Georgia: Monroe, Harris, Talbot, Jackson, Warren, Jasper, Washington Counties: Incorporation of Various Academies ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Carolyn L. Harper Johnson clhjohnson@aol.com ==================================================================== AN ACT, to incorporate the Culloden Academy, in the county of Monroe; the Mount Vernon Academy, in the county of Monroe; the Centerville Academy in the county of Talbot; the Columbiana Academy, in the county of Jackson; the Claxton Academy, in the county of Warren; the Monticello Union Academy, in the county of Jasper; the Wood Lawn Academy, in the county of Monroe; the Talbotton Female Academy, in the county of Talbot; the Davisborough Academy in the county of Washington; the Jenkins Academy, in the county of Harris; and [Illegible Text] appoint Trustees for the said several Academies. 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 James J. Banks, John W. Persons, Arthur Ginn, Henry E. Williams and Newdaygate Ousley, be, and they are hereby appointed, and they and their successors in office, are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and under the title of the Trustees of the Culloden Academy: And that Edmund Jackson, John M. Jordan, Osborn Rogers, Ambrose Chapman, John Brown, Roger McCarthy and Willis Barron, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby appointed, and declared to be a body corporate, under the name and title of the Mount Vernon Academy, in Monroe county: And that John C. Boynton, H. P. Snead, L. P. Breedlove, S. J. Thomas and Thomas Pearson, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby appointed, and declared to be a body corporate, under the name and title [Illegible Text] the Centerville Academy, in the county of Talbot: And that Joseph T. Cunningham, John T. Story, Samuel Knox, Jun. James Applebey and James Liddle, and [Illegible Text] successors in office, be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Columbiana Academy, in the county of Jackson and declared to be a body corporate, under the name and title of the Trustees of the Columbiana Academy. And that Hiram Hubert, Samuel Barksdale, Archibald Seals, Littleton Johnson and William Harrell, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Claxton Academy, in the county of Warren, and declared to be a body corporate, under the name and title of the Trustees of the Claxton Academy. And that David A. Reese, Flemming Jordan, Edward Y. Hill, Moses Champion, John W. Burney, Reuben C. Shorter and Benjamin F. Ward, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby appointed, Trustees of the Monticell Union Academy, in the county of Jasper, and declared to [Illegible Text] a body corporate, under the name and title of the Trustees of the Monticello Union Academy: And that Thomas M. Evans, Josiah M. Jordan, Andrew Tilmer, Braxton Bird and James D. Lester, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby appointed, Trustees of the Woodlawn Academy, in the county of Monroe, and declared to be a body corporate, under the name and title of the Trustees of the Woodlawn Academy: And that James Bell, Elisha Tarver, Henry Mims, Norborn B. Powell, Robert G. Crittenden, Charles Smith & John P. Blackman, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Talbotton Female Academy, and declared to be a body corporate, under the name and title of the Trustees of the Female Academy, in the county of Talbotton: And that Jeody Newsom, William P. Hardwick, Daniel Harris, James Gaines and James M. Franklin, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Davisborough Academy in the county of Washington, and declared to be a body corporate, and under the name and title of the Trustees of Davisborough Academy: And that Springer Gibson, Thomas Mahone, John Kennon, John Passmore, Hiram Reid and George K. Chatham, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Jenkins' Academy, on the South East corner of Lot No. three, in the twenty-second district, of Harris county, and declared to be a body corporate, under the name and title of the Jenkins' Academy: Each of said corporations, shall have the power of using a common seal. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said several Trustees in their corporate capacities be, and they are hereby declared to be vested with the several rights and immunities, and subject to the same regulations as are set forth and embodied in an act of the General Assembly, passed on the ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, entitled "an act to incorporate the Lawrenceville Academy, in the county of Gwinnett, and to appoint Trustees for the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor. Approval Date: Assented to, 23d Dec. 1830.