1924 private laws – Ch.18 Sec.3

That the said institution shall be under the control and management of the following fifteen named, constituting a board of trustees: Spencer Burnett, N. S. Hargraves, P. T. Everett, J. H. MeNair, and H. B. Moore shall hold for a term of one year; Cc. N. Brown, S. R. Riddick, N. G. Edmond, J. A. G. MeNair, and Ed. R. Cooper shall hold for a term of two years; J. W. Williams, T. W. C. Moore, A. J. Wynn, J. A. Taylor, and I. S. Riddick shall hold for a term of three years; and the successors for each above respective class shall be named by the Middle Ground Baptist Association at its regular annual meetings for terms of three years each, and in addition to the said trustees, there may be an advisory membership of said board of trustees, composed of three members appointed for a term of three years by the Roanoke Baptist Association for the white people; the latter class of trustees have no voting power and cannot hold any office in or under the said board.