85 chapters · 592 sections in this title.
14 Del. C. § 5101. Corporate status, membership and perpetuity.
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§ 5101. Corporate status, membership and perpetuity. (a) The University of Delaware, hereinafter referred to as “the University,” is continued as a corporation and, as such, shall have perpetual succession and existence. (b) The members of the Board of Trustees of the University …
14 Del. C. § 5102. Purpose.
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§ 5102. Purpose. The leading object of the University shall be to promote the liberal and practical education of persons of all classes in the several pursuits and professions in life through the teaching of classical, scientific and agricultural subjects, the mechanical arts, mi…
14 Del. C. § 5103. Nonsectarian, nonpartisan institution.
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§ 5103. Nonsectarian, nonpartisan institution. The University shall never be managed or conducted in the interest of any party, sect or denomination.13 Del. Laws, c. 513, § 9; Code 1915, § 2342; 32 Del. Laws, c. 166, § 1; Code 1935, § 2784; 14 Del. C. 1953, § 5103;
14 Del. C. § 5104. Powers of University — University Police.
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§ 5104. Powers of University — University Police. (a) The University shall have all the powers and franchises incident to a corporation, including the power to take and hold real and personal estate by deed, devise, bequest, gift, grant or otherwise, and the same to alien, sell, …
14 Del. C. § 5105. Board of Trustees — Composition, selection, term and vacancies.
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§ 5105. Board of Trustees — Composition, selection, term and vacancies. (a) The Board of Trustees of the University shall consist of 28 members, together with the Governor of the State, the President of the University, the Master of the State Grange and the President of the State…
14 Del. C. § 5106. Board of Trustees — Powers.
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§ 5106. Board of Trustees — Powers. (a) The Board of Trustees shall have the entire control and management of the affairs of the University. The Board may exercise all the powers and franchises of the University, appoint and remove all subordinate officers and agents, and make by…
14 Del. C. § 5107. Board of Trustees — Meetings.
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§ 5107. Board of Trustees — Meetings. (a) There shall be 2 stated meetings of the Board of Trustees every year at such time and place as may be fixed by the bylaws, and occasional meetings may be held on the call of the President, which the President may make at the President’s o…
14 Del. C. § 5108. Board of Trustees — Quorum and failure to attend meetings or accept appointment.
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§ 5108. Board of Trustees — Quorum and failure to attend meetings or accept appointment. (a) Nine members of the Board of Trustees shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a less number may adjourn. Officers may be appointed for the occasion in the absence of the regular off…
14 Del. C. § 5109. Audit of accounts.
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§ 5109. Audit of accounts. The accounting records of the University may be audited by the Auditor of Accounts of the State or such other auditing official as the General Assembly may from time to time appoint. Neither this nor any other law of this State, however, shall hereafter…
14 Del. C. § 5110. President’s report.
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§ 5110. President’s report. The President of the University shall each year, not later than December 1, make a report of all the activities of the University, instructional, administrative and financial, for the preceding scholastic and fiscal year, to the Board of Trustees, who …
14 Del. C. § 5111. Faculty; powers.
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§ 5111. Faculty; powers. The faculty, consisting of the professors, instructors and others employed by the Board of Trustees, 1 of whom shall be President of the University, shall have the care, control, government and instruction of the students, subject, however, to the bylaws.…
14 Del. C. § 5112. Endowment fund.
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§ 5112. Endowment fund. The college fund, created by resolution of the General Assembly of January 28, 1824, and transferred by Act of February 5, 1833, to “The Trustees of Newark College,” and all other funds, stock, money or property belonging to or appropriated for, or raised,…
14 Del. C. § 5113. Donations; misnomer.
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§ 5113. Donations; misnomer. Devises, bequests, gifts and grants to the University shall not be avoided by any misnomer if the description can be understood with reasonable certainty.Code 1852, § 788; 13 Del. Laws, c. 513, § 9; Code 1915, § 2342; 32 Del. Laws, c. 166, § 1; Code 1…
14 Del. C. § 5114. Eminent domain; condemnation.
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§ 5114. Eminent domain; condemnation. Whenever the Board of Trustees of the University cannot agree with the owner or owners for the purchase of any land, with the improvements thereon, in New Castle County, deemed by the Board necessary for the purpose of erecting any building o…
14 Del. C. § 5115. Authority to issue bonds.
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§ 5115. Authority to issue bonds. (a) The Board of Trustees may provide by resolution, from time to time, for the issuance in the name of the University of Delaware of revenue bonds of the University, for the purpose of paying all or any part of the costs, including financing cos…
14 Del. C. § 5116. Bonds as legal investments for institutions and fiduciaries.
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§ 5116. Bonds as legal investments for institutions and fiduciaries. Bonds issued under this chapter are made securities in which all state and municipal officers and administrative departments, boards and commissions of the State, all banks, bankers, savings banks, trust compani…
14 Del. C. § 5117. Credit of State not pledged.
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§ 5117. Credit of State not pledged. Revenue bonds issued under this chapter shall be payable exclusively from specified funds of the University. All such bonds shall contain a statement on their face that the State is not obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon and tha…