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

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An Act to establish a Seminary of Learning in the county of Duplin,
by the name of "Greene Academy."

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
Wright, Joseph Greene, Levi Borden, John Beck, Alfred Beck, Samuel
Dunn, Elias Faison, Lewis Dickson, David Wright and Jethro Oates, be
and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, to
be known and distinguished by the name of "The Trustees of Greene
Academy," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and they
or their successors by the name aforesaid, or a majority of them,
shall be able and capable in law, to take, demand, receive and possess,
all monies, good and chattels that shall be given for the use of said
Academy; and the same to apply according to the directions of the donor,
and by gift, purchase or devise to take, possess and enjoy to them and
their successors forever, any lands, tenements or hereditaments in
trust, 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, by the name aforesaid, shall be able and capable in law to
grant, bargain, sell and convey any such lands, tenements or hereditaments,
as aforesaid, when such conveyance is not inconsistent with the terms
of the donation; and further that the said trustees, their successors,
or a majority of them, shall be able and capable in law, by the name
aforesaid, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be 
answered, in any Court of Law and Equity in this state.

III. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their successors,
or a majority of them, shall have and are hereby declared to have full
power to make or ordain such laws and regulations for their own government
and for the regulation and government of said Academy as to them may appear
necessary, and shall be able and capable to do all things whatever, for
the promotion of said Academy, in as full and ample a manner as any body
politic and corporate can or may do by law.

IV. And be it further enacted, That upon the death or resignation, inability
or refusing to act of any of the trustees, or a majority of them, to elect
others to supply their place, and when so appointed, shall have equal powers
with the trustees appointed by this act.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1813
Chapter LXI
Page 31-32

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