GEORGIA HISTORY - EARLY ACADEMIES 1831 ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Galileo ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE State of Georgía, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1831. [missing title] ACADEMIES. 1831 Vol. 1 -- Page: 3 Sequential Number: 001 STEWART Full Title: AN ACT to incorporate certain Academies, and to appoint trustees for the said Academies, and to authorise the Governor to pay over to the Trustees of the Stewart county Academy, the Academy fund coming to said county. GREENE Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of [Illegible Text] of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it [Illegible Text] hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Vincent [Illegible Text] Thornton, William King, Robert Newson, James Pollard [Illegible Text] James Calton, be, and they are hereby appointed, and [Illegible Text] and their successors in office, are hereby declared to be [Illegible Text] corporate, by the name and under the title of the [Illegible Text] of the Thornton Academy, in the county of Greene. STEWART Sec. 2. And that William Hilliard, Bryan Bedingfield, [Illegible Text] Andolph, Benjamin H. Brown, Henry W. Jernigan, [Illegible Text] McS. Wadworth and Galby Mathews, and their [Illegible Text] in office, be, and they are hereby appointed and [Illegible Text] to be a body corporate, under the name and style of [Illegible Text] Trustees of Stewart Academy, in the county of Stewart. MONROE Sec. 3. And that Collier Foster, John Chambless, James [Illegible Text] Allen Martin and Shelman Durham, and their [Illegible Text] in office, be, and they are hereby appointed and declared [Illegible Text] be a body corporate, under the name and style of the [Illegible Text] of the Jackson Academy, in the county of Monroe. TROUP Sec. 4. And that Wilson Williams, Julius C. Alford, [Illegible Text] Broom, James Herring, John E. Gage, William A. Redd [Illegible Text] Joseph Poythress, and their successors in office, be, and [Illegible Text] are hereby appointed and declared to be a body [Illegible Text] under the name and style of the trustees of the La [Illegible Text] Female Academy, in the county of Troup. Sec. 5. And that Jacob King, James Birdsong, James [Illegible Text] Joseph M. Calloway and James Torbert, and their [Illegible Text] in office, be, and they are hereby appointed and [Illegible Text] to be a body corporate, under the name and style of [Illegible Text] trustees of the La Fayette Academy, in the county of [Illegible Text] CARROLL Sec. 6. And that John D. Chapman, John Hill, Charles [Illegible Text] Sen'r. William Lumpkin, and John A. Jones, and [Illegible Text] successors in office, be, and they are hereby appointed [Illegible Text] declared to be a body corporate, under the name and [Illegible Text] of the trustees of the Lyceum Academy, in the county Carroll. COLUMBIA Sec. 7. And that Alexander Pearre, Samuel Crump, [Illegible Text] Meriwether, Humphrey Evans, William Jones, James [Illegible Text] and Archer Avery, and their successors in office, be, [Illegible Text] they are hereby appointed and declared to be a body [Illegible Text] under the name and style of the trustees of the Oak [Illegible Text] Academy, in the county of Columbia. Sec. 8. And that Thomas Anburg, Nathaniel Lipscomb, [Illegible Text] B. W. Dent, George W. Turrentine, and Thomas Pinkard, and their successors in office, be, and they are [Illegible Text] appointed and declared to be a body corporate, under [Illegible Text] and style of the Franklin Academy, in the county [Illegible Text] MONROE Sec. 9. And that Mariner Culpeper, William C. Redding, John Shockley, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees and declared to be a body corporate, under the name and style of the Jefferson Academy, in Monroe county. Sec. 10. And that Timothy Mathews, J. G. Rains, James Phillips, Thomas Redding, and Frederick D. Wimberly, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees, and declared to be a body corporate, under the name and title of the County Line Academy, in Monroe county. BALDWIN Sec. 11. That Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Farish Carter, Seaton Grantland, James Bozeman, Green Jordan, Samuel Rockwell, and Thomas W. Baxter, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby appointed and declared to be a body corporate, under the name and style of the trustees for the Scottsboro' Male Academy, in the county of Baldwin. TWIGGS Sec. 12. That William A. Sharp, Elisha Davis, Jeremiah A. Sharp, William Davis, and Thomas Chappel, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the trustees of Stone Creek Academy, in the county of Twiggs. HALL Sec. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That James W. Jones, be appointed one of the trustees of the Hall county Academy, and have full power to act accordingly. RANDOLPH ? Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That John Hunt, Joseph Joseph Thompson, & Wm. Britt, be and they are hereby appointed as additional trustees to the Randolph Academy. PULASKI Sec. 15. And that John McCall, David B. Halstead, Jacob Watson, Robert N. Taylor, and John Bozeman, be appointed trustees for the Hawkinsville Academy, in the county of Pulaski. Sec. 17. Each of said corporations shall have the privilege of using a common seal. GWINNETT Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That the several trustees in their corporate capacities, be, and they are hereby declared to be vested with the several rights, and immunities, and subject to the same regulations as are set forth and embodied in an act of the General Assembly, passed on the ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An act, to incorporate the Lawrenceville Academy, in the county of Gwinnett, and to appoint trustees for the same." STEWART Sec. 19. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so soon as this act shall go into operation, his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorized and required to cause to be paid over to a majority of the trustees of Stewart county Academy, on their order, whatever amount of the Academy fund that may be coming to the said Academy, so that the said Stewart county Academy may be placed on an equal footing with the other county Academies, in this State. Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approval Date: Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.