Martin County, NC - Bachelors' Academy - Act to Establish, 1826

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An Act to establish Bachelors' Academy, in the county of Martin, 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 John B. Calland,
John D. Hyman, Francis E. Ward, Frederick W. Mayo, John Filpot, Joseph R.
Ballard, Nelson L. Taylor, Thomas H. Weathersby, Jacob J. Watts, Lewis
Harrell, John Bryan, James Mayo, Henry Watts and William W. Ward, be,
and they are hereby delcared to be a body politic and corporate, known
and distinguished by the name and stlye of "The Trustees of Bachelors'
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 the 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 any of the aforesaid trustees shall die,
remove, or 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 fit and suitable person or persons in his or their stead,
who shall have the same power as their predecessors.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1826
Chapter CXXI
Page 68

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