Chap. 55.

An Act to incorporate the "Fellenberg Academy," in the town of Greenfield. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of Persons incor- the same, That Wales Tileston, Samuel H. Read, James H. porated. Coffin, Ansel Phelps, Elijah Alvord, Hooker Leavitt and Franklin Ripley, together with their associates, their successors and assigns, be, and they hereby are incorporated, by the name of "the Fellenberg Academy," in the town of Greenfield, and by that name may sue and be sued, and shall be invested with all the powers, privileges and immunities, to which other similar corporations in this Commonwealth are by law entitled, and shall be capable of holding in fee such estate, real and personal, obtained by grant, donation or purchase, as they shall find necessary for the establishment and operation of the academy aforesaid, and the same to grant, sell and convey in fee simple or otherwise, as the said proprietors shall determine: provided, that the whole estate of said corporation shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars, and that the same shall be wholly applied to the purposes of education.

Real and personal estate.

Trustees and other officers.

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the proprietors of the said Fellenberg Academy shall be authorized to elect, annually, any number of persons, not less than five, nor more than fifteen, who shall be trustees of said academy, and continue in office for one year, and until others are chosen and qualified in their stead, and also to choose such other officers as shall be thought proper. The said trustees shall have the management and control of the property and concerns of the corporation, subject to such directions, as the proprietors of the said institution may give at any legal meeting. In the choice of officers, and in all votes of the Right of voting. Corporation, each proprietor shall be entitled to as many votes as he has shares provided, that no person shall be entitled to more

Transfer of shares.

First meeting.

than ten votes.

SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said proprietors shall be authorized to agree upon the mode of transferring shares, and the shares of each proprietor shall be a pledge to the corporation for the payment of instalments that may become due.

SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That any two of the persons above named are hereby authorized to call the first meeting of the said proprietors, by advertising seven days previous in some public newspaper printed in Greenfield, at which meeting, or at any other meeting duly called and holden, said proprietors may agree upon the mode of calling future meetings, and adopt a system of by-laws, not inconsistent with the laws of this Commonwealth. [Feb. 25, 1832.]

Chap. 56. An Act in addition to " An Act further regulating the Fishery in the Merrimack river,

1819 ch. 20.

1820 ch. 22. 70. 1822 ch. 75.

Repeal.

and the streams running into the same."

SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the fourth and fifth sections of an act, entitled 66 an act further regulating the fishery in the Merrimack river and the streams running into the same," passed the eighteenth day of

June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, be, and the same are hereby repealed: provided, however, that the said sections shall be in full force as to any prosecutions commenced for a breach of the same.

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That, instead of the penalty Penalty altered. contained in the third section of the act to which this is in addition, the person or persons offending against the same, shall, for such offence, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding twenty dollars, nor less than five dollars, to be recovered on complaint made to any justice of the peace for the county where said offence shall be committed; one half to the use of the town where the offence shall be committed, and the other half to the use of the person or persons who may prosecute for the same. [Feb. 25, 1832.]

An Act to authorize the owners of the T Wharf, in the city of Boston, to extend the Chap. 57.

same into the channel.

tend wharf.

SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the proprietors and owners of that quay or wharf, Proprietors aulying next northerly of the Boston Pier, or Long wharf, in the thorized to excity of Boston, known and called by the name of the T wharf, their heirs or assigns, be, and they are hereby authorized, licensed and empowered, at their pleasure, to erect, continue and maintain said wharf beyond low water mark, until the easterly end thereof shall be on a line with the northeast corner of the head of said Boston pier, or Long wharf, and the southeast point or end of Union wharf, extended to the limit prescribed by an act, entitled “an act to authorize the proprietors of Union wharf to extend 1828 ch. 92. the same," passed on the twenty-seventh day of February, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine: provided, how- Proviso. ever, that said T wharf shall be extended within the lines of said wharf, as it now exists, continued eastwardly to the limit aforesaid, and that any addition to said wharf, made in virtue of this act, shall be made with and upon piles, and that no solid wharf, by which the course of the water can be obstructed, shall be erected or placed in the channel.

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That nothing herein con- Rights of others tained shall have the effect to enable said proprietors of said T protected. wharf, their heirs or assigns, to violate any covenants or engagements they have made or entered into with any person or persons, or bodies corporate, and which are now subsisting, nor to infringe the rights or estates of any person or persons whomsoever. [Feb. 25, 1832.]

An Act to increase the capital stock of the Gloucester Bank.

Chap. 60. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- 1812 ch. 43. sentatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of 1827 ch. 113. the same, That the president, directors, and company of the 1830 ch. 58. Gloucester Bank, be, and hereby are authorized and empower- Increase of caped to increase their present capital stock, by an addition of eighty thousand dollars thereto, in shares of one hundred dollars each, which shall be paid in such instalments, and at such times,

ital.

Additional

as the president and directors of said bank may direct and determine provided, however, that the whole amount shall be paid in, on or before the first day of October next.

:

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the additional stock stock liable to aforesaid shall be subject to the like tax, regulations, restrictions and provisions to which the present capital stock of said corporation is now subject.

taxation, &c.

Certificate.

Chap. 61.

1831 ch. 68.

ital.

SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That, before said corporation shall proceed to do business upon said additional capital, a certificate, signed by the president and directors, and attested by the cashier, that the same has been actually paid into said bank, shall be returned into the office of the secretary of this Commonwealth. [Feb. 28, 1832.]

An ACT to increase the capital stock of the Oriental Bank in Boston.

SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of Increase of cap- the same, That the president, directors and company of the Oriental Bank, in Boston, be, and they hereby are, authorized and empowered to increase their present capital stock, by an addition of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars thereto, in shares of one hundred dollars each, which shall be paid in such instalments, and at such times, as the president and directors of said bank may direct and determine: provided, however, that the whole amount shall be paid in, on or before the first day of October next.

Additional

be taxed, &c.

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the additional stock stock liable to aforesaid shall be subject to the like tax, regulations, restrictions. and provisions, to which the present capital stock of said corporation is now subject.

Certificate.

Chap. 63.

porated.

SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That, before said corporation shall proceed to do business upon such additional capital, a certificate, signed by the president and directors, and attested by the cashier, that the same has been actually paid into said bank, shall be returned into the office of the secretary of this Commonwealth. [Feb. 28, 1832.]

An ACT to incorporate the Cabot Manufacturing Company. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority Persons incor- of the same, That Jonathan Dwight, Harrison G. Otis, Israel Thorndike, Edmund Dwight, James K. Mills, Thomas H. Perkins, Samuel A. Eliot, Benjamin Day, Samuel Cabot, Francis Stanton, George W. Lyman and George Bliss, their associates, successors and assigns, be, and they hereby are made a corporation, by the name of the "Cabot Manufacturing Company," for the purpose of manufacturing cotton and woollen goods, iron and machinery, in the town of Springfield, in the county of Hampden, and for this purpose shall have all the 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, en

Powers and duties.

titled “an act defining the general powers and duties of manu- 1829 ch. 53. facturing corporations.

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock of Capital stock said corporation shall not exceed the sum of one million of dol- and real estate. lars, and that the said corporation may be lawfully seized and possessed of such real estate as may be necessary and convenient for the purposes aforesaid, not exceeding the value of two hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of buildings and improvements that may be made thereon, by said corporation. [Feb. 28, 1832.]

An ACT to incorporate the President, Directors and Company of the Fitchburg Bank, Chap. 64.

in Fitchburg.

SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the author

ity of the same, That Francis Perkins, Edmund Cushing, Persons incorGeorge H. Hills, Nathaniel Rand, Stephen P. Gardner, Ivers porated. Jewett, Nathaniel Wood, David Boutelle, Alpheus Kimball, their associates, successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby created a corporation by the name of the "President, Directors and Company of the Fitchburg Bank," and shall so continue until the first day of October, which shall be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one; and said corporation shall be entitled to all the powers and privileges, Powers and duand subject to all the duties, liabilities and requirements contain- ties. ed in an act passed on the twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, entitled "an act to regulate banks and banking," and the pro- 1828 ch. 96. visions of an act passed on the twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtyone, entitled" an act to continue the banking corporations there- 1830 ch. 58. in named, and for other purposes."

transferable.

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the stock in said Where and bank shall be transferable only at its banking house, and in its when stock is books, and no part thereof shall be transferred by way of security for the performance of any obligation whatsoever, until two years from the payment of the first instalment into said bank.

SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock of Capital stock. said corporation shall consist of the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, to be paid in such instalments, and. at such times, as the stockholders may direct provided, the whole be paid in, within one year from the passing of this act.

SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said bank shall First meeting. be established in the town of Fitchburg, and that any three of the persons before named shall be authorized to call the first meeting of said corporation, by advertising the same in any newspaper published in the county of Worcester ten days at least before said meeting. [Feb. 28, 1832.]

Chap. 65.

1827 ch. 103.

1830 ch. 58.

ital.

An Act to increase the capital stock of the Franklin Bank. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority Increase of cap- of the same, That the president, directors and company of the Franklin Bank, be, and hereby are authorized and empowered to increase their present capital stock, by an addition of fifty thousand dollars thereto, in shares of one hundred dollars each, which shall be paid in such instalments, and at such times, as the president and directors of said bank may direct and determine : provided, however, that the whole amount shall be paid in, on or before the first day of October next.

Additional

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the additional stock stock subject to aforesaid shall be subject to the like tax, regulations, restrictaxation, &c. tions, and provisions, to which the present capital stock of said corporation is now subject.

Certificate.

Chap. 66.

Persons incorporated.

SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That, before said corporation shall proceed to do business upon said additional capital, a certificate, signed by the president and directors, and attested by the cashier, that the same has been actually paid into said bank, shall be returned into the office of the secretary of this Commonwealth. [Feb. 28, 1832.]

An ACT to incorporate the Bellingham Cotton Manufacturing 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 Nathan Jones, Asa Richardson, William White and Gilbert Clark, and such persons as may hereafter be associated with them, their successors and assigns, be, and they hereby are created a body corporate, by the name and title of the Bellingham Cotton Manufacturing Company, for the purpose of manufacturing cotton goods, and building machinery for said Powers and du- manufacture; and for this purpose shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties and requirements respecting such corporations, contained and provided in and by an act passed on 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 manufacturing corporations."

ties.

1829 ch. 53.

Real and personal estate.

Chap. 67.

porated.

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That said corporation may lawfully hold and possess such real estate, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, and such personal estate, not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, as may be necessary and convenient for the purposes aforesaid. [Feb. 29, 1832.]

An ACT to incorporate the Marblehead Charitable Society.

SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That Isaac Collyer, Nathaniel Adams, Samuel Dodd, 3d., Nehemiah Preble, Amos Humphrey, Jr., Joseph Glass, William Frederick, Samuel Standly, Thomas E. Vicary, Joseph Tucker, Daniel Symonds, Benjamin Doliber, Samuel Sparhawk, Samuel S. Trefrey, John White, Charles Chadwick,