-may issue wa- interest. SECTION 9. For the purpose of defraying the cost of such property, lands, water and water-rights, as shall be purchased seven per cent. for the purposes aforesaid, the town of Fitchburg, through its treasurer, shall have authority to issue from time to time, notes, scrip, or certificates of debt, to be denominated on the face thereof "Fitchburg Water Scrip," to an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding seven per centum per annum; which interest shall be payable semi-annually, and the principal shall be payable at periods not more than twenty years from the issuing of said scrip, notes, or certificates respectively. Said treasurer, under the authority of said town, may sell the same, or any part thereof, from time to time, or pledge the same for money borrowed for the purposes aforesaid, on such terms and conditions as he may deem proper. Said town is further authorized to make appropriations, and assess from time to time, such amounts, not exceeding in one year the sum of ten thousand dollars, towards paying the principal of the money so borrowed, and also a sum sufficient to pay the interest thereof, in the same manner as money is assessed and appropriated for other town purposes. Powers, duties, liabilities, &c. Chap. SECTION 10. In case the town of Fitchburg shall assume from the corporators the property, rights and privileges of the corporation established by this act, said town shall exercise all the rights, powers and authority, and be subject to all the restrictions, duties and liabilities herein contained, in such manner, and by such officers, servants and agents as the selectmen shall from time to time ordain, appoint and direct; and said town shall be liable to pay all damages occasioned by the diversion of any water, or the obstruction of any stream, or the flowing of any lands for the purposes of said aqueduct, which shall not have been previously paid by said corporation. Approved March 19, 1870. 96. AN ACT TO INCREASE THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE $225,000 additional capital stock. Real estate. ODD FELLOWS HALL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. The proprietors of the Odd Fellows Hall, in the city of Boston, are hereby authorized to increase their capital stock by the sum of two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, and to hold real estate to the value of two hundred thousand dollars in addition to the amount they are now authorized to hold. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE POCASSET MANUFACTURING COMPANY TO CON- Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Chap. 97. wharf in Fall trol of harbor SECTION 1. License is hereby given to the Pocasset Manu- May build facturing Company to construct and maintain a wharf from River. a lot of land now owned by the said corporation, in the city of Fall River; said wharf not to exceed the width of said lot of land, and not to extend beyond the channel of the river: provided, that all things done under this act shall be subject Subject to conto the determination of the board of harbor commissioners as commissioners. provided by section four of chapter one hundred and fortynine of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six; and provided, that this license shall in no wise impair the Proviso. legal rights of any person, that it may be revoked at any time and shall expire at the end of five years from its taking effect, except so far as valuable structures may have been actually and in good faith erected under the same. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE RICHARD R. FREEMAN AND OTHERS TO CONSTRUCT Chap. 98. A WHARF IN WELLFLEET. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: wharf in Well SECTION 1. License is hereby given to Richard R. Free- May build man and others to build and maintain a wharf from their fleet. own land in the town of Wellfleet; said wharf not to exceed four hundred feet in width, and one thousand feet in length, with a right to lay vessels at the end and sides of said wharf, and to receive wharfage and dockage therefor: provided, however, that such wharf shall not extend beyond such line as the harbor commissioners may designate; and that all things Subject to condone under this act shall be subject to the determination and trol of harbor approval of the board of harbor, commissioners, as provided by section four of chapter one hundred and forty-nine of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six; and pro- Provisos. vided, that this license shall in no wise impair the legal rights of any person: and provided, further, that this license may be revoked at any time, and shall expire at the end of five years from its taking effect, except so far as valuable structures may have been actually and in good faith built under the same. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. 10 commissioners. Chap. 99. May build wharf in Weymouth. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THOMAS J. DUNBAR TO CONSTRUCT A WHARF IN Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. License is hereby given to Thomas J. Dunbar to construct and maintain a wharf on his land in Weymouth, situated on the easterly bank of Weymouth fore river, at or near Pine Point" so called, and extending from high-water wash so far as will enable him to obtain an average depth of eight feet of water at mean low water at the end of said pier : provided, that said end of said pier shall not be more than two hundred seventy-five feet from the main land, nor extend beyond the base of the abrupt bank along the edge of the chanSubject to con- nel; also, provided, that all things done under this act shall commissioners. be subject to the determination and approval of the harbor commissioners as provided in the fourth section of chapter one hundred and forty-nine of the acts of the year eighteen. hundred and sixty-six; and provided, that this license shall in no wise impair the legal rights of any person and provided, further, that this license may be revoked at any time, and shall expire at the end of five years after its taking effect, except in so far as valuable structures may have been actually and in good faith built under the same. trol of harbor Provisos. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. PANY. Chap. 100 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE ATTLEBOROUGH BRANCH RAILROAD COMBe it enacted, &c., as follows: Corporators. SECTION 1. Handel N. Daggett, Henry F. Barrows, Stephen Richardson, their associates and successors, are hereby Name and pur- made a corporation by the name of the Attleborough Branch Powers and du- Railroad Company; with all the rights, powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities set forth in the general laws which now are or hereafter may be in force relating to railroad corporations. ties. Location. May unite with Boston and Taunton SECTION 2. Said corporation may locate, construct, maintain, and operate a railroad, with one or more tracks, commencing at such convenient point on or near the railroad of the Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation, as it may select in that part of Attleborough called East Attleborough, thence running in a north-westerly direction to some convenient point in North Attleborough, so called. SECTION 3. Said corporation may enter with its road upon, Providence and unite the same with, and use the railroads of the Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation, and the Taunton Branch Railroad Corporation, and the said Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation, and the said Taunton Branch Railroad Branch Rail roads. Corporation, may enter with their railroads upon, unite the and shares. SECTION 4. The capital stock of said corporation shall not Capital stock exceed one hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. SECTION 5. Said corporation may lease its railroad to any May lease road. other railroad corporation upon such terms as may be mutu ally agreed upon. within one year SECTION 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage, and To be located shall be void unless the said railroad is located within one and constructed year and constructed within two years from the passage of this act. Approved March 19, 1870. within two years. AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR THE LOCATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF Chap. 101 THE MYSTIC RIVER RAILROAD. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: tion and con SECTION 1. The time for the location of the Mystic River Time for locaRailroad is hereby extended to the first day of May, in the struction exyear eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and the time for the tended. construction of the same, is extended to the first day of May, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 19, 1870. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SALEM MECHANIC HALL CORPORATION TO Chap. 102 ISSUE NEW SHARES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: hundred new SECTION 1. The Salem Mechanic Hall Corporation is here- May issue seven by authorized to issue new shares, not exceeding seven hun- shares. dred in all, as hereinafter provided. have right to take new shares within thirty days. SECTION 2. Before any sale of the new shares authorized Stockholders to to be issued by this act, the directors of said corporation shall give notice in writing to the stockholders of such authorized increase; and within thirty days after such notice, the stockholders may take, at fifty dollars per share, their proportion of said increased shares, according to the number of shares in said corporation owned by them severally at the date of $35,000 additional real estate. said increase; and if any shares shall remain unsold after SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 103 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. Corporators. pose. SECTION 1. Eben Tourjée, L. Franklin Snow, Richard W. Husted, their associates and successors, are hereby made a Name and pur- corporation by the name of the New England Conservatory of Music, to be located in Boston, for the purpose of promoting the study and practice of music, and culture therein, by the establishment of a school of musical science and by other Powers and du- suitable means; with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, liabilities and restrictions set forth in all general laws which now are or may hereafter be in force in this Commonwealth, applicable to such corporations. ties. Real and personal estate. Chap. 104 Corporators. SECTION 2. Said corporation may hold for its purposes real or personal estate to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY. SECTION 1. Jeremiah Colburn, John Phelps Putnam, William Sumner Appleton, and Henry Davenport, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the Name and pur- name of the Boston Numismatic Society, to be located in Boston, for the purpose of collecting and preserving medals and coins and publishing accounts of the same; also for the collection of a numismatic library, elucidating the history of Powers and du- ancient and modern medals and coins; and for these purposes, pose. ties. Real and per sonal estate. shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, requirements and liabilities set forth in the sixtieth chapter of the General Statutes. SECTION 2. The said corporation may hold and possess real and personal estate to an amount not exceeding twentyfive thousand dollars. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |