Capital stock. Proviso. Chap. 225 Corporators. SECTION 2. The capital stock of the said corporation shall be a sum not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of fifty dollars each: provided, that no shares in the capital stock of said corporation shall be issued for a less sum or amount, to be actually paid in on each, than the par value of the shares which shall be first issued. May 2, 1849. AN ACT to incorporate the Eagle Manufacturing Company. SECTION 1. Nathaniel Pierce, Charles Barrett, George Davis, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Eagle Manufacturing ComTo manufacture pany, for the purpose of manufacturing cotton goods, in the cotton goods in town of Ashburnham, in the county of Worcester, with all Powers and du- the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities, set forth in the thirty-eighth and forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes. Ashburnham. ties. Real estate. Capital stock. SECTION 2. Said corporation may hold, for the purposes aforesaid, real estate, not exceeding in amount forty thousand dollars, and their whole capital stock shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars: provided, that no shares in the capital stock of said corporation shall be issued for a less sum or amount, to be actually paid in on each, than the par value of the shares which shall be first issued. May 2, 1849. [1841, 56; 1843, 90; 1845, 159; 1846, 75; 1847, 70; 1848, 322.] Chap. 226 AN ACT to increase the Capital Stock of the Boston and Maine Railroad Company. $600,000 additional stock. Proviso. Chap. 227 Corporators. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: The Boston and Maine Railroad Company are hereby authorized to increase their capital stock, by an amount not exceeding six hundred thousand dollars, by adding thereto, from time to time, at their discretion, an additional number of shares, not exceeding six thousand, of one hundred dollars each provided, that no shares in the capital stock hereby authorized, shall be issued for a less sum or amount, to be actually paid in on each, than the par value of the shares in the original capital stock of said corporation. May 2, 1849. AN Act to incorporate the Boston Bagging Company. SECTION 1. Henry Edwards, Henry Hoyt, and James A. Dorr, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Boston Bagging Company, ton by sewing for the purpose of manufacturing cotton, grain, salt, and For manufacturother kinds of bags, in the city of Boston, by the means of ing bags in Bosthe sewing machine, with all the powers and privileges, and machines. subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities, set duties. forth in the thirty-eighth and forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes. Powers and estate not to ex SECTION 2. Said corporation may take and hold such Real and personal real and personal estate, as may be necessary and convenient ceed $50,000. for the purposes aforesaid, not exceeding in value the sum of fifty thousand dollars: provided, that no shares in the Proviso. capital stock of said corporation shall be issued for a less. sum or amount, to be actually paid in on each, than the par value of the shares which shall be first issued. [1853, 80, 263; 1855, 155.] May 2, 1849. Chap. 228 AN ACT to incorporate the South Bay Mill Company. Name changed. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. Jonas Chickering, Samuel Nicholson, Jon- Corporators. athan F. Barrett, their associates and successors, are hereby 1850, 242. made a corporation, by the name of the South Bay Mill 1855, 282. Company, for the purpose of sawing, carving, and otherwise For sawing lummanufacturing all kinds of lumber, in the city of Boston, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the Powers and duties, restrictions, and liabilities, set forth in the thirtyeighth and forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes. ber in Boston. duties. SECTION 2. Said corporation may hold, for the purposes Estate. aforesaid, real estate, not exceeding in amount, fifty thousand dollars, and the whole capital stock of said corporation Capital stock. shall not exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: provided, that no shares in the capital stock of said corpora- Proviso. tion shall be issued for a less sum or amount, to be actually paid in on each, than the par value of the shares which shall be first issued. [1850, 242; 1855, 282.] May 2, 1819. AN ACT to incorporate the Massachusetts Glass Company. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Chap. 229 SECTION 1. Waitstill Hastings, John L. King, Charles Corporators. Stearns, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Massachusetts Glass Com pany, for the purpose of manufacturing glass, in the town To manufacture of Cheshire, and county of Berkshire, with all the powers glass in Cheshire. and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions, Powers and and liabilities, set forth in the thirty-eighth and forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes. SECTION 2. Said corporation may hold, for the purposes Estate. aforesaid, real estate, not exceeding in amount, twenty-five Capital stock. Proviso. Chap. 230 Corporators. Powers and duties. Route of railroad. Proviso. Other companies Capital stock. Estate. thousand dollars, and their whole capital stock shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars: provided, that no shares in the capital stock of said corporation shall be issued for a less amount, to be actually paid in on each, than the par value of the shares which shall be first issued. May 2, 1849. AN ACT to incorporate the Quanapowitt Railroad Company. SECTION 1. Edward A. Smith, Otis H. Weed, Alfred Mudge, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Quanapowitt Railroad Company, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities, set forth in the fortyfourth chapter of the Revised Statutes, and in that part of the thirty-ninth chapter of said statutes relating to railroad corporations, and in all general laws which have been, or shall be hereafter passed, relating to railroad corporations. SECTION 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to locate, construct, maintain, and use a railroad, with one or more tracks, from some convenient point on the Boston and Maine Railroad, north of Winn's Bridge, in South Reading, and not more than two hundred feet from said bridge; thence on the easterly side of said Boston and Maine Railroad by a convenient route to and upon Quanapowitt Island, so called, with authority, at said point of junction with the Boston and Maine Railroad, to enter upon and unite their said railroad with said Boston and Maine Railroad, and also with authority to construct side or other tracks over and upon any land which may be owned by said Quanapowitt Railroad Company, and uniting, with their main track, at any point, or points, not less than one hundred feet distant from the located limits of said Boston and Maine Railroad: provided, however, that said side, or other tracks, shall not cross any highway established before the construction of said tracks. SECTION 3. The legislature may authorize any other company to enter, with another railroad, upon, and use the said Quanapowitt Railroad, or any part thereof, by complying with such reasonable rules and regulations as the said. Quanapowitt Railroad Company may prescribe, or as may be determined according to the provisions of law. SECTION 4. The capital stock of said company shall consist of not more than six hundred shares, the number of which shall be determined, from time to time, by the directors of said company, and no assessments shall be laid thereon of a greater amount, in the whole, than one hundred dollars on each share; and said company may invest and hold such part thereof, in real and personal estate, as may be necessary and convenient for the purpose of their incorporation. SECTION 5. If the location of said main track shall not Location. be filed within one year, and if said track shall not be com- Completion. pleted within two years from the passage of this act, the same shall be void. SECTION 6. All shares in the capital stock of said corpo- Value of shares. ration, which shall be issued, shall be for the same amount, to be actually paid in on each. SECTION 7. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. May 2, 1849. AN ACT to incorporate the Springfield and Longmeadow Railroad Cor- Chap. 232 Be it enacted, &c., as follows: poration. duties. SECTION 1. John Mills, Marvin Chapin, Caleb Rice, Corporators. George Bliss, Willis Phelps, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Springfield and Longmeadow Railroad Corporation; with all the Powers and powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, liabilities, and restrictions, set forth in the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes, and in all that part of the thirty-ninth chapter of said statutes relating to railroad corporations, and all other general laws which have been, or shall be passed, relative to railroad corporations, in this Commonwealth. SECTION 2. Said corporation may locate, construct, and Route of railroad. maintain a railroad with one or more tracks, from some convenient point on the line of the Western Railroad, easterly of the depot of said railroad, in Springfield, by the most convenient route south-easterly, to the line of the State, at the south line of the east parish in Longmeadow. SECTION 3. The capital stock of said corporation shall Capital stock. consist of not more than one thousand and five hundred shares, the number of which shall, from time to time, be determined by the directors of said corporation, and no assessment shall be laid thereon of a greater amount in the whole, than one hundred dollars on each share; and said Estate. corporation may invest, and hold such part thereof, in real and personal estate, as may be necessary and convenient for the purposes of their incorporation. All shares in the Value of shares. capital stock of said corporation shall be issued for the same value or amount, to be actually paid in on each. Western Railroad SECTION 4. Said corporation may enter upon, and unite May unite with their railroad with the Western Railroad, at some convenient point in Springfield, easterly of the depot of the Western Railroad, and may use the same under the provisions and Location. Completion. Tolls may be reduced after five years. Other companies may use this road. Chap. 233 Corporators. restrictions of the laws relating to railroads in this Commonwealth. SECTION 5. If said corporation shall not be organized, and if the location of the route of said road shall not be filed with the county commissioners of the county of Hampden, within one year after the passage of this act, and if said corporation shall fail to complete said road to some point within the town of Longmeadow, within two years from the passage of this act, then this act shall be void. SECTION 6. The legislature may, after the expiration of five years from the time when said railroad shall be opened for use, from time to time, reduce the rates of toll, or other profits upon said road, but the same shall not be so reduced without the consent of said corporation, as to yield with said profits less than ten per cent. per annum to the stockholders. SECTION 7. The general court may authorize any other railroad company to enter with their railroad, at any point on the Springfield and Longmeadow Railroad, and use the same or any part thereof, by complying with such reasonable rules and regulations as the said Springfield and Longmeadow Railroad Corporation may prescribe, or as may be determined according to the provisions of law. May 2, 1849. AN ACT to incorporate the Taunton Carpet Company. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. Samuel B. King, Samuel L. Crocker, Horatio Gilbert, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the Taunton Carpet Company, Woolen carpets. for the purpose of manufacturing woolen carpets in the town of Taunton, and county of Bristol; with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities, set forth in the thirty-eighth and forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes. Powers and duties. Estate. Capital stock. Chap. 234 Corporators. SECTION 2. Said corporation may hold for the purposes AN ACT to incorporate the Lowell Gas Light Company. SECTION 1. Seth Ames, Ransom Reed, Samuel Lawrence, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corpora |