Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 388

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 865

AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REINCORPORATE THE TOWN OF SMYRNA," BEING CHAPTER 192 OF VOLUME 36, LAWS OF DELAWARE, RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Two-thirds of all members elected to each House thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. Amend Section 3 of Chapter 192, Volume 36, Laws of Delaware, as amended by Chapter 166, Volume 41, Laws of Delaware, as amended by Chapter 43, Volume 180 Laws of Delaware, as amended by Chapter 244, Volume 46 Laws of Delaware, as amended by Chapter 335, Volume 48 Laws of Delaware, as amended by Chapter 551, Volume 50 Laws of Delaware, as amended by Chapter 421, Volume 59 Laws of Delaware, by adding thereto the following new subparagraph, denoted "(i)" as follows, to wit:

(i) Registration of Voters. The Town Council shall have the authority to enact such ordinances concerning the registration of qualified voters for municipal elections in the Town of Smyrna as it deems reasonably necessary to provide for the orderly and efficient conduct of municipal elections; provided that no such ordinances shall alter the qualifications of voters as hereinabove set forth, nor shall any such ordinances unduly impair the right to vote in a municipal election.

Approved June 29, 1978.