ASSEMBLY. See General assembly,

ASSESSMENTS,

Sheep exempted from,

ASSESSORS, in New-Castle county,

To enter in a book, the names of persons owning

dogs, and the number,

To deliver a fair copy to the commissioners of the

tax,

Who deemed owners of dogs in certain cases,

ASSIGNMENT,

Creditors required to assign obligations, &c. to sureties, &c. paying or tendering the debt,

Also to one or more of several joint debtors or joint

sureties, &c.

Remedy for such assignees,

Creditors required to assign judgments to sureties, or one or more of several joint debtors or joint sureties, &c.

267

470

ibid.

471

390, 391

ibid.

ibid.

391, 392

ibid.

893

ibid.

ibid.

Remedy and proceedings of such assignees,

How such assignments made,

Effect of such assignments,

by assignee before proceedings,

Account and affidavit, showing the sum due to be filed

ATTORNEY GENERAL,

To give written opinion to escheators upon cases

stated,

AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS,

To be furnished with statements of the amount of the capital stock, &c. of the Farmers' bank,

Levy court of New-Castle county to report to him

His seal of office,

accounts concerning the destruction
of crows,

To be furnished by clerks of the peace with dupli

cates of assessments, and how such

duplicates made,

54

98

$12

ibed.

$21

AUDITOR of accounts.

To ascertain the sum per centum on said assessment
to raise the taxes for the support of
government, yearly,

To issue warrants for collecting such sum per cent.

To be notified by State treasurer of collectors,

329

ibid.

330

To deliver to the State treasurer the warrants, &c. issued, ibid.
To be furnished with duplicate receipts to collectors,
State treasurer to account with auditor and when,
Bond of the State treasurer to be transmitted to the

auditor,

Military commissaries to settle with the auditor
How to be charged & credited in such accounts,
Duties of auditor if such settlement neglected,
Commissaries bond to be delivered to auditor,
To keep accounts with commissaries and report the
same to the General assembly,

Commissaries' office abolished,

Duties of auditor in relation to commissary enjoined
upon him as to county treasurer,

ibid.

332

ibid.

141,

443

ibid.

142

ibid.

138

139

582

583

To be furnished by county treasurer with certificates
of fines, &c. imposed by justices
of the peace,

What such certificates shall contain,

596, 597

467,

597

(467)

136

143

These certificates formerly furnished by justices,
To be furnished by brigadier-generals, with lists of
militia fines,

List of delinquencies in case of militia fines to be for-
warded to the auditor,

To be furnished by the county treasurer with names
of justices refusing to give judg
ment in certain cases,

To lay a copy before the General assembly,

To be furnished by county treasurer with transcripts

610

ibid.

of certain certificates,

611

And to lay the same before the General assembly,

AWARDS,

Judgments on, not reversible for error if duly sworn
or affirmed to,

BAIL,

On civil process, questions of, how determined in

vacation,

Common bail, in certain cases,

BANK.

Banks not incorporated prohibited,
See banking companies,

445

218

216, 217

473

Farmers' Bank of the State of Delaware,
Bank and branches established,

87, 273, 325, 594

88

Style,

ibid.

Branch at Wilmington or Brandywine authorized, 594
Capital and number of shares,

Number reserved for the, State,

Apportionment of residue,

Subscriptions, when, where and how taken,

$25 on each share, payable by instalments,

and when,

Common seal,

Bye-laws,

Limitation of the amount of property which
the corporation may hold,

What lands the corporation may hold,

Articles in which the corporation may be con-

cerned,

Bills obligatory and of credit under seal of the

corporation,

Bills or notes under hand of the president, &c.
Rate of interest,

ibid.
ibid.

BANK.
Farmers' Bank of Delaware.

Manner of conducting business between the
principal bank and the branches,

Limitation of the debts, which corporation

99

may owe,

100

In case of excess, directors personally liable,
What directors and how exonerated,

ibid.

ibid.

Stockholders, not individually answerable,
Their first meeting,

91

93

Their annual meetings,

92,273

Votes limited,

General meetings, how called,

To determine compensation to president,

Statement of debts and surplus profits to be
laid before stockholders,

Directors, who may be,

96

95

ibid.

98

94

Number of,

How chosen,

Continuance in office,

92

In case of failure to elect them at the time

appointed, corporation not dissolved, 93, 94

BANK.

Farmers' Bank of Delaware.

Of surplus profits,

Auditor to be furnished with certain statements,
Notes offered for discount, form of,

Counterfeiting seal of, and forgery of notes, &c.
how punished,

Limitation of the charter,

Provision for payment of instalments by the

State,

98

ibid.

101

102

90

289, 290, 497, 668

524

525

526

Bank of Delaware, charter extended,
Stockholders not answerable personally,

Limitation of debts which the corporation may

owe,

In case of excess directors personally answerable, ibid.
What directors and how exonerated,

The capital not to be enlarged,

One-half per centum on capital stock, payable

ibid.

ibid.

to the State yearly,

527

Payments, how and when made,

ibid.

Conditions of the act not complied with; this

Limitation of property of the company,

charter to cease,

Acceptance of the act, how signified,

Forging bills, &c. how punished,

Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine,

Stockholders incorporated,

Not individually answerable,

Style, powers, &c.

Capital limited,

Limitation of the debts, which company may owe, 532

Directors personally answerable in case of excess,

ibid.

ibid.

524

528

ibid.

532

528, 529

531

529

One-half per cent. payable yearly on capital

stock, to the State,

ibid.

533

529

530

531

529

ibid.

ibid.

ibid

531