Jones County GaArchives History - Schools .....Flat Shoal Academy 30th Nov. 1826 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Crilley varcsix@hot.rr.com October 5, 2003, 12:08 pm Source: Galileo ACTS OF THE General [Illegible Text], OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, [Illegible Text] IN [Illegible Text] AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOV. AND DEC. 1826. [missing title] Academies. 1826 Vol. 1 -- Page: 22 Sequential Number: 019 Full Title: AN ACT to incorporate the Flat Shoal Academy in the county of Jones. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby [Illegible Text] by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the academy in the county of Jones now known and called by the name of the Flat Shoal [Illegible Text] shall be known and called by that name, and that Abner [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Cox, Peter Northern, Ichabod Cox, and Joshua B. Bateman, and their successors in office be, and they are hereby declared to be a body [Illegible Text] and corporate, by the name and style of the trustees of the Flat Shoal Academy, and as such shall be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall be authorized 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 and laws of this State, and for that purpose may have and use a common seal, appoint such officers as they think proper, and remove the same from office for improper conduct or neglect of duty. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever which may belong to said institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof of of said academy. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That when any vacancy may happen by death, resignation or otherwise of any of the trustees of the Flat Shoal Academy, the survivors or remaining trustees shall fill ------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------- Page: 23 the same in such manner as shall be pointed out by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid: Provided, that nothing herein contained, shall be so construed as to prevent the Senatus Academicus from the right of inspecting this institution, as now pointed [Illegible Text] by law. Approval Date: Assented to, 30th Nov. 1826.