1897_public laws_180_2
CHAPTER 179 An act to establish graded public schools in the city of Hickory. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
That for the purposes and benefits of this act, the territory embraced within the present corporate limits of the city of Hickory, Catawba county, shall be, and is hereby constituted a public school district for both white and colored children, to be known as The Hickory Graded School District.