1883_public laws_416_5
CHAPTER 415 An act to establish a graded school in Magnolia, Duplin county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
That Dr. M. K. Devane, G. W. Brinkley, Henry Hollingsworth, H. E. Newley, Dr. McMillain, be and they are hereby constituted a board of trustees for the graded school for the whites; that said board shall have power to fill all vacancies occurring in said board, to employ teachers, and do all such acts as shall be necessary to carry on said graded school for the white children.