SECTION 3. The stock of said bank shall be transferable Transfer of stock. only at its banking-house and on its books.

laws.

SECTION 4. The said corporation shall be subject to all Subject to future the liabilities, requirements, and restrictions, contained in such acts as may hereafter be passed by the general court, in relation to banks and banking.

March 28, 1854.

Chap. 186

AN ACT to incorporate the Holliston Bank, in Holliston.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

SECTION 1. Luther Green, Timothy Daniels, S. G. Burnap, corporators. their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the President, Directors, and Company, of the Holliston Bank, to be established in Holliston, and shall so continue until the first day of October, in the year Continue till one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and shall be 1875. entitled to all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, liabilities, and restrictions, set forth in the public statutes of this Commonwealth, relative to banks and banking.

SECTION 2. The capital stock of said bank shall consist capital stock. of one hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars cach, to be paid in such instalments,

and at such times, as the stockholders may direct: provided, Proviso. that the whole be paid in before the first day of May, in the

year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.

SECTION 3. The stock of said bank shall be transferable Transfer of stock.

only at its banking-house and on its books.

laws.

SECTION 4. The said corporation shall be subject to all Subject to future the liabilities, requirements, and restrictions, contained in such acts as may hereafter be passed by the in relation to banks and banking.

general court,

March 28, 1851.

Chap. 187

AN ACT to incorporate the Globe Locomotive Works.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

SECTION 1. John Souther, Manley A. Rowell, George Corporators. Souther, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Globe Locomotive Works,

for the purpose of manufacturing locomotive and stationary Purpose. engines, and general machinery, in the city of Boston, with

all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, Powers and durestrictions, and liabilities, set forth in the thirty-eighth and ties. forty-fourth chapters of the Revised Statutes.

sonal estate.

SECTION 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall Real and pernot exceed three hundred thousand dollars, and the said corporation may hold real and personal estate not exceeding that amount.

No shares to be

SECTION 3. No shares in the capital stock shall be issued issued under par. for a less sum or amount, than the par value of the shares which shall be first issued.

Chap. 188

Location.

May receive dockage, &c.

Proviso.

Chap. 190

Authorized to locate anew.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

March 28, 1854.

AN ACT to authorize Peter Lewis to extend his Wharf.
Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

Peter Lewis, the proprietor of a wharf in Falmouth, is hereby authorized to extend and maintain the same into Waquoit Harbor, to a distance not to exceed sixty feet beyond the present structure: provided, however, that the said wharf shall not extend into the harbor or channel, so as to obstruct the navigation of the said harbor; and he shall have the right to lay vessels at the sides and end of the said. wharf, and to receive dockage and wharfage therefor: provided, that this act shall in nowise impair the legal rights of

any person.

March 28, 1854.

[1846, 90; 1848, 285; 1849, 94, 199; 1850, 140; 1851, 104, 212; 1852, 167; 1853, 276.] AN ACT concerning the Newburyport Railroad Company.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

SECTION 1. The Newburyport Railroad Company are hereby authorized to locate anew, and extend their railroad within the limits authorized by the acts of incorporation of said company; and they are also authorized to locate and construct a branch railroad from some convenient point on the railroad of said company in Newbury, to the Merrimack River in Newburyport, and thence across the wharves to some convenient point in said Newburyport, with authority Powers and du- therefor to cross the Eastern Railroad. And the said Newburyport Railroad Company, in the location, construction, and use of the roads hereby authorized, shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, liabilities, and restrictions, contained in the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes, and in that part of the thirty-ninth chapter of said statutes relating to railroad corporations, and the public statutes subsequently passed relating to such corporations.

ties.

Location and completion.

SECTION 2. If the locations, as herein authorized, be not filed within one year from the passage of this act, and if the construction of the roads herein authorized, be not finished within two years from the passage of this act, then the same shall be void.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

March 28, 1854.

[1855, 14, 62, 216; 1856, 88.]

AN ACT conferring Jurisdiction on the County Commissioners of the
County of Barnstable.

Chap. 191

diction of claims,

Be it enacted, &c., as follows : The county commissioners for the county of Barnstable, May have jurisare hereby authorized and empowered to entertain jurisdic- &c., against Cape tion of claims, for land damages, against the Cape Cod Cod Railroad Railroad Company, notwithstanding their interest from being owners of stock therein.

March 28, 1854.

AN ACT to incorporate the South Reading Bank, in South Reading. Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

Company.

Chap. 192

SECTION 1. Thomas Emerson, Lilley Eaton, Edward Corporators. Mansfield, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the President, Directors, and Company, of the South Reading Bank, to be established in the town of South Reading, and shall so continue until the Continue till first day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and shall be entitled to all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, liabilities, and restrictions, set forth in the public statutes of this Commonwealth, relative to banks and banking.

1875.

SECTION 2. The capital stock of said bank shall consist capital stock. of one hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares

of one hundred dollars each, to be paid in such instalments,

and at such times, as the stockholders may direct: provided, Proviso

that the whole be paid in before the first day of May, in

the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.

SECTION 3. The stock of said bank shall be transferable Transfer of stock.

only at its banking-house and on its books.

laws.

SECTION 4. The said corporation shall be subject to all Subject to future the liabilities, requirements, and restrictions, contained in such acts as may hereafter be passed by the in relation to banks and banking.

general court,

March 30, 1854.

AN ACT to incorporate the Blackstone River Bank, in Blackstone.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

Chap. 193

SECTION 1. Edward S. Hall, Charles E. Hall, Spencer Corporators. M. Rice, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the President, Directors, and Company, of the Blackstone River Bank, to be established

at Millville, in the town of Blackstone, and shall so con- Continue till tinue until the first day of October, in the year one thou- 1975. sand eight hundred and seventy-five, and shall be entitled to all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, liabilities, and restrictions, set forth in the public statutes of this Commonwealth, relative to banks and banking.

Capital stock.

Proviso.

Transfer of stock.

Subject to future laws.

Chap. 194

Corporators.

Purpose.

SECTION 2. The capital stock of said bank shall consist of one hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, to be paid in such instalments, and at such times as the stockholders may direct: provided, that the whole be paid in before the first day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.

SECTION 3. The stock of said bank shall be transferable only at its banking-house and on its books.

SECTION 4. The said corporation shall be subject to all the liabilities, requirements, and restrictions, contained in such acts as may hereafter be passed by the general court, in relation to banks and banking. March 30, 1854.

AN ACT to incorporate the Provincetown Gas Light Company.
Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

SECTION 1. Jeremiah Stone, Benjamin Allstrum, Elijah Smith, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Provincetown Gas Light Company, for the purpose of manufacturing and selling gas, Powers and du- in the town of Provincetown; 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

SECTION 2. Said corporation may, for the purpose aforesaid, hold real estate not exceeding in value twenty thousand dollars, and the whole capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars.

SECTION 3. Said corporation, with the consent of the selectmen of the town of Provincetown, shall have the power and authority to open the grounds 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 for the purpose aforesaid; and the said corporation, after opening the grounds 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: provided, however, that 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 said corpoissued under par. ration 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 first be issued.

March 31, 1854.

[1828, 70; 1851, 23.]

AN ACT to authorize the Warren Institution for Savings to hold additional

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

Real Estate.

Chap. 195

SECTION 1. The Warren Institution for Savings, in the Real estate. city of Charlestown, is hereby authorized to hold real estate, to the amount of twenty thousand dollars, in addition to the amount that said corporation is now authorized by law to hold provided, that no part of said amount shall be Proviso. invested in real estate, except in the purchase of a suitable site, and the erection or preparation of a suitable building, to be used for the banking purposes of said corporation. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. March 31, 1854.

[1855, 71. Repealed 1859, 195.]

[1845, 85.]

AN ACT to authorize the Cabot Savings Bank to change its Name. Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

Chap. 196 The Cabot Savings Bank, a corporation organized under Name changed. a law passed the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-five, shall, from and after the passage of this act, be called and known as the Chicopee Savings Bank. March 31, 1854.

AN ACT to incorporate the Bethesda Society.

Chap. 197

Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. Louisa Minot, Mary Parker, Anne M. Seaver, Corporators. Hannah B. Emerson, Sarah Stocker, Martha W. Wilkinson, and Elizabeth A. Rand, their associates and successors, are hereby incorporated, by the name of the Bethesda Society, for the purpose of aiding the reformation of penitent females, Purpose. and affording such instruction and encouragement as shall

not exceeding

enable them to return to the ways of virtue, with all the Powers and dupowers, and subject to all the duties, liabilities, and restric- ties. tions, set forth in the Revised Statutes, chapter forty-four. SECTION 2. The said corporation may hold the funds May hold funds heretofore held by the association known as the Auxiliary 30,000. Penitent Females' Refuge Society, and may also take by purchase, grant, devise, bequest, or otherwise, any real or personal property, and may hold the same for the purposes aforesaid, and may manage and dispose of the same: provided, that the whole amount of the property held and possessed by the said corporation, shall not exceed in value the sum of thirty thousand dollars.

SECTION 3. All the officers of the said society, except the officers, &c. treasurer, may be married women; the treasurer, if a female,

shall be unmarried.

March 31, 1854.