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 individuals who are at present associated or may hereafter associate themselves, in the county of Chatham, with a view of establishing a public library association, be, and the same are hereby incorporated into a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the "Farmers' Library Association;" and as such shall have perpetual succession; may sue and be sued; be capable of acquiring and holding real and personal estate; have power to make and ordain bye-laws and regulations, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State, for their own government, and elect their own officers; and generally do, receive and perform all such matters and things as rightfully belong to or are incident to bodies corporate or politic within this State; any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

Read three times and ratified in General Assembly,
this13th day of January, 1834.

David L. Swain, Governor
William J. Alexander, Speaker of the House of Commons
William D. Moseley, Speaker of the Senate

A true copy, William Hill, Secretary