1953 session laws – Ch.60 Sec.6
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CHAPTER 60 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 119, PRIVATE LAWS OF 1923, AND TO INCORPORATE OXFORD ORPHANAGE. WHEREAS, the Oxford Orphan Asylum was established by the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina, in Febru- ary, 1873; and WHEREAS, the said Orphan Asylum has been in successful operation since its establishment; and WHEREAS, the Superior Court of Granville County, on the 11th day of December, 1895, granted a charter to said Oxford Orphan Asylum for a period of thirty years; and WHEREAS, the General Assembly of North Carolina, Chapter 132 of the Private Laws of 1897, confirmed and amended the said charter granted by the Superior Court of Granville County; and WHEREAS, the General Assembly of North Carolina, Chapter 119, Private Laws of 1923, confirmed and amended the said charter, changed the name of said corporation to Oxford Orphanage and made its cor- porate existence perpetual; and WHEREAS, it is desirable that the said charter be further amended, without affecting the continuity of existence of said corporation and that its corporate existence be continued perpetually: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That the business of the corporation which is a purely charitable and educational one, shall be the continuance of the present institution known as Oxford Orphanage and its incorporation, without the change of purpose or identity for the maintenance and support of an orphanage or a home for the indigent white orphans of tender years, citizens of the State of North Carolina, to be selected and received as the directors, hereinafter provided for, shall determine without discrimination as to sex, religious denominations or localities within the State and the support and education of such orphans, including their religious, moral, mental and physical training, and their instruction in the useful arts.