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  History 
  of 
  Durhaji. 
  

  

  annually 
  thereafter, 
  shall 
  elect 
  three 
  gentlemen 
  of 
  integrit}' 
  

   and 
  ability, 
  qualified 
  voters 
  of 
  said 
  town, 
  to 
  constitute 
  "the 
  

   Durham 
  Board 
  of 
  Education 
  and 
  Learning," 
  and 
  the 
  said 
  

   "Durham 
  Board 
  of 
  Education 
  and 
  Learning," 
  the 
  school 
  

   committee 
  for 
  the 
  school 
  district 
  in 
  Orange 
  county 
  com- 
  

   posed 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Durham, 
  and 
  the 
  mayor 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  

   Durham, 
  who 
  shall 
  be 
  cx-ojjicio 
  chairman, 
  but 
  have 
  no 
  vote 
  

   except 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  tie, 
  shall 
  be 
  and 
  are 
  hereby 
  created 
  a 
  

   bod}' 
  corporate 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Durham 
  Graded 
  School 
  

   Committee," 
  which 
  shall 
  have 
  full 
  control 
  and 
  management 
  

   of 
  the 
  " 
  Durham 
  Graded 
  School," 
  and 
  each 
  member 
  of 
  said 
  

   "Graded 
  School 
  Committee" 
  shall 
  continue 
  in 
  office 
  until 
  

   his 
  successor 
  shall 
  be 
  elected 
  or 
  appointed 
  and 
  qualified. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  5. 
  The 
  Durham 
  Graded 
  School 
  Committee 
  may 
  sue 
  

   and 
  be 
  sued, 
  have 
  a 
  common 
  seal, 
  purchase 
  and 
  hold' 
  real 
  

   and 
  personal 
  property 
  not 
  exceeding 
  fifty 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  

   in 
  value, 
  and 
  may 
  adopt 
  any 
  rules 
  and 
  regulations 
  for 
  its 
  

   government 
  not 
  inconsistent 
  with 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  6. 
  The 
  principal 
  and 
  teachers 
  of 
  such 
  graded 
  public 
  

   school 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  restrictions 
  and 
  limitations 
  

   as 
  to 
  salary, 
  prescribed 
  by 
  section 
  fifty-one 
  of 
  chapter 
  sixty- 
  

   eight 
  of 
  Battle's 
  Revisal 
  ; 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  paid 
  such 
  compensa- 
  

   tion 
  as 
  the 
  "Durham 
  Graded 
  School 
  Committee" 
  may 
  deem 
  

   just 
  and 
  proper. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  7. 
  This 
  act 
  shall 
  be 
  in 
  force 
  from 
  and 
  after 
  its 
  ratifi- 
  

   cation. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  General 
  Assembly 
  read 
  three 
  times, 
  and 
  ratified 
  this 
  

   the 
  9th 
  day 
  of 
  March, 
  A. 
  D. 
  1881. 
  

  

  This 
  school 
  is 
  now 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  

   same 
  time 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  flourishing 
  institutions 
  of 
  the 
  

   town, 
  and 
  experience 
  has 
  demonstrated 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  Dur- 
  

   ham 
  with 
  its 
  great 
  energy 
  and 
  enterprise, 
  has 
  never 
  taken 
  

   a 
  more 
  positive 
  step 
  towards 
  material, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  intellectual 
  

   advancement, 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  its 
  Graded 
  

   School. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  past 
  the 
  domain 
  of 
  experiment 
  and 
  is 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  fixtures 
  which 
  is 
  pointed 
  to 
  with 
  genuine 
  pride 
  

   and 
  admiration. 
  

  

  ITS 
  ORIGIN. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Legislature 
  of 
  1881, 
  Hon. 
  Caleb 
  B. 
  Green 
  intro- 
  

   duced 
  and 
  secured 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  a 
  bill 
  providing 
  that 
  when 
  

  

  