An act of incorporation was obtained for the Du Lac Academy.

The evidence

• “But in that year, the citizens combined to procure a charter for the school. It had been demonstrated that a school with academic privileges could be maintained, and accordingly, on February 28, 1848, an act of incorporation was obtained from the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature, granting to seven Trustees the exclusive control of the school, which was then entitled " The Du Lac Academy," a name, however, which was never popular, nor one used beyond the charter and the correspondence of the ofl&cers of the school. The shares were fixed at $5 each, and one of the rules decided upon was, that instruction should not be given nor any meetings of the corporation held on either the seventh or first days of the week.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/12-rock-county-ch06-politics-war-record.md, PDF p. 482 / book p. 486

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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