L 5843

MAY 17 1932

LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

CHAPTER 1.

PUBLICATION OF LAWS.

1. Secretary of State directed to exclude

certain acts in the publication of the

laws. 2. What acts excluded.

Sec. 3. Tax on private laws, 4.
4. Clerks not to rooi n° copies of acts

without the certifdate of Secretary of
State,

acts

of the .

An Act concerning the Publication of the Laws. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen: secretary of atives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, That rected to exthe Secretary of State be and he is hereby directed to exclude cludo certain from the publication of the laws of this State all acts of incor- publication poration, and other acts of a private nature, unless such acts contain a provision directing their publication.

SECTION 2. That in the publication of the acts of the present session of the Legislature the Secretary of State shall exclude all acts of incorporation, and acts of a private nature, except acts What acts incorporating railroad companies, towns and banks, and the sup- excluded. plements to said acts.

SECTION 3. That the Secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed to demand and receive for the use of the State, on certifying any act of incorporation, the sum of twenty dollars, Tax on priwhen the capital stock of such incorporation shall exceed fifty housand dollars, and ten dollars when the capital stock shall not - Iceed fifty thousand dollars; and on certifying any other act or esolution of a private nature, he shall demand and receive, for te use of the State, a fee of ten dollars.

SECTION 4. That it shall not be lawful for the Clerks of the :20 Houses of the Legislature, or either of them, hereafter to furnish

copies of nive or permit copies of such acts as are referred to in the fore. without the zoing sections to be taken, unless the certificate of the Secretary Secretary of "si State is appended thereto.

Passed at Dover, February 17, 1866.

vate laws.

Clerks not to

State.

share or

Banks.

An Act in relation to National Banks in this State.
SECTION 1. Be it endcted by the Senate and House of Represen-

tatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met. That
Tax on
1. Natiohack every person or body, corporate owning or holding any

shares of stock inany national bank or banking association organ-
ized, created or established, or which may be hereafter organized,
created or established under the provisions of an act of Congress
entitled, "An act to provide a national currency, secured by a
pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation
and.rodemption thereof," approved June 3, 1864, or of any supple-
ment or amendment thereto, shall pay to the State Treasurer of
fhís State annually, on the first day of January in each and every
year, for the use of the State, a tax of one-half of one per centum
on the amount of the share or shares of the capital stock of any
such national bank or banking association, owned or held by
such person or body corporate.

SECTION 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

That for the purpose of levying, assessing and collecting the
State Trea- taxes imposed by section one of this act, the State Treasurer
make a dn. shall, on or before the first day of September next after the pas-
Shareholders sage of this act, and on the first day of September in each and

every year thereafter, make out a duplicate of the names and
residences of all the shareholders, and the number of shares
owned or held by each in every national bank or banking asso-
ciation in this State, from the list kept in the offices or places of

business of such national banks or banking associations, and And assess shall assess a tax of one-half of one per centum on the amount

of the shares owned or held by any person or body corporate
in any such national bank or banking association, to be paid by
such person or body corporate to the State Treasurer, or any
collector by him duly authorized to receive the same, on the
first day of January next after such assessment shall have been
made.

SECTION 3. Beit further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That
if the President and Cashier, or either of them, of any national

plicate list

tax.