Rutherford County, NC - Rutherford Agricultural Society - Act to Incorporate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An Act to incorporate the Rutherford Agricultural Society. 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 Joseph M'D. Carson, John Moore, George Jones, Moses Logan, George Walton, Hugh Quinn, and Elijah Patton, jr. and their associates, be, and they are hereby incorporated a body politic and corporate, under the name of the "Rutherford Agricultural Society," with power to have, possess, hold, enjoy, and transfer, alien real and personal property, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded; and further, to make such rules and regulations for the government of said society, as they may think best calculated to promote the welfare of the Institution. Source: Public and Private Laws of North Carolina 1819-22 Chapter XCIV Page 63 ______________________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________________