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erecting a bathing-house, and, for that purpose, he may per-
mit not exceeding eight piles to be driven parallel with the
said wharf: provided, that such lease shall be first approved Proviso.
by the governor and council.

February 25, 1850.

[1831, 72; 1832, 153; 1833, 91; 1841, 128; 1846, 177; 1848, 253; 1849, 8, 170.]

AN ACT to authorize the Boston and Worcester Railroad Corporation to Chap. 43. increase their Capital Stock.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

SECTION 1.

tional capital

The Boston and Worcester Railroad Corpo- $500,000 addiration are hereby authorized to increase their capital stock stock. in the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares, issuable for a sum not less than one hundred dollars each.

value of, shares.

SECTION 2. The said shares may be paid for in cash, or in Payment for, and exchange for bonds of the said corporation, at not less than the par value aforesaid, such exchange to be made within ten years from January 1, 1850.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. February 27, 1850.

[1851, 113, 297; 1853, 185, 336; 1854, 337; 1857, 136; 1859, 1.]

AN ACT to set off a part of the Town of Sharon and annex the same to Chap. 47. the Town of Foxborough.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

SECTION 1. So much of the town of Sharon in the county Description. of Norfolk, as lies southerly of a line extending from the Monument, at the southerly corner of Sharon and the easterly corner of Foxborough, to Bell Rock, and thence to the line of Foxborough, at the westerly corner of the homestead of the late Sewall Hodges, with all the inhabitants and estates thereon, is hereby set off from the town of Sharon and annexed to the town of Foxborough.

SECTION 2. The said inhabitants and estates so set off, Taxes. shall be liable to pay all taxes that have been legally assessed on them by the town of Sharon, in the same manner as if this act had not been passed.

SECTION 3. If any persons who have heretofore gained a Paupers. legal settlement in the town of Sharon, by reason of residence on the territory set off as aforesaid or by having been proprietors thereof, or who may derive such settlement from any such resident or proprietor, shall come to want, and stand in need of relief and support, they shall be relieved and supported by the town of Foxborough, in the same manner as if they had gained a legal settlement in that town. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. February 28, 1850.

Chap. 49. AN ACT to incorporate the Marblehead Marine and Fire Insurance Com

Corporators.

For 20 years.

Powers and' duties.

Capital stock.

Real estate.

Chap. 50.

In Boston.

Proviso.

Proviso.

Chap. 51.

In Boston.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

pany.

SECTION 1. George Wilson, Knott Martin, 2d, Joseph P. Turner, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, for the term of twenty years from the passage of this act, by the name of the Marblehead Marine and Fire Insurance Company, in the town of Marblehead, county of Essex, for the purpose of making insurance against maritime losses and against losses by fire; with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities, set forth in the thirty-seventh and forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes, and in all subsequent statutes relating to insurance companies.

SECTION 2. The capital stock of said company shall be one hundred thousand dollars, and said company may hold real estate not exceeding five thousand dollars in value, excepting such as may be taken for debt, or held as collateral security for money due to said company. March 1, 1850.

AN ACT to authorize J W. Edmands to extend his Wharf.
Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

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J. W. Edmands, proprietor of a wharf and flats, situated
on Sea Street, and lying between and adjoining the wharf
and flats of Thomas Howe and the wharf and flats of Gardner
Colby, is hereby authorized to extend and maintain his wharf
into the harbor channel as far as the line established by the
act entitled, " An Act to preserve the Harbor of Boston, and
to prevent encroachments therein," passed on the nineteenth
day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-seven; and shall have the right to lay vessels at the
end and sides of said wharf, and receive wharfage and dock-
age therefor: provided, however, that this grant shall not be
construed to extend to any flats or lands of this Common-
wealth, lying in front of the flats of any other person, or
which would be comprehended by the true lines of such flats,
continued to the said commissioners' line: and provided,
also, that so much of said wharf as may be constructed
below low-water mark, shall be built on piles, which piles
shall not be nearer to each other than six feet, in the direc-
tion of the stream, and eight feet in a transverse direction,
and that this act shall in no wise impair the legal rights of
any person.
March 1, 1850.

AN ACT to authorize Gardner Colby to extend his Wharf.
Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

Gardner Colby, proprietor of a wharf and flats, situated on Sea Street, and lying between and adjoining the wharf

and flats of J. W. Edmands and Martin's wharf, so called, is
hereby authorized to extend and maintain his wharf into the
harbor channel, as far as the line established by the act enti-
tled, "An Act to preserve the Harbor of Boston, and to
prevent encroachments therein," passed on the nineteenth
day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-seven; and shall have the right to lay vessels at the
end and sides of said wharf, and receive wharfage and dock-
age therefor: provided, however, that this grant shall not be Proviso.
construed to extend to any flats or land of this Common-
wealth, lying in front of the flats of any other person, or
which would be comprehended by the true lines of such flats
continued to the said commissioners' line: and provided, Proviso.
also, that so much of said wharf as may be constructed below
low-water mark, shall be built on piles, which piles shall not
be nearer to each other than six feet, in the direction of the
stream, and eight feet in a transverse direction, and that this
act shall in no wise impair the legal rights of any person.

March 5, 1850.

AN ACT to authorize Prentiss Hobbs to extend his Wharf.

Chap. 52. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Prentiss Hobbs, proprietor of a wharf and flats situated In Boston on Sea Street, and lying between and adjoining the wharf and flats of Jesse Tirrell, and the wharf and flats of Thomas B. Wales, is hereby authorized to extend and maintain his wharf into the harbor channel, as far as the line established by the act entitled, "An Act to preserve the Harbor of Boston, and to prevent encroachments therein," passed on the nineteenth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and shall have the right to lay vessels at the end and sides of said wharf, and receive wharfage and dockage therefor: provided, however, that Proviso. this grant shall not be construed to extend to any flats or land of this Commonwealth lying in front of the flats of any other person, or which would be comprehended by the true lines of such flats continued to the said commissioners' line: and provided, also, that so much of said wharf as may be Proviso. constructed below low-water mark, shall be built on piles, which piles shall not be nearer to each other than six feet in the direction of the stream, and eight feet in a transverse direction, and that this act shall in no wise impair the legal rights of any person.

March 5, 1850.

AN ACT to incorporate the Massachusetts Arms Company. Be it enacted, &c., as flows:

Chap. 53.

SECTION 1. Timothy W. Carter, James T. Ames, Benja- Corporators. min F. Warner, their associates and successors, are hereby

Fire-arms and machinery in Chicopee. Powers and duties.

Real and personal estate.

made a corporation, by the name of the Massachusetts Arms Company, for the purpose of manufacturing fire arms and machinery in the town of Chicopee, and county of Hampden; with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities, set forth in the thirtyeighth and forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes.

SECTION 2. Said corporation may hold real and personal estate, necessary and convenient for the purposes aforesaid, not exceeding in amount one hundred thousand dollars. March 5, 1850.

Chap. 54. AN ACT to authorize Warren Averill and his associates to drive Piles in
Ipswich River.
Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

Between Ipswich and the mouth of the river.

Proviso.

Chap. 55.

Corporators.

Powers and duties.

Warren Averill and his associates are hereby authorized to drive piles in Ipswich River, between the town of Ipswich and the mouth of said river, as guides to its channel, for the use and benefit of all persons navigating said river: provided, this grant shall in no wise impair the legal rights of any March 5, 1850.

person.

AN ACT to incorporate the Ware Savings Bank.
Be enacted, &c., as follows :

William Hyde, Henry Lyon, Charles A. Stevens, their
associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation,
by the name of the Ware Savings Bank, to be established in
the town of Ware; with all the powers and privileges, and
subject to all the duties, liabilities and restrictions, set forth
in the thirty-sixth chapter of the Revised Statutes, and all
other laws of this Commonwealth relating to institutions for
savings.
March 5, 1850.

[1824, 21.]

Chap. 56. AN ACT to authorize the Plymouth Cordage Company to increase their Capital Stock.

$40,000 additional capital stock.

Investment.
Proviso.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

The Plymouth Cordage Company are hereby authorized to increase their capital stock by an amount not exceeding forty thousand dollars, and to invest such increase in real and personal estate necessary and convenient for carrying on the business of said corporation : 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. March 5, 1850.

[1855, 41.]

AN ACT to establish a Police Court in the Town of Springfield.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

SECTION 1. A police court is hereby established in the town of Springfield, to consist of one learned, able, and discreet person, to be appointed and commissioned by the governor, pursuant to the constitution, to take cognizance of all crimes, offences, and misdemeanors, committed within the town of Springfield, whereof justices of the peace now have, or may hereafter have jurisdiction. And the court hereby established, shall hear and determine all suits, complaints and prosecutions, in like manner as is by law provided for the exercise of the powers and authority which are or may be vested in justices of the peace, and shall do all acts necessary to, and consistent with such powers and authority. And the said police court shall also have original jurisdiction. and cognizance of all suits and actions, which may now or at any time hereafter, be heard, tried, and determined before any justice of the peace in the county of Hampden, and exclusive jurisdiction whenever all the parties reside in Springfield, and service of the writ is had on the defendant in said county; and no writ in any such action or suit, shall be made returnable before any justice within said town of Springfield, but to said police court only; and an appeal shall be allowed from all judgments of said police court, in like manner, and to the same extent that appeals are now allowed by law from judgments of justices of the peace; and the justices of said police court shall not be of counsel or attorney to any party in any matter or thing whatever which may be pending in said court, or which shall have been previously determined before himself.

Chap. 58.

Court estab

lished.

be returned be

SECTION 2. All warrants issued by said court shall be All warrants to made returnable, and shall be returned before said court; fore said court. and no warrant shall be issued by any justice of the peace within the county of Hampden, except by the standing justice, or one of the special justices of said court, for any crime or offence committed within said town of Springfield.

ures, &c., how

SECTION 3. All fines and forfeitures, and all fees in Fines, forfeitcriminal cases, now allowed by law to justices of the peace, accounted for. which shall be received by, or paid into the hands of the justice of said court, shall be by him accounted for and paid over to the treasurer of the town of Springfield; and all other costs in criminal prosecutions, which shall be paid to the justice of said court, shall be by him accounted for and paid over to the same persons, in the same manner, and under the same penalties for neglect, as are by law prescribed in the case of justices of the peace; and all costs in such prosecutions not thus received, shall be made up, taxed, certified, and allowed, and shall be paid and satisfied in like

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