The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That chapter three, section one, Acts of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four and one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, line eight, after the word "academy," read as follows: That this corporation shall have power to confer such degrees and marks of honor as are usually conferred by literary institutions.

Sec. 2. That this Act shall be in force from and after its ratification.

Ratified the 8th Day of March, A.D. 1879.

Thomas J. Jarvis, Governor
John M. Moring, Speaker of the House of Representatives
James L. Robinson, Lt. Governor and President of the Senate

State of North Carolina,
Office Secretary of State,
Raleigh, May 19th, 1879.

I, William L. Saunders, Secretary of State, hereby
certify that the foregoing are true copies of the original
acts and resolutions on file in this office.

William L. Saunders,
Secretary of State.