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Constitutional Amendment

an Act Proposing an amendment to
Section Of article 8, of the C0ngti.
tuition Of the State of Delaudrc 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
to each House concurring therein:
SECTION l. That Section | of Ar.
tlcle of the Constitution of the State
OF Delaware be amended by striking ont
all OF E3ction l of said Article 9 and
IN ertlng in lieu thereof the FOLLOWING.
SECTION l. No corporation SHAH
hereafter be created, amended. renewed
or revived by special act, but only Iv or
under general law, nor shall any oyist
ing corporate charter be amenied ro-
newed, or revived by special act Lr+
only by or under general law; but the
foregoing provisions shall not apply IN
municipal corporations, banks. trust
companies possessing banking power or
corporations for charitable. penal re.
formatory, or educational purposes, sus.
tanned IN whole or in part by the State
all of which said last mentioned corner.
alton shall be created, amended. renewed
or revived only by special act, and shall
possess only those powers, rights, priv.
lleges and franchises conferred bv the
specla, act creating, amending. renewing
or reVlVlng them, and shall not merge or
consolidate with any other corporation
except upon the consent and approval of
the General Assembly, two-thirds OF all
tn2 members elected to each House there
OF concurring therein. The General As.
sembly shall, by general law, provide
Tor the revocation or forfeiture of the
charters of all corporations for the
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-
HeN-"eneral as may be provided by law.
NO general incorporation law. nor any
Speclal act OF incorporation, shall he en-
acted without the concurrence of two
InlrdS OF all the members elected to each
House of the General Assembly. ana
with reserved power of amendment re-.
vocation or repeal by the General As
s2mbly with the concurrence of +wo-
/ thirds of all the members elected 70 each
House thereof
COLEN FERGUSON.
President of the Senate
CHARLES H. GRANTLAND.
/ DPCuhti " me IE'bNt
Approved March 10th, 1915.
CHAS. R. MILLER, Gorcrnor
l, GEO. II. 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. 80, entitled IAN Act Proposing an
Amendment to Section ! of Article Q,
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
6lll proposing such Amendment to the
constitution of this State is published
IN accordance with the requirements Of
the Constitution of the State.
LIN IEoIl MONY WHEREOF, | have
hereunto set my hand and of.
fetal seal at Dover, this
(oeal) twenty-seventh day of July,
IN the year of our Lord, One
Thousand Nine Hundred and
Sixteen.
GEO. II. HALL,
Secretary of state