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An Act to Incorporate the Trustees of Woodburn Female Seminary in the County of Guilford.

1854-1855 Private Laws: Chapter 74

Private Laws of the State of North Carolina Passed in 1854-55 - Page 18.

Sec 1. 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 Rev. Neill McKay, Joseph B. Cherry, George D. Pool, Thomas Sparrow, John A. Maultsby, K. Rayner, John H. Haughton, A. C. Lindsay, Ralph Gorrell, C. H. Wiley, H. B. Elliott, W. S. Harris, Victor Barringer, James Owen, John A. Gilmer and J. S. Erwin, be, and they are hereby declared a body corporate and politic, to be known and distinguished by the name and style of "The Trustees of Woodburn Female Normal Seminary," and by that name and style shall have a perpetual succession, and a common seal, and be able and capable in law of holding lands, tenements and chattels, for the uses and purposes of said seminary, and of suing and being sued, and of pleading and being impleaded.

Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That the trustees shall have power to fix the time of their annual meetings and other meetings, of appointing an executive committee of five, of their own number, with power to supervise the internal regulations of said seminary, to fix on the salaries of teachers, and to do all other things necessary to, and for an institution of learning, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this State, and of the United States.

Sec 3. Be it further enacted, That the trustees at large shall have the appointment of president in said seminary, but they may empower the executive committee to select teachers.

Sec 4. Be it further enacted, That the faculty and five trustees, may confer such degrees as are conferred in other female colleges and seminaries, and grant such other marks of merit and distinction as are common to other schools of the kind.

Sec 5. Be it further enacted, That all Acts and clauses coming within and opposed to the meaning of this Act, be, and they are hereby repealed.

Sec 6. Be it further enacted, That the trustees of said seminary, may in their discretion sell not more than thirty scholarships at such prices, and on such terms as they may deem best.

Sec 7. Be it further enacted, That a majority of the trustees shall have power to select their successors, and the whole number shall not exceed sixteen at any time.

Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall be in force from and after February 25th, 1855.

Ratified the 16th day of February, 1855.

Thomas Bragg, Jr., Governor
Samuel P. Hill, Speaker of the House of Commons
Warren H. Winslow Speaker of the Senate

North Carolina
Office of Secretary of State, April, 1855.

I, William Hill, Secretary of State in and for the State of North Carolina,
do hereby certify that the Acts and Resolutions contained in this Pamphlet
are true copies of the original Acts and Resolutions passed by the General
Assembly of this State, at its late session.

William Hill, Secretary of State



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