Screven County GaArchives History - Schools .....Academy Trustees 1830 ************************************************ 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 ASSEMBLY OF THE State of Georgia, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1828. [missing title] Academies. 1828 Vol. 1 -- Page: 21 Sequential Number: 017 Full Title: AN ACT to be entitled an act to incorporate Screven County [Illegible Text] and to appoint Trustees for the same. 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 Solomon Bryan, Augustus S. Jones, Hardy Scarborough, Robert M. Williamson, jr. Wm. Cooper, Seabourn Goodall, and Mulford Marsh, are appointed, and, they and their successors in office shall be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and style of the trustees of the Screven county academy, with the privilege of having and using a common seal. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and empowered to appropriate in the manner they may think best calculated to promote the interest of said institution, and erect suitable edifices for the education of youth, all [Illegible Text] and specialties belonging or in anywise appertaining to the said institution. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said academy: Provided, such bye-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State -- And that they shall be invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatever which may belong to said institution, by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter be made, conveyed, or transfered to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper use, benefit and behoof of said academy. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the trustees of said institution, and their successors in office, shall be and they are hereby declared to be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and using all manner of lawful measures for recovering or defending any property, debts or demands whatsoever, which they may claim or demand in right of said institution, or any [Illegible Text] or parcel thereof. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all vacancies that may happen in the board of said trustees, shall be filled in such manner as a majority of the survivors shall point out. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be, and is hereby the duty of said trustees to lay before the grand jury at the first term of the Superior Court of said county, in each year, a full and correct statement of the situation and investments of the funds of the said institution, in such manner and form as they may think proper ------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------- Page: 22 or said jury recommend -- And the said returns shall by the said jury be delivered to the clerk of said court, and remain [Illegible Text] his office until the general election next ensuing, when it shall be the duty of said clerk to deliver the same to the senator of said county, to be by him laid before the Senatus Academicus, when thereunto required. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners aforesaid shall have power to appoint a treasurer, who shall give bond with approved security, payable to his Excellency the Governor, and his successors in office, in the sum of two thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of the duties of said office. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. IRBY HUDSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate JOHN FORSYTH, Governor. Approval Date: Assented to Dec. 20, 1828. ====================== ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE State of Georgia. PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. 1830. [missing title] TOWNS. 1830 Vol. 1 -- Page: 221 Sequential Number: 163 Full Title: AN ACT, to authorise certain Commissioners therein named, to raise by lottery the sum of six thousand dollars, for the building a court house and Academy in the county [Illegible Text] Screven. 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 it shall, and may be lawful for the Commissioners hereinafter named, to establish a lottery within four years after the passing of this act, to raise the sum of six thousand dollars, under such scheme or schemes, and regulations as they or a majority of them, may deem necessary and proper, for the purpose of building a court house and Academy in the county of Scriven. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page: 222 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Augustus S. Jones, Peyton L. Wade, Robert McWilliamson, Jun. Isaac Bryan, Hardy Scarborough, Willis Young, Solomon Bryan, Culling Williamson, John S. Rieves, Moses N. McCall, & Theophilus Williams, be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to carry the aforesaid lottery into full effect. Sec. 3. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any vacancy may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of the aforesaid Commissioners, the surviving or remaining Commissioners shall fill the same in such manner as they or a majority of them, may deem proper. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the said lottery shall be completed, the said Commissioners shall pay over to the order of the Justices of the Inferior Court of Seriven county, the sum of four thousand dollars and to the order of the Trustees of Scriven county Academy, the sum of two thousand dollars or in like proportion to be appointed, as contemplated by this act. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor. Approval Date: Assented to, Dec. 22, 1830.