however, that if, at the expiration of four years from and after the completion of said road, the net income or receipts from tolls and other profits, taking the four years aforesaid as the basis of calculation, shall have amounted to more than ten per cent. per annum upon the cost of the road, the Legislature may take measures to alter and reduce the rate of tolls and other profits in such manner as to take off the overplus for the next four years, calculating the amount of transportation upon the road to be the same as the four preceding years, and at the expiration of every four years thereafter the same proceedings may be had. establish gates, &c. this act. SECT. 11. Be it further enacted, That the directors of said Directors may corporation for the time being are hereby authorized to erect toll-houses, establish gates, appoint toll-gatherers, and demand toll upon the road, when completed, and they shall from year to year make a report to the Legislature of their acts and doings, under the provisions of this act. SECT. 12. Be it further enacted, That if the amount of Conditions of stock for said rail-road shall not have been subscribed, the company organized, and the location of the route filed with the county commissioners of the county of Berkshire, previous to the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, or if the said stock shall have been subscribed, the company organized, and the location made as aforesaid, but said corporation shall fail to complete said rail-road on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, in either of the before mentioned cases this act shall be null and void. [June 16, 1831.] Chap. 28. porated. An ACT to incorporate the Boston and Lowell Stage Company. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That Joseph Bradley, Levi Carter, Ira Frye, Persons incortheir associates, successors and assigns, be, and they hereby are made a corporation, by the name of the Boston and Lowell Stage Company, for the purpose of conveying passengers between the city of Boston and the town of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex; and for that purpose shall have all the powers and Powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties and requirements, contained in an act passed the twenty-third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty, entitled "an act defining the general powers and duties of manu- 1829 ch. 53. facturing corporations. duties. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That said company may Real and perlawfully hold such real estate, not exceeding the value of thirty sonal estate. thousand dollars, and personal estate not exceeding the value of fifty thousand dollars, as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects of this act. riages. SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That the name of said com- Name to be afpany shall be conspicuously affixed to all carriages which may be fixed to carused by them, under penalty of ten dollars for each and every day during which any of their carriages may be employed for the Limitation of fare. transportation of passengers, without having their said name so affixed thereto, which penalty may be sued for and recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction, by the person who shall first sue for the same, to his own use. SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That said company shall not ask or demand for the conveyance of any passenger, with usual baggage, any greater sum than five cents per mile, under penalty of ten dollars, to be recovered by any person aggrieved thereby, in any court proper to try the same; and said company shall be responsible for all baggage, or other property committed to them, their agents or drivers, to be conveyed on said route, or any part thereof. [June 16, 1831.] Chap. 30. An ACT in addition to an Act to incorporate the Trustees of the First Baptist Minis 1826 ch. 80. terial Church Fund in Randolph. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of Name changed. the same, That the corporation now known by the name of "The Trustees of the First Baptist Church and Society in Randolph," shall be hereafter called and known by the name of "The Trustees of the First Baptist Church and Society in Stoughton;" said corporation to be subject to all the duties and liabilities, and entitled to all the privileges, contained in the act to which this is in addition. Repeal. Chap. 31. Boundaries. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the seventh section of the act to which this is in addition, be, and the same is hereby repealed. [June 16, 1831.] An ACT to incorporate the Second Parish in Longmeadow. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority Second parish. of the same, That so much of the town of Longmeadow, as lies within the bounds herein after described, be, and the same hereby is formed into a separate parish, and shall be designated by the name of the Second Parish in Longmeadow, and shall be bounded as follows, viz: beginning at the north east corner of said Longmeadow, thence running westerly upon the line between Springfield and Longmeadow, far enough to contain one half of the territory of said Longmeadow, thence southerly, in a line parallel to the east line of said Longmeadow, so as to include one half of the territory, to the south line of said town, being the line between Longmeadow and the state of Connecticut; thence on the line of the state of Connecticut to the south east corner of said town; thence on the easterly line of said town to the first bounds and the dividing line between the said second parish, and the first parish in said town, as herein defined, shall, at the expense of said second parish, within one year from the passage of this act, be accurately surveyed and marked, and permanent monuments set up thereon, by Orange Chapin, of Springfield, in the county of Hampden, giving thirty days previous notice to each of said parishes of the time and place of commencing said survey; and the line so established by said survey, shall thereafter be the dividing line between said parishes. said limits to SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That all the inhabitants Inhabitants within the limits aforesaid shall be considered as belonging to said within the aforesecond parish, and that all the property within said limits, both belong to secreal and personal, shall be considered, for all parochial purposes, ond parish. as belonging to said second parish, in the same manner as property is by the laws of this Commonwealth deemed to belong to the oldest religious society in each town; and the said parish is hereby invested with all the powers, rights, privileges and immunities, and subjected to all the liabilities of other parishes in this Commonwealth provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent any person from becoming a member of any other religious society, agreeably to the existing laws of this Commonwealth. SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That Joseph W. Cooley, First meeting. is hereby authorized to call the first meeting of said parish, by posting up an attested copy of his warrant for that purpose, at the meeting-house in said parish, seven days at least before such meeting, specifying the time, place, and purposes of the same. [June 17, 1831.] An ACT to authorize the Salem Turnpike and Chelsea Bridge Corporation to discon- Chap. 32. tinue part of said Turnpike Road. 1801 ch. 63. (v. 3. road. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- (v.2. p. 506.) sentatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of 1802 ch. 90. the same, That the said corporation be, and hereby is authorized p. 120.) to discontinue and surrender to the town of Charlestown, in the (v. 3. p. 211.) county of Middlesex, that part of the said turnpike road which lies between Charlestown square and the northwest corner of the surrender part Corporation to Navy Yard at Wiley's corner: provided, however, that the said of turnpike town of Charlestown shall, on or before the first day of October next, accept the surrender of said part of said turnpike road, and shall, within four months from the passing of this act, cause the said road from Charlestown square to Caswell's corner to be well paved, and shall put the whole of said road from said Charlestown square to Wiley's corner, at the north west corner of the Navy Yard, in good and sufficient repair, and shall forever hereafter keep the same open and in good repair as a public highway : and further provided, that the said corporation shall pay to the town of Charlestown, towards the expense of the paving and repairs aforesaid, the sum of one thousand dollars within thirty days after the paving and repairs aforesaid shall have been well and sufficiently done and completed. act to affect the SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall Nothing in this affect the right of the corporation to demand and receive the same right of taking tolls which they are now by law authorized to demand and re- toll. ceive. And the corporation shall have the right to erect and keep up a suitable guide board to direct travellers to the turnpike, at or near the present entrance thereof by Charlestown square. [June 17, 1831.] Chap. 33. Persons incorporated. Real and personal estate. Shares. First meeting. An Act to incorporate the Proprietors of the Central Coffee House in Hopkinton. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That Joseph Valentine, Matthew Metcalf, Arba Thayer, Amaziah Claflin, John Gibson, Jr., Aaron Eames, and such others as may be associates with them as proprietors, their successors and assigns, shall be, and hereby are constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of the Central Coffee House Company, for the purpose of erecting, holding and managing a house of public entertainment, and its appropriate appurtenances, in the town of Hopkinton, and by that name may sue and be sued, defend and be defended, and may do and suffer such acts and things as other bodies corporate may do and suffer; may have a seal, and may make and ordain such by-laws, rules and regulations, as to them may appear necessary and convenient for the government of said corporation, and the prudent management of their affairs provided, that such by-laws, rules and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this Commonwealth. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said corporation may be lawfully seized and possessed of such real and personal estate, as may be necessary and convenient for the purposes of keeping and maintaining a good and convenient house of public entertainment, and its appropriate appurtenances, near the congregational meeting-house in Hopkinton: provided, the same be acquired by legal grant; and shall have power to improve and manage the same for a house of public entertainment, and to sell and dispose of the same at pleasure: provided, further, that the whole amount of estate of said corporation, real and personal, shall not exceed the sum of thirty thousand dollars. SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That the proprietors, at any legal meeting, may determine the number of shares said estate shall be divided into, and may afterwards increase the number of shares, if necessary, and may also determine the mode of transferring the same, which shares shall be deemed personal estate, and be subject to attachment and sale, in like manner as the shares of debtors in other incorporated companies; and said real and personal estate of said corporation shall be liable to be taken on mesne process or execution, and set off or sold, in the same manner as the property of individuals is, or shall be by law. SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That either of the persons named in the first section of this act may call the first meeting of the corporation, by posting up notifications of the time and place of said meeting, in said house of public entertainment, and near the outer door of the congregational meeting-house in Hopkinton, ten days at least before the time of the proposed meeting, at which time they may elect necessary officers, and do such things as may be expedient for their organization. Contracts bind- SECT. 5. Be it further enacted, That all covenants and ing upon all the stockholders in- contracts made by, and debts due from said corporation, shall be dividually. binding on one and all of the persons who shall be stockholders when such contracts are made, as fully as if such contracts had been made by said stockholders individually, and the Legislature shall have authority to alter, amend or repeal this act at any time hereafter provided, however, that any act of the Legislature, repealing this act, shall have the effect of vesting all the real and personal estate of said corporation in the individual members thereof, and their legal representatives, in the same proportions as they shall, at the time of such repeal, respectively hold the stock of said corporation. [June 17, 1831.] An ACT to incorporate the First Christian Union Society in Troy. Chap. 34. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That Leonard Garfield, Philip S. Brown, King Dean, Persons incorArza Bisbee, Daniel Martin, Job Simmons and Abel Tripp, porated. together with all others who now are subscribers to the amount of twenty-five dollars each towards the erection, or who may hereafter become pew holders to the amount of one pew each, in the Christian union chapel about to be erected in the town of Troy, and village of Fall River, their successors and assigns, be, and they hereby are incorporated as a religious society, by the name of the First Christian Union Society in Troy; with all the privileges, powers and immunities, and subject to all the duties and liabilities, to which parishes and other religious societies are entitled and subjected by the constitution and laws of this Commonwealth. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said society may Real and perhold, by grant, gift, devise, purchase or otherwise, and may sonal estate. manage and dispose of any personal or real estate, to any amount, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars provided, the income arising from said estate shall be appropriated exclusively to parochial purposes. SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That, at all the meetings of Right of voting. the said society, every subscriber to the amount of twenty-five dollars, and every pew holder, who shall be proprietor of one pew, and not exceeding five, shall be entitled to one vote, and no more; and every person, owning or holding more than five pews, shall be entitled to two votes, and no more; and every such owner shall be allowed to vote by proxy. SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That there shall be held an Annual meetannual meeting of said society, on the first Tuesday of May in ing. each year, or on some other day that may be prescribed by the by-laws and regulations thereof, at which the said society may choose their officers, who shall hold their respective offices one year, and until others shall be chosen in their stead; and may also raise and assess taxes, and exercise all and any other powers, which, under this act of incorporation, the said society are entitled at any time to exercise. SECT. 5. Be it further enacted, That any three of the per- First meeting. sons named in this act may call the first meeting of said society, by giving seven days notice in the Fall River Monitor, or some |