continue to have the same force and effect, until altered or annulled by said engineers, as if this act had not been passed. [March 25, 1833.] Add. act, 1837 ch. 99.

Chap 152.

An Act to incorporate the East Boston Company, in the city of Boston. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That Francis J. Oliver, Stephen White, William Persons incorH. Sumner, and their associates, successors and assigns, be, and porated. they are hereby made a body corporate, by the name of the East Boston Company, for the purpose of improving Noddle's Island,

with the powers and requirements contained in "an act concern- 1833 ch. 83. ing corporations," passed March eighth, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

dle's island, &c.

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That said corporation may May hold Nodpurchase, hold and possess, in fee simple or otherwise, all or any part of that island, situate in the city of Boston, known by the name of Noddle's Island, with all the flats around the same, and the privileges and appurtenances thereto appertaining, and all rights, easements and water courses therewith used and enjoyed, and to the proprietors of said island belonging; with such personal property as may be necessary for the proper conducting of the affairs of said corporation provided, that the whole real and Estate. personal estate of said corporation shall not exceed in value the sum of five hundred thousand dollars and provided, that the lawful owners or proprietors of such estates shall convey the same to said corporation. And said corporation shall also have power to sell and convey, lease, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of said corporate property, or any part thereof, and to manage and improve the same at its will and pleasure, with authority to construct dams, docks, wharves and buildings, and to lay out streets and passage ways within the limits of said island, as it shall deem expedient.

SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That said corporation may, Number of at any legal meeting, agree upon the number of shares into which shares. the corporate estate and property shall be divided, and upon the form of certificates of shares to be issued to the proprietors, and upon the manner and conditions of transferring the same; which shares shall be deemed and held as personal property. And said Assessments. corporation shall have power to assess, upon each share, such sums of money as may be considered as necessary for constructing, repairing and maintaining dams, docks, wharves and buildings, and for the improvement and good management of the property of said corporation, and for the incidental expenses thereof; and to sell and dispose of the shares of any delinquent proprietor, for the payment of assessments, in such manner as said corporation may, by its by-laws, determine: provided, that no assessment shall be made at any meeting, unless agreed to by two-thirds at least, both in number and value, of those proprietors present and represented, nor unless notice of the purpose of such meeting

Corporation to set apart land for enginehouses, &c.

Existing rights protected.

Right of voting.

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shall have been given ten days, at least, previous thereto, in the manner prescribed by the by-laws.

SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall set apart on said island, in such place or places thereon as the mayor and aldermen of the city of Boston may designate, a portion of land, not exceeding in the whole four acres, free of expense to the city, for the purpose of providing proper sites for engine-houses, school-houses, burial grounds, and for other public purposes provided, that no lot, except the lots for burial grounds, shall contain more than ten thousand feet, without the consent of this corporation and provided, further, that said mayor and aldermen shall designate the land so to be taken within six weeks from the passing of this act.

SECT. 5. Be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to confirm, interrupt or impair the existing rights belonging to the proprietors, or others, or of any ferry already established, or to authorize the building of any bridge, or dam, over the channel of any public navigable waters, or otherwise permanently to obstruct the same, or to restrain the power of setting up any ferry which the wants or convenience of the public may hereafter require.

SECT. 6. Be it further enacted, That, at all meetings, the proprietors present shall be respectively entitled to as many votes as they shall hold shares in said corporation provided, that no one proprietor shall ever be entitled to more than one quarter part of the whole number of the votes of said corporation and absent proprietors may vote by proxy, authorized in writing. [March 25, 1833.]

An ACT to establish the Northampton Bank.

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 Samuel Hinckley, John Hopkins, Thomas Napier, George Bancroft and Charles A. Dewey, their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby created a corporation, by the name of the President, Directors and Company of the Northampton Bank, to be established in Northampton, and shall so continue until the first day of October, 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, and be subject to all the duties, liabilities and requirements, contained in the ninety-sixth chapter of the statutes of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, the fifty-eighth chapter of the statutes of one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and in the second section of "an act concerning corporations," passed March eighth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

Powers and duties.

1828 ch. 96.

1830 ch. 58.

1833 ch. 83.

Transfer of stock.

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the stock in said bank shall be transferable only at its banking-house and in its 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 one hundred thousand dollars, to [Increased, 1837 ch. 144.] 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 within one year from the passing of this act.

SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That said bank shall be Location. established in the town of Northampton; and any two of the persons herein named shall be authorized to call the first meeting of said corporation, by advertising the same in any newspaper published in Northampton, ten days at least before said meeting. [March 25, 1833.] Add. act, 1837 ch. 144.

1813 ch. 26.

ital stock.

An ACT to increase the capital stock of the Mechanics Bank in Newburyport. Chap 154. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- 1812 ch. 46. sentatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of 1816 ch. 97. the same, That the President, Directors and Company of the 1830 ch. 58. Mechanics Bank in Newburyport are hereby empowered to in- Increase of capcrease their present capital stock, by an addition of one hundred 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 provided, however, that the whole amount shall be paid in, on or before the first day of October next.

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SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the additional stock Additional stock subject aforesaid shall be subject to the like tax, regulations, restrictions to tax, &c. and provisions to which the present capital stock of said corpora

tion is now subject.

SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That, before said corpora- Certificate. tion shall proceed to do business upon said additional capital, a certificate, signed by the president and a majority of the 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. [March 25, 1833.]

An ACT to establish the Hingham Bank.

Chap 155.

Persons incor

SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That David Whiton, Leavitt Souther, Luther J. Barnes, Nathaniel Whittemore and Moses L. Humphrey, their porated. associates, successors and assigns, are hereby created a corporation, by the name of "the President Directors and Company of the Hingham Bank," to be established in Hingham, and shall so continue until the first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, and shall be entitled to all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the du- Powers and du ties, liabilities and requirements, contained in the ninety-sixth ties. chapter of the statutes of one thousand eight hundred and twen- 1828 ch. 96 ty-eight, in the fifty-eighth chapter of the statutes of one thou- 1830 ch. 58 sand eight hundred and thirty, and in the second section of "an 1833 ch. 83 act concerning corporations," passed March eighth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

Transfer of stock.

Capital stock.

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the stock in said bank shall be transferable only at its banking-house and in its 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 said corporation shall consist of one hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, to be paid,in [Capital increased 1836 ch. such instalments, and at such times, as the stockholders may di96.] rect provided, the whole be paid in, within one year from the passing of this act. [March 25, 1833.J Add. act, 1836 ch.

Chap 156.

porated.

96.

An ACT to establish the Framingham Bank.

SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authoriPersons incor- ty of the same, That Micah Stone, Dexter Fay, Sullivan Fay, Elijah Perry and Rufus Brewer, their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby created a corporation, by the name of the President, Directors and Company of the Framingham Bank, to be established at Framingham, and shall so continue until the first day of October, in the year of our Lord one Powers and du- thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, and shall be entitled to all the privileges, and subject to all the liabilities and requirements, contained in the statutes of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, chapter ninety-six, and the statutes of one thousand eight hundred and thirty, chapter fifty-eight, and in the second section of an act concerning corporations," passed March eighth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

ties.

1828 ch. 96. 1830 ch. 58.

1833 ch. 83.

Transfer of stock.

Capital stock.

Chap 157.

porated.

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SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the stock of said bank shall be transferable only at its banking-house, and in its 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 said corporation shall consist 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. [March 25, 1833.]

An ACT to establish the Duxbury Bank.

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 Ezra Weston, Levi Sampson and George Loring, their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby created a corporation, by the name of the President, Directors and Company of the Duxbury Bank, to be established in Duxbury, and shall so continue until the first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, and shall be Powers and du- entitled to all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the

ties.

1828 ch. 96.

duties, liabilities and requirements, contained in the ninety-sixth chapter of the statutes of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and in the fifty-eighth chapter of the statutes of one 1830 ch. 58. thousand eight hundred and thirty, and in the second section of 1833 ch. 83. 'an act concerning corporations," passed March eighth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

stock.

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the stock in said Transfer of bank shall be transferable only at its banking house and in its books, and no part thereof shall be transferable 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 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. [March 25, 1833.]

An Act to increase the Capital Stock of the Merchants' Bank in Newburyport.

Chap 158.

ital stock.

SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- 1830 ch. 116. sentatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the President, Directors and Company of Increase of capthe Merchants' Bank in Newburyport are hereby empowered to increase their present capital stock, by an addition of seventyfive thousand dollars thereto, in shares of fifty dollars each, which shall be paid, in such instalments, and at such times, as the president and directors of said bank may direct: 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 Additional aforesaid shall be subject to the like tax, regulations, restric- stock subject tions and provisions to which the present capital stock of said corporation is now subject.

to tax, &c.

SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That, before said corpora- Certificate. tion shall proceed to do business upon said additional capital, a certificate signed by the president, and a majority of the 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. [March 25, 1833.]

An ACT to increase the Capital Stock of the Greenfield Bank.

ital stock.

SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- 1821 ch. 43. Chap 159. sentatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the 1826 ch. 127. same, That the President, Directors and Company of the 1830 ch. 58. 105, Greenfield Bank are hereby empowered to increase their pres- Increase of capent 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 determine provided, however, that the whole amount shall be paid in, within one year from the passing of this act.