1903 private laws – Ch.405 Sec.1

That J. R. Howerton, J. W. Stagg, J. Knox Montgomery, C. C. Leman, R. C. Holland, G. H. Detwiler, A. C. Barron, P. M. Brown, B. D. Heath, S. S. MeNinch, John B. Ross, J. A. Durham and Heriot Clarkson, and their successors, be and they are hereby created a body corporate by the name of the Charlotte Crittendon Home, and by that name may sue and be sued, may have a common seal, may acquire, receive and hold real estate in the city of Charlotte, county of Mecklenburg, or elsewhere, by purchase, gift, devise or otherwise, and may acquire, receive and hold personal property by purchase, gift, bequest, by will or otherwise; may contract and be contracted with, for the purposes provided for in this act, and make such rules, regulations and by-laws for its management and exercise of its powers as in their discretion they may think necessary, and may alter the same from time to time as shall not be in conflict with the laws of this State and of the United States, and not repugnant to this act.