Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 534

CHANGING NAME OF DELAWARE COLONY

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 55, TITLE 16, DELAWARE CODE, BY CHANGING THE NAME OF THE DELAWARE COLONY FOR THE FEEBLE MINDED AT STOCKLEY TO "HOSPITAL FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED AT STOCKLEY, DELAWARE".

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Chapter 55, Title 16, Delaware Code, is amended by striking out the phrases "Delaware Colony for the Feeble Minded at Stockley", and "Delaware Colony", and the word "Colony" wherever the same appear therein and substituting in lieu thereof the following words "Hospital for the Mentally Retarded at Stockley, Delaware".

Section 2. Chapter 55, Title 16, Delaware Code, is amended by striking out the words "feeble minded" wherever the same appear therein and substituting the words "mentally retarded".

Approved November 8, 1955.