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parts thereof, whereof such revocations shall be made : and so from time 

 to time as often as she shall think fit, anything herein contained to the 

 contrary notwithstanding. 



In Witness whereof, the parties to these presents have hereunto inter- 

 changeably set their hands and seals, the day and year first above 

 written. 



Signed, sealed and delivered 



in presence of us. Sarah Derby. (Seal.) 



Benjamin Cushing. 

 William Cushing. 



In accordance with the condition in the foregoing deed, the 

 Trustees obtained from the General Court the following Act, 

 which was passed Nov. 11, 1784: — 



Acts of 1784, Chap. 32. Passed Nov. 11, 1784. 



An Act for establishing a School in the North Parish of Hingham, by 

 the name of the Derby School, and for appointing and incorporating 

 Trustees of the said School. 



WHEREAS the education of youth has ever been considered by the wise 

 and good as an object of the highest consequence to the safety and happi- 

 ness of a free people : — And whereas Sarah Derby of Hingham, in 

 the county of Suffolk, Widow, on the 21st of October last past, by a Deed 

 of Lease and Release of that date, legally executed, gave, granted and 

 conveyed to the Rev. Ebenezer Gay, and others therein named, and to 

 their heirs, a certain piece of land with the buildings thereon, situate in 

 the north parish of the said Hingham, and in the said Deed described, to 

 the use and upon the trust, that the rents and profits thereon be appropri- 

 ated forever to the support of a School in the said north parisli of Hingham, 

 for the instruction of such youth iu such arts, languages and branches of 

 science as are particularly mentioned, enumerated and described in the 

 said Deed : — And whereas the execution of the generous and important 

 design of instituting the said School will be attended with great embarrass- 

 ments, unless, by an act of incorporation, the Trustees mentioned in the 

 said Deed, and their successors, shall be authorized to commence and 

 prosecute actions at law, and transact such other matters in their corporate 

 capacity as the interest of the said School shall require : 



Sec. 1. Be it therefore enacted, by the Senate and House of Represen- 

 tatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, that 

 there be, and there hereby is established, in the north parish of Hingham, 

 in the county of Suffolk, a School by the name of Derby School, for the 

 promotion of virtue and instruction of such youth of each sex in such arts, 

 languages and branches of science, as are respectively and severally men- 

 tioned, enumerated and described by a Deed of Lease and Release, made 

 and executed ou the twenty-first day of October last past, by and between 

 Sarah Derby, of Hingham aforesaid, Widow, on the one part, aud the 

 Rev. Ebenezer Gay, the Rev. Daniel Shute, John Thaxter, Esq., 

 the Hon. Benjamin Lincoln, Esq., all of the said Hingham ; the Hon. 

 Cotton Tufts, of Weymouth and the Hon. Richard Cranch, of Brain- 

 tree, both in the said county of Suffolk, Esqrs. ; the Hon. William 



