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 Kenan, Daniel L. Kenan, John W. Whitfield, James M. Nixon, William Wright and John Beck Wright, of Duplin: Daniel Joyner, Thomas K. Morisey, William Morisey, Curtis Thompson, Wright Faison, Thomas J. Faison and John Haywood Hicks, of Sampson County, be, and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of "The Trustees of Line Academy," and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded; shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and in general shall have, exercise and enjoy all such rights, powers and privileges, as are usually exercised and enjoyed by the trustees of any incorporated Academy in this State.

II. Be it further enacted, That any five of the said trustees may constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and that on the death, refusal to act, or removal out of the State of any of the trustees, the remaining trustees shall have the power to fill the vacancies occasioned thereby.

Read three times and ratified in General Assembly
this 4th day of January, 1826

Hutchins G. Burton, Governor
John Stanly, Speaker of the House of Commons
Bartlett Yancey, Speaker of the Senate

A true copy - William Hill, Secretary