GEORGIA HISTORY - EARLY ACADEMIES 1842 ***************** 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 GEORGIA, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1842. ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED In November and December, 1842. ACADEMIES. 1842 Vol. 1 -- Page: 5 Sequential Number: 002 Full Title: AN ACT to be entitled an act, to incorporate Farmers Academy in the thirtieth district of originally Lee, now Sumpter county, and to appoint Trustees for the same; and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, Frederick J. Greene, Wyatt R. Singleton, William M. Wimbush, Joseph A. S. Turner and Thomas J. Baisden, be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Farmers Academy, in the thirtieth district of originally Lee, now Sumpter county. LAURENS Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That Lewis J. Linder, Hamilton Smith and William L. Maison, of Laurens county, be added to the present Board of Trustees of the Buck Eye Academy, in said county of Laurens. SUMTER County Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That said Trustees, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of "Farmers Academy of Sumter county;" and as such, shall be capable and liable in law, to to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and to make such bye-laws and regulations, as may be necessary, for the government of said Academy; Provided, Such bye-laws are not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this State. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That said Trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, all gifts, donations, privileges and immunities, whatsoever, which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them, or to their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof of said Academy. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That when any vacancy shall happen, by death, resignation or otherwise, of any one or more of the Trustees of said Academy, their survivors or a majority of them, shall fill such vacancy. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws, militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. WILLIAM B. WOFFORD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBERT M. ECHOLS, President of the Senate. CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor. Approval Date: Approved, 24th December, 1842.