Edgecombe County, NC – Columbia Academy - Act to Establish, 1827

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An Act to establish Columbia Academy, on the lands of Joseph John
Pippin, in the county of Edgecomb, 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 Asa Jones,
Allen Jones, Frederick Jones, Kenneth Hyman, Kenneth C. Staton, Bythel
Staton and Joseph John Pippin, and their successors, be, and they are
hereby delcared to be a body politic and corporate, to be known and
distinguished by the name of the Trustees of Columbia Academy; and
by that name shall have perpetual succession, and they, or a majority
of them, by the name aforesaid, shall be able and capable in law to
receive subscriptions and donations, possess all monies, goods and
chattels, that shall be given for the use of said academy, and by 
gift, purchase and devise, take, possess and enjoy, to them or their
successors, any lands, tenements and hereditaments in trust for the
use of said academy, and apply the same according to the will of the
donor, and dispose of the same, when not forbidden by the terms of
the gift.

And be it further enacted, That the said trustees, or their successors
in office, shall be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead
and be impleaded in any court of law or equity within this State.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the said
trustees and their successors, or a majority of them, shall have power
and authority to make, ordain and establish all such bye-laws, rules
and regulations for their own government, and for the regulation of
said academy, as to them may seem necessary for the promotion of
learning and good morals, and may do and perform all other acts and
things as are incident to and usually exercised by bodies politic
and corporate for the promotion of science, not inconsistent with the
laws of the State or of the United States; and upon the death, resignation
or refusal to act, or removal out of the State of any of the trustees
aforesaid, or in the appointment of a tutor or tutors for said academy,
the remaining trustees, or a majority of them, shall call a meeting of
all the stockholders or persons interested in the establishment of said
academy, who shall have power and authority to appoint a tutor or tutors,
and to fill such vacancies as may thereby be occasioned.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1827
Chapter CV
Page 74

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