Amendment to 1850, 26, § 1. SECTION 2. Section one of said chapter twenty-six of the acts of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty, is hereby amended by striking out the words "in the city of Boston, county of Suffolk." SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [1880, 6.] Chap. 27 AN ACT authorizing the Town of Natick to raise Money to pay the Expenses of the Funeral of the Late Vice-President, Henry Wilson. May raise money to pay funeral expenses of vicepresident of United States. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The town of Natick is hereby authorized to appropriate and raise by taxation a sum of money not exceeding the sum of one thousand dollars, to pay the expenses of the funeral in said town of the late vice-president of the United States, Henry Wilson. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 29, 1876. [1867, 65; 1868, 340; 1870, 47; 1873, 21; 1874, 65; 1875, 112.] Chap. 29 AN ACT to authorize the Town of Duxbury to establish a Sinking Fund, to meet the Loan made to pay for its Stock in the Duxbury and Cohasset Railroad Company. May establish sinking fund to Duxbury and Cohasset Railroad. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Such sums of money as the town of Duxpay for stock in bury may from time to time appropriate therefor, shall be set apart as a sinking fund, which, with the accumulated interest upon the same, shall be devoted to the payment at maturity of the loan or loans made by said town to pay for its stock in the Duxbury and Cohasset Railroad Company. Commissioners of fund. SECTION 2. Such sinking fund shall be subject to the provisions of section five of chapter two hundred and nine of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five; and commissioners of said sinking fund shall be elected and vacancies in the board filled in accordance with the provisions of said section five, with all the powers and subject to all the limitations and liabilities therein expressed. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [1878, 150.] [1830, 30.] AN ACT to dissolve the Salem Dispensary and to authorize the Trans- Chap. 30 fer of its Property to the Salem Hospital. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: sary Salem Dispenfry may trans property to Salem Hospital. SECTION 1. The Salem Dispensary, incorporated by chapter thirty of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and thirty, is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer and convey all funds and property whatsoever which it now holds, to the Salem Hospital, a corporation organized under the general laws in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and established in the city of Salem. SECTION 2. Said first-named corporation, upon such Corporation to transfer and conveyance, and without further act, shall be dissolved. be dissolved. Approved March 3, 1876. AN ACT to authorize the Appointment and to define the Duties of a Chap. 31 may be ap pointed. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The board of mayor and aldermen of the Harbor-master city of Newburyport may appoint a harbor-master for the port of Newburyport, who shall continue in office until a successor is qualified, and who, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall give to the treasurer of said city a bond, which shall be satisfactory to the board of mayor To give bonds. and aldermen, in the sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties; and said harbor-master shall have the power to appoint a dep- May appoint uty when, in the opinion of the board of mayor and alder- a deputy. men, it is necessary; and such appointment shall be subject to their approval, and said board shall fix the salaries of both of said officers. Said harbor-master shall enforce the provisions of this act. SECTION 2. All vessels entering the said harbor shall be anchored according to the direction of the harbor master. SECTION 3. Every vessel before unloading lumber in the stream shall get a permit from the harbor-master, designating where such lumber may be rafted to avoid obstructing the channel or hindering the movements of other vessels. SECTION 4. Every vessel lying in the harbor, or at any wharf or pier, in said port, shall, when directed by Vessels to be anchored under direction of harbor-master. To get a permit from barbormaster before unloading. To be moved in harbor accord of harbor master. the harbor-master, cockbill the lower yards, brace the topsail yards, fore and aft, and rig in the jib-boom. SECTION 5. Said harbor-master may cause to be moved, ing to directions any vessel lying in the harbor and not anchored according to his direction, and not moving when directed by him so to do, and the expense thereof shall be paid by the master or owners of such vessel; and in case of neglect or refusal to pay after the same shall have been demanded, said expense may be recovered of said master or owners by the harbor-master to the use of the said city, in an action of Gravel, etc., not in harbor. contract. SECTION 6. No person shall throw or deposit in said to be deposited harbor, or any part thereof, any stones, gravel, ballast, cinders, ashes, dirt, mud or other substance which may in any way tend to injure the navigation thereof. Channel not to SECTION 7. No warp or line shall be passed across the be obstructed by channel or any dock, so as to obstruct vessels passing along warps or lines. Vessels to change berths when directed. To be statiored in stream as harbor-master may order. Penalty for dis. obeying instructions. Liability for damages. the same. SECTION 8. If any vessel occupying a berth at any of the wharves or piers of said city, either with or without the consent of the wharfinger thereof, shall fail to vacate such berth upon notice from the warfinger or his agent to the master, or those having such vessel in charge for the time being, in a reasonable time, to be adjudged by the harbor-master, the harbor-master shall then cause such vessel to be moved to some other berth, or anchored in the stream, and the expense thereof may be collected of the master or owners thereof, by the harbor-master, to the use of said city, in an action of contract. SECTION 9. The harbor-master shall have authority to regulate and station all vessels in the stream of said harbor, and to remove such as are not employed in receiving or discharging their cargoes, to make room for such others as require to be more immediately accommodated for the purpose of receiving or discharging their cargoes, and as to the fact of their being fairly and actualy employed in receiving or discharging their cargoes, the said harbor-master is hereby constituted the sole judge. SECTION 10. Whoever shall refuse or neglect to obey the instructions of said harbor-master, or shall resist him in the execution of his duties, shall forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. SECTION 11. Any person violating the provisions of this act, in addition to any fines imposed in accordance herewith, shall be liable in an action of tort to any person suffering damage by such violation. SECTION 12. It shall be the duty of the harbor-master to place in the hands of the master of every vessel arriving at the port of Newburyport, a copy of this act. SECTION 13. For the purposes of this act the harbor of said port shall be construed to extend from the chain bridge across the Merrimac River at Deer Island, to the bar at the entrance of said harbor. SECTION 14. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT to preserve the Eel Fisheries in Jones River, in the Town Chap. 32 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: of Kingston. SECTION 1. Whoever takes, catches or destroys any eels in Jones River, in the town of Kingston, in the county of Plymouth, in any other manner than by spear or hook and line, shall forfeit for every eel so taken, not less than one dollar nor more than five dollars, one-half of said fine to be paid to the complainant. Eel fisheries in Kingston, to be preserved. Jones River, in SECTION 2. All fines or penalties for violating this act, Fines and penwith costs, may be recovered in any court competent to try the same. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. alties. Approved March 7, 1876. [1839, 153; 1859, 4.] AN ACT to authorize the Newburyport Society for the Relief of Aged Chap. 34 Females to hold additional Real and Personal Estate. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: tional real and personal estate. SECTION 1. The Newburyport Society for the Relief May hold addiof Aged Females, is hereby authorized to purchase, receive and hold, by gift, grant, devise or otherwise, real and personal estate to an amount not exceeding seventy thousand dollars, in addition to the amount authorized by chapter one hundred and fifty-three of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and by chapter four of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 7, 1876. [1872, 344; 1874, 125.] Chap. 35 AN ACT to authorize the City of Newton to issue additional Water Scrip. May issue ad- Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The city of Newton, in addition to the amount of water scrip authorized by chapter three hundred forty-four of the acts of the year eighteen hundred seventy-two, and by section thirty of chapter three hundred and twenty-six of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, may issue a further amount thereof, not exceeding the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in accordance with the provisions of said first cited chapter, and for the purposes named therein. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 7, 1876. [1876, 54; 1880, 75; 1881, 129.] Chap. 36 AN ACT to authorize the Appointment and to define the Duties of a Harbor-master may be ap. pointed. Harbor-Master for the Port of New Bedford. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The board of mayor and aldermen of the city of New Bedford may appoint a harbor master for the port of New Bedford, who shall continue in office until a successor is qualified, and who, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall give to the treasurer of said city a To give bonds. bond, which shall be satisfactory to the board of mayor May appoint a deputy. Vessels to be and aldermen, in the sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties; and said harbor-master shall have the power to appoint a deputy when, in the opinion of the board of mayor and aldermen, it is necessary, and such appointment shall be subject to their approval, and said board shall fix the salaries of both of said officers. Said harbor-master shall enforce the provisions of this act. SECTION 2. All vessels entering the said harbor shall anchored under be anchored according to the direction of the harbor direction of har. bor-master. To get a permit from harbormaster before unloading. To brace yards, master. SECTION 3. Every vessel before unloading lumber in the stream, shall get a permit from the harbor-master designating where such lumber may be rafted to avoid obstructing the channel or hindering the movements of other vessels. SECTION 4. Every vessel lying in the harbor or at any |