Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 1503 – Referendums in general elections
In the event that a majority of all the members elected to each house of the General Assembly by the qualified electors in any district mentioned in article II, § 17A or § 17B of the state Constitution shall request in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the President of the Senate, not less than 30 days preceding the next succeeding general election, that the question of license or no license of the playing of the game of bingo be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of said district, the department of elections with jurisdiction over the district concerned shall cause to be printed on the ballots used in the next succeeding general election after said request the following question:
“Do you favor the licensing of the playing of the game of bingo within the limits of
(insert the words, “City of Wilmington,” “Sussex County,” “Kent County” or “New Castle County outside of the City of Wilmington,” as the case may be)?”
28 Del. C. 1953, §§ ?1110, 1111; 51 Del. Laws, c. 65, § ?1; 64 Del. Laws, c. 100, § ?6; 79 Del. Laws, c. 199, § ?4;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 1503
- Bingo: means a game of chance played for prizes with cards bearing numbers or other designations, 5 or more in 1 line, the holder covering numbers as objects similarly numbered are drawn from a receptacle and the game being won by the person who first covers a previously designated arrangement of numbers on such a card. See Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 1524
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302