shares. SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That the whole property Number of of said Corporation shall be divided into such number of shares as the Corporation shall hereafter direct; and said shares shall be considered in all respects as personal estate; and the said Corporation shall have power from time to Powers, &c. time, to assess upon each of said shares such sums of money as may be deemed necessary for the purposes of said Corporation; and for the payment of any such assessments the said Corporation shall have power, after notice given, pursuant to their by-laws in that behalf, to sell and dispose of the shares of delinquent proprietors, in such time and manner as the Corporation shall determine; and in case of any sale of such shares aforesaid, a deed or deeds duly executed and acknowledged by any person authorized by said Corporation, and recorded in their records, shall be as effectual to convey such delinquent proprietor's estate and interest in such shares, as if such deed had been made and executed by such proprietor himself. SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That any two of the Manner of callpersons named in this Act may call the first meeting of ing first meeting. said Corporation by giving notice in writing of the time and place thereof seven days at least previous to the time appointed for such meeting; and at said meeting or any other legal meeting, said Corporation may agree on the mode of calling and warning their annual and other meetings. Chapter 165. AN ACT to incorporate the Muskongus Granite Company. Approved March 28, 1836. Names of Corpo SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Legislature assembled, That Robert H. Gardiner rators. Jun., Charles Tarbell, Henry Richards, their associates, successors and assigns be and they hereby are created a Powers, &c. Corporate name. Corporation by the name of the Muskongus Granite Company, for the purpose of quarrying, manufacturing and working Granite, on their own land in the Town of Bremen, and of vending, transporting and dealing in the same, and also of engaging in such other branches of business as may be necessarily connected therewith, and for these purposes shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties and requirements expressed in an Act defining the general powers and duties of Manufacturing Corporations, passed the eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, and also an Act concerning Corporations, passed the sixteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six. to the amount of SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Company may May hold estate take, hold and manage any real estate to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, and any personal estate to an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars. $100,000. Manner of calling first meeting. SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Robert H. Gardiner Junr., may call the first meeting of said Corporation, by giving to each member thereof, or leaving at his usual place of abode, written notice of the time and place of holding the same, fourteen days at least prior to the time appointed for holding said meeting. Names of Corporators, Chapter 166. AN ACT to incorporate the Erosophian Adelphi of Waterville College. Approved March 28, 1836. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, That Joseph Russell Jr., Oliver G. Fessenden, Smith B. Goodenow, B. F. Butler, Nathan W. Oliver, their associates and successors, be, and they hereby are, incorporated into a body politic by the Corporate name. name of the Erosophian Adelphi of Waterville College; and by that name may sue, prosecute and defend in any Court whatever; have a common seal, and change the same at pleasure; and make any by laws for its government, not repugnant to the Constitution and Laws of the State, hold and posses any estate, real and personal, to any amount not exceeding five thousand dollars over and above the value of their books, and may sell and convey or lease the same. clusively for the SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That all the estate of said Estate to be exCorporation shall be held and used exclusively for the en- encouragement of couragement of literature and the diffusion of science and literature, &c. useful knowledge. of Legislature. SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That the powers granted Subject to control by this Act, may be enlarged, restricted or annulled at the pleasure of the Legislature. SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That the first meeting First meeting. for the organization of said Corporation may be notified and held at such time and place as either of the above named persons may direct. Chapter 167. AN ACT to incorporate the Eden Granite Company. Approved March 28, 1836. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Legislature assembled, That George M. Towle, Names of CorpoElijah Livermore and Benjamin F. Butler, their associ- rators. ates, successors and assigns be and they hereby are created a Corporation by the name of the Eden Granite Company, Corporate name. for the purpose of quarrying, working, manufacturing, vending and exporting Granite, and other Stone, in Eden in the County of Hancock, and for that purpose shall have all the powers and privileges and be subject to all the duties and requirements, incident by law to similar Corporations, and shall be subject to an Act concerning Corporations, passed February sixteenth one thousand May hold estate eight hundred and thirty six, and may take hold and man to the amount of $90,000. First meeting. age real estate, not exceeding forty thousand dollars, and personal estate not exceeding fifty thousand dollars. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That George M. Towle and Elijah Livermore are hereby empowered to call the first meeting of said Corporation at such time and place and in such manner, as they shall think proper, at which and any subsequent meeting, said Corporation may pass and adopt such by laws for the government of said Corporation as may be deemed proper, provided the same are not contrary to the laws of this State. Chapter 168. AN ACT to increase the Capital Stock of the Machias Water Power and Approved March 28, 1836. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Legislature assembled, That the Machias Water Power and May hold estate Mill Company be and they hereby authorized to take and hold any estate real or personal to the amount of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in addition to the sum named in their Act of Incorporation. to the amount of $150,000. 1 IN Chapter 169. ACT to incorporate the Merry Meeting Boom Company. Approved March 28, 1836. rators. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Legislature assembled, That B. C. Bailey, A. J. Names of CorpoStone, William M. Reed, William D. Sewall, Josiah Merrow, their associates, successors and assigns be and they hereby are made a body corporate by the name of the Merry Meeting Boom Company, for the purpose of erect- Corporate name. ing piers, booms and other works for securing logs, and said Company shall have power to construct and maintain side Booms on the Kennebec River at such places as they may deem proper between Lovejoy's Narrows and Arnold's Narrows so called, Provided, such Booms shall not obstruct Proviso. the navigation of said River; and may take and hold any estate real or personal to an amount not exceeding at any one time fifty thousand dollars, with all the powers and privileges, granted to similar Corporations, subject to all the duties and requirements, expressed in the several Acts of this State, defining the general powers and duties of Corporations, and also to the provisions of "An Act concerning Corporations" passed February sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty six. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That a toll of forty cents Rates of toll. for each log and all sufficient to make a thousand feet board measure, and for any other kind of lumber in the same proportion, be and hereby is granted to said Company for all logs and lumber, taken and secured as aforesaid, Company shall have a lien on all logs and lumber so taken and secured for the payment of the toll aforesaid. SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Company shall obtain the consent of the owners of all lands on which they may construct any of the works aforesaid for the purposes herein described. Company to obtain consent of owners of lands. SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That either of the persons Mode of calling named in this Act may call the first meeting of said Com- the first meeting. |