Acts aforesaid, shall severally forfeit not less than ten Penalty. dens. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be duty Duty of fish warof the Fish Wardens appointed in the several Towns, to see that this Act is strictly enforced, and to prosecute all offenders against this Act, within the County in which the offence may have been committed one moiety of said fines to the prosecutor the other moiety to the use of the Town within which this Act was violated. Chapter 223. AN ACT in addition to "An Act to incorporate the Somerset Mutual Fire Approved April 1, 1836. &c. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Legislature assembled, That the first meeting of First meeting, said Company shall be held at Skowhegan in the County of Somerset, on the first Wednesday of May next, and annually thereafter at said Skowhegan, or at such other place, or on such other day, as the said Company may determine. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That so much of the third section of said Act, to which this is in addition, as is inconsistent with this Act, be, and the same hereby is repealed. SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall commence and be in force from and after the passage thereof. 39 of former Act re Part of 3d section pealed. &e. Chapter 224. AN ACT additional to an Act to incorporate the Casco and Kennebec Approved April 1, 1836. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Legislature assembled, That said Company in addition to the powers granted them by the Act to which this is addiMay erect dams, tional, may and they hereby are authorized to erect and maintain such dam or dams, at or near the terminus on each end of said Canal, and if necessary across tide waters on the New Meadows river, and a waste basin attached thereto, as shall enable them to accomplish the purposes of said Act; Provided, however, such craft as now pass and repass shall be permitted so to do free of toll. Provided also, That said Company shall have first purchased all the lands and flats on said river that may be flowed by the erection of said dam or dams. Proviso. rators. Corporate name. Chapter 225. AN ACT to incorporate the Pembroke and Perry Manufacturing Company. Approved April 1, 1836. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepreName of Corpo- sentatives, in Legislature assembled, That Nathaniel Reynolds, Charles H. Hayden and Stephen C. Foster, their associates, successors and assigns, be and they hereby are constituted a body corporate by the name of the Pembroke and Perry Manufacturing Company for the purpose of manufacturing iron, steel and other metals, lumber, paper, cotton, silk and grinding plaster and grain at Sceiops Lower Narrows in the Towns of Pembroke and Perry in the County of Washington by the application of tide water power. And said Corporation, first obtaining the consent of Peter G. Farnsworth, owner of land above the proposed location of the works hereinafter mentioned, may dig such Canals and sluice ways, build such dams to Powers, &e. include tide waters, erect such wharves, piers, mills, machinery, works and buildings, on land owned by them, or held by lease or otherwise, in the Towns of Pembroke and Perry as may be necessary for carrying the aforesaid manufactures and such branches of trade and other business as may be necessarily connected therewith; and said Company shall make and provide a sufficient and easy passage way, at least twenty five feet wide through the dams aforesaid, so that rafts, boats, vessels and other river craft may pass at or near the time of high water; and for the purposes aforesaid said Corporation shall have all the requirements. powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties and requirements of the several Acts defining the general powers and duties incident to Manufacturing Corporations; and to the several Acts concerning Corporations. Duties and to the amount of SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Corporation May hold estate may take, hold, and at pleasure dispose of, any estate, 300,000 dollars. real or personal to an amount not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars. Chapter 226. Approved April 1, 1836. AN ACT to incorporate Sceiops Narrows Manufacturing Company. rators. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Legislature assembled, That Peter G. Farnsworth Names of Corpohis associates successors and assigns be and they hereby are constituted a body corporate by the name of Sceiops Corporate name. Narrows Manufacturing Company for the purpose of manufacturing cotton, wool, iron, steel, and wood, and grinding plaster and grain in the towns of Pembroke and Perry in the County of Washington by the application of tide water power. And said Corporation, first obtaining the consent of Stephen C. Foster, Nathaniel Reynolds and Charles H. Powers, &c. to the amount of Hayden, owners of land below the proposed location of the works hereinafter mentioned, may dig such canals and sluice ways; build such dams to include tide waters, erect such wharves, piers, mills, machinery, works and buildings on land owned or by them held by lease or otherwise, in the Towns of Pembroke and Perry as may be necessary for carrying on the aforesaid manufactures and such branches of trade and other business as may be necessarily connected therewith. And for the purposes aforesaid, said Corporation shall have all the powers and privileges and be subject to all the duties and requirements of the several Acts defining the general powers and duties incident to Manufacturing Corporations; and to the several Acts concerning Corporations. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Corporation May hold estate may take, hold, and, at pleasure, dispose of, any estate real or personal to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars. $100,000. Shall provide a passage way, &c. SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Company shall make and provide a sufficient and easy passage way at least fifteen feet wide through the dams aforesaid, so that rafts, boats gondolas and other river craft may pass at or near the time of high water. Chapter 227. AN ACT to incorporate the Kennebec and Portland Rail Road Company. Approved April 1, 1836. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre Names of Corpo- sentatives, in Legislature assembled, That Robert Hallowell rators. Gardiner, O. B. Dorrance, F. Allen, M. Greenwood, A. Lellan, Francis Richards, M. Springer, Wm. Palmer, Allen Lambard, R. H. Gardiner, Jr., E. C. Stevens, James L. Child, T. W. Smith, S. Kingsbery, A. S. Chadwick, R. Boyd, M. French, Nath'l. Kimball, Hiram Stevens, Alex. Cooper, Martin Gore, Stephen Young, H. Goddard, D. Scribner, J. C. Humphrey, D. Dunlap, David Neal, Josiah Merrow, their associates successors and assigns be and they hereby are made a body politic and corporate by the name of the Kennebec and Portland Rail Road Company, Corporate name. and by that name shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities incident to Corporations, and subject to the liabilities and duties provided for by an "Act concerning Corporations," passed February sixteenth one thousand eight hundred and thirty six, so far as the same is made applicable to Rail Roads heretofore incorporated, and also subject to the duties and liabilities and entitled to all the rights, privileges and immunities provided for in the "Act defining the rights and duties of Rail Road Corporations" passed March first, one thousand eight hundred and thirty six; and also shall have the power to ordain Powers, &c. and establish such by laws as shall from time to time be deemed necessary and proper for the management and regulation of their affairs, not repugnant to the laws of this State; and said Company are hereby authorized and empowered to locate, construct and maintain a Rail Road commencing at a point in the City of Portland, and thence passing through the towns of North Yarmouth, Freeport, Brunswick Village and Topsham to Gardiner Village, and thence to Hallowell Village and thence to Augusta Village, on the West side of Kennebec River. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the powers of said Company, except at the legal meetings thereof, shall be vested in a Board of not less than nine Directors, who shall be chosen at the first meeting of said Company, and afterwards annually at such time as the by laws of the Company shall prescribe, and shall hold their offices for and until others shall be chosen in their stead; and said Directors shall annually elect from their own body one year Powers of said vested in Board company to of Directors. be |