Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 66

BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE

CITY OF WILMINGTON

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 206, OF VOLUME 26, LAWS OF DELAWARE, 1911, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO CREATE A BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE CITY OF WILMINGTON AND PRESCRIBE ITS DUTIES," BY GIVING THE BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON CONTROL OVER ELECTRIC TRACKLESS TROLLEY COACH COMPANIES AND BUS COMPANIES COORDINATED OR INTER-CONNECTED THEREWITH.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (two-thirds of all Members elected to each house concurring therein):

Section 1. That Chapter 206, of Volume 26, Laws of Delaware, 1911, as amended, be further amended by striking out the first paragraph of Section 4 thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

Section 4. The said Board shall have supervision over all public utilities operating within the limits of the said City of Wilmington; and the term Public Utilities' as used in this act is herein defined to include all electric trackless trolley coach, express, traction, gas, electric light, heat and power, water, telephone and telegraph corporations, associations or joint stock companies operating within the limits of the City of Wilmington for public use, and also any bus corporation, association or joint stock company operating within said limits, the bus operations of which are coordinated or inter-connected with any electric trackless trolley coach or traction corporation, association or joint stock company.

Approved May 16, 1949.