Proviso. ham; and they shall have the right to lay vessels at the ends and sides of the said wharf, and to receive wharfage May receive dockand dockage therefor: provided, that the same shall not age, &c. obstruct the safe anchorage of vessels in the harbor, and shall not interfere with the legal rights of any person. SECTION 2. What the said Thomas Sparrow, Joseph Reed, Previous action and Isaiah Lewis have already done in the premises, by way of construction, is hereby confirmed. confirmed. April 24, 1851. Chap. 67. AN ACT to authorize Samuel Adams to extend his Wharf. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Samuel Adams is hereby authorized to widen, extend, and maintain his wharf, in the town of Beverly, into the Beverly. harbor of Beverly, on the easterly side, on a parallel line with the wharf owned by Eliot Woodbury, and on the westerly side, on a line not nearer, at any one point, to the wharf owned by Foster and Lovett, than fifty feet, and extending into the harbor to a distance not exceeding the line of the end of the said wharf of Foster and Lovett, the said extension, below low-water mark, to be built upon piles; and he shall have the right to lay vessels at the end May receive dockand sides of the said wharf, and to receive dockage and age, &c. wharfage therefor provided, that this grant shall not in Proviso. any manner interfere with the legal rights of any person whomsoever. April 24, 1851. Chap. 69. AN ACT to incorporate the Boston Society of Civil Engineers. Be enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. George M. Dexter, Simeon Borden, William Corporators. P. Parrott, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, for the purpose of promoting science and instruc- Purpose. tion in the department of civil engineering; with all the Powers and powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, liabili- duties. ties and restrictions, set forth in the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes. al estate. SECTION 2. The said corporation may hold real and per- Real and personsonal estate, not exceeding in amount twenty thousand dollars, and the funds or property thereof shall not be used Funds not to be for any other purposes than those declared in the first used section of this act. [1849, 223.] April 24, 1851. for other purposes. AN ACT in addition to "An Act to establish the Waltham and Water- Chap. 72. town Branch Railroad." Be it enacted, &c., as follows: amend location of SECTION 1. The Waltham and Watertown Branch Rail- May alter and road Company, are hereby authorized and empowered so road. far to alter and amend the location of their railroad, that it Powers and duties. Time extended. Proviso. Time extended to the Fitchburg ny. Said company authorized to ac may be located, constructed and amended, by crossing over Charles River, near the lower factory in Waltham, at a point near the bleachery, and then crossing the river again to enter upon the main track of the Fitchburg Railroad at a point near the upper factory depot, at Waltham, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities, provided in the act to which this act is in addition. SECTION 2. The time allowed by the charter for filing the location, and for completing and putting in operation the said road, is hereby extended for the term of one year from the times limited therefor: provided, that the said company shall not commence the construction of the said road until the stock named in the charter shall have been subscribed by responsible parties, and ten per cent. on each share. thereof shall have been paid in to the treasurer of the said company. SECTION 3. The time allowed to the Fitchburg Railroad Railroad Compa- Company, by the tenth section of the act to which this act is in addition, to purchase the said railroad and locate and construct the same, is hereby extended for the term of one year from the time limited in said act; and the said Fitchcept, locate, &c. burg Railroad Company are hereby authorized and empowered to accept, locate and construct the said branch railroad, or to purchase and enjoy the rights, privileges, franchise and property of the said Waltham and Watertown Branch Railroad Company, subject to the provisions of this and the foregoing acts, and to any general laws which have been or may be passed respecting railroad corporations. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. [1846, 72.] April 24, 1851. Chap. 73. AN ACT to change the Name of the Bensonville Manufacturing Company. Name changed. Be it enacted, &c., as follows : The Bensonville Manufacturing Company may take the name of the Greenville Manufacturing Company. [1836, 62.] April 24, 1851. Chap. 74. AN ACT concerning the Marlborough Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Authorized to make insurance perty. SECTION 1. The Marlborough Mutual Fire Insurance on personal pro- Company in the town of Marlborough, is hereby authorized and empowered, in addition to the privileges granted to it by the act of March twenty-third, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, chapter sixty-three, to make insurance upon stock, tools, furniture, merchandise and other personal property, within this Commonwealth, against duties. loss by fire, during the residue of the term of its act of incorporation, with all the powers and privileges, and subject Powers and to all the restrictions and liabilities, set forth in the thirtyseventh and forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes, and in all other general laws relating to mutual fire insurance companies. effect. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect from and after its When to take acceptance by a vote of a majority of the members of the said company present, and voting at a legal meeting called for that purpose. April 24, 1851. AN ACT to incorporate the North Bridgewater Savings Bank. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Chap. 75. Franklin Ames, Edward Southworth, George B. Dunbar, Corporators. their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the North Bridgewater Savings Bank, to be established in the town of North Bridgewater, with Powers and 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 in all other laws of this Commonwealth relating to institutions for savings. April 24, 1851. AN ACT to incorporate the Atlantic Wharf Company. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: duties. Chap. 76. SECTION 1. Willard Sears, John Coe and Horace L. Corporators. Hazelton, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Atlantic Wharf Company, Name. with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the Powers and duties, restrictions and liabilities, set forth in the forty- duties. fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes. real estate. SECTION 2. Said corporation may purchase and hold, in May hold certain fee simple or otherwise, the whole or any part of certain lands and flats in the towns of Malden, in the county of Middlesex, and Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk, within the following described limits, to wit:-beginning at the middle of the dam on Island End River, so called, in Malden, then running down the middle of said river two thousand feet; thence turning and running in a northeasterly direction, by a straight line, to Cold Spring, so called, on Prospect Street, so called, in said Malden; thence by said Prospect Street to the Malden road; thence southerly, by said Malden road to Spruce Street, in Chelsea aforesaid; thence southerly, by said Spruce Street, and across Williams Street, to the middle of Island End River; thence by the middle of said river, to the point of beginning at the middle of said dam; with all the rights, easements, privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging; and Proviso. Proviso. Proviso. No shares to be issued at less than par value. said corporation may build and maintain a wharf or wharves within said limits, and lay vessels thereat, and receive dockage and wharfage therefor, and, conformably to their by-laws, may make conveyances of their corporate property, or any part thereof, and may lease, manage and improve the same provided, that nothing herein contained shall authorize said corporation to erect any obstructions in the channel of said river, or to infringe on the legal rights of any person and provided, that no solid wall or wharf shall ever be constructed within seventy-five feet of the centre of the channel of said river, below the dam aforesaid, nor any pile wharf, or other erection, within fifty feet of the said centre and provided, that the real and personal estate of said corporation shall not exceed in amount 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 first issued. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. April 25, 1851. [1826, 54.] Chap. 77. AN ACT to protect the Mattakeeset Herring Fishery in the Town of Edgartown. No seines, &c., to be set up. Penalty. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. No person or persons shall set, draw, or stretch any seine or drag-net, or set up any weirs, in the Great Pond, bays, coves, or creeks of said Great Pond, in the town of Edgartown, from the first day of March to the first day of September, annually, under a penalty of fifty dollars for each person, for each offence, to be recovered in any court proper to try the same, one-half to the use of the said town, and the other half to any person who shall prosecute therefor. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. [1856, 285.] April 25, 1851. [1846, 247; 1847, 101; 1848, 34; 1849, 18; 1850, 4; 1851, 34.] Chap. 78. AN ACT to authorize the Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad Company to Preferred stock. &c. Proviso. issue Preferred Stock. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. The Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad Company are hereby authorized to issue preferred stock, to an amount not exceeding one thousand shares of one hundred guarantee, dollars each, upon which they may guarantee the payment of three per cent., semi-annually, to the holders thereof: provided, however, that the said company shall not dispose of any of the said preferred stock at less than its par value. be offered to SECTION 2. The said preferred stock shall first be offered stock must first to the stockholders in the said company, who shall be, stockholders. respectively, entitled to subscribe therefor, at its par value, in proportion to the number of shares held by them; and for each share of the said preferred stock so subscribed and paid for at par, each stockholder shall have the privilege of surrendering one share in three of the old stock held by him, and of receiving instead thereof, a certificate of one share of preferred stock, which shall be entitled to the same benefits as provided for the preferred stock mentioned in the first section of this act; and stockholders may transfer their rights to subscribe for preferred stock, or to surrender the old and receive preferred stock therefor, as aforesaid. SECTION 3. The said preferred stock shall be redeemable shall be redeemagreeably to any stipulation made by the corporation before able. 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 of the same, and all dividends due thereon, which said dividends shall be declared semi-annually, and be payable in money. effect. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect from and after its When to acceptance by a vote representing two-thirds of all the shares of the said company, not less than three-fourths of the proprietors, holding less than three shares each, voting in the affirmative, at a legal meeting called for that purpose. April 29, 1851. [1852, 178; 1853, 19, 185; 1855, 483.] [1831, 21.] take AN ACT to authorize the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Chap. 79. Pittsfield, to convey certain Property. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: ized to transfer convey Cyrus A. Chapman, John M. Holland, Stephen W. New- Trustees authorton, Solomon Ely, Benjamin F. Hale, and Daniel Foot, funds, trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Pittsfield, real estate, &c. are hereby authorized to transfer all the funds, and convey all the real estate and other property held by them, either under the deed of the executors of Thomas Gold, dated in March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twentynine, or by any other title or conveyance whatever, to such new board of trustees as have been or may hereafter be appointed for the purpose of receiving, holding, and managing the same, by the Methodist Episcopal Society in Pittsfield, under the statute of this Commonwealth, passed on the 26th day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, entitled "An Act concerning the trustees of Methodist Episcopal churches," and duly organized according to the provisions of the said act: provided, Proviso, that all the said first named trustees, and also Thomas A. |