1883_public laws_221_6
CHAPTER 220 Aun act to establish graded schools at Edenton, Chowan county, North Carolina. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
That William Heath, Hannibal Badham, Philip McDonald, Elijah Hathaway, J. W. Draper, London Johnson and G. W. Lane be and they are hereby constituted a board of trustees for the graded school for the colored race, which shall be free to the colored children of both sexes of said schoo] district.