Chap. 317 Line altered. No wharf to be into court, to be paid to the complainant for the damages claimed in his petition; and if the complainant shall not accept the same, with his costs up to that time, but shall proceed in the suit, he shall be entitled to his costs up to the time of the tender, or such payment into court, and not afterwards, and the said city shall be entitled to recover its costs afterwards, unless the complainant shall recover greater damages than were so offered. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. May 3, 1850. [1851, 121; 1854, 353; 1858, 86; 1859, 184, 222.] [1837, 229; 1840, 35; 1841, 60; 1847, 234, 278; 1849, 204; 1850, 216] AN ACT in addition to an Act concerning the Harbor of Boston. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. The line of that part of the harbor of Boston, lying between West Boston Bridge and the Boston and Roxbury Mill-dam, which was established by an act passed on the seventeenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty, and altered by an act passed on the sixth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, is hereby further altered, and shall hereafter run as follows, that is to say: Beginning at the south-westerly corner of the pier wharf, situate on the southerly side of West Boston Bridge; thence running south-westerly in a straight line, in a direction to a point on the northerly side of said Boston and Roxbury Mill-dam, which point is ten hundred and eighty-six feet distant from a brick building standing at the corner, the easterly side of Charles Street and northerly side of Beacon Street, until it comes to a line running parallel with said mill-dam, and two hundred feet distant from the northerly side thereof, then uniting with a line established by said act, passed on the seventeenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty. on SECTION 2. No wharf, pier building, or incumbrance of extended beyond any kind, shall hereafter be extended beyond said line herein established, into or over the tide water in said harbor. this line. Of wharves and flats between West Boston bridge and the mill dam. Proviso. When to take effect. SECTION 3. The proprietors of the wharves and flats, lying between West Boston Bridge and the Boston and Roxbury Mill-dam, are hereby authorized to extend their wharves, and the lines of their respective flats, to the said last mentioned line, in a direction at right angles thereto : provided, that no person's legal rights shall be infringed thereby. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect only if, and on condition that, the proprietors of said wharves and flats shall cause a good and substantial sea-wall to be built and maintained on said last mentioned line through its whole length. May 3, 1850. [1851, 254; 1853, 385.] [1850, 216, 254.] AN ACT in addition to "An Act to authorize the extension of certain Chap. 318 Wharves in the Harbor of Boston." Be it enacted, &c., as follows: be extended. Such of the wharves in Fore Point Channel in Boston Wharves, how to harbor, between Arch Wharf and Wales' Wharf, as have been authorized to be extended prior to the Act of April thirtieth, of the present year, authorizing the extension of certain wharves in the harbor of Boston, but which have not yet been so extended, shall, if hereafter extended, in whole or in part, by virtue of the act to which this is in addition, be extended only at right angles to the line of said channel, established by the act passed on the seventeenth day of April, of the present year, "additional to an Act to preserve the harbor of Boston, and to prevent encroachments therein," and in conformity with the provisions of the act to which. this is in addition. May 3, 1850. 1851. [1847, 149.] AN ACT to change the Name of the Coasters' Mutual Marine Insurance Chap. 1. 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 Coasters' Mutual Marine Insurance Company shall Name changed. hereafter be called and known by the name of The Commercial Mutual Marine Insurance Company. [1854, 48.] February 10, 1851. [1850, 94.] AN ACT to change the Name of the Revere Mutual Fire and Marine Chap. 2. Insurance Company. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: The Revere Mutual Fire and Marine Insurance Company Name changed. shall hereafter be called and known by the name of The Alliance Insurance Company. February 18, 1851. AN ACT to establish a Fire Department in the Town of Woburn. Chap. 3. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: duties. SECTION 1. A fire department is hereby established in Powers and the town of Woburn, subject to all the duties and liabilities, and with all the powers and privileges, set forth in an act entitled "An Act to regulate fire departments," passed Chap. 4. Time extended. Chap. 5. Capital stock increased. Purpose. May issue preferred stock. Proviso. May be redeema ble holders &c. par value on the ninth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. February 22, 1851. [1849, 2; 1850, 32.] AN ACT further to extend the time for paying in the Capital Stock of the Columbian Fire and Marine Insurance Company. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: The time within which the capital stock of the Columbian Fire and Marine Insurance Company in Boston, is by law required to be paid in, is hereby further extended to the third day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. February 22, 1851. [1845, 186.] AN ACT to increase the Capital Stock of the Lexington and West Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. The Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad Corporation is hereby authorized to increase its capital stock, by the addition of twelve hundred shares of one hundred dollars each, for the purpose of enabling the said corporation to redeem its bonds. SECTION 2. The stock hereby authorized to be issued shall be preferred stock, and shall be used only for the purpose of liquidating the outstanding bonds of the said corporation, by substituting the same for the said bonds, in such manner and on such terms as may be agreed upon by the said corporation, and the holders of said bonds: provided, that the said stock shall not be issued at less than its par value SECTION 3. The preferred stock created by this act may by paying be redeemable by said corporation agreeably to any stipulation made by it before the issue thereof, and shall be redeemable at any time after ten years from its issue, the corporation paying to the holders of such stock the par value Dividends, when of the same, and all dividends due thereon, which dividends declared and paid shall be declared semi-annually, such payment to be made by an issue of shares of general stock equal to the preferred stock surrendered, or by money, at par, at the election of the holders of such stock; but the capital stock of the shall not be in- Corporation shall not be increased by any issue of stock provided for in this section. Capital stock creased, &c. When to take effect. Proviso. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage, and when accepted by the said corporation at a legal meeting called for that purpose: provided, that twothirds in amount of the stockholders of said corporation, present and voting thereon, shall vote therefor. [1851, 244; 1855 266, 390.] February 26, 1851. [1832, 141; 1850, 210.] AN ACT to change the Name of the Dorchester and Milton Bank. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Chap. 6. SECTION 1. The corporation by the name of the Presi- Name changed. dent, Directors and Company of the Dorchester and Milton Bank, established March seventeenth, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, shall hereafter be known and called by the name of the President, Directors and Company of the Blue Hill Bank. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. February 26, 1851. [1854, 171.] AN ACT to incorporate the Trustees of the Punchard Free School in the Chap. 7. Town of Andover. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. Samuel Fuller, John L. Taylor, Charles H. Corporators. Pierce, Francis Cogswell, Moses Foster, Jr., Jacob Chick ering, Joshua Ballard and Joseph Shattuck, and their successors, are hereby constituted a corporation, by the name Name. of the Trustees of the Punchard Free School, to exercise Powers and duall the powers and perform all the duties derived to them ties. under the will of the late Benjamin Hanover Punchard, Esquire, subject to all the liabilities and with all the rights set forth and conferred by the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes, and by this act, not inconsistent with the provisions of said will; and the possession, control, and Possession, &c., management of the fund bequeathed to the town of Ando- of the fund conver, by said will, in the corporate name of said trustees, for trustees. the purposes and uses therein expressed, is hereby confirmed to said trustees and their successors forever. firmed to the SECTION 2. The said trustees may purchase and hold real Real and personestate to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand al estate. dollars, and may hold personal estate to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars; and it shall be shall loan the the duty of said trustees to loan all the funds of said cor- not less than poration not required for the immediate purposes of the $200 each. school, upon interest, in sums of not less than two hundred dollars each, upon the bond or note of the borrower, payable funds in sums annually. in one year, with a mortgage of real estate, situate either in Secured by mortthe county of Essex, Suffolk or Middlesex, of at least twice age, &c. the value of the sum loaned, as collateral security for the Interest semirepayment of the same, with interest semi-annually: pro- Proviso. vided, however, that such loans may be made to towns or cities in their corporate capacity, upon the note or bond of their treasurer, or other person or persons duly authorized, without other additional security. SECTION 3. A board of trustees shall be chosen by said Trustees, when town of Andover, by ballot, according to the provisions of and how chosen. ers, &c., until said election. said will, on the first Monday of April, once in three years; Trustees may ex- and the first regular election hereafter shall be held on the ecute all the pow first Monday of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three; and until said election the aforenamed trustees shall have and execute all the powers and perform all the duties and obligations herein mentioned and required. In case of the removal of any trustee from town, his office shall thereupon be vacated, and vacancies from this or from any other cause may be filled at any town meeting held after the same shall occur; and the trustees who have been, main in office un- or may hereafter be, chosen by the town, shall remain in office, until others are chosen in their stead. How vacancies filled. Trustees to re til others are chosen. -shall choose a treasurer, &c. -shall render an annual account, &c. -shall report annually the condition of the school. -five to constitute a quorum. Chap. 8. Boundaries of the territory annexed SECTION 4. The board of trustees, provided by said will, shall choose a treasurer, who shall give a bond to the inhab itants of Andover, with one or more sureties, in the penal sum of at least ten thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, which bond shall be approved by the selectmen of the town for the time being. The books of said treasurer shall be at all times open to the inspection of the selectmen of said town, or of any of them. SECTION 5. The said trustees shall annually, on or before the first Monday of March, render to said town an account of the condition of said fund, and of the receipts and expenditures thereof, and said account shall be audited by the town auditors and printed in their annual report. SECTION 6. The said trustees shall make an annual report of the condition of said school, specifying the number of scholars who have attended the same, and their deportment and proficiency, and said report shall be printed with the annual report of the school committee of the town. SECTION 7. Five trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. SECTION 8. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. February 26, 1851. [1856, 77.] AN ACT to annex a part of the Town of Dracut to the City of Lowell. SECTION 1. So much of the town of Dracut, in the county of Middlesex, as is commonly called Centralville, thus bounded and described, to wit:-Beginning at the thread of Merrimack River, near the foot of Hunt's Falls, opposite the south-east corner of the land of the proprietors of Locks and Canals on Merrimack River; thence running north, nineteen degrees and thirty minutes west, about three hundred feet to the margin of said river, at said south-east corner bound; thence in the same course northerly, three thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven feet, |