which the Boulevard SHOULD
pass. within five years after the com
pletion OF the road. at FIVE time IL
present assessed value provided thu
owner would now agree to sell thu
p same upon such terms your com
) mittee would report that they YER
! advised by the counsel for Mr. duPon
& that such offer was personal to MI
r DUPONT and was intended In no wa.
, to bind the Boulevard Corporation
I Your committee have. therefore, mad
. no provision in its report to cove
. such proposal.
: Correspondence Included.
Correspondence between the specia
/, legislative counsel and counsel 70
General DUPONT as to the propose
. amendments. accompanying the re
port. show the differences that arose
The first letter. from Robert II
Richards. Counsel for General du
Pont is;
March II. 1911;
Messrs. H. II. Ward, u. j. Layton, Jr
and Henry Ridgely.
Gentlemen ! have gone over wit
MIR T. c. DUPONT the suggeste
. amendments 10 the Boulevard lay
q and the suggested contract betwee
r the Boulevard Corporation and tn
+ State.
4 Speaking specifically. Mr.. dupont
is not willing TO agree to the suggeste
= amendment of Section las. or an
/. other language fixing specific breadth
n of shoulder.
d He is utterly unwilling to agree I
i the suggested contract provisiso
J. whereby a portion Of the Boulevar
n must be specifically reserved for