Warren County, NC – Warren Academy – Act to Establish, 1826

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An Act to establish an Academy upon the lands of Joseph W. Hawkins, in 
the county of Warren, and for other purposes

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 there shall 
be an academy established upon the lands of Joseph W. Hawkins, in the 
county of Warren, in a house which he has erected for that purpose, to 
be known by the name of the “Warren Academy.”

And be it further enacted, That William Williams, Williams Robards, 
Thomas H. Kean, Solomon Green, Micajah T. Hawkins, John D. Hawkins and 
Joseph W. Hawkins, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of said 
academy hereby established; and the said trustees, or a majority of 
them, shall have power to make such rules and regulations for the well 
ordering and good government of said academy, as they, or a majority of 
them, may deem expedient; to appoint other trustees, or fill vacancies 
when the same may happen, and to do whatsoever matter or thing which 
trustees of other academies in this State are allowed to do, for the 
encouragement thereof.

And be it further enacted, That all teachers of said academy, during 
the term they shall attend the same, shall be exempt from military duty 
of all kinds, except in case of rebellion or invasion.


Source:
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1826
Chapter LXIII
Page 41

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