wood, fifty cents per thousand; for spars and masts, per ton of soft wood, forty cents; on piling, per ton, twenty cents; on round timber soft wood other than spars, masts and piling, per ton twenty cents; on round timber hardwood per ton fifty cents; on ship timber hardwood, per ton fifty cents; on same, of soft wood, per ton thirty cents; on knees of an average size, thirteen to a ton-per ton sixty cents; on oars per thousand feet, one dollar; on tree nails, per thousand feet thirty cents; on clapboards per thousand fifty cents; on laths per thousand ten cents; on barrel staves, hardwood, forty cents; on same of soft wood twenty five cents; on hogshead staves per thousand sixty cents; on shingles per thousand, twelve and half cents; on hogshead hoops and barrel hoop poles, per thousand eighty cents; on bricks per thousand, fifty cents; on shook each six cents; on sugar boxes, each five cents; on heading pairs one hundred, seventy cents; on fencing posts, one hundred in number, one dollar and eighty cents; on hardwood and bark, per cord, fifty cents; on soft wood per cord thirty cents; on gypsum, sand grindstones, granite, wrought and unwrought per ton twenty five cents; on iron, nails, spikes, lead and hollow ware, per ton fifty cents; on salt per bushel, three cents; on bales of cotton, and cotton factory goods, per ton fifty cents; on screwed hay in bundles per ton, sixty cents; on charcoal per hundred bushels, fifty cents; on boxes of dry goods, per ton of forty feet, fifty cents; on crates of ware each forty cents; on chests of tea each six cents; on ploughs, each ten cents; on lime per cask twelve and half cents; on boxes of glass one hundred feet each, six cents each; on molasses the hogshead, fifty cents; ditto in tierce, twenty cents; ditto in barrels ten cents; on spirits, wine tierce, each twenty five cents; beef, pork, pickled fish and cider per barrel each ten cents; on bread crackers and apples, per barrel eight cents each; on dried fish, per hundred weight, five cents; on oats, corn, or other grain, two cents per bushel; on potatoes and other vegetables two cents per bushel; on all other articles, in proportion to weight

Falls to tide wa

and bulk; on passengers, ten cents each, and all articles intended to be conveyed on said Rail Road, shall be placed thereon by the respective owners thereof, and taken therefrom by them or at their expense.

SECT. 9. Be it further enacted, That a toll be and hereby Toll from Great is granted and established, for the benefit of said Corpoters established. ration, for the conveyance on the Rail Road from the Great Falls on Machias West River to the tide waters in Jonesborough, according to the rates following, to wit, on all planks, boards, and other sawed stuff, and timber squared other than hardwood, board measure, fifty cents per thousand; on the same, if hardwood, sixty cents, per thousand; on spars, and masts, per ton of soft wood, forty cents; on piling, per ton, twenty cents; on round timber soft wood, other than masts, spars, and piling, per ton, thirty cents; on round timber, hardwood, per ton, fifty cents; on ship timber, hardwood, per ton, fifty cents; on the same, soft wood, thirty cents per ton; on knees of an average size, thirteen to a ton, per ton sixty cents; on oars per thousand feet one dollar; on tree nails, per thousand feet thirty five cents; on clapboards, per thousand, sixty cents; on laths per thousand, twelve and half cents; on hogshead staves, per thousand seventy cents; on barrel staves; hardwood, fifty cents; on same, soft wood thirty cents; on shingles per thousand fifteen cents; on hogshead hoops and barrel hoop poles, per thousand one dollar; on bricks per thousand, sixty cents; on shooks, each seven cents; on sugar boxes each seven cents; on heading, pairs, one hundred in number, eighty cents; on fencing posts, one hundred in number, two dollars; on hardwood and bark, per cord, fifty cents; on soft wood per cord thirty cents; on gypsum, sand, grindstones and granite, wrought or unwrought, per ton, thirty cents; on iron, nails, spikes, lead, and hallow ware, per ton, fifty cents; on salt three cents per bushel; on bales of cotton, and cotton factory goods, per ton, sixty cents; on hay in bundles screwed, seventy five cents; on charcoal per hundred bushels, seventy five cents; on crates of ware each

fifty cents, on boxes of dry goods, per ton of forty feet, seventy cents; on chests of tea, each ten cents; on ploughs, each ten cents; on lime, the cask, twelve and half cents; on boxes of glass, one hundred feet, each, ten cents; on molasses, the hogshead fifty cents; ditto in tierce, twenty five cents; ditto in barrel, ten cents; on spirits, or wine, tierce each thirty cents; on beef, pork, and pickled fish each, ten cents; on flour, cider, each eight cents per barrel; on bread, crackers and apples, per barrel, each six cents; on corn, oats, and other grain, two cents per bushel; on potatoes and other vegetables, per bushel, two cents, each; on dried fish per hundred weight, three cents; on other articles not enumerated, in proportion to bulk and weight; on passengers, twelve cents each: all articles of every description, to be placed upon the Rail Road cars and taken therefrom by the owner or owners of the articles; or by their agent, or pay for placing them thereon, and taking them therefrom in addition to the rates of toll.

SECT. 10. Be it further enacted, That said Corporation shall constantly, from and after the time, when they commence the taking of toll for transportation of any of the articles aforesaid have and maintain in good repair, and for use, a good and convenient Rail Road, constructed of suitable materials, and provide fit vehicles, and carriages with all necessary apparatus for the safe conveyance of all such articles, as they may be required to transport upon said Rail Roads, or either of them; and shall be held and obliged to take charge of, and convey the same accordingly, the toll being first paid or tendered.

Corporation to

keep in good re

pair a Rail Road

and vehicles.

ing rail road.

SECT. 11. Be it further enacted, That if any person shall wilfully maliciously or contrary to law take up remove, Penalty for injurundermine or otherwise injure or obstruct any part of either of said Rail Roads, or any work connected with or appertaining to the same, such person shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay to said Corporation a sum not less than five nor more than five hundred dollars, according to the aggravation of the injury done or committed, and

first meeting.

such offender, or offenders, shall further be liable to indictment for such trespass or trespasses, and on conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine to the State of not less than twenty, nor more than one hundred dollars, at the discretion of the Court before whom the same shall be tried.

SECT. 12. Be it further enacted, That any two of the Mode of calling persons named in this Act, are authorized to call the first meeting of said Corporation, by publishing the time and place thereof, three weeks successively in the Eastern Democrat a paper printed in Calais, in the County of Washington, and in one newspaper printed in the City of Boston, State of Massachusetts, at which meeting, the Board of Directors may be chosen and other corporate business transacted,

Names of Corpo

rators.

Corporate name.

ileges.

Chapter 123.

AN ACT to incorporate the Cutler Mill Dam Corporation.

Approved March 16, 1836.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Legislature assembled, That Nathaniel Stevens, Solomon Wildes, Isaac J. Stevens, Amos Carlton, Putnam J. Farnham, and William Stevens, with their associates and successors, be and they hereby are incorporated into a body politic by the name of the "Cutler Mill Dam Corporation," and may take and hold real and personal estate to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars, which property the said Corporation may give, grant, sell or convey at their pleasure.

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Corporation Powers and priv. are hereby empowered to erect, maintain, repair and rebuild a mill dam, on their own land, across the Head of Little River Harbour in the Town of Cutler, with flood gates thereto at least fifteen feet wide, so as to admit the passage of gondolas, and boats, at high water;-and said

Corporation may erect on said dam, mills and factories and use the water retained by said dam in such manner as they may deem necessary and useful.

May establish

meetings, &c.

SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Corporation. may establish the mode of calling meetings-may agree mode of calling upon the number of shares into which the Capital Stock shall be divided the evidence of ownership thereof, and the manner of transferring the same-may make assessments and do all other things that may be necessary for the management of the concerns of said Corporation.

SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That said Corporation shall be entitled to all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties and requirements of the several Acts regulating manufacturing Companies and the several Acts of this State concerning Corporations,

General powers.

Chapter 124.

AN ACT to incorporate the Waldoborough Academy and Female High

School.

Approved March 18, 1836.

rators.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Legislature assembled, That Denny McCobb, Names of CorpoDavid M. Mitchell, John Bulfinch, James Cook, Isaac G. Reed, John Manning, Payne Elwell, Samuel Morse, Jacob Ludwig, Henry Kennedy, Joseph Clark, George Demuth, William Sproul, James R. Groton, William Groton, John Huler, Frederick Castner, George D. Smouse, their associates, and successors be and hereby are constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of the Waldobo- Corporate name. rough Academy and Female High School, and by that name shall have power to prosecute and defend suits at law; to have and use a common seal; to take and hold for the objects of their association any estate real or personal to the amount of to an amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, and the same to use and dispose of at their pleasure; to make

May hold estate $20,000.