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Georgia: Elbert County: Incorporation of Philomathia Academy, 1823
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1823 Vol. 1 -- Page: 7
To incorporate Philomathia Academy in the county of Elbert, and to appoint other
commissioners therein named. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rspresentatives of
the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of
the same, That from and after the passing of this act the Academy in the county of Elbert,
known by the name of Philomathia Academy, shall be called and known by that name, and that
Beverly Allen, Henry White, Asa Thompson; Bedford Harper, and Richard Banks, the present
Trustees of said Academy and
their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate and
politic, by the name and style of the Trustees of Philomathia
Academy and as such shall be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be
impleaded, to have and use a common seal, and to do and perform
all such matters and things as may be authorised by the constitution or fundamental
regulations of said Academy.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the trustees or proprietors of said Academy, or
such authority as may be authorised by said fundamental regulations, shall have power to
adopt such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for its government and prosperity,
and to appoint and remove for
improper conduct or neglect of duty, such officers as may be authorised by the proper
authority. Provided, that the regulations for the government of
said Academy be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their successors in office
shall be capable of accepting and being invested with
all manner of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and
immunities whatsoever, which may belong to the said institution, or which may hereafter be
conveyed or transferred to them, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and
behoof of said Academy.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That elections of trustees and other officers shall be
held at such periods
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and in such manner, and vacancies occurring in the board or in the other offices, shall be
filled in such manner as may be prescribed by the laws and
regulations for the government of said institution.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That Wiley Thompson, Jeptha V. Harris, Archelus
Jarret,
JOHN A. HEARD, and Thomas Jones, be and they are hereby appointed trustees of the Elbert
County Academy, and that the said trustees and their successors in office be and they are
hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic by the name and style of the Trustees
of the Elbert county Academy, and shall be vested with the same powers and under like
restrictions as are prescribed for the Trustees of the Madison county Academy by an act
passed on the thirteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and
twenty-three, entitled an act to incorporate the Madison County Academy and to appoint
trustees for the same.
DAVID ADAMS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS,
President of the Senate.
G. M. TROUP, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, Dec. 19, 1823.
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