MAINE CONGREGATIONAL CHARITABLE SOCIETY. assigns as fully, and in the same manner as if the said Bridge had never been erected: Provided also, That nothing contained in this act, shall be construed to prevent the repairing or rebuilding of said Bridge, without paying any additional sum whatever for the income of said ferry. [This Act passed January 23, 1821.] 29 CHAPTER XX. AN ACT to Incorporate the Maine Congregational Charitable Society. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, That the Reverend Elijah Persons incorpo Kellogg, Eliphalet Gillet, David Thurston, Edward Payson, rated. Jonathan Cogswell, Benjamin Tappan, Asa Rand, John W. Ellingwood, Enos Merrill, D. M. Mitchell, Ichabod Nichols, Caleb Bradley, William Miltimore, Thomas I. Murdock, and Jonathan Greenleaf, with their associates and successors, be, and they hereby are incorporated into a body politic by the name of the Maine Congregational Charitable Society; with power to sue and be sued; to have a common seal, and to change the same; to make any bye-laws for the management of their affairs, not repugnant to the laws of this State; to take and hold, for the humane and benevolent purpose of affording May relief and support to the indigent widows and children of deceased ministers, any estate, whose annual income shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars; and to give and grant, or bargain and sell the same and with all the privileges usually granted to other Societies, instituted for purposes of charity and benevolence. hold prop erty of the year. income of D.5,000. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the first meeting of said Society shall be holden at such time and place, and be First meeting. notified in such manner as a majority of the persons herein named may direct. tered or repealed SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That the powers granted Act may be d by this act may be enlarged, restrained or repealed, at the pleasure of the Legislature. [This Act passed January 23, 1821.] 5 30 SANDY RIVER AG. SOCIETY.-CONCORD. porated. CHAPTER XXI. AN ACT to Incorporate the Sandy River Agricultural Society. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, That Stephen TitPersons incor- comb, Ward Locke, James Hawes, Thomas D. Blake, together with such other persons as may hereafter associate with them, be, and they hereby are incorporated into a body politic by the name of the Sandy River Agricultural Society; with power to sue and be sued; to have a common seal, and to change the same; to make any bye-laws for the management of their affairs not repugnant to the constitution and May hold estate laws of the State; to take, hold and possess, to be used ue of 2000 dolls. exclusively for the promotion and improvement of Agriculture, Manufactures and the Mechanic Arts, any estate, real or personal, the yearly income whereof shall not exceed two thousand dollars; and may sell and convey, or lease the same; and with all the privileges usually granted to Agricultural Societies. of the yearly val SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the powers granted Act may be re- by this Act, may be enlarged, restrained or repealed at the pleasure of the Legislature. pealed. SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That Ward Locke, Esquire, First meeting. be, and he hereby is authorized to fix the time and place of holding the first meeting of said Corporation, by publishing a notification thereof, three weeks successively, in the American Advocate and the Hallowell Gazette, printed at Hallowell, the last publication to be seven days at least before said meeting. [This Act passed January 23, 1821.] Boundaries. CHAPTER XXII. AN ACT to Incorporate the town of Concord. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, That Plantation number one, on the west side of Kennebec river, in the first range of Townships, in the million of acres, so called, and bounded as follows, beginning at the north east corner of the town of Embden, and running west by the line of said Embden, six miles; thence north six miles; thence running east to the main channel of said Kennebec river; thence down the main channel of the same river, to the first mentioned bound, with the inhabitants thereon, be, and they hereby are, incorporated into a town by the name of Concord; and the WAYNE AND READFIELD.-NORWAY. inhabitants of said town are vested with all the powers and privileges and immunities, which the inhabitants of towns within this State do or may enjoy. 31 SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That William Haskell, First meeting Esquire, is hereby empowered to issue his warrant to some inhabitant of said town, directing him to notify the inhabitants thereof, to meet at such time and place as he shall appoint, to choose such officers as other towns are empowered to choose at their annual town meetings. [This Act passed January 25, 1821.] CHAPTER XXIII. AN ACT to set off the northeast corner of the town of Wayne, and annex it to the town of Readfield. Bounds of the BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, That the northeast corner of the territory set off. town of Wayne bounded as follows, to wit: beginning at the northeast corner of the said town of Wayne, thence running southerly on the east side line of Wayne aforesaid, to the south end of lot number one hundred and eighty five; thence west twenty two and one half degrees north, to the southwest corner of lot number one hundred and eighty six; thence the same course on the south end of lot number one hundred and eighty seven, forty rods; thence north twenty two and one half degrees east, to the northerly line of the said town of Wayne; thence easterly on said line, to the first mentioned bound, with the inhabitants thereon, be, and the same hereby are set off from the said town of Wa ayne, and annexed to, and incorporated with, the town of Readfield; and vested with all the privileges, and subject to all the duties and requisitions of other inhabitants of the said town of Readfield. [This Act passed January 25, 1821.] CHAPTER XXIV. AN ACT to enlarge the powers of the Trustees of the Ministerial and ceive donations BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, That the Trustees of the Ministerial Authorized to reand School Lands in the town of Norway, and their successors, be, and they hereby are, authorized to receive from any ,, 32 Not exceeding PERU. NORWAY. individuals in said town, voluntary donations for the purpose of increasing said ministerial fund; and to appropriate the the yearly in- same agreeably to the intention of the donors respectively, Provided, That the income of said Fund shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars annually. come of 1.000 dollars. [This Act passed January 27, 1821.] Boundaries. First meeting. CHAPTER XXV. AN ACT to establish the town of Peru, in the county of Oxford. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, That the plantation heretofore called number one, in the county of Oxford, as contained within the following described bounds, be, and hereby is, with the inhabitants thereon, established as a town, by the name of Peru; and bounded as follows, to wit: west by the town of Rumford and plantation numbered two; south by the town of Sumner; east by the towns of Hartford and Jay; and north by the Androscoggin river. And the said town of Peru is hereby vested with all the corporate powers, and shall be subject to all the duties and requisitions of other corporate towns, according to the constitution and laws of this State. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That Stephen Barnard, Esquire, of Mexico, in said county, upon application therefor, is hereby empowered to issue a warrant, directed to a free-hold inhabitant of said town of Peru, requiring him to notify and warn the inhabitants of the said town, to meet at such convenient time and place, as shall be appointed in said warrant, for the choice of such officers as towns are by law empowered and required to choose at their annual town meetings. [This Act passed February 5, 1821.] CHAPTER XXVI. AN ACT to annex an unincorporated gore of land to the town of Norway, and to establish a part of the dividing line between the counties of Cumberland and Oxford. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate aud House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, That the tract or gore of land, lying between the towns of Norway, Otisfield, MAINE LIT. AND THEOL. INST.-PENOB. AG. SOCIETY. Harrison, and Waterford, with the inhabitants thereon, be, and the same are hereby annexed and incorporated with the town of Norway; and vested with all the privileges, and subject to all the duties, and requisitions of other inhabitants of said town of Norway. 33 between Cum SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the dividing line Dividing line between the said gore, and the town of Otisfield, and between berland and Ox the said gore and the town of Harrison, be, and the same is ford. hereby established, as a part of the dividing line between the counties of Cumberland and Oxford. [This Act passed February 5, 1821.] CHAPTER XXVII. AN ACT to change the name of the Maine Literary and Theological . 1nstitution. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives terville College. in Legislature assembled, That from and after the passing of Name to be Wa this act, the name of the said Maine Literary and Theological Institution shall cease, and the same shall henceforth be called and known by the name of Waterville College; any law to the contrary notwithstanding: And nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair or annul any of the rights powers or privileges of the said corporation. [This Act passed February 5, 1821.] CHAPTER XXVIII. AN ACT to incorporate the Penobscot Agricultural Society. porated. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, That Jedediah Persons incorHerrick, Daniel Pike, Samuel E. Dutton, Joshua Lane, Philo H. Washburn, together with their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby incorporated into a body politic, by the name of the Penobscot Agricultural Society; with power to sue and be sued; to have a common seal, and to change the same; to make any bye-laws and regulations for the management of their affairs, not repugnant to the laws of the State; to take, hold, and possess any real or May hold real or personal estate, the yearly income of which shall not exceed personal estate three thousand dollars; to be used exclusively for the pro- come of 3,000 motion and improvement of agriculture, manufactures and of the annual in dollars. |