An Act to establish an Academy in Duplin county, within one mile of
the house of Benjamen Hodges, by the name of the "Goshen Academy"

Be it therefore 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 Samuel Stanford, Charles Hooks, David Hooks, Thomas Hill,
junior, James Wright, Samuel Dunn, Levi Borden, Lewis Dickson, William
Dickson, Joseph Dickson and David Wright, be and they are hereby
ordained and constituted a body corporate, to be known by the name
of the Trustees of the Goshen Academy, and by that name shall have
perpetual succession; and they or their successors, or a majority of
them, by the name aforesaid, shall be able and capable in law to sue
and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any Courts of Record within
this State, and shall take, demand and receive any property, real or
personal, any monies or other things which shall be given for the use
of the said Adacemy, and the same to apply according to the will of the
donor, and by gift, purchase or devise, to take, have and possess,
receive, enjoy and retain to them and their successors forever, any
lands, rents or tenements of whatever nature or kind soever in special 
confidence, and that the same or the profits thereof be applied to and
for the purpose of establishing and endowing the said Academy.

II. And be it further enacted, That the said Trustees, or a majority of
them, shall have authority to make such Bye-Laws and Regulations as are
usual in such Seminaries, and to appoint other Trustees, who shall 
have the same powers and authority as are granted to the other Trustees
appointed by this act.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1813
Chapter XXXVIII
Page 24-25


An Act to establish a Seminary of Learning in the county of Duplin,
by the name of "Greene Academy."

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 Thomas
Wright, Joseph Greene, Levi Borden, John Beck, Alfred Beck, Samuel
Dunn, Elias Faison, Lewis Dickson, David Wright and Jethro Oates, be
and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, to
be known and distinguished by the name of "The Trustees of Greene
Academy," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and they
or their successors by the name aforesaid, or a majority of them,
shall be able and capable in law, to take, demand, receive and possess,
all monies, good and chattels that shall be given for the use of said
Academy; and the same to apply according to the directions of the donor,
and by gift, purchase or devise to take, possess and enjoy to them and
their successors forever, any lands, tenements or hereditaments in
trust, that the same, or the profits thereof, be applied to and for the
purpose of establishing and endowing the said Academy.

II. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees, or a majority
of them, by the name aforesaid, shall be able and capable in law to
grant, bargain, sell and convey any such lands, tenements or hereditaments,
as aforesaid, when such conveyance is not inconsistent with the terms
of the donation; and further that the said trustees, their successors,
or a majority of them, shall be able and capable in law, by the name
aforesaid, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be 
answered, in any Court of Law and Equity in this state.

III. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their successors,
or a majority of them, shall have and are hereby declared to have full
power to make or ordain such laws and regulations for their own government
and for the regulation and government of said Academy as to them may appear
necessary, and shall be able and capable to do all things whatever, for
the promotion of said Academy, in as full and ample a manner as any body
politic and corporate can or may do by law.

IV. And be it further enacted, That upon the death or resignation, inability
or refusing to act of any of the trustees, or a majority of them, to elect
others to supply their place, and when so appointed, shall have equal powers
with the trustees appointed by this act.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1813
Chapter LXI
Page 31-32





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