HEARD COUNTY, GA - History  Academies

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE State of Georgia,
PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN
NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1832. [missing title]
ACADEMIES. 

1832 Vol. 1 -- Page: 3


HEARD That Joseph Reese, Jesse George, Thomas Wood,
George W. Turrentine and W. B. McKenney, and their
successors, be appointed trustees for Corinth academy,
in the county of Heard: Provided, That said trustees
shall not draw any part of the academic funds of the
county of Heard.

HEARD Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That David
Smith, Jas. T. Wafer, James S. Curray and William
Wood, be, and they are hereby appointed additional
trustees of the Heard county academy, 



1837 ACTS

HEARD Sec. 54. And be it further enacted, That Jesse
Johnson, Young Wood, Berry D. Johnson, Philip Orr,
Silas Cheek, and their successors in office, be
appointed Trustees for Bethel Academy, Heard county;
Provided, That the said Trustees shall not draw any
part of the Academic funds of the county of Heard.

Sec. 55. And be it further enacted, That the said
Trustees, and their successors in office be, and they
are hereby declared to be a body politics and
corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of
the various Academies mentioned in this act; and as
such, shall be capable and liable, in law, to sue and
be sued, plead and be impleaded; and to make all such
by-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the
government of said Academies: Provided, such by-laws
and regulations are not repugnant to the coustitution
and laws of this State.

Sec. 56. And be it further enacted, That the said
Trustees shall be capable of holding real or personal
estate, all gifts, grants, and immunities, which may
now belong to said institutions, or which may
hereafter be conveyed to them or their successors in
office, for the benefit of said institutions; and that
when any vacancy may happen, by death, resignation, or
otherwise, of any one or more of said Trustees, the
survivors, or a majority of them, shall fill said
vacancy, and do all manner of business appertaining to
said corporations.