Real and personal estate. Proviso. SECTION 3. Said corporation may hold real and personal estate, necessary and convenient for the purposes aforesaid, not exceeding in amount five hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each: provided, however, that no stock shall ever be issued by the corporation at a less sum than the par value thereof. March 22, 1850. [1848, 231.] Chap. 113 AN ACT in addition to an Act to incorporate the Saugus Branch Railroad Route of road. Location to be filed on or before October 28, 1850. Chap. 116 To alter the location of canal. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Company. SECTION 1. The said corporation may construct and maintain a railroad, upon the following route :-Beginning at a point, at or near Sweetser's mills, in Saugus; thence, passing near the Central Village in Saugus; thence, through the northerly portion of North Chelsea; thence, through the easterly portion of Malden; thence, through the central portion of Malden, to unite with the Boston and Maine Railroad, at some convenient point in said Malden. SECTION 2. Said corporation may file their location on or before the twenty-eighth day of October, eighteen hundred and fifty. March 23, 1850. [1851, 155, 306; 1852, 164; 1854, 310; 1855, 227; 1858, 18.] [1846, 229.] AN ACT concerning the Malden Canal Company. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: The Malden Canal Company are hereby authorized to change and widen the location of their canal, and to construct and maintain the same accordingly, from the mouth of the Malden Creek, northerly to the land of the heirs of the late Samuel Waite, and for this purpose to take land, under the provisions of their charter, not exceeding twelve rods in width; and any portion of said canal, as now located, which shall not be embraced within the new location, is hereLeave to discon- by discontinued; and the new location hereby authorized shall be filed, within one year, with the commissioners of the be filed within county of Middlesex; and said canal shall be completed and opened for use, not less than sixty feet in width, within three Canal to be com years from the sixteenth day of April, in the year one thouthree years from sand eight hundred and fifty, for which period the limitation in the charter of said company is hereby extended. tinue. New location to one year. pleted within April 16, 1850. [1853, 61.] [1846, 130.] March 23, 1850. Chap. 117 AN ACT to change the Name of the Dedham Lead Company to the New name. Dedham Sugar Refinery. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. The Dedham Lead Company, incorporated on the nineteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, shall hereafter be known and called by the name of the Dedham Sugar Refinery, and shall enjoy all the rights and privileges, and be subject to all the liabilities, of the said Dedham Lead Company. ified. SECTION 2. So much of said act of incorporation as em- Original act modpowers the said company to manufacture white lead and paints, is hereby repealed, and the said company shall be hereafter empowered to invest its capital in the refining and manufacture of sugars. March 23, 1850. AN ACT to incorporate the Society for the Relief of Aged and Destitute Chap. 118 Clergymen. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. Francis Parkman, Charles Brooks, and Eph- Corporators. raim Peabody, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Society for the Relief of Aged and Destitute Clergymen, for the purpose of providing for the assistance and support of aged and desti- object. tute clergymen, not otherwise provided for; with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, liabili- Powers and ties, and restrictions, set forth in the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes; and for the purposes aforesaid, may take and hold real estate, to an amount not exceeding fifty Real and personthousand dollars, and personal property, to an amount not al estate. exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars. duties. March 23, 1850. Chap. 119. AN ACT to incorporate the Boston Stereotype Foundry. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. Joseph S. Potter, B. Franklin Marsh, George Corporators. Drake, with such other persons as already have, or may hereafter associate with them, their successors and assigns, be and they hereby are constituted a corporation, by the name of the Boston Stereotype Foundry, for the purpose of establishing, managing, and carrying on, in the counties of Suffolk and Middlesex, the business of stereotyping in all its In Suffolk and various branches; and for the purposes aforesaid, they shall Middlesex. have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the Powers and duties, restrictions, and liabilities, set forth in the thirtyeighth and forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes. SECTION 2. The said corporation may purchase, take, Real and personhold, and convey, for the purposes aforesaid, real and personal estate, to such an amount as they may find necessary or convenient: provided, that the same shall not exceed the Proviso. sum of thirty thousand dollars in real estate, nor fifty thousand dollars in personal estate: provided, that the capital stock of this company shall never be issued under the par value. March 28, 1850. duties. al estate. AN ACT to authorize Andrew Brown, Junior, to extend his Wharf. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Andrew Brown, Junior, proprietor of a wharf situated on Central Street, in the town of Manchester, is hereby authorized to extend and maintain said wharf thirty feet into the river, and shall have the right to lay vessels at the end and sides of said wharf, and receive wharfage and dockage therefor: provided, that this grant shall in no wise impair the legal rights of any person. March 28, 1850. [1842, 84; 1845, 218; 1846, 21; 1847, 200, 260; 1849, 18, 223.] Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. The change of location heretofore made by said corporation, of a part of the line of said road, between the towns of Littleton and Lunenburg, a plan of which has been filed with the county commissioners of the county of Middlesex, be and the same is hereby confirmed and established, notwithstanding the omission of said corporation to file said change of location and plan within the time prescribed by law. SECTION 2. The alteration heretofore made in the location of part of the line of said road in the towns of Lunenburg, Lancaster, Leominster, and Fitchburg, authorized by an order of the county commissioners for the county of Worcester, in conformity to a plan filed with them in October, eighteen hundred and forty-four, be and the same is hereby confirmed and established. March 28, 1850. [1850, 146; 1851, 34, 72, 244, 329; 1852, 147, 162, 194, 306; 1853, 270, 367; 1855, 94, 230, 259, 266, 419; 1856, 296; 1857, 124, 128.] [1846, 269; 1848, 45.] Chap. 123 AN ACT to extend the time for constructing the Framingham Branch Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Railroad. SECTION 1. The time allowed to the Framingham Branch Railroad Company, by an act passed on the eighteenth day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight, for Time extended to constructing their railroad, is hereby extended to the sixteenth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. April 16, 1852. Chap. 124 Corporators. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. March 28, 1850. AN ACT to incorporate the Springfield Machine Company. SECTION 1. Amasa Stone, Jr., Asariah Boody, and Addison Ware, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, under the name of the Springfield Machine Company, for the purpose of manufacturing articles from Purpose. duties. to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities, set forth in the Powers and thirty-eighth and forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes. SECTION 2. Said corporation may hold real estate not Real estate. exceeding in value seventy thousand dollars, and their whole capital stock shall not exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each: provided, that no shares in the capital stock Proviso. 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. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. [1833, 103.] March 29, 1850. AN ACT authorizing the County Commissioners of the County of Barnsta- Chap. 125 ble to build a Bridge. Be it enacted, &c., as follows : across Duck Creek in SECTION 1. The county commissioners of the county of Bridge Barnstable are hereby authorized to construct, or cause to Wellfleet. be constructed, a bridge across the north-west arm of Duck Creek, in the town of Wellfleet, from the landing on Milton's Hill to near Atwood's Wharf, on Mayo's Beach, of such width and construction as the said commissioners may determine. SECTION 2. An act of eighteen hundred and thirty-three, 1833, 103, reauthorizing Paine G. Atwood to build a bridge in Wellfleet, pealed. is hereby repealed. [1847, 88; 1848, 131; 1850, 9.] March 29, 1850. AN ACT concerning the Cochituate Fire Insurance Company. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: The Cochituate Fire Insurance Company are hereby allowed three months further time, from the passage of this act, for the acceptance of their charter, in order to comply with the requirements of the "Act concerning Insurance Companies," passed February twenty-second, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. [1856, 3.] March 29, 1850. AN ACT to incorporate the Paucatuck Cemetery Association. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Chap. 126 Further time alance of charter. lowed for accept Chap. 127 SECTION 1. Riley Smith, Sylvanus G. Morley, Algernon Corporators. S. Smith, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Paucatuck Cemetery Association, for the purpose of establishing and perpetuating a Purpose. field. Powers and duties. In West Spring place for the burial of the dead, to be located in the town of West Springfield, in the county of Hampden, and shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, liabilities, and restrictions, set forth in the forty-fourth chapReal and person- ter of the Revised Statutes. al estate. Chap. 128 Corporators. Purpose. In Lawrence. Powers and duties. Capital stock. Value of shares. SECTION 2. Said corporation may hold real and personal estate, necessary and convenient for the purposes aforesaid, not exceeding in amount the sum of two thousand dollars. March 29, 1850. AN ACT to incorporate the Pacific Mills. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. James L. Little, Andrew T. Hall, Jarvis Slade, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the Pacific Mills, for the purpose of manufacturing worsted, woolen, silk, and cotton goods, in the town of Lawrence, county of Essex; and, for these purposes, shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities, set forth in the thirty-eighth and forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes. SECTION 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall be one million of dollars, and said corporation may hold such real estate as may be necessary and convenient for the purposes aforesaid, not exceeding in value five 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. March 29, 1850. [1854, 348; 1858, 105.] Chap. 129 AN ACT to change the Name of the Second Methodist Episcopal Church New name. Chap. 130 Time for organizing, locating, and constructing, extended. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: in Chelsea. That the trustees of the Second Methodist Episcopal Church in Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk, shall, after the passing of this act, be called and known by the name of the Trustees of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Chelsea. April 2, 1850. [1849, 189.] AN ACT concerning the Indian Orchard Railroad Corporation. The time for organizing the Indian Orchard Railroad Corporation, incorporated May first, eighteen hundred fortynine, and the time for locating and constructing their railroad, are hereby extended one year beyond the periods respectively specified therefor in said act. April 2, 1850. |