Duplin County, NC - Act to Establish Goshen Academy, 1813

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An Act to establish an Academy in Duplin county, within one mile of
the house of Benjamen Hodges, by the name of the "Goshen Academy"

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North 
Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That 
the Reverend Samuel Stanford, Charles Hooks, David Hooks, Thomas Hill,
junior, James Wright, Samuel Dunn, Levi Borden, Lewis Dickson, William
Dickson, Joseph Dickson and David Wright, be and they are hereby
ordained and constituted a body corporate, to be known by the name
of the Trustees of the Goshen Academy, and by that name shall have
perpetual succession; and they or their successors, or a majority of
them, by the name aforesaid, shall be able and capable in law to sue
and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any Courts of Record within
this State, and shall take, demand and receive any property, real or
personal, any monies or other things which shall be given for the use
of the said Adacemy, and the same to apply according to the will of the
donor, and by gift, purchase or devise, to take, have and possess,
receive, enjoy and retain to them and their successors forever, any
lands, rents or tenements of whatever nature or kind soever in special 
confidence, and that the same or the profits thereof be applied to and
for the purpose of establishing and endowing the said Academy.

II. And be it further enacted, That the said Trustees, or a majority of
them, shall have authority to make such Bye-Laws and Regulations as are
usual in such Seminaries, and to appoint other Trustees, who shall 
have the same powers and authority as are granted to the other Trustees
appointed by this act.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1813
Chapter XXXVIII
Page 24-25

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