Chap. 5. Corporators. extended to the eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. [1857, 68; 1859, 26.] February 4, 1854. AN ACT to incorporate the Quiney Gas Light Company. SECTION 1. Henry H. Faxon, John Faxon, and Robert M. Morse, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Quincy Gas Light Company, for the purpose of manufacturing and selling gas in the Powers and du- town of Quincy; with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities, set forth in the thirty-eighth and forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes. ties. Real estate. Capital stock. May open ground and lay pipes. Proviso. No shares to be issued under par. Chap. 6. Time extended for paying in capital stock. SECTION 2. Said corporation may, for the purpose aforesaid, hold real estate not exceeding in value, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars; and the whole capital stock shall not exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. SECTION 3. Said corporation, with the consent of the selectmen of the town of Quincy shall have the power and authority to open the ground in any part of the streets, lanes, and highways, in said town, for the purpose of sinking and repairing such pipes and conductors as it may be necessary to sink for the purpose aforesaid. And the said corporation, after opening the ground in such streets, lanes, and highways, shall be held to put the same again into repair, under the penalty of being prosecuted for a nuisance: provided, that the said selectmen, for the time being, shall, at all times, have the power to regulate, restrict, and control, the acts and doings of the said corporation, which may in any manner, affect the health, safety, or convenience, of the inhabitants of said town. SECTION 4. No shares in the capital stock of the said corporation shall be issued for a less sum or amount, to be actually paid in on each share, than the par value of the shares which shall be first issued. February 6, 1854. [1853, 20.] AN ACT concerning the Webster Fire and Marine Insurance Company. SECTION 1. The time, within which the capital stock of the Webster Fire and Marine Insurance Company, in Boston, is by law required to be paid in, is hereby extended to the twenty-first day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. mence business. SECTION 2. Said company shall have power and authority When to comto commence doing business, when seventy-five per cent. of their capital stock shall have been paid in. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. [1850, 78.] February 6, 1854. AN ACT to change the Corporate Name of the Doctrinal Tract and Book Chap. 8. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Society. The corporate name of the Doctrinal Tract and Book Name changed. Society, a society incorporated in the year eighteen hundred and fifty, is hereby changed; and said society, from and after the passing of this act, shall be called and known by the name of the Congregational Board of Publication. February 6, 1854. AN ACT to incorporate the Dorchester Gas Light Company. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Chap. 9. SECTION 1. Gideon Beck, Alexander Pope, and Charles Corporators. C. Harrington, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Dorchester Gas Light Company, for the purpose of manufacturing and sell ties. ing gas in the town of Dorchester; with all the powers and Powers and duprivileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities, set forth in the thirty-eighth and forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes. SECTION 2. Said corporation may, for the purpose afore- Real estate. said, hold real estate not exceeding in value one hundred thousand dollars; and the whole capital stock shall not Capital stock. exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. and lay pipes. SECTION 3. Said corporation, with the consent of the May open ground selectmen of the town of Dorchester, shall have the power and authority to open the ground in any part of the streets, lanes, and highways, in said town, for the purpose of sinking and repairing such pipes and conductors as it may be necessary to sink for the purpose aforesaid; and the said corporation, after opening the ground in such streets, lanes, or highways, shall be held to put the same again into repair, under the penalty of being prosecuted for a nuisance: pro- Proviso. Irided, that the said selectmen, for the time being, shall at all times have the power to regulate, restrict, and control, the acts and doings of the said corporation, which may in any manner affect the health, safety, or convenience, of the inhabitants of said town. issued under par. SECTION 4. No shares in the capital stock of said corpo- No shares to be ration shall be issued for a less sum or amount, to be actually paid in on each share, than the par value of the shares which shall first be issued. February 6, 1854. [1849, 97.] Chap. 10. AN ACT in addition to an Act to incorporate the Conway Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Guarantee capi tal. 1854, 202. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. On receiving from the subscribers thereto a guarantee capital of fifty thousand dollars, which shall be Name changed, paid in within two years from the passage of this act, the Conway Mutual Fire Insurance Company, established at Conway, may make insurance against fire and against mariPowers and du- time losses, otherwise than on the mutual principle, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, liabilities, and restrictions, set forth in the thirty-seventh chapter of the Revised Statutes, and in all subsequent acts relating to insurance companies. ties. May increase capital stock, &c. SECTION 2. Said company may increase its guarantee capital to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, at any time within three years from the passage of this act, and may hold real estate not exceeding in value twenty thousand dollars, excepting such as may be taken for debt, or held as collateral security for money due said company. February 6, 1854. [1854, 202; 1855, 476.] Chap. 13. AN ACT to incorporate the S. P. Ruggles Power Press Manufacturing Corporators. Purpose. SECTION 1. Stephen P. Ruggles, John M. Fessenden, Frederick O. Prince, their associates and successors, are hereby made a manufacturing corporation, by the name of the S. P. Ruggles Power Press Manufacturing Company, for the purpose of manufacturing printing presses and other machinery, in the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, Powers and du- and for this purpose shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities, set forth in the thirty-eighth and forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes. ties. Real estate. Capital stock. No shares to be issued under par. SECTION 2. The said corporation may hold, for the purpose aforesaid, real estate to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars, and the whole capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed the amount of five hundred thousand dollars. SECTION 3. No shares in the capital stock of said company shall be issued for a less sum or amount, to be actually paid in on each share, than the par value of the shares which shall be first issued. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. February 8, 1854. [1856, 178.] AN ACT to incorporate the Cutting Machine Manufacturing Company. Chap. 14. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. S. C. Demerest, Edward Richmond, and Corporators. Frederick O. Prince, their associates and successors, are hereby made a manufacturing corporation, by the name of the Cutting Machine Manufacturing Company, for the pur- Purpose. pose of manufacturing rotary cutters for cutting metallic and other substances, in the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk; and for this purpose shall have all the powers and Powers and duprivileges, and be subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities, set forth in the thirty-eighth and forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes. ties. SECTION 2. The said corporation may hold, for the pur- Real estate. pose aforesaid, real estate to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars; and the whole capital stock of said corpo- Capital stock. ration shall not exceed the amount of five hundred thousand dollars. issued under par. SECTION 3. No shares in the capital stock of said com- No shares to be pany shall be issued for a less sum or amount, to be actually paid in on each, than the par value of the shares which shall be first issued. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. [1856, 187.] February 8, 1854. Chap. 15. AN ACT to incorporate the Lawrence Carpet Company. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. George Adams, John Rayner, Thomas Cross- Corporators. ley, their associates and successors, are hereby made a cor poration, by the name of the Lawrence Carpet Company, for the purpose of manufacturing carpets and other woollen Purpose. goods in the city of Boston and city of Lawrence, with all Powers and duthe powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, ties. liabilities, and restrictions, set forth in the thirty-eighth and forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes. SECTION 2. The said corporation may, for the purposes Real estate. aforesaid, hold real estate to the amount of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and the capital stock of said corpora- Capital stock. tion shall not exceed six hundred thousand dollars. issued under par. SECTION 3. No shares in the capital stock of said corpo- No shares to be ration shall be issued for a less sum or amount, to be actually paid in on each, than the par value of the shares first issued. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage February 9, 1854. Chap. 16. Time of electing city and ward of &c. [1850, 184.] AN ACT in addition to an Act to establish the City of Lynn. SECTION 1. The election of city and ward officers shall ficers, changed, take place on the second Monday of December of each year, and the municipal year shall commence on the first Monday of January next following, at which time the city government shall be organized. This change shall take effect on the second Monday of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and the term of office of the officers elected on the second Monday of March, eighteen hundred and fiftyfour, shall expire on the first Monday of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. Common council. Assessors and assistants, how chosen. School committee, how consti SECTION 2. The common council shall consist of twentytwo members, and no more. SECTION 3. The board of assessors shall consist of three persons, to be selected from the city at large, and shall be elected by the qualified voters, at their annual meetings, held in their respective wards; and the said voters of each ward shall, at the same time, elect by ballot one person residing in their said ward, as an assistant-assessor to aid said board in the valuation of property in their respective wards. SECTION 4. The qualified voters of each ward, at their tuted and chosen. respective annual ward meetings, shall elect by ballot one person residing in their said ward, to be a member of the school committee, and shall also cast their ballots for five persons from the city at large, to be members of the school committee; and the persons thus chosen, together with the mayor and president of the common council, shall constitute the school committee of the city. Mayor and aldermen to prepare lists of jurors. Jurors, how drawn. Venires for jurors, how served. SECTION 5. The lists of jurors in the city of Lynn shall be prepared by the mayor and aldermen of the city, in the same manner as is required in the ninety-fifth chapter of the Revised Statutes, to be drawn by the selectmen within and for their respective towns; and the said lists, when prepared by the mayor and aldermen, shall be submitted to the common council for concurrent revision or amendment. SECTION 6. The said mayor and aldermen, and the clerk of the city of Lynn, shall severally have and exercise all the powers and duties, as to the drawing of jurors in the city of Lynn, and all other matters relating to jurors therein, which are, in the ninety-fifth chapter of the Revised Statutes, required to be performed by the selectmen and town clerks, in their respective towns; and all venires for jurors, to be returned from Lynn, shall be served on said mayor and aldermen. |