COULTER, WILLIAM V.

Authorized to construct dam, (Private).....

96

COUNTY TREASURER.

Act amending Chapter 13 of Revised Code, increasing the penalty of
the bond of, for Kent and New Castle counties.......

110
Act amending Chapter 125 of the Revised Code in relation to fees of 160

COURTS.

Orphans', may direct the sale of minors' laud to be made upon credii
Act to secure the investment of funds by the courts of this State ...
Proceedings in the Orphans' Court in relation to the Tilghman land

44:3

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643

COW MARSH DITCH COMPANY.

Title of supplement to act incorporating.....

678

CRAMNER AND WILD CAT DITCH COMPANY.

Title to act incorporating the.....

92

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.

Negroes and mulattoes to be punished the same as whites............160, 161
Section 5, Chapter 128 of Rerised Code amended, in relation to burn-
ing grain, &c.

161
Penalty for injuries to Cemeteries...

162

CRIMINAL REFORM.

See Delaware Association for Criminal Reform.....

621

CROCK, CATHARINE M.

Act to divorce, (Private)...

336

CROYDOX, FREDERICK.

Joint resolution directing, to make certain repairs on cupola of State

House....

314

CRYSTAL FOUNT LODGE, NO. 10, OF THE INDEPENDENT
ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS, AT MILFORD, DELAWARE.

Title of act incorporating......

664

CUMMINS, ALFRED LEE.

Act for the relief of, (Private) .....

331
65

CYPRESS SWAMP.

Curtis W. Jacobs authorized to make a public road across. ...
Act authorizing Curtis W. Jacobs to make a public road across,

amended.....

629

DAGSBOROUGH HUNDRED.

Act authorizing the laying out a road in ...........
Act to straighten a public road in. ......

63
295

DAGSBOROUGH AND BALTIMORE HUNDRED LOAN ASSO-
CIATION, IN SUSSEX COUNTY, DELAWARE.

Title of act incorporating.....

669

DASHIELL, WILLIAM W.

Authorized to locate vacant lands in Dagsborough hundred (Private) 681

DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND.

Act 1o promote the education of, amended........
Word “persons” inserted in place of “children"....
Supplement to act to promote the education of
Two additional indigent papils may be sent from New Castle county.
Of the costs of maintaining said pupils, proviso....

17
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.

DEATH

When occasioned by unlawful violence or negligence, widow of de-

ceased may bring suit............
If no widow, the personal representatives.

29
ib.

.......................

......

DEBT.

Further supplement to act limiting the, of the City of Wilmington,
(See Wilmington).............

....460, 462
Joint resolution in relation to the payment of the State..

658

DECISIONS OF SUPREME COURT OF UNITED STATES.

Joint resolutions approving of certain....

305

DECLARATION.

Not necessary for the confession of judgment....
Judgment D. S. B. heretofore entered not to be invalid for want of...
May be filed nunc pro tunc......

30
ib.
ib.

26

.....

DEEDS.

Act amending Section 10 of Chapter 83, Revised Statutes, relating

to the acknowledgment of...........
U.S. Consuls in foreign countries authorized to take acknowledgment
of..........

ib.
Act rendering valid the acknowledgment of certain.......

27
The recording of certain, executed prior to 1825, authorized. ..... ib.
The same to be conclusive against grantor and persons claiming
onder him.......

.........27, 28
Act authorizing the Recorder of, in Kent county, to procure a new
seal of office...

121
Act authorizing the Recorder of, in Sussex county, to procure a new
seal of office....

122
Act authorizing Recorder of, in Sussex county, to make a Mortgage
Index. ..

ib.
Further supplement to extend the time for the recording of...... 149
Act to render valid the acknowledgment of a certain....

335
Tax for recording, (See Revenue of State)......

361
Act authorizing the Recorder of, in New Castle county to copy index 396
Act authorizing the Recorder of, in Sussex county, to copy and have
rebound certain indexes........

397
Further supplement to extend the time for the recording of..

440

DEER CREEK MARSH COMPANY.

Title of act in relation to.

667

DEHORTY, MARY A.

Act to divorce, (Private)..

.........

331

208

ib.

DELAWARE RAILROAD COMPANY.

Further supplement to act incorporating ......
Construction of a branch road authorized......
Location, grant not to impair contract with the N. C. and F. R. R.

Company....
Shall not be operative if it impairs said contract without consent of

said company, form of consent, where filed.........

ib.

209

ib.

DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE RAILROAD COMPANY.
Act incorporating .......

567
Commissioners, when books shall be opened, entry to be therein,
notice........

i
Who may subscribe. incorporation, Dame, powers.

ib.
First meeting, directors, treasurer, and other officers to be chosen.... 565
President, how chosen, officers to be sworn, official term, powers...... ib.
Annual meeting of stockholders, notice, elections, powers of stock-
holders at annual meetings.....

il
Each share to entitle holder to one vote, exceptions, voting by proxy 56:*
Manner of conducting elections for officers, judges, oath, duties.. il
Failure to hold elections not to dissolve corporation .......

il
May proceed to call election, vacancies, proviso.

ib.
Directors to hold meetings in Odessa..

570
Quorum, secretary, powers of directors.

ib.
Certificates of stock, to whom delivered, stock transferable, how......
Rights of assignee, penalty for refusing to pay call within thirty days ib.
President and directors may bring suit for amount of calls and penalty 571
No stockholder entitled to vote who has not paid bis calls within
thirty days....

ib.
Official bonds, dividends.....

ib
Not to exceed the net profits of the company.

il).
Individual liability of directors declaring dividends exceeding profits ib.
Annual statement of the affairs of company, special meetings, notice ib.
Construction of railroad, where, may enter on lands........

572
Right to cross Delaware railroad, &c., crossing not to obstruct pas-
sage on Delaware railroad, damages..

ib.
Condemnation of lands, commissioners, oath.......

ib.
Commissioners to certify award to both parties..

il).
Owners under disability, or refusing to accept damages, company may
deposit them in bank.

573
Whereupon company to have title, vacancies...

ib.
Expenses to be paid by company..
May enter on marsh or shore belonging to State, and make use of

il
Crossings, fencing, right to receive tolls, &c..

ib.
Penalty for injury to works of company, may unite with other co
panies....

574
Effects of union, proviso.

ib).
Capital stock, company may borrow money, amount limited..

il
Company may hold real estate, steamboats, final survey recorded.... ib.
Evidence, public act, revocation ...

575
Appointment of coinmissioners in case of vacancies..
Company not to construct road within certain limits, until what time

same..

com-

ib.

DELAWARE AND CHESTER COUNTY RAILROAD COM-
PANY.
Commissioners appointed, their duties.....

.......195, 196
What entry to be made in Company's books, who can subscribe...... 196
Company incorporated, name, powers .....

ib.

DELAWARE AND CHESTER COUNTY RAILROAD COM-
PANY_CONTINUED.
First meeting, when, where and for what purposes held......

197
Annual meetings of stockholders, to choose officers for ensuing year. ib.
Special meetings ...

ib.
Powers of stockholders at annual or special meetings.
Each share to entitle holder to one vote, exceptions....

il),
Voting by proxy, election of directors, how conducted .....

198
Non-election of directors not to dissolve corporation ......

ib.
Notice of the time and place for election.....

ib.
Continuance in office, vacancies, how filled .......

ib.
Meetings of directors, where held, quorum.

ib.
Election of President and other officers, powers of directors, to fix
salaries, to make calls..............

ib.
Certificates of stock, to whom delivered, certificates of stock trans-
ferable, how....

198, 199
Assignee to be a member of the corporation, proviso..

199
Penalty for refusing to pay call within thirty days......

ib.
President and directors may bring suit for the amount of the calls and
penalty .......

ib.
No stockholder entitled to vote who has not paid his calls within
thirty days. .....

ib.
Treasurer to bond, other officers to bond when required..... .199, 200
Dividends, not to exceed the net profits of the company....

200
Directors liable for declaring dividends exceeding profits, directors
present deemed to consent, unless they protest, &c. ......

ib.
Directors to exhibit statement of the affairs of company at annual
meetings. .....................

ib.
Special meetings, how called, nature of the business to be transacted. ib.
Company authorized to construct railroad, where, branch road author-
ized......

ib.
May enter upon land for these purposes, shall not pass through any
burying ground .......

201
Lands not to be taken until compensation be made to owner.

ib.
Crossing other railroads authorized, proviso..

ib.
Remedy of company against the owners of lands refusing to permit

entering......
Commissioners to certify award to both parties.
Owners onder disability, or refusing to accept damages, company may

deposit them in bank.
Whereupon company to have title.........

ib.
Expenses of assessing damages.....

202
Crossings over public roads, other crossings, one crossing only to one
tract of land......

ib.
Penalty for neglect to make such crossings, how recovered, service of

.....

ib.

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