Wayne County NcArchives Court.....Everittsville Female Academy, Act To Incorporate January 16, 1847
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Written: January 16, 1847

Laws of the State of North Carolina 
Passed by the General Assembly at the Session of 1846-47
Published agreeably to the ninety-fifth chapter of the Revised Statues
Raleigh
Thomas J. Lemay, Printer
1847

Chapter CXXI

An Act to incorporate Everittsville Female Academy, in the county of Wayne

Sec. 1. 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 Everitt, John 
Wright, David B. Everitt, Curtis Hooks, Willis Hall, Samuel Smith, William 
Carraway, and John C. Slocumb, and their associates and successors, be, and they 
are declared to be a body corporate and politic, by the name of the Trustees of 
Everittsville Female Academy; and by that name shall have perpetual succession 
and a common seal; be capable of suing and being sued, and of demanding, 
receiving and possessing monies, goods and chattels, lands and tenements, for the 
use of said Academy; of making all such by-laws and regulations as they may deem 
necessary for the good government of said Academy, and for the promotion of 
learning and science in said Institution, which may not be inconsistent with the 
Constitution and laws of this State or of the United States.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said trustees, or a majority of them, 
shall have power to appoint other trustees of the said academy, so as not to 
exceed ten in number, and may supply all vacancies which may occur in the board 
of trustees, by death, resignation, removal or otherwise; and the said board, or 
a majority of them, may employ teachers, and contract with them for their 
services, which contracts shall be binding on the said board; and may do all 
other things which are proper to be done by bodies corporate, having for their 
object the advancement of learning.

Sec 3. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force from and after its 
ratification.

[Ratified 16th January, 1847.]

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