Chap. 4. 1836 ch. 42. Wards, and assistant assessors. Common council men. Health commissioners. Organization of city govern ment. Vacancies, how filled. Repeal. Condition of this act. Chap. 5. 1793 ch. 25. Society author and personal estate to the amount of seventy thousand dollars. [Feb. 7, 1837.] An ACT in addition to an Act, entitled "An Act incorporating the city of Salein." BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: SECT. 1. The city of Salem shall be divided into four wards, and the city council shall elect annually one or more assistant assessors in each ward. SECT. 2. Six common council inen shall be annually elected in each ward; and, whenever it shall so happen that the whole number of common council men shall not be chosen at the meeting or meetings now provided for, the same proceedings shall be had as are provided with reference to the choice of mayor. SECT. 3. The city council may elect health commissioners from either or both branches of said city council. SECT. 4. The annual organization of the city government shall take place on the fourth Monday in March; and the present officers shall hold their offices until others shall be chosen and qualified in their stead. SECT. 5. In case of the death or resignation of any member of the board of aldermen, or of the common council, such vacancy may be filled at any regular meeting of the inhabitants of said city, called for that purpose. SECT. 6. All the provisions of the act to which this is in addition, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. SECT. 7. This act shall be void, unless the inhabitants of said city, at a general meeting called for that purpose, shall, by written votes, accept the same within twenty days from its passage. [Feb. 9, 1837.] An ACT to authorize the sale of parochial lands, by the Baptist Society in Harwich. SECT. 1. The Baptist Society in Harwich is hereby authorized to sell land. ized to sell a tract of land owned by said society, lying in said town; and the treasurer of said society, for the time being, is authorized to execute a deed or deeds to convey the same to the purchaser. Expenditure of proceeds. Chap. 6. Persons incorporated. SECT. 2. The proceeds of such sale or sales of said land shall be expended for parochial purposes, and none other. [Feb. 9, 1837.] An ACT to incorporate the Springfield Satinet Company. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: SECT. 1. Elisha Curtis, Walter H. Bowdoin, and William Child, their associates and successors, are hereby made a man ufacturing corporation, by the name of "The Springfield Satinet Company," for the purpose of manufacturing woollen and cotton goods, and machinery, in the town of Springfield, in the county of Hampden; and for this purpose shall have all the pow- Powers and ers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, restrictions duties. and liabilities, set forth in the thirty-eighth and forty-fourth chap- R.S. ch. 38. 44. ters of the Revised Statutes. SECT. 2. Said corporation may hold, for the purposes Estate. An ACT to incorporate the State Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Chap. 7. Henry Noyes, J. B. Russell, and Lemuel Shattuck, their Persons incorassociates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the porated. name of the State Mutual Fire Insurance Company, to be located in the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, for the purpose of making insurance upon any building, stock, or other pro perty whatever, within the Commonwealth, with all the powers Powers and duand privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions and lia- ties. bilities set forth in the thirty-seventh and forty-fourth chapters of R. S. ch. 37. 44. the Revised Statutes, for the term of twenty-eight years. [Feb. 11, 1837.] An ACT to extend the time for paying in the Capital Stock of the Packet Insurance Chap. 8. Company, and for other purposes. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1836 ch. 28. SECT. 1. The time wherein the capital stock of the Packet Time extended Insurance Company is by law required to be paid in, is hereby capital. for paying in extended to the fourteenth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. SECT. 2. The said company may commence their business When to comwhen one hundred thousand dollars of said stock shall have been mence business. paid in, being restricted to eight per centum on any one risk; and whenever said stock shall be increased to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, ten per centum may be taken on any one risk provided, however, that the whole amount of two hundred thousand dollars shall be paid in, within two years from the passing of this act. [Feb. 11, 1837.] An ACT to increase the Capital Stock of the Merrimack Manufacturing Company. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Chap. 9. 1821 ch. 46. 1823 ch. 17. 1828 ch. 5. ital. The Merrimack Manufacturing Company is hereby authorized Increase of capto increase its capital stock by the creation of five hundred additional shares, of one thousand dollars each. [Feb. 11, 1837.] Chap. 10. 1824 ch. 44. 1827 ch. 37. 1832 ch. 50. Increase of capital. Chap. 11. 1835 ch. 74. Increase of capital. Chap. 12. Persons incorporated. An Act to increase the Capital Stock of the Hamilton Manufacturing Company. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: The Hamilton Manufacturing Company at Lowell, is hereby authorized to increase its present capital stock by an addition thereto of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. [Feb. 11, 1837.] An ACT to increase the Capital Stock of the Boott Cotton Mills. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: The Boott Cotton Mills are hereby authorized to increase their capital stock by the creation of such number of additional shares, not exceeding five hundred, of one thousand dollars each, as the said corporation may, on the completion of their works, find to be needful. [Feb. 11, 1837.] An ACT to incorporate the La Fayette Fire and Marine Insurance Company. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: SECT. 1. Isaac Leonard, George W. Lewis and Ezra Hutchins, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the La Fayette Fire and Marine Insurance Company, to be located in the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, for the purpose of making maritime loans, and insurance against maritime losses, and losses by fire, in the customary manner, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities set forth in the R. S. ch. 37. 44. thirty-seventh and forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes, for the term of twenty years from the passing of this act. Powers and duties. Estate. Capital stock. Corporation when to commence business. SECT. 2. The said corporation may hold any estate, real or personal, for the use of said company provided, that the real estate shall not exceed the value of fifty thousand dollars, excepting such as may be taken for debt, or held as collateral security for money due the said company. SECT. 3. The capital stock of said company shall be two hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and shall be collected and paid in, in such instalments and under such provisions and penalties, as the president and directors of said company shall order and appoint. SECT. 4. The said company may commence their business when one hundred thousand dollars of said stock shall have been paid in, being restricted to eight per centum on any one risk, and, whenever said stock shall be increased to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, ten per centum shall be allowed to be taken on any one risk: provided, however, that the whole amount of two hundred thousand dollars shall be paid in, within two years from the passing of this act. [Feb. 11, 1837.] An ACT to change the name of the town of Ward. Chap. 14. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, Incorporated, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, Apr. 10, 1778. as follows: The name of the town of Ward, in the county of Worcester, is hereby changed to the name of Auburn, and said town shall henceforth be known and called by the said last mentioned name, any thing in the act whereby the said town was incorporated, to the contrary notwithstanding. [Feb. 17, 1837.1 An ACT to incorporate the Central Manufacturing Company. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Auburn. Chap. 15. SECT. 1. Ebenezer D. Ammidown, Hiram Wheelock, Li- Persons incornus Child, their associates and successors, are hereby made a porated. corporation by the name of the Central Manufacturing Company, for the purpose of manufacturing cotton, in the town of Southbridge, in the county of Worcester; and for this purpose shall Powers and duhave all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities, set forth in the thirty-eighth and R. S. ch. 38. 44. forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes of this Commonwealth. SECT. 2. The said corporation may hold, for the purposes aforesaid, real estate to the amount of seventy-five thousand dollars and personal estate not exceeding the value of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. [Feb. 17, 1837.] An ACT to establish the division line between the towns of Wellfleet and Truro. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: ties. Chap. 16. The dividing line between the towns of Wellfleet and Truro Dividing line shall hereafter be as follows, viz: Beginning at a stone monu- described. ment on the westerly side of the Cape; thence westerly four rods to the Bay; thence from said monument east one degree north, three hundred and eighty-two rods and thirteen links to a stake; thence east one degree north, two hundred and forty-six rods and eight links to a pine tree, marked T. and W.; thence east one hundred and eighty-three rods to a stone; thence east three degrees south, one hundred and eight rods and five links to a stake; and thence east four degrees south, three hundred and sixty rods and seventeen links to a stone monument; thence east to the ocean. [Feb. 22, 1837.] An Act to authorize the Taunton Branch Rail-road Corporation to increase their cap ital stock. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Chap. 17. 1835 ch. 131. 1836 ch. 281. The Taunton Branch Rail-road Corporation are hereby au- Increase of capthorized to increase their capital stock, to an amount not exceed- ital stock. ing fifty thousand dollars, by the creation of an additional number of shares, not exceeding five hundred, of one hundred dollars each; the said shares to be disposed of in such manner as the corporation shall determine, and to be assessed as the directors shall find expedient; the amount thus raised to be applied to the purposes specified in their act of incorporation. [Feb. 22, 1837.] Chap. 18. An Act in addition to an Act to incorporate the Skinnaquits Fishing Company, in BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1831 ch. 73. Annual meet ing. 1836 ch. 116. Harwich and Chatham. The time of holding the annual meeting of the Skinnaquits Fishing Company, in Harwich and Chatham, shall be on the first Tuesday in March, instead of the first Tuesday in April, as now provided in the act to incorporate said company. [Feb. 22, 1837.] Chap. 19. An ACT in addition to an Act entitled "An Act to establish the City Bank in Lowell.” BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: extended. Time for paying The time for paying in the capital stock of the corporation crein capital stock ated by the act to which this is in addition, is hereby extended to the first Monday in October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven; and the said act, to which this is in addition, and all the doings under and by virtue thereof, as well before as after the passage of this act, shall have the same validity, force and effect, as if said capital stock had been paid in, on or before the first day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, any thing in said act, to which this is in addition, to the contrary notwithstanding. [Feb. 22, 1837.] An ACT to incorporate the Odiorne Manufacturing Company. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Chap. 20. Persons incorporated. SECT. 1. George Odiorne, Josiah J. Fisk, and Joseph J. Fales, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Odiorne Manufacturing Company, for the purpose of manufacturing machinery, and cotton and woollen goods, in the town of Sturbridge, in the county of WorPowers and du- cester; with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities, set forth in the thirty-eighth and R. S. ch. 38. 44. forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes. ties. Estate. SECT. 2. The said corporation may hold, for the purposes aforesaid, real estate to the amount of three hundred thousand dollars, and the whole capital stock of the said corporation shall not exceed the amount of five hundred thousand dollars. 22, 1837.] [Feb. |