Lowell Rail SECTION 2. Said corporation are hereby authorized to May enter upon enter with their rail-road upon the Boston and Lowell Rail- the Boston and road at a point near the said Arch Bridge, paying for the road; right to use the same agreeably to their original charter, and complying with such rules and regulations as may be established by said Boston and Lowell Rail-road Corporation, by virtue of the 5th section of their act of incorporation; pro- Provided, &c. vided, however, that it shall be the duty of said Nashua and Lowell Rail-road Corporation to enter said Boston and Lowell Rail-road by such proper turnouts or switches, as will not unreasonably incommode the travel upon the said Boston and Lowell Rail-road, and pay all the expenses incident to, and in consequence of, any alterations necessary in said Boston and Lowell Rail-road, to enable them to enter upon it in a proper manner. SECTION 3. The said Nashua and Lowell Rail-road Cor- Powers and liaporation, shall, with respect to the portion of rail-road bilities. hereby authorized, be subject to all the duties, liabilities and restrictions, and have all the powers and privileges con- and other statutes relating to rail-road corporations. Patucket Canal. SECTION 4. Nothing contained in this act shall authorize Not to obstruct said corporation to erect any pier or other obstructions in the the use of the Patucket Canal, or in any way to obstruct the safe and convenient use of the Patucket Canal in constructing their road over the same. [Approved by the Governor, Feb. 7, 1846.] An Acr ceding to the United States, Jurisdiction over George's Island, Lovell's Chap. 16. Island and Governor's Island, in the Harbor of Boston. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: SECTION 1. Jurisdiction is hereby granted and ceded to Jurisdiction the United States over two islands in Boston harbor, known ceded for forts. as George's Island, and Lovell's Island, upon the former of which the United States are erecting works of fortification known as Fort Warren. &c. SECTION 2. The consent of this Commonwealth is hereby Island may be granted to the United States to purchase an island in the the United harbor of Boston, called Governor's Island, for the purpose States for forts, of erecting thereon forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards, and other needful buildings; the evidence of the purchase aforesaid to be entered and recorded in the Registry of Deeds, in the county of Suffolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts; and the jurisdiction over the said Governor's Island is hereby granted and ceded to the United States: provided, always, and the cession and consent aforesaid are Provided, that granted upon the express condition, that this Commonwealth the Commonshall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States concurrent juin and over the islands aforesaid, so far as that all civil pro wealth retains risdiction. Property exonerated from taxation. When to take effect. cesses, and such criminal processes as may issue under the authority of this Commonwealth against any person, or persons, charged with crimes committed without the said islands, may be executed therein in the same way and manner as though this cession and consent had not been made and granted. SECTION 3. The property over which jurisdiction is granted by this act, shall be exonerated and discharged from all taxes and assessments which may be laid or imposed under the authority of this Commonwealth, while the said islands shall remain the property of the United States, and shall be used for the purposes intended by this act. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. [Approved by the Governor, Feb. 7, 1846.] Chap. 17. An Act authorizing the President, Directors and Company of the Fitchburg Capital may be &c. Bank to increase their Capital Stock. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: SECTION 1. The president, directors and company, of the Fitchburg Bank, in Fitchburg, are hereby authorized to inshares of $100, crease their present capital stock by an addition thereto of fifty thousand dollars, in shares of one hundred dollars each, which shall be paid in such instalments as the presiProvided, &c. dent and directors of said bank may determine: provided, the whole amount shall be paid in on or before the first Monday in October next. Liabilities of tal. SECTION 2. The additional stock aforesaid, when paid increased capi- into said bank, shall be subject to the like tax, regulations, restrictions, and provisions, to which the present capital stock of said corporation is now subject. Certificate, &c., to be returned to the Secretary. Chap. 18. Persons incorporated. to manufacture cotton and woollen goods in Amherst. SECTION 3. Before said corporation shall proceed to do business upon said additional capital, a certificate, signed by the president and directors, and attested by the cashier, under oath, that the same has been actually paid into said bank, shall be returned into the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth. [Approved by the Governor, Feb. 7, 1846.] An Act to incorporate the Amherst Manufacturing Company. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: SECTION 1. Thomas Jones, John S. Adams, J. M. Whitcomb, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Amherst Manufacturing Company, for the purpose of manufacturing cotton and woollen goods in the town of Amherst, in the county of Hampshire; and for these purposes shall have all the pow ers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities, set forth in the thirty-eighth and fortyfourth chapters of the Revised Statutes. to exceed SECTION 2. Said corporation may hold, for the purposes Real estate not aforesaid, real estate to the amount of fifty thousand dol- $50,000, and lars, and the whole capital stock shall not exceed one hun- capital stock dred thousand dollars. [Approved by the Governor, Feb. 7, $100,000. 1846.] An Act to incorporate the New England Cordage Company. Chap. 19. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: SECTION 1. John Webber, Charles Scudder, their asso- Persons incorciates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by porated, the name of the New England Cordage Company, for the purpose of manufacturing cordage in the city of Boston to manufacture cordage in Bosand town of Roxbury; and for this purpose shall have all ton. 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. to exceed SECTION 2. Said corporation may hold, for the purposes Real estate not aforesaid, real estate not exceeding in value thirty-five g35,000, and thousand dollars, and the whole capital stock shall not ex- capital stock ceed one hundred thousand dollars. [Approved by the Gov- $100,000. ernor, Feb. 7, 1846.] An Act to increase the Capital Stock of the Boston and Providence Rail-road Chap. 20. Corporation, and for other purposes. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: SECTION 1. The Boston and Providence Rail-road Cor- Capital stock poration are hereby authorized to increase their capital may be increased by stock, by an amount not exceeding four hundred thousand 4,000 shares of dollars, by creating an additional number of shares, not $100. exceeding four thousand of one hundred dollars each; the same to be assessed by instalments, from time to time, as the directors shall find expedient. SECTION 2. The said Boston and Providence Rail-road May purchase and hold stock Corporation, are hereby authorized to purchase and hold, in the Boston or have held, for their benefit, any shares in the capital and Providence Rail-road and stock of the Boston and Providence Rail-road and TransTransportation portation Company, a corporation established in and by the Company, to the authority of the State of Rhode Island: provided, the whole amount of $150,000. amount, to be expended for the purchases aforesaid, shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. [Approved by the Governor, Feb. 7, 1846.] Chap. 21. An Acr concerning the Charlestown Branch Rail-road Company and the Fitchburg Rail-road Company. Whereas, &c. Fitchburg Company to succeed to the powers and liabilities of the Charlestown Branch Company. Charlestown Branch Com for certain pur poses, &c. Whereas, the Fitchburg Rail-road Company, in accordance with the provisions of its charter, has purchased the railroad and all the corporate property of the Charlestown Branch Rail-road Company, except the debts due to it, and the land and flats in the vicinity of the State Prison : BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: SECTION 1. The Fitchburg Rail-road Company shall have, except as is hereinafter provided, all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities set forth in the act passed on the ninth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, entitled An Act to establish the Charlestown Branch Rail-road Company, and in the several acts subsequently passed in addition thereto, or concerning, or in any wise relating to the Charlestown Branch Rail-road Company, in as full and ample manner as though the same powers and privileges, and the same duties, restrictions and liabilities had been granted to, or imposed upon the Fitchburg Rail-road Company. SECTION 2. The Charlestown Branch Rail-road Company pany continued is hereby authorized to continue its existence as a separate a corporation corporation, for the period of three years from the passage for three years of this act, for the purpose of fulfilling its outstanding contracts not assumed by the Fitchburg Rail-road Company, of disposing of and conveying its remaining property, and of settling and closing its concerns, and for these purposes only, shall have all the corporate powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities, set forth in the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes. When to take effect. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage, and the acceptance thereof by the two companies, at legal meetings called for the purpose. [Approved by the Governor, Feb. 7, 1846.] Chap. 22. An Act in addition to an Act to incorporate certain persons into a Company by the name of the South Boston Association. Passed June 14, 1805. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Corporation continued until June 14th, 1848. An Act passed on the fourteenth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and five, entitled An Act to incorporate certain persons into a Company by the name of the South Boston Association, and all acts in addition thereto, shall continue and be in force until the fourteenth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred forty-eight. [Approved by the Governor, Feb. 11, 1846.] ]. D An Act to reduce the Capital Stock of the Merrimack Bank in Haverhill. Chap. 23. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: sioner, &c., SECTION 1. From and after the first day of April next, Capital may be the president, directors and company of the Merrimack reduced to $180,000, after Bank, in Haverhill, are authorized to reduce their capital April 1, 1846, stock to the sum of one hundred and eighty thousand dol- when a commislars: provided that no dividend of any part of the present shall have cercapital stock shall be made, nor shall any reduction take tified, &c. place until a commissioner, to be appointed by the Governor and Council for that purpose, shall have certified in writing, to the Governor and Council, after due examination, at the expense of said corporation, that said corporation has suffi3 cient funds for the payment of all notes, bills, deposites, and other demands existing against it, and, after payment thereof, and the repayment to its stockholders, of any surplus in such sum on each share of said stock, as may be repaid, in the judgment of said commissioner, that the net sum of one hundred and eighty thousand dollars will remain in said bank, as capital stock in funds, available for all usual and proper banking purposes. 1 ing the shares to SECTION 2. The reduction of the capital stock shall be Reduction to be made by reducing the par value of the shares from one hun- made by reducdred dollars to seventy-five dollars per share, and refunding $75, &c. to the holders of stock, the surplus judged to be payable by said commissioner, in the manner before provided. ied as hereto SECTION 3. From and after the said first day of April Tax to be levnext, previous to which time the said commissioner shall fore, till April 1, make and deliver his certificate to the Governor and coun- 1845, and till a cil, as aforesaid, all the rights, duties and liabilities of the shall have resaid corporation shall have relation to, and be governed by, ported. said reduced capital stock of one hundred and eighty thousand dollars, and until the said first day of April next, and until the said certificate shall have been made and delivered, as aforesaid, the said corporation shall pay into the treasury of the Commonwealth the tax required by law, to be paid on the present capital stock of said bank; and nothing contained in this act shall be construed to affect the liability of the corporation or of the individual stockholders, as established by the act incorporating said bank, and the several acts in addition thereto. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect from and after its When to take passage. [Approved by the Governor, Feb. 12, 1846.] An Act to incorporate the Fitchburg Savings Bank. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: effect. Chap. 24. Francis Perkins, Nathaniel Wood, John T. Farwell, their Persons incorassociates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by Fitchburg. porated in |