An Act to establish Bethel Academy, in the county of Duplin, 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 the Reverend
David O. Shattuck, Major George E. Houston, Howell Best, James Pearsall,
General Stephen Miller, Richard Miller, Jeremiah Pearsall, John Chambers,
George Miller, James Chambers, sen'r, and Charles Chambers, be, and they
are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, to be known and
distinguished by the name of Trustees of the Bethel Academy, and by that
name shall have perpetual succession and a common seal; and they, or a
majority of them, by the name aforesaid, shall be able and capable in law 
to receive subscriptions and donations, possess all monies, goods and 
chattels that shall be given for the use of said academy; and by gift, 
purchase and devise take, possess and enjoy to them or their successors 
any lands, tenements and hereditaments, in trust and for the purposes of 
establishing and endowing said academy.

Be it further enacted, That the said trusees, or a majority of them, by
the name aforesaid, shall be fully authorised and made capable in law to
grant, bargain, sell and convey such land and tenements and hereditaments
as aforesaid, when such conveyance is not inconsistent with the terms of
donations and the said trustees, or their successors in office, shall be
able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any
court of law or equity within this State.

And be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their successors,
or a majority of them, shall have power to make, ordain and establish such
laws, rules and regulations for their own government and for the regulation
of said academy, as to them may appear necessary and proper. And upon the
death, resignation, refusal to act or removal out of the State of any of
the trustees aforesaid, the remaining trustees or a majority of them shall
have power to fill such vacancies as may thereby be occasioned; and the
trustees so appointed shall have the same powers as those mentioned in the
first section of this act.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1828
Chapter CXLVII
Page 32





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