Lenoir County, NC – Cambridge Academy - Act to Establish, 1826

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An Act to establish Cambridge Academy, in the county of Lenoir, and 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 Abraham Croom, Charles 
Westbrook, Moses Westbrook, John Kennedy, Isaac Croom, junr., Hardy B. Croom, 
Lewis C. Desmond, Jacob Parrott and Jesse Kennedy, and their successors, be, 
and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, to be known 
and distinguished by the name and style of “the Trustees of Cambridge Academy,” 
and by that name have perpetual succession, and shall be capable in law to 
acquire, receive, enjoy and possess any quantity of lands and tenements, goods, 
chattels and monies in trust for the benefit of said academy; that they may sue 
and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity within this 
State; that they shall have the power to fill the places of such as may die, 
remove or resign, and to establish such rules, bye-laws and regulations for the 
government of said institution as may be necessary for the preservation of 
order and good morals, elect a professor or professors, tutor or tutors, and 
other officers, and do and perform all such acts and things as may be necessary 
to the prosperity of said institution, and as are usually performed by bodies 
politic, for the accomplishment of the objects hereby contemplated; and that 
any five of the above named trustees shall form a quorum for the transaction of 
all business appertaining to the interest of said academy.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1826
Chapter CXXIII
Page 69-70

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