Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-09-13
Gardeners Ice Cream
30 CENTS A QUART
The Home Made Shol
Constitutional Amendment

an Act Proposing an amendment Il
Section l of article 9, of the ConStt
tuition of the State of Delaware, ii
Relation to Corporations.
BE 1T ENACTED by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Stat
of Delaware in General Assembly met
(two-thirds of all the members elected
to each House concurring therein):
SECTION l. That Section I of An
ticle of the Constitution of the Stat/
of Delaware be amended by striking ou1
all of Section l of said Article 8, 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 by Of
under general law, nor shall any exist
ing corporate charter be amended, re&
newed, or revived by special act, bud
only by or under general law; but th(
foregoing provisions shall not apply III
municipal corporations, banks, trust
companies possessing banking power, oil
corporations for charitable, penal, red
formatory, or educational purposes, sus4
tanned in whole or in part by the STATED
all of which said last mentioned corpor>
alton shall be created, amended, renewed
OF revived only by special act, and shall T
possess only those powers, rights, priv@
ileges and franchises conferred by tha
specia> act creating, amending, renewina
or reviving them, and shall not merge al
consolidate with any other corporation
except upon the consent and approval o6
the General Assembly, two-thirds OF ali
tho members elected to each House therel
OF concurring therein. The General Asa
sembly shall, by general law, provide
Tor the revocation or forfeiture of tho
charters of all corporations for tha
abuse, misuse or non-use of their corl
porate powers, privileges or franchises
Any proceedings for such revocation OF
forfeiture shall be taken by the Attor-
ney-General, as may be provided by law.
NO general incorporation law. nor anv
special act OF incorporation, shall be en-.
acted without the concurrence of two.
thirds of all the members elected to 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
thirds of all the members elected to each
House thereof
COLEN FERGUSON,
President of the Senate
CHARLES H. GRANTLAND,
,, Speaker of the House
Approved March 10th, 1915.
CHAS. R. MILLER, Governor
|, GEO. H. HALL, Secretary of
State, of the State of Delaware, do here
by certify that the above and foregoing
IS true and correct copy of Senate Bill
No. 50, entitled "An Act Proposing AM
Amendment to Section l of Article @ |
of the Constitution of the State of Del,
aware, in Relation to Corporations. - as
the same appears on the enrolled Bill
Med in the office of the Secretary of
state and approved by the Governor
March sixteenth, A. D. 1915, which said
Blll proposing such Amendment to the
constitution of this State is published
IN IN accordance with the requirements of
the Constitution of the State.
LIN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and of.
/c,> hclal seal at Dover, this
Veeal) twenty-seventh day of July,
IN the year of our Lord, One
Thousand Nine Hundred ami
Sixteen.
GEO. H. HALL,
Secretdry of State