Jones County GaArchives History - Schools .....Clinton Academy December 22 1827 ************************************************ 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 March 21, 2004, 7:00 pm ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED AT MILLEDGEVILLE, AT AN ANNUAL SESSION, IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1821. [missing title] 1821 Vol. 2 -- Page: 31 Sequential Number: 032 Short Title: To incorporate the Clinton Academy, in Jones county. Type: AN ACT § 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, the Academy in Jones county, now known by the name of Clinton Academy, shall be known and called by that name, and that James Smith, Gustavus Hendrick, Samuel Lowther, Charles J. M'Donald and Henry G. Lamar, 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 Clinton 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 may think proper, and remove the same from office for improper conduct or neglect of duty. § 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page: 32 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 said Academy. § 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any vacancy may happen by death, resignation or otherwise of any of the trustees of said Academy, the survivors or a majority of said trustees, shall fill the same in such manner as shall be pointed out by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid. DAVID ADAMS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Approval Date: Assented to, 15th December, 1821. ================= -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE State of Georgia, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1827. [missing title] Academies. 1827 Vol. 1 -- Page: 26 Sequential Number: 022 Full Title: AN ACT to authorise the Trustees of Clinton Academy in the county of Jones, to raise by Lottery the sum of five thousand dollars, for the benefit of said academy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Trustees of Clinton Academy in the county of Jones; and their successors in office, be and they are hereby authorised to raise by lottery, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, for the benefit of said academy. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Robert Hardeman, Samuel Lowther, John Hervey, John Spier, James Billingslea, and James George, esquires, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to superinted and conduct said lottery; and the said commissioners are hereby authorised and empowered to divide said lottery into as many separate schemes or drawings as in their judgment shall best suit the interests of said academy, and any sum or sums of money which may be raised by said commissioners under and by virtue of this act, after deducting the necessary expenses of said lottery, shall be by them paid over to the trustees of said academy for the use and benefit thereof. IRBY HUDSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. JOHN FORSYTH, Governor. Approval Date: Assented to Dec. 22, 1827. Additional Comments: Source: Galileo This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.7 Kb