Robeson County, NC – White Oak Academy - Act to Incorporate, 1828 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An Act to establish White Oak Academy, in the county of Robeson, 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 M'Lean, Archibald Gildhcrist, John M'Donald, James M'Eachin and A. M'Eachin, of the county of Robeson, be, and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, known and distinguished by the 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 and receive and possess money, goods and chattels, lands and tenements, for the use of said academy, and apply the same according to the will of the donor. Source: NC Archives Public and Private Laws of North Carolina 1828 Chapter CXL Page 79 ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts - gpotts1@nc.rr.com ______________________________________________________________________