ACTS AND LAWS, PASSED BY THE GENERAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS, AT 1805.- Chapter 1. [May Session, ch. 1.] AN ACT TO AUTHORISE HENRY TUCKER AND HIS ASSOCIATES, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1805. - Chapter 2. [May Session, ch. 2.] AN ACT TO INCORPORATE A NUMBER OF THE INHABITANTS Whereas the Congregational Church in Fitchburg, lately Preamble. under the Pastoral care of the Reverend Samuel Worcester, now under that of the Reverend Titus T. Barton, together with those who meet with said Church for the Worship of God, have petitioned this Court to be incorporated into a Distinct religious Society, for the reasons expressed in their petition, and it appearing reasonable to this Court that the prayer thereof be granted: Corporate name. Method of joining or leav. SEC. 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and Incorporating by the authority of the same, that the Church aforesaid, and such inhabitants of the town of Fitchburg, as meet with them for the Worship of God, with their polls and estates, be, and hereby are incorporated into a Society by the name of The Calvinistic Congregational Society in Fitchburg," with all the powers, priviledges and immunities which other religious Societies in this Commonwealth are entitled to by Law, they paying the taxes that have already been assessed upon them for the support of public Worship. SEC. 2D. Be it further enacted, that any of the Ining the society. habitants of the town of Fitchburg, who may desire to join said Society, shall have full Liberty thus to do at any time previous to the first day of January one thousand eight hundred & Six; provided they signify, in writing under their hand to the Clerk of the said Society, their wish and determination of being considered as members of said society; and they shall accordingly be recorded as such by the Clerk of the said Society. And any member of said Society shall have the right to leave the same at any time before the first day of January One thousand eight hundred & six, by leaving a written determination with the Clerk of said Society, whose duty it shall be to record the same, and such member shall thence afterwards be considered a member of the Society to which he originally belonged. Provision for persons who may hereafter settle in Fitchburg. Method of join ing society for one years of age. SEC. 3D. Be it further enacted, that if any person who may hereafter settle within the limits of said Town shall be desirous to join the Society aforesaid he shall have full Liberty to do it any time within twelve months from his settlement in the town, by signifying his determination of the same, in the manner pointed out in the second Section of this Act. SEC. 4TH. Be it further enacted, that all young per persons twenty-sons within the limits of the town aforesaid, when they become twenty-one years of age, shall have full Liberty, at any time within twelve months after they become twenty-one years of age, to join, with their polls and Estates, either of the said Societies, by signifying their determination in writing to the Clerk of the Society they may desire to join. Meeting for the choice of officers. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That Joseph Fox, Esqr. or any other Justice of the Peace in the County of Worcester, be, and he is hereby authorised to issue his 1805. - Chapter 3. [May Session, ch. 3.] AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COTTON exempted from Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That all the buildings which are or may be erected Buildings, &c., within said town of Rehoboth, by Eliphalet Slack, Oliver taxation. Starkweather, Ebenezer Tyler the 2nd, Elijah Ingraham and others, for the purpose of Establishing a Cotton Manufactory in said Town, and all the Materials and Stock to be employed in the Manufacture of Cotton be and they are hereby exempted from Taxes of every kind for and during the term of five years, from and after the passing of [of] this Act and no longer. Approved June 14, 1805. 1805.- Chapter 4. [May Session, ch. 4.] AN ACT TO DETERMINE THE TIME OF HOLDING THE COURTS OF SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act New terms. there shall be two Terms of the Courts of General Sessions of the Peace holden at Northampton, within and for the County of Hampshire, annually, one to be holden on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in August, the other on the third Monday of January. ferred. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all processes, Mat- Business transters, and things, returnable or continued to the Court of Preamble. Capital stock increased. Time for new subscription. Meeting of joint stockholders. General Sessions of the Peace by law to be holden at Northampton, within and for the County of Hampshire on the fourth Monday of August next, shall be returned to, continued, and have day, in Court, to be holden on the first Monday after the fourth Monday of August next. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all Laws heretofore made to determine the time of holding the Courts of General Sessions of the Peace within and for the County of Hampshire, be, and hereby are repealed. Approved June 14, 1805. 1805.- Chapter 5. [May Session, ch. 5.] AN ACT FOR UNITING THE MERRIMACK AND NEWBURY PORT Whereas the respective Presidents, Directors and Companies of the Merrimack and Newbury Port Banks, have Petitioned this Court for authority to Unite the stocks of the said two Banks: SECT. 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, that for the purpose aforesaid, the stock of the Newbury Port Bank may be increased in the sum of Two hundred and fifty thousand Dollars; and that the Stockholders of the Merrimack Bank for the time being shall have the exclusive right to subscribe the said sum, in proportion to the respective shares held by them individually at the time of said subscription. SECT. 2D. Be it further enacted, that the presidents of the said two Banks may fix the time when the said subscription shall be made, of which they shall cause public notice to be given in the Newbury port Herald. SECT. 3D. Be it further enacted, that on the days suceeding the said subscription, there shall be held, at such place in Newbury Port as shall be appointed, by the said Presidents, a meeting of the stockholders of the said joint stock, at which meeting there shall be chosen Nine Directors of the said Newbury Port Bank, who shall continue in Office until the first Monday in October next, on which day, and on the same Day thereafter, annually, there shall be a Meeting of the said Stockholders, & a number of Directors shall be chosen, not exceeding nine, nor less than seven, and a majority of the directors for the time being shall constitute a Quorum for the transaction of Business. Bank to make loans. ecutions issued Newburyport SECT. 4TH. Be it further enacted, that from and after Merrimack the said Subscription, the President and Directors of the no further Merrimack Bank shall make no further loans or discounts. SECT. 5TH. And be it further enacted, that when exe- In case of excution shall issue upon any Judgment recovered against against the the President, Directors and Company of the Newbury Bank. Port Bank, and shall be returned unsatisfied in the whole or in part, the Plaintiff may sue out a Scire facias against such persons who were President & Directors of the same Bank, at the commencement of the original Action and are living, to have execution against their goods and estate, & for want thereof upon their bodies, and execution shall be awarded accordingly, with customary damages and costs, unless the Defendants can shew that the said Judgment is satisfied, or that the transactions of the said Bank have been conducted and managed with fidelity, prudence, and Discretion. Approved June 14, 1805. 1805. - Chapter 6. [May Session, ch. 6.] AN ACT TO CONTINUE IN FORCE, AN ACT ENTITLED “AN ACT SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, that the Act entitled "an Act to Former acts Incorporate sundry persons by the Name of the Presi- continued. dent and Directors of the Nantucket Bank" - which passed the twenty-seventh day of February, in the Year of our[e] Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety five; also one other act, entitled "an Act in addition to an Act, entitled" an Act to Incorporate sundry persons by the Name of the President and Directors of the Nantucket Bank," which passed the first day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven, be, and are hereby continued in full force and effect, untill the last Monday of March, which will be in the Year of Our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and six. SECT. 2D. Provided however and Be it further enacted, that from and after the first day of July next the said Cor- Issue of small poration shall not issue any Bank Bills of a less denomi bills restricted. |