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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1836.
ACTS of the General Assembly of the STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1836.
ACADEMIES.
1836 Vol. 1 -- Page: 10
Sequential Number: 008
Type: AN ACT,To incorporate the Trustees of the
following Academies, to wit: -- the Trustees of
Union Hill, High Hill, Turkey Creek, Liberty Hill
and Black Creek Academies, in the county of
Wilkinson; 

That Richard Lewis, James Gibson, Samuel Bragg, Joel
Rivers

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and Archibald Smith, and their successors in office,
be declared a body corporate, by the style of the
Union Hill Academy, in the county of Wilkinson.

That Isaac Hall, James Ross, William Carswell, Joel
Hardie and William Herndon and their successors in
office, be, and they are hereby appointed a body
corporate, by the style of High Hill Academy, in
High Hill district, in Wilkinson county, with the
same rights, privileges and immunities of other
Academies in Wilkinson county.

That John T. Harrison, Timothy Sears, Anderson
Ingram, William Payne and Joel Butler be, and they
are hereby appointed a body corporate, by the style
of the Trustees of Turkey Creek Academy, in the
Turkey Creek district in Wilkinson county, with the
same powers as aforesaid.

That Robert Rozar, William B. Smith, Elisha Hall,
William Cawley and Daniel Hall be, and they are
hereby appointed a body corporate, by the style of
the Trustees of the Griffins' District Academy, in
Wilkinson county, with the same powers as aforesaid.
That Joel Dees, William Lord, Wiley Miller, Hansford
Davis and Jethro Dean, be, and they are hereby
appointed a body corporate, by the style of the
Trustees of Mount Pleasant Academy, in Currie's
district, in Wilkinson county, with the powers and
privileges of other Academies in Wilkinson county.

That James Hatcher, Lewis Clay, Ratliff Boon, John
Meredith and Daniel S. Pierce, be, and they are
hereby appointed a body corporate, by the style of
the Trustees of Liberty Hill Academy, in the Fork
distrist, in Wilkinson county, with the same
privileges as are given to the other Academies in
Wilkinson county.

That John Hall, George Shinholser, Bryant Obanion,
Oathneel McCook and Thomas Underwood, be, and they
are, hereby appointed a body corporate, by the style
of the Trustees of Black Creek Academy, in Bond's
district, in Wilkinson county, with the like
privileges of other Academies in said county.

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1849 Vol. 1 -- Page: 28
Sequential Number: 029

Full Title: AN ACT to incorporate the Harrison
Academy in Wilkinson county, and appoint Trustees
for the same; also, to revive an act in relation to
the West Point Company.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Georgia in General
Assembly met, That A. W. Jordon, Nimrod Burke, R. T.
Rozar, John Burke and Samuel Meredith, be, and they
are hereby appointed Trustees, and they and their
successors in office are declared a body corporate,
by the name and style of the Harrison Academy in
Wilkinson county.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the said Trustees be, and
they are hereby vested with full power of filling
all vacancies which may occur in said board of
Trustees, of using a common seal, of sueing and
being sued, pleading and being impleaded, in the
several Courts of Law and Equity in this State; of
holding title to, and conveying real and personal
estate, of making all by-laws necessary for their
own government, not repugnant to the laws and
Constitution of this State, to appoint to, or remove
from office, such officers as they or a majority of
them may think proper.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the act passed on the 29th
December, 1838, entitled an act to incorporate the
West Point Company, and to provide a more easy
manner for the conveyance and execution

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of titles to the real and personal property
belonging to said company within the corporate
limits of the town of West Point, and for other
purposes therein named, be, and the same is hereby
revived, and made of full force and effect, and the
Stockholders of said company authorized to proceed
under the same.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws
militating against this act be, and the same are
hereby repealed. Approval Date: Approved, February
5, 1850.

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