1901_public laws_498_8
CHAPTER 497 ~.. An act to establish graded schools in the town of Greenville, N. C. Wye The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That if the Trustees of the graded school herein appointed shall deem the grounds on which Pitt Academy is now located a suitable place for the location of the graded school building for the white children of the said district then the said graded school may be located there by and with the consent of the Trustees of the said academy; but if they shail deem another location more suitable then the Board of Trustees of the academy as herein constituted may. if they shall deem it advisable to do so, sell said academy and all the lands belonging thereto in such manner and on such terms as they may deem best, make a good title to the purchasers and invest the proceeds of such sale in a location and buildings for a graded school for the whites of said district.