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Legislation Concerning Henry County
Academy
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1824 Vol. 1 -- Page: 13
Sequential Number: 008
Type: AN ACT
Full Title: To authorise the justices
of the Inferior Court of Henry county to convey to the trustees
of the Henry county academy a part of the lands heretofore
purchased for county purposes for the purpose of erecting
thereon an academy [Illegible Text].
Be it enacted
by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State
of Georgia, in General Assembly met, [Illegible Text] it
is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the
justices of the inferior court of Henry county be authorised
and empowered out of any lands by them heretofore purchased
for county purposes, and not otherwise disposed of, to convey
to the trustees of the Henry county academy in [Illegible
Text] simple, such portion thereof as may be thought necessary
for the purpose of erecting an academy edifice thereon,
and such other lot or lots of land as the said justices
of the court may think proper to convey to the said trustees
aforesaid by way of donation or otherwise.
JOHN ABERCROMBIE,
Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
ALLEN B. POWELL,
President
of the Senate.
G. M. TROUP, Governor.
Approval
Date: Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824.
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Georgia Acts of the General Asse 1824 November
1824 Vol. 1 -- Page: 28
Sequential Number: 020
Short Title: To incorporate the Henry County Academy,
and to appoint Trustees for the same.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is
hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That John Griffin,
Samuel Johnston, William L. Crayton, John Wood, William
Hardin, John Lovejoy and Joseph [Illegible Text] be and
they are hereby appointed, and they and their successors
in office shall be and they are hereby declared to be a
body corporate, by the name and under the title of the Trustees
of the Henry County Academy, with the privilege of using
a common seal.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted,
That the said trustees and their successors in office, or
a majority of them, are hereby authorised and empowered
to appropriate in the manner they may think best calculated
to promote the interest of the aforesaid institution, and
to erect suitable edifices for the promotion of literature,
all money and specialties or other valuable effects whatsoever
belonging to, or in anywise appertaining to the said institution.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That the aforesaid trustees and their successors in office,
or a majority of them, are hereby authorised to make such
bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government
of said academy. Provided, such bye-laws and regulations
be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state;
and the said trustees shall be entrusted with all manner
of property, both real and personal, all donations, grants,
gifts, privileges and immunities whatsoever, which may belong
to said institution by virtue of this act, or which may
hereafter [Illegible Text] made, conveyed or transferred
to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold
the same: Provided, that nothing in this act contained shall
operate to impair or destroy in any-wise the superintendence
and control given by law to the [Illegible Text] [Illegible
Text] of this state, over public schools instituted or supported
by public monies or funds of the same.
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SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That the trustees aforesaid, and their successors in office,
shall and they are hereby declared to be capable of suing
and being sued, to plead and be impleaded, [Illegible Text]
of using all other necessary and lawful means for [Illegible
Text] and defending any property, debts, or demands whatsoever
which they may claim or demand in right of said institution.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That should any vacancy happen by death, resignation, removal
or otherwise, of any of the trustees of said academy hereby
authorised and established, it shall be filled in such manner
as a majority of the remaining trustees may [Illegible Text]
out in their regulations at their first meeting after the
passing of this act, or at any meeting thereafter. Provided,
That it shall be the duty of said trustees, at the earliest
practicable period after any vacancy, to cause the same
to be filled.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees shall have
power to elect a treasurer, who shall give bond with approved
security to the said trustees for the time being, and their
successors in office, in the sum of two [Illegible Text]
dollars, for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed
in him.
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating
against the true intent and meaning of this act, be and
the same are hereby repealed.
JOHN ABERCROMBIE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ALLEN
B. POWELL,
President of the Senate.
G. M.
TROUP, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, Dec.
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ACTS OF THE General [Illegible
Text], OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, [Illegible Text] IN [Illegible
Text] AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOV. AND DEC. 1826.
[missing title]
Academies.
1826 Vol.
1 -- Page: 12
Sequential Number: 010
Full Title: AN ACT to amend and explain an act, entitled
an Act to incorporate the Henry County Academy, and to appoint
trustees for the same -- passed the ninth of December, eighteen
hundred and twenty-four.
Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in
General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority
of the same, That the said act shall be so construed as
to authorise and empower the trustees of said Academy and
their successors in office, to sell and convey in fee simple
titles, any lot or lots of land or real estate, which they
do now, or may hereafter possess, by virtue of any private
donation whatever, and to apply the proceeds of such sale
to the benefits of said institution, as by said act of incorporation
provided for.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That so much of the said act, and all other acts as militate
against the true intent and meaning of this act be, and
the same are hereby repealed.
Approval Date: Assented
to 20th Dec. 1826.
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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL
SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1834.
[missing
title]
ACADEMIES.
1834 Vol. 1 -- Page:
3
Sequential Number: 001
Full Title:
AN ACT to incorporate certain Academies therein named and
to appoint Trustees for the same, and to confer certain
powers, rights, and privileges upon the same.
SEC.
1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it
is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Jinkin
Wilson, Eaton Bancks, Henry S. Smith, Richard Turner, and
Trige M. Hardwick, and their successors in office be, and
they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Pleasant Academy
in the county of Jasper; who shall have full power to fill
all vacancies which may happen in their Board, and to be
entitled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities which
are conferred by this law upon any Academy.
SEC.
2. And be it further enacted, That Cullin Lockett, William
H. Pritchard, Alexander Spencer, James J. Bancks,
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Robert Tripp, John Sneed, and Thomas
Stanford be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the
Female Academy in the town of Culloden, with power to add
to their number, if desired by the Board, and to fill such
vacancies as may occur in the Board, and to have all the
rights, privileges, and immunities which by this law are
conferred upon any Academy.
SEC. 3. And be it
further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Gibson
Clarke, Bushrod Pettit, Guy W. Smith, Henly Varner, Thomas
D. Johnson, and Jonathan M. Peck be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees of the Henry County Academy at the town
of McDonough, in addition to the number already allowed
by law; and the said Commissioners herein named, and their
successors in office, shall be vested with the privileges,
immunities, and legal authorities from the passage of this
Act which are by law vested in the Trustees of said Academy
by the Act incorporating the same.
SEC. 4. And
be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Richard
Pace, John Martin, Elisha Perryman, Isham Broocks, and William
Maddox, and their successors in office be, and they are
hereby declared Trustees of Pace's Academy in the county
of Putnam, and as such are hereby declared to be a body
corporate, with the power of suing and being sued, of pleading
and being impleaded, of having, holding, and conveying property
real and personal belonging to said Academy, of making and
using a common seal, and of doing all other things appertaining
to said Corporation.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted,
That the Trustees of said Academy shall have full power
and authority to adopt such by-laws and regulations for
the government of the same: Provided such by-laws and regulations
are not repugnant to the Constitution and Laws of the State
or of the United States.
SEC. 6. And be it further
enacted, That any vacancies which may happen in said Board
of Trustees by death, resignation, or otherwise, the subscribers
shall, upon ten days public notice, assemble at the said
Academy, and by ballot elect Trustees to fill any such vacancies:
Provided that any two or more freeholders, residents of
said county and not subscribers, shall preside at said election;
and Provided that said election shall be determined by a
majority of the votes of the subscribers present and voting.
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SEC. 7. And be it further enacted,
That the said Trustees as a body corporate shall be capable
of accepting and being vested with all manner of property
real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, bequests,
privileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong
to said institution, or to be hereafter conveyed to them
and their successors in office, to have and to hold the
same to the proper use, benefit, and behoof of said Academy.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That William Murphee,
Matthew Jones, Jesse Cox, Fielding J. Brown, Allen Junning,
Addison E. Harris, and James Grubbs, and their successors
in office be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of
the Bark Camp Academy in the county of Burke; and that when
any vacancy shall happen in the Board of Trustees to fill
the same by a majority of the Trustees; and they shall be
entitled to receive a portion of the Academy fund of the
county of Burke, and shall have all the immunities and rights
conferred by this Act upon any other Academy therein mentioned.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That William Fish,
Alexander Irwin, Benjamin Sessions, Benjamin Tarberton,
and William B. Glenn, and their successors in office be,
and they are hereby appointed Trustees for Union Academy
in the county of Washington, to be entitled to all the privileges
and benefits, and under the same provisions of other incorporated
Academies in said county.
SEC. 10. And be it further
enacted, That Moses Jones, William W. Welbourn, Drury Kindrick,
William O. Rutledge, Abraham Miles, John P. Hardy, and Nathaniel
J. Scott, and their successors in office be, and they are
hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and
under the style of the Trustees of the Prospect Academy
in Harris County; and they are as such declared to be capable
of using a common seal, of suing and being sued, of pleading
and being impleaded in the several courts of law and equity
in this State, of receiving and holding for the use of said
Academy all donations, gifts, grants, and bequests, of executing
and receiving titles to property, of executing and receiving
acquittances, for making such by-laws, not contrary to the
Constitution and Laws of this State, as they may deem proper
for the government of said Academy, of removing, by a vote
of the majority, all officers for a neglect of duty or improper
conduct, and of filling all vacancies that may occur by
death, resignation, or otherwise.
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SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That Daniel Malone, Allen Green, John Drury, William D.
Ethridge, Jeremiah W. Stokes, Francis Tufts, and John W.
Gordin be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the
Blountsville Academy in the county of Jones: That James
R. Cox, Robert Burt, Davis Dawson, William Barron, and Ichabod
Davis be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of Blountsville
Academy in the county of Upson: That Live R. Bullard, William
Irwin, John Driver, William Prior, and John Meacham be,
and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Union Academy
in the county of Pike.
SEC. 12. And be it further
enacted, That Joseph I. Singleton, Asa Varner, William Bell,
Sterling Combs, and Walter S. Mitcheal, and their successors
in office be, and they are hereby appointed and declared
to be a body corporate, under the name and style of the
Trustees of the Prospect Academy of the county of Jackson.
SEC. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That the said several Boards of Trustees and
their successors in office be, and they are hereby appointed
and declared to be bodies corporate and politic, under the
several names, and as such shall be capable and liable in
law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall
be authorized to make such by-laws and regulations as may
be necessary for the government thereof; Provided such by-laws
be not repugnant to the Constitution and Laws of this State;
and for that purpose may have and use a common seal, and
appoint such officers as they may think proper, and remove
the same from office.
SEC. 14. And be it further
enacted, That the said Trustees shall be capable of accepting
and being invested with all manner of property both real
and personal, all gifts, donations, grants, rights, privileges,
and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said institutions,
or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them
or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same
for the benefit of said Academies.
SEC. 15. And be
it further enacted, That, in addition to the present Board
of Trustees of the Walton County Academy, Waters Brisco,
Peter G. Morrow, Orin Stroud, Paul T. Willis, and Reuben
Weaver, sen. be, and they are hereby appointed as Trustees
for said Academy, with the same
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powers
and privileges of those formerly constituting the Board
for said institution.
SEC. 16. And be it further
enacted, That Lewls Leroy and William B. Wafford be, and
they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Clarksville Academy
in the county of Habersham, in addition to those already
appointed.
SEC. 17. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That Frederick Sims, Elijah Catter,
Elijah Matthews, Matthew Hughs, and John McMurrain be, and
they are hereby appointed, and they and their successors
in office are declared to be a body corporate, by the name
and under the title of the Trustees of Bibb Academy.
SEC. 18. And that Anderson Rice, Henry S. Catter, James
R. Lowry, George B. Wardlaw, Eleazer McCall, David Flanders,
and Joseph Willet be, and they are hereby appointed, and
they and their successors in office are declared to be a
body corporate, by the name and under the title of the Trustees
of the Marion Academy in the county of Bibb: and that the
Trustees of said Academies respectively be, and they are
hereby vested with all the authority and powers, and subject
to the same liabilities as the Trustees of the Lake Academy
in the county of Bibb.
SEC. 19. And be it further
enacted by the authority of the same, That Gideon Strange,
English Smith, Isaac R. Youngblood, Lewis Dupree, Wiley
W. Cullins, and Frederick Cullins be, and their successors
in office, are hereby appointed Trustees of the Farmer's
School in the county of Washington, under the same rules
and restrictions, and entitled to the same benefits, of
the other incorporated Academies in said county.
SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That Hudson Wade, William
Hanson, William Perkins, William Stallings, and Nathan Aldridge
be, and they are hereby made a body corporate, under the
name and style of Commissioners of Union Academy in the
county of Morgan.
SEC. 21. And that said Commissioners
be, and they are hereby empowered, as a body corporate,
to use a common seal, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded,
in the several courts of law and equity in this State, make
all by-laws which may be necessary to the government of
said Academy not contrary to the laws of this State, appoint
their successors,
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fill vacancies, make,
receive, and execute all conveyances, acquittances, and
receipts, hold property real and personal, and any and all
things do in reference to the interest of said Academy which
may not be contrary to the Constitution and Laws of this
State.
SEC. 22. And be it further enacted, That John
Hunter and Alexander Duncan be, and they are hereby appointed
Trustees for the Blairsville Academy in the county of Union,
in place of John Lander and R. Holden, removed.
THOMAS
GLASCOCK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JACOB WOOD,
President of the Senate.
WILSON
LUMPKIN, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, 22d
Dec. 1834.
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ACTS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 1849-50.
1849 Vol. 1 -- Page: 31
Sequential Number: 033
Full Title: AN ACT to reduce the number of the Trustees
of the Henry County Academy.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted
by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State
of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the same, That immediately after the
passage of this act, that the number of Trustees of the
Henry county Academy be five, and that Adam C. Sloan, Humphrey,
Tomlinson, Leonard T. Doyal, Lewis L. Ledbetter and Daniel
Nolley be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the
said Henry County Academy, and that they have full power
to fill any vacancy that may occur in that body, by death
or otherwise, and that all laws and parts of laws contrary
to this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Approval Date: Approved, January 18, 1850.
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