[Special Laws, vol. 1, p. 490; vol. 2, pp. 389, 427.] Chap. 23. AN ACT in addition to an Act for incorporating the several Religious Pleasant Street Church in Newburyport. Provision for payment of demands. This act to be ac cepted by the so Societies in Newburyport, in the County of Essex. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. The Proprietors of the Pleasant Street Church, in Newburyport, are hereby declared to be the same corporation made by the act to which this in addition, under the name of "The First Religious Society in Newburyport," with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities, contained in said act, so far as the same may now be applicable to said society, and consistent with the laws of this Commonwealth. SECTION 2. The said proprietors are hereby authorized and empowered to assume, and to make suitable provision for the payment of all legal demands existing against said society; and all contracts heretofore made by said society, with its minister or other persons, shall devolve and be binding upon said proprietors, in their corporate capacity, whenever they shall be duly invested with a good and sufficient title to all the property, whether in real or personal estate, which said society may possess, or be legally entitled to. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect whenever it shall ciety and church. have been accepted by a majority of the members of said society, and a majority of the proprietors of said church, who may be present at any meetings of said society and of said proprietors, which may be duly and legally notified for that purpose: provided, however, that the provisions of the second section of this act shall first have been complied with. SECTION 4. So much of the act to which this act is in addition, as is inconsistent with this act, is hereby repealed. February 15, 1850. Proviso. Repeal. Chap. 24. Election of asses sors. [1845, 212; 1847, 60, 152; 1848, 229.] AN ACT in addition to an Act to establish the City of New Bedford. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. The qualified voters of the city of New Bedford, at their annual ward meetings, shall, in addition to the assessors they are now authorized to elect, by the eleventh section of the sixtieth chapter of the acts of the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, elect two assessors at large, and the assessors so chosen shall, with those now authorized to be elected, constitute the board of assessors, which board shall exercise the powers, and be subject to the duties and liabilities, of assessors of towns. SECTION 2. This act if accepted by the city council of New Bedford, shall take effect from and after its acceptance. February 16, 1850. [Repealed, 1850, 30. See 1853, 171; 1855, 488; 1857, 2.] AN ACT to incorporate the Bay State Iron Company. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Chap. 26. SECTION 1. John M. Forbes, Frederick H. Bradlee, Corporators. George B. Upton, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Bay State Iron Company, for the purpose of working and manufacturing iron, in the city of Boston, county of Suffolk, with all the In Boston. powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restric- Powers and tions, and liabilities, set forth in the thirty-eighth and fortyfourth chapters of the Revised Statutes. duties. al estate. SECTION 2. Said corporation may hold real and personal Real and personestate, necessary and convenient for the purposes aforesaid, not exceeding in amount five hundred thousand dollars. SECTION 3. No shares in the capital stock of said corpo- Proviso. ration 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. February 18, 1850. Chap. 28. AN ACT to incorporate the East Bridgewater Iron Company. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: 1855, 166. SECTION 1. Cushing Mitchell, Aaron Hobart, Junior, Corporators. J. M. Leonard, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the East Bridgewater Name changed. Iron Company, for the purpose of manufacturing and working upon iron, in the town of East Bridgewater, in the county of Plymouth, with all the powers and privileges, and Powers and subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities, set forth in the thirty-eighth and forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes. duties. SECTION 2. Said corporation may, for the purpose afore- Real estate. said, hold real estate not exceeding in value thirty thousand dollars, and the whole capital stock shall not exceed fifty Capital stock. thousand dollars. SECTION 3. No shares in the capital stock of said corpo- Proviso. ration 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. [1855, 166; 1857, 297.] February 19, 1850. Chap. 29. AN ACT to incorporate the Worcester Gas Light Company. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. John W. Lincoln, George T. Rice, Charles Corporators. Thurber, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Worcester Gas Light Company, for the purpose of manufacturing and selling gas, in the city of Worcester, in the county of Worcester, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties. restrictions, and liabilities, set forth in the thirty-eighth and duties. Powers and Real and person al estate Provico. May open the ground in streets, mayor and aldermen. forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes; also, to the provisions, restrictions, and conditions, of an order adopted by the city council of the city of Worcester, on the third day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, giving leave to Blake and Darracott, and their associates, to erect coal gas works in the city of Worcester, and to lay pipes for distributing the gas through the streets of said city. SECTION 2. Said corporation may hold such real and personal estate as may be necessary and convenient for the purpose aforesaid, not exceeding in value the sum of two hundred thousand dollars. SECTION 3. 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. SECTION 4. Said corporation with the consent of the &c., with leave of mayor and aldermen of the city of Worcester, shall have power and authority to open the ground, in any part of the streets, lanes, and highways, in said city, for the purpose of sinking and repairing such pipes and conductors, as it may be necessary to sink for the purpose aforesaid; and the said corporation, after opening the ground in said streets, lanes, or highways, shall be held to put the same again into repair, under the penalty of being prosecuted for a nuisance: provided, that the said mayor and aldermen, for the time being, shall, at all times, have the power to regulate, restrict, and control, the acts and doings of said corporation, which may in any manner affect the health, safety, or convenience of the inhabitants of said city. Proviso. City may purchase, &c. SECTION 5. The city of Worcester, at any time hereafter, shall have the right to purchase the franchise of said corporation, by paying therefor the actual cost of the works they shall have erected, with ten per cent. interest thereon, after first deducting such amounts as may have been paid to the stockholders as dividends upon the stock. SECTION 6. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. February 19, 1859. [1850, 237.] [1845, 212,; 1847, 60, 152; 1848, 229; 1850, 24.] Chap. 30. AN ACT in addition to the Acts establishing the City of New Bedford · Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Election of assistant assessors. -of assessors. SECTION 1. The legal voters of the city of New Bedford shall, at their regular ward meetings, in the month of March annually, elect one assistant assessor from each ward in said city. SECTION 2. The city council of the said city, in convention, shall, on the first Monday of April, annually, elect three assessors at large, who shall have all the power and be subject to all the duties and liabilities of assessors of towns. SECTION 3. So much of the act of 1847, ch. 60, provid- Repeal. ing for the election of assessors and assistant assessors of the city of New Bedford, as is inconsistent with this act, and also an act entitled, "an act in addition to an act establishing the city of New Bedford," passed on the 16th day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty, are repealed. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect from and after its when to take acceptance by the inhabitants of New Bedford. [1853, 171; 1855, 488; 1857, 2.] [1849, 2.] February 22, 1850. effect AN ACT to extend the time for paying in the Capital Stock of the Colum- Chap. 32. bian Fire and Marine Insurance Company. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: The time within which the capital stock of the Columbian Time extended to Fire and Marine Insurance Company, in Boston, is, by law, February 3, 1851. required to be paid in, is hereby extended to the third day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. [1851, 4.] February 22, 1850. AN ACT in addition to "An Act to incorporate the South Lee Manufac- Chap. 33. turing Company.” Be it enacted, &c., as follows: ture flour and The South Lee Manufacturing Company, in addition to May manufac their present powers, are hereby authorized to manufacture meal. flour and the various kinds of meal. February 22, 1850. AN ACT to confirm the Location of a Wharf in Beverly, owned by Josiah Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Chap. 35. The present location of the wharf belonging to Josiah L. Foster and William H. Lovett, in the harbor of Beverly, is hereby confirmed, and said owners shall have the right to lay vessels at the end and sides of said wharf, and receive wharfage and dockage therefor: provided, that this act shall Proviso. in no wise affect the legal rights of any corporations or persons whatever. February 22, 1850. [1846, 212; 1847, 30, 182, 257; 1848, 264; 1849, 201.] AN ACT concerning the Grand Junction Railroad and Depot Company. Chap. 36. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: tion in East Bos SECTION 1. The Grand Junction Railroad and Depot May alter locaCompany are hereby authorized and empowered to alter and ton. change the location of their road in East Boston, and to locate, construct, and maintain the same on the south-easterly side of the Eastern Railroad, commencing at some convenient point in the located line of the said Grand Junction Railroad, westerly of said Eastern Railroad, in said East Boston; and thence continuing southerly to the south-easterly side of said Eastern Railroad; and thence south-easterly of said road to a point upon the depot lands of said Grand Junction Railroad and Depot Company southerly of Marginal Street. SECTION 2. The time allowed for locating and completing road extended the roads of said company, is hereby extended for one year from the time authorized in the sixth section of the act entitled, An Act concerning the Grand Junction Railroad and Depot Company, approved May 6, 1848. Time for locating and completing one year. Chap. 38. Corporators. In Warren. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. February 25, 1850. [1851, 236; 1852, 306; 1853, 151; 1854, 37; 1855, 415; 1856, 296; 1857, 128, 166.] AN ACT to establish the Quaboag Seminary. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. Nathan Richardson, Joseph F. Hitchcock, Royal Knight, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Quaboag Seminary, to be established in the town of Warren, in the county of Powers and du- Worcester, with all the powers, and subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities, set forth in the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes. ties. Real and personal estate. SECTION 2. Said corporation may hold real and personal estate to the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars, exclusive of books and apparatus, devoted to purposes of education. February 25, 1850. [1826, 33.] Chap. 39. AN ACT to change the Name of the New Universalist Society in Salem. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: New name. Chap. 40. Agent may lease a wharf for certain purposes. From and after the passing of this act, the "New Universalist Society in Salem" shall be known and called by the name of the First Universalist Society in Salem. February 25, 1850. [1841, 88; 1842, 48; 1843, 30; 1845, 84, 250.] AN ACT relating to Charles River and Warren Bridges. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: The agent of Charles River and Warren Bridges is hereby authorized to lease, for a period not exceeding ten years, the southerly portion of the wharf adjoining the draw of Warren Bridge, on the westerly side thereof, for the purpose of |