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Constitutional Amendment

an act Proposing an amendment to
Section l of article 8, of the Corsti.
tuition Of the State of Delaware. in
Relation to Corporations.
BE 1T ENACTED by the Senate and
House OF Representatives Of the State
OF delaware in General Assembly met
(tWo-thirds of all the members elected
10 each House concurring therein:
SECIlON l. That Section I of A.
tlcle . OF the Constitution of the State
OF delaware be amended by striking ont
all OF Section l of said Article Q, and
IN .erting in lieu thereof the FOLLOWING.
SECTION l. No corporation shall
hereafter be created, amended. renewed
or revived by special act, but only bv or
under general law, nor shall anv exist
ing corporate charter be amended, 70.
neWed, or revived by special act, hn+
only by or under general law: but +La
foregoing provisions shall not apply n
municipal corporations, banks. trus-
companies possessing banking power, or
corporations for charitable. penal r..
1ormatory, or educational purposes. Sis
tanned in whole or in part by the STATE
all of which said last mentioned rornor.
alton shall be created amended. renewed
or revived only by special act, and shall
possess only those powers. rights nriy.
lleges and franchises conferred hy +he
specia: act creating, amending. renewinr
or reviving them, and shall not merge or
consolidate with any other corporation
except upon the consent and approval If
the General Assembly, two-thirds Of all
the members elected to each House there.
OF concurring therein. The General As.
sembiy shall, by general law, provide
Tor the revocation or forfeiture of The
charters of all corporations for tbe
ABUSE, misuse or non-use of their cor.
porate powers, privileges or franchises
ANY proceedings for such revocation or
forfeiture shall be taken by the Attor.
ney-General, as may be provided bv law
NO general incorporation law, nor any
special act of incorporation, shall be en-
acted without the concurrence of two
thirds of all the members elected 10 each
House of the General Assembly. and
with reserved power of amendment. re-
vocation or repeal by the General As.
sembly with the concurrence of two
1nlrds OF all the members elected to each
House thereof
COLEN FERGUSON,
President of the Senate
CHARLES H. GRANTLAND.
Speaker of the HoU>,
Approved March 10th, 1915.
CHAS. R. MILLER. Gorernor
l, GEO. H. HALL. Secretary or
State, of the State of Delaware, do here
by certify that the above and forecoinr.
IS true and correct copy of Senate BIZ
No. 80, entitled IAN Act Proposing AZ
Amendment to Section of Article ..
OF the Constitution of the State of Del
aware, in Relation to Corporations, a,
the same appears on the enrolled BIZ
MED IN the office of the Secretary of
state and approved by the Governor
Ma Mare sixteenth, A. D. 1915, which sail
6lll proposing such Amendment to thu
constitution of this State is publishcf
IN IN accordance with the requirements Of
the Constitution of the State.
~ lhol iMoN4 WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and Of.
lc> hcial seal at Dover, this
Noeal) twenty-seventh day of July.
IN the year of our Lord, One
Thousand Nine Hundred AMI
Sixteen.
GEO. H. HALL.
Secretary of STATE