PRIVATE AND SPECIAL STATUTES OF MASSACHUSETTS. 1876. [1845, 151; 1856, 46; 1869, 146.] AM ACT to amend certain Acts relating to the Mercantile Library Chap. 2 Association, of Boston. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: tion. SECTION 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and Mercantile Lififty-one of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and brary associa forty-five, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Mercantile Library Association," is hereby amended by striking out the words "among young men now engaged in, or destined for, the mercantile professions." 1845, 151, § 2. SECTION 2. Section two of said chapter is hereby Amendment to amended by striking out the words "a majority of the members of the corporation" and inserting in place thereof the words, "a majority of the members present and voting at a legal meeting.' 1845, 151, § 3. SECTION 3. Section three of said chapter is hereby Amendment to amended by striking out the words "engaged in mercantile pursuits or preparing themselves therefor, and." 1856, 46, § 2. SECTION 4. Section two of chapter forty-six of the acts Amendment to of the year eighteen hundred and fifty-six, entitled “An Act in addition to an act, entitled An Act to incorporate the Mercantile Library Association' passed in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-five," is hereby amended by striking out the words, "engaged in mercantile pursuits, and." SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [B. & M., 1833, 109; 1837, 113, 118; 1839, 82; 1841, 56; 1843, 90; 1845, 159; 1846, 75; 1847, 70; 1848, 322; 1849, 226, 230; 1850, 113, 240; 1851, 139, 196, 236, 244; 1852, 32, 118, 167, 306; 1853, 64, 415: 1854, 336; 1855, 42, 141, 371, 386; 1857, 263; 1861, 15, 176; 1864, 54; 1866, 127; 1869, 343, 378, 398; 1870, 9, 301, 401; 1872, 356; 1873, 79, 357.] [W. A. B., 1868, 188; 1869, 175, 319, 401; 1870, 279; 1873, 8.] Chap. 7 AN ACT to authorize the Boston and Maine Railroad to purchase the West Amesbury Branch Railroad. Boston and may purchase Branch Railroad. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The Boston and Maine Railroad is author Maine Railroad ized to purchase the rights, franchise and property of the West Amesbury West Amesbury Branch Railroad Company, and the said West Amesbury Branch Railroad Company is authorized to convey and assign to the said Boston and Maine Railroad its franchise and property, and all the rights, easements, privileges and powers granted to it; and the said Boston and Maine Railroad shall, upon such conveyance being made to it, have and enjoy all the rights, powers, privileges, easements, franchises and property of said West Amesbury Branch Railroad Company, and be subject to all the duties, liabilities, obligations and restrictions to which said last named corporation may be subject: provided, however, that such purchase or sale shall not be valid unless agreed to by the directors of the contracting corporations, and approved by a majority of the votes at meetings of the stockholders of each corporation called for that purpose. Purchase to be stockholders of approved by each corporation. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [1876, 124, 126; 1878, 245; 1880, 205; 1881, 265.] [1859, 173; 1865, 14; 1869, 428; 1873, 115; 1875, 65.] Chap. 11 AN ACT to change the Time of Election of the Directors of the Collateral Loan Company, and for other Purposes. Government to be in seven directors. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Section six of chapter one hundred and seventy-three of the acts of eighteen hundred and fiftynine is hereby amended so as to read as follows: The government of the company shall be in seven directors, five of whom shall be chosen annually, at such time as the stockholders may from time to time determine, together with one to be appointed by the governor of the Commonwealth, and one to be appointed by the mayor of the city of Boston; and the board thus created shall elect one of their number president, and such other officers as may be deemed necessary. confirmed. SECTION 2. The elections of directors, and other pro- Proceedings ceedings which have taken place at the annual meetings of said corporation which have been held in November, are hereby confirmed and made valid to the same extent as if said meetings had been held in October. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [1870, 36; 1872, 54; 1875, 31.] AN ACT to extend the Time for commencing and completing the Chap. 12 Cape Cod Ship Canal. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The time fixed by chapter thirty-six of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy, chapter fifty-four of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and chapter thirty-one of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five, for commencing and completing the Cape Cod Ship Canal, is hereby extended two years. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [1878, 38.] AN ACT to incorporate the Boston Police Relief Association. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Time extended ment and completion. for commence Chap. 16 SECTION 1. John W. Chase, Henry O. Goodwin, Corporators. George A. Walker, De Lafayette Thompson, George Smith, their associates and successors, all of whom shall be members of the police department of the city of Boston, duties. are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Boston Name and purPolice Relief Association, in the city of Boston, for the pose. purpose of assisting the families of deceased members of said association, and the members thereof, when sick or disabled, or upon the decease of their wives; with all the powers and privileges and subject to all the liabilities, Powers and duties and restrictions, set forth in all general laws which now are, or may hereafter be, in force relating to such corporations: provided, that said corporation shall not be Proviso. subject to the laws relating to life insurance companies, and shall not be summoned as trustee in any action or process against any person or persons who may hereafter be entitled to assistance from said association, under the by-laws thereof, or under the provisions of this act. Real and personal estate. ВТЕ SECTION 2. Said corporation, for the purposes aforesaid, shall have power to receive grants, devises, bequests and donations, and may hold real and personal estate not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars in value. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [1871, 134.] Chap. 18 AN ACT to authorize the Transfer of the Newton Free Library to the City of Newton. Newton Free Library may be transferred to Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The Newton Free Library may grant, transfer and convey to the city of Newton, its franchise, city for a public library and property, real and personal, for the establishment of a public library therein, to be forever maintained by said city. library. Grants, donations, etc., to inure to city for benefit of public library. Chap. 24 Eight aldermen to be elected at large. Repeal. SECTION 2. All grants, donations or bequests heretofore made to the said Newton Free Library, shall, by force of this act, and of the transfer and conveyance hereby authorized, inure and pass to the city of Newton, for the use and benefit of the public library to be established and maintained therein as aforesaid. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [1857, 18; 1870, 207; 1872, 87; 1873, 268; 1875, 159.] AN ACT to amend an Act to establish the City of Chelsea. SECTION 1. The act to establish the city of Chelsea, approved the thirteenth day of March, A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, is hereby so amended, that hereafter eight aldermen, being inhabitants of said city without regard to residence in wards, shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city at large voting in their respective wards, and in the same manner as is now provided in said act for the election of mayor; and the same proceedings shall be had to ascertain and determine the persons chosen as aldermen, as are now provided in said act in regard to the choice of mayor; and in case of vacancy, the mayor and aldermen shall issue their warrant for a new election to be held in the manner above provided. SECTION 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. legal SECTION 3. This act shall be void unless accepted by Subject to aca majority of the legal voters of said city present and fence by voting thereon by ballot, at meetings which shall be held in the several wards of said city on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of November next. Meetings for that purpose shall be duly warned and called by the mayor and aldermen of said city. Said ballots shall be "yes "no" in answer to the question, "Shall an act passed by the legislature of the Commonwealth in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled 'An Act to amend an act to establish the city of Chelsea,' be accepted?" or Approved February 29, 1876. [Accepted Nov. 7, 1876.] [1877, 23; 1879, 166; 1881, 200.] [1852, 93.] AN ACT to extend the Charter of the Massachusetts College of Phar Be it enacted, etc., as follows: macy. Chap. 25 ed without SECTION 1. The "Massachusetts College of Phar- Charter extendmacy," in the city of Boston, shall be and remain a body limitation of corporate after the expiration of its present charter, as time. fully as if no limitation in regard to time were contained therein; and shall continue to have the powers and privileges, and to be subject to the duties, liabilities and restrictions, set forth in its charter and in the general laws which are or may be in force relating to such corporations. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 29, 1876. [1881, 15] [1850, 26.] AN ACT to authorize the Bay State Iron Company to increase its Chap. 26 Capital Stock, Be it enacted, etc., as follows: capital stock. SECTION 1. The Bay State Iron Company, incorporated May increase by chapter twenty-six of the acts of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty, is hereby authorized to increase its capital stock to an amount not exceeding one million five hundred thousand dollars; and said corporation may hold real and personal estate, for the purposes Real and perfor which it was incorporated, not exceeding in amount sonal estate. one million five hundred thousand dollars. |