UPSON COUNTY, GA - HISTORY Thomaston Academy Nov 1824 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Crilley varcsix@hot.rr.com Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ACTS OF THE General Assembly OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED AT MILLEDGEVILLE, AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. 1825. [missing title] ACADEMIES. 1825 Vol. 1 -- Page: 17 Sequential Number: 014 Type: AN ACT Full Title: To incorporate the [Illegible Text] ?Thomaston? Academy in the county of Upson. 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 Elijah Jewett, Alexander F. Edwards, Daniel Walker, Edward Holloway, and Martin W. Stamper, be and they are hereby appointed, and they and their successors in office shall be and are hereby declared to be, a body corporate, by the name and under the title of the trustees of the Thomaston academy, with the privilege of using a common seal. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and empowered to appropriate in the manner they may think calculated to promote the interest of the aforesaid institution, and to erect suitable edifices for the promotion of literature, and all monies and specialties belonging or in any wise appertaining to the said institution. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid trustees 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, that such bye-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state, and that they be entrusted with all manner of property, both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever which may belong to said institution by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter be made conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid and their successors in office, shall and they are hereby declared to be capable of sueing and being sued, impleading and being impleaded, and of using all necessary and lawful means for securing and defending any property, debts or demands whatsoever which they may claim or demand in right of said institution, and also of recovering the rents, issues and profits of the same, or any part or parcel thereof. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page: 18 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That should any vacancy happen by death, resignation or removal of any of the trustees of said academy hereby authorised and established, it shall be filled in such manner as a majority of the remaining trustees may point out in their regulations at their first meeting after the passing of this act or at any meeting thereafter, Provided, that the same shall not exceed twelve months. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees shall have power to select a treasurer who shall give bond and approved security to the said board of trustees for the time being and their successors in office, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. THOMAS W. MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor Approval Date: Assented to, Nov. 29, 1824.