CHAP. 30. and necessary for the organization and management of the business of their association, not repugnant to the laws and constitution of First meeting, how called. this state. SECT. 5. The first meeting of said corporation shall be called by any person named in the first section of this act, by written or printed notice given to each of the corporators, at least seven days prior to the time of such meeting. Approved February 4, 1875. Sec. 1, special laws 1870, amendment of. Corporators. Purposes of. Chapter 30. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Presumpscot Park Association," approved March twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section one of the special laws of eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled "An act to incorporate the Presumpscot Park Association," is amended by striking out the words "twenty-five thousand," in the twelfth line, and inserting instead the words 'fifty thousand,' so that the section as amended will read as follows: 'SECT. 1. Samuel H. Tewksbury, Charles R. Milliken, W. W. Harris, George W. Ricker, J. S. Lyford, John T. Berry, George Burnham, junior, William G. Davis, George Waterhouse, George O. Goss, Samuel J. Anderson, George Lancaster, Charles E. Jose, James A. McLellan, S. W. Hapgood and L. D. M. Sweat, are Corporate name. hereby incorporated by the name of the Presumpscot Park Association, for the purpose of improving the breed and quality of horses in this state by means of public exhibitions and the distribution of premiums, and otherwise, as in their judgment will best secure the purpose aforesaid; and said society may choose all needful officers, and have power to hold property, real and personal, to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, and Powers, by-laws, pass any regulations and by-laws, not inconsistent with the laws of this state, which they deem necessary for the management of their own affairs.' Officers. &c. Approved February 4, 1875. PISCATAQUIS COUNTY.-CRANBERRY ISLES FISH COMPANY. Chapter 31. An act additional to the several acts establishing the county of Piscataquis. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: 23 CHAP. 31. Officers author ized to commit prisoners to jail in Penobscot county. Keeper of jail ceive and detain authorized to re prisoners. SECT. 1. All officers within and for the county of Piscataquis, having authority to commit any prisoner or debtor to jail, shall be authorized and required for the term of five years from and after the passage of this act, if the county of Piscataquis shall remain so long without a jail within its own limits, to commit prisoners or debtors to jail in the county of Penobscot, in the same manner and with as ample authorization as like officers in said county of Penobscot are by law authorized and required to do; and the keeper of the jail in said county of Penobscot is hereby authorized and required to receive and detain in his custody all such prisoners and debtors; provided however, that the county of Piscataquis Expenses and damages, how shall be liable to the county of Penobscot for all expenses and paid. damages which shall accrue from any and all such commitments; and provided also, that in case of disagreement between the boards Proviso. of county commissioners of said counties as to compensation to be received by said county of Penobscot, for the use of its jail as aforesaid, any judge of the supreme judicial court shall, upon written application of either board, after notice and hearing, fix said compensation, and his determination shall be final and conclusive in the premises. In case of disagreement. valid. SECT. 2. All acts and doings of officers of the county of Certain acts made Piscataquis since March sixth, eighteen hundred and seventyfour, in committing prisoners and debtors to the jail in Penobscot county, and all acts and doings of the keeper of said jail in Penobscot county, in receiving and detaining said prisoners and debtors, which are in other respects legal, are hereby made as valid and legal as they would have been if performed at any time during the previous five years. SECT. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 4, 1875. Chapter 32. An act to incorporate the Cranberry Isles Mutual Fish Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legis lature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. William P. Preble, A. C. Fernald, A. C. Savage, A. Corporators. L. Manchester, and Arno Wiswell, their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby constituted a corporation by the name of CHAP. 33. Authorized to purchase, cure and sell fish. Capital stock and shares. First meeting, how called. the Cranberry Isles Mutual Fish Company, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the liabilities provided or imposed on similar corporations by the laws of this state. SECT. 2. Said corporation is authorized to carry on the business of purchasing fish of all kinds, curing, selling and shipping the same, in the town of Cranberry Isles, in the county of Hancock, and may purchase and hold real and personal estate to an amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars. SECT. 3. The capital of said corporation shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars, and shall be divided into such number of shares as the directors may determine. SECT. 4. The first meeting of the corporation may be called at the store of A. C. Fernald, in said Cranberry Isles, by any one of the persons named in this act, by giving to each of the others a written notice of the time, place and purpose of the same, seven days before said meeting. Approved February 4, 1875. Ch. 287, special laws 1873, repealed. Chapter 33. An act to repeal chapter two hundred and eighty-seven, of the private and special laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled "an act to authorize the town of Gouldsboro' to regulate the running at large of neat cattle in said town." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. Chapter two hundred and eighty-seven, of the private and special laws of the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, entitled "an act to authorize the town of Gouldsboro' to regulate the running at large of neat cattle in said town," is hereby repealed. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 4, 1875. Authorized to maintain a wharf. Chapter 34. An act to authorize the inhabitants of Steuben to build and maintain a wharf at the north side of the bay. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. The inhabitants of the town of Steuben are hereby authorized and empowered to enlarge and maintain and control their wharf on the north side of the bay, in said town. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 4, 1876. Chapter 35. An act authorizing Nathan Cleaves and Henry B. Cleaves to extend a wharf into the tide waters of Casco Bay. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: CHAP. 35. build wharves. SECT. 1. Nathan Cleaves and Henry B. Cleaves, their associates, Authorized to heirs and assigns, are hereby authorized to build, extend and maintain a wharf or wharves, from Little Chebeague island, in the county of Cumberland, into the tide waters of Casco Bay, not exceeding three hundred feet from low water mark. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 4, 1875. Chapter 36. An act to authorize Benjamin Ryder to extend a wharf into tide water in the town of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. Benjamin Ryder, his heirs, associates, successors or assigns, are hereby authorized to build and extend a wharf into tide water in the town of Islesboro', in the county of Waldo, and to maintain the same abreast of his land, in said Islesboro', not exceeding two hundred feet beyond low water mark. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 4, 1875. Authorized to build wharf. Chapter 37. An act to incorporate the Dexter Park Association. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legis lature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. Charles Shaw, Allen Merrill, C. C. Hatch, H. S. Dole, Corporators. W. H. Durgin, Levi Bridgham, E. G. Ingalls, F. Parshley, F. Flint, A. P. Fassett, F. A. Pennington, E. M. Tibbetts, O. Fitzgerald, W. H. Dustin, George Hamilton, W. D. Eaton, B. C. Thompson, Loring D. Hayes, their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name of the Dexter Park Association, and by that name shall have power to Corporate name. CHAP. 38. Seal. Capital stock. Shares. May purchase and hold real estate. Rules and by-laws. First meeting, how called. sue and be sued, prosecute and defend suits in law and equity, to have and use a common seal and to change the same at pleasure, and to have, hold and exercise all the powers and privileges incident to similar corporations, and be subject to all the laws applicable thereto. SECT. 2. The capital stock of this association shall be twenty thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of the par value of twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, or one hundred dollars, at the option of the association. SECT. 3. Said association shall have power to purchase, hold and own, within the town of Dexter, in Penobscot county, real estate for the purpose of organizing, holding and maintaining agricultural fairs and stock exhibitions, and sufficient to construct, prepare and maintain a trotting park, with a suitable track within. the limits thereof, with such structures, fixtures and appurtenances as may be necessary or suitable for the proper use and enjoyment of the same. SECT. 4. Said corporation may adopt, from time to time, such rules, regulations and by-laws as they may deem proper and necessary for the organization and management of the business of their association, not repugnant to the laws and the constitution of this state. SECT. 5. The first meeting of said corporation shall be called by any person named in the first section, by publishing notice of the time, place and purposes of said meeting, in some newspaper published in the county of Penobscot, at least seven days prior to the time of said meeting; the certificate of such person, duly recorded on the book of records of the corporation, shall be sufficient evidence of the publication of the notice. SECT. 6. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 4, 1875. Authorized to build a wharf. Chapter 38. An act to authorize Albert S. Eells to extend a wharf into tide waters of Rockport harbor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. Albert S. Eells, of Rockport village, in the town of Camden, county of Knox, his heirs, associates, successors or assigns, are hereby authorized and empowered to build and main |