a red oak by the fide of a branch, branching from lawfinh branch, corr.wonly called the Schoaltoufe branch, thence
%ith a ftraight line to the beginning, containing three hundred and twenty fix acres : and one other traft of land on
the fame fide of Trent river, a mile above Newborn, begmnning at a white oak, a corner tree of Culkn Pollock**
.lands, thence touth fifty degrees welt one hundred ai d fixty pole to a red oak, thence fouth forty eaft two hundred
pole to a pine, thence north titty eaft one hundred and lixty pole to a cyprels, thence to the firft ftation, containing
two hundred acres of land ; and the faid copy of a deed for the before recited lands, iigned with the name rfWilliam
Merritage, and atteited fay, John Wright, Jonn Rice, and Richard Lovick, bearing date the twenty eighb day of March,
in the year of our Lord one thouland feten hundred and forty eight, and the probate thereof as attefted by E. Hall,
the then chief Jnftice, having been made appear to the la isfaction of ihe General Afiembly to be the true, abfolute,
and exact con) of tfee be'ore mentioned original deed of i'ale ;
- II. Be it therefore enaclcd, by the General Alfftmbfy of the State of North-Carolina, and it is hereby enacled, by the au.
ihoritv of thefame, t! at it (hall and =nay be lawful for thereafter ofthe county of Craven, *nd he is hereby required,
•n application of the faid Richard Naff.m Stephens, or any per on on behalf of the faid Mary Stephens, to caufe the be-fore
recited copy of a deed to be regiftered in the regillcr's office of faid county, and the (aid copy is hereby declared
t) be good and valid in law and equity, and (hall for ever hereafter be deemed and confidered as an original deed of
foargam and fale, for all and every ihe lands therein mentioned, any law, ufa^e or cullom, to the contrary uotwitW
ftanding.
Chap. XL. An aS to vtft in John Hay, the property of certain lands in Duplin county.
I. TT7b'EriEAS it wasiefolved by an Afiembly held at Ne-Jibern, in the month ol April one thoufand (even hua>
VV died and cglity that a law, veiling in John Hay, his heirs and afligns, two thouland eighty three and one
third .feres, pari of a furvey ofiand patented by the late Governor Dobit, containing fix thouland acres, more or
lels, in Duplin comity, and bounded to the louthward and eaftward by the (ix.run<, and Alexander Stewart's furvey-
&c. to the northward and weft.vardby John Samp/on's and Siuit/.'s Luc's, mould puis : to carry whi;h re. olve into ef»
i, \,
II. Be it thfrrfore en:'i~} d, by -tkeGeneral-Mffembly ofihe Stateif North Carolina, endit is hereby ena&ed, by them**
ttnriiyofthefame, that Willium Dixtn fames Kenan, and James Mo*ret be, and are hereby appointed commiffion-eis,
who IhaltcaVift to be fiirveyed and laid offusto faid John titty, inss imalla number »f lu'rveys as is practicable*
tiu o th- ufand ai d eighty three acres aivd one third ef an acre of laid iand, in luch manner as to them, or any two of
them, may appear .-juft.
HL And be it }u ;bcr enafi.d, by the authority afrefard, that the furveyor flinll make two lets of plots of his fur-veys,
one copy o: which he is u> deliver to the faid John Hay., and the other into the regifters effice of Duplin county,
there to be i I b> the proper officer, wliic:i record fhall be ectprelfed to be inane purfuant to this act.
IV. And be it fitrt cr cud; I, by the 'authority aforeta'td, that the Iheriti'and comrniflioncrs of conriicated property
3fv»r Dunlin county; ore; her of them, fluli, an J they are hereby directed to give to John Hey aforeiaid, entry and
poflt lilen of al! and ever > part of the aforelaid two thouland eighty three and one third acres, to have and co hold the
fame by hiniielf, his heirs and alliens for ever, againftall perfons whatfoever claiming otherwiie than under Arthur
Doibs afcrefaid.
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VII Year of the Independence. The i Sin of April, 1783. Firfl Sefiion.
-Chak XXIV. An cR for the fromotitn of learning in the dif/ricJ a/" Wilmington.
I. TT 7KEREAS the good education of youth has ihe nioft direct tendency to promote the virtue, increafe the
\ V wealth, and extend the fame ol any people, and it is the'indilper fable duty of every JegmaYure to confult
the happinefs of a riling generation, and endeavour to .fit them for an honourable did harge of the locial dufes of life -
and v. hcreas it is reprefenteo that a put lie fe miliary of learning is much dclired in thd dtftfict of IFilmingfon, and thac
lome provifion is already made lor luch an inliittuion.
II. Beit therefore envfled, iy the Central Ajjert I ly of lit Stateof North. Carolina, rrd.it is hereby cneficd, ly the
authority of the famt, that the honourable Samuel AfM,: Archibald M'Laine, William Hill, Thomas JrTCuire, John ht~
from, John Hay , tile honourable Ma ard Starkey, John Lillirglin and Robert Shaw, ciquiies, (hall be, and ihey are
ereby tlecLred tobe a body ccrpor'ate, to be known and diftmguifhed by the title oi the trultees of Innis Academy, m
the ddlrict of-fVUmihgtm ; 2nd that die laid iruiiees mall appoint annually ^out of their own body a prefide nt, -fecrera-ry,
and trealurerot the corporation, and they the faid trtiftees (hall keep a public ft-al, and the \^v..e m-y alter and
amend at pUaf'.ue ; they f ol luing cr beii g fued at law ; they may purch'afe hinds, and the liime rif.
poie of at pleafure ; they maj rective donai'^i s and leg-iciii in money, lands and other property) provided the inter-elf,
rents and nett profits 1 1 their capital, fiiall not a; .n.y tin.e exceed three thoufand Spanifl) iniikd doil :rs ptr, an.
rum ; in general they fu.. dg or maj do - 1 jch th i gs as are ul'ually doi.j by bodies coi;por<ue and .pulitic, or Akih
*» mv) be necelLry lor tUcpiy:..ctiWi oi lean;in^ aud virtue.
