Chatham County, NC – Cedar Grove Academy - Act to Establish, 1826

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An Act to establish Cedar Grove Academy, in the county of Chatham, and to 
incorporate the trustees thereof

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is 
hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Thomas Snipes and John 
Snipes, of the county of Chatham, and Jesse Nevill, Bryant Stroud and Caleb 
Lindsey, of the county of Orange, be, and they are hereby declared to be a body 
politic and corporate, known and distinguished by the name and style of the 
Trustees of Cedar Grove Academy, and by that name and style shall have 
perpetual succession and a common seal; and they, or a majority of them, or 
their successors, shall be able and capable in law to take, demand, receive and 
possess money, goods and chattels, lands and tenements, for the use of said 
academy, and apply the same according to the will of the donor.

And be it further enacted, That the said trustees, or a majority of them, and 
their successors, shall be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead 
and be impleaded, in any court of this State, and to do all such acts and 
things as may be necessary and proper to be done by bodies corporate, for the 
advancement and promotion of science in said institution, not inconsistent with 
the laws of this State.

And be it further enacted, That whenever any of the aforesaid trustees shall 
die, remove, resign, or by any other means become incapable of performing their 
duties as trustees of said institution, a majority of those remaining shall 
elect some fir and suitable person or persons in his or their stead, who shall 
have the same powers as their predecessors.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1826
Chapter XXXVIII
Page 29

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