The University of Delaware had its corporate origin in the Act of the General Assembly of Delaware, passed February 5, 1833, incorporating "Newark College." The name of the College so incorporated has through the years undergone certain changes and now is known as the University of Delaware.
The charter of the College from its original enactment was regularly renewed by periodic renewals with certain additional and extraneous Acts of the General Assembly applicable to the said College. In 1959 the expediency of having in one publication the statement of the privileges and responsibilities of the University became apparent to the Trustees who, on June 13, 1959, adopted the following resolution, which may serve as a preface to the charter itself.
WHEREAS, in 1913, the General Assembly of Delaware, by Chapter 117 of 27 Laws of Delaware, did grant to the University of Delaware a perpetual charter which contains no reserve power in the General Assembly to amend the charter thus granted; and
WHEREAS, since 1913, the General Assembly has from time to time, at the instance and request or with the approval and acquiescence of the University of Delaware, adopted various acts modifying or affecting provisions of the charter of the University; and
WHEREAS, in 1953, the General Assembly adopted an act to revise, recodify, arrange and consolidate into a code the public and general statutes of the State of Delaware, referred to as "Delaware Code of 1953," and Title 14, Chapter 51 of this Code set forth a restatement of the charter of the University of Delaware; and
WHEREAS, in 1955, at the instance and request of the University of Delaware, the General Assembly, by Chapter 521 of 50 Laws of Delaware, adopted certain acts relating to the powers of the University to issue bonds;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Chapter 51 of Title 14 of Delaware Code of 1953, as amended, be and the same hereby is accepted by the Trustees of the University of Delaware as a restatement of the charter of the University of Delaware.
