Chap. 108 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE CYRUS T. BATCHELDER TO EXTEND HIS WHARF AT May extend wharf in Danvers. Chap. 109 Corporators. pose. DANVERSPORT, IN THE TOWN OF DANVERS. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. License is hereby given to Cyrus T. Batchelder, subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and fortynine of the acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and the first three sections of chapter four hundred and thirty-two of the acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, to enlarge his wharf at Danversport, in the town of Danvers, by extending the southerly end of the same, adjoining land of Jacob L. Ober, to a point ten feet eastward from the present location; and the northerly end thereof, by land of Jonas Warren, to a point fifty feet eastward from the present location, toward the channel of the river; and to connect said points by a straight line of stone or other material. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 21, 1870. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE JASPER SUGAR REFINERY. SECTION 1. Gustavus A. Jasper, Walter Hastings, James Dana, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corName and pur- poration by the name of the Jasper Sugar Refinery, to be located in Boston or Charlestown, for the purpose of refining sugar and manufacturing syrups within this Commonwealth; Powers and du- 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 hereafter may be in force relating to such corporations. ties. Capital stock and shares. Real estate. Chap. 110 SECTION 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed six hundred thousand dollars, which shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; and said corporation may hold for the purposes aforesaid real estate to an amount not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars, and shall not commence business until three hundred thousand dollars of its capital shall have been paid in in cash. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 21, 1870. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE VINEYARD GROVE COMPANY. SECTION 1. William H. Phillips, George F. Gavitt, John D. Flint, their associates and successors, are hereby made a Name and pur- corporation by the name of the Vineyard Grove Company, for the purpose of holding, improving, managing and disposing of land and a wharf, or wharves, situated in the town of Edgartown; said land now being held and owned by the said Corporators. pose. construct Phillips, Gavitt and Flint, and their associates; and said May hold lands, corporation may purchase, hold, improve, manage and dis- wharves, &c. pose of such other lands adjacent to, or near the lands aforesaid, as may by said corporation be deemed advisable, and may construct and maintain, subject to the approval and determination of the harbor commissioners, a wharf, or wharves, upon and from their lands, into the tide-waters adjoining thereto: provided, that said corporation shall not hold more Proviso. than three hundred and fifty acres of land; with all the privileges and subject to all the duties, liabilities and restrictions contained in all general laws which now are or may hereafter be in force and applicable to such corporations. tel, &c. SECTION 2. The said corporation may erect a hotel, or May erect a hohotels, upon their lands, and such other buildings as may by them be deemed advisable, and may hold such personal property as may be necessary or convenient for the purposes set forth in this act. SECTION 3. The capital stock of said corporation shall not Capital stock exceed one hundred thousand dollars, the same to be divided and shares. into shares of one hundred dollars each; and no share in said capital stock 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. Approved March 21, 1870. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE BRAINTREE SAVINGS BANK. Be it enacted, &c., as follows : Chap. 111 SECTION 1. David H. Bates, Alvah Morrison, Joel E. Hol- Corporators. brook, their associates and successors, are hereby made a cordoration by the name of The Braintree Savings Bank, to be Name. located in Braintree; with all the powers and privileges, and Powers and dusubject to all the duties, liabilities and restrictions set forth in ties. all general laws which now are or may hereafter be in force in this Commonwealth relating to institutions for savings. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 21, 1870. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE INDIA MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Chap. 112 SECTION 1. James M. Beebe, James P. Cook, John G. Corporators. White, Joshua W. Daniels, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the India Name and purManufacturing Company, to be located in Salem, for the purpose of manufacturing bagging, cloth or any fabric, wholly or in part of jute, hemp, flax, silk, cotton, wool or other fibrous material; and for this purpose shall have all the powers How pose. Powers and du Capital stock and shares. Real and personal estate. and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities set forth in all general laws which now are or may hereafter be in force relating to manufacturing corpo rations. SECTION 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; and said corporation may hold such real and personal estate as shall be necessary or convenient for its purposes; but it shall not go into operation, or incur any liability, until the sum of one hundred thousand dollars has been paid in in cash. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 113 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE FRAMINGHAM AND LOWELL RAILROAD Corporators. Name. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: COMPANY. SECTION 1. Erastus P. Carpenter, Josiah Gates, Hiram A. Blood, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation. by the name of the Framingham and Lowell Powers and du- Railroad Company, with all the powers and privileges, and ties. May construct road from Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad in 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. SECTION 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized to locate, construct, maintain and operate a railroad, with one or more tracks, from some convenient point on the railroad of the Framingham to Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad Company, in the city of Lowell. May cross Boston and Lowell nect with Low road, and con ell and Lawrence road at Tewksbury junction. Capital stock and shares. May enter upon and unite with town of Framingham, thence running by some convenient route through the towns of Framingham, Sudbury, Concord, Acton, Carlisle, Westford and Chelmsford, to some convenient point in the city of Lowell. And also to locate, construct, maintain and operate a branch railroad from some convenient point on its main railroad, as hereby authorized to be located, by the route deemed most feasible, crossing the Boston and Lowell Railroad at a point at or near Talbot's Mills, in that part of Billerica called North Billerica, to Tewksbury junction, there to connect with the Lowell and Lawrence Railroad. SECTION 3. The capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed fifteen hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, the number of which shall be determined from time to time by the directors thereof. SECTION 4. Said company is hereby authorized to enter other railroads. with its railroad upon, unite the same with, and use the railroad of the Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad Company; and said Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad Company is hereby authorized to enter with its railroad upon, and unite the same with, and use the railroad of the said Framingham and Lowell Railroad Company, subject to the provisions of the general laws. within two SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage, and To be located shall be void unless said railroad shall be located within two years and con structed within years, and constructed within four years from the passage four years. hereof. Approved March 23, 1870. AN ACT CONCERNING THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS IN THE TOWN OF Be it enacted, &c., as follows: HOLLISTON. Chap. 114 town officers in ized. SECTION 1. The election of town officers, made at the Election of meeting of the town of Holliston, held on the seventh day of Holliston legalMarch, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy, so far as the same may appear to be illegal, for the reason that the check list was not used in the election of the moderator of said meeting, is hereby ratified and confirmed, and the same shall be taken and deemed good and valid in law to all intents and purposes whatsoever. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 23, 1870. AN ACT RELATING TO THE MASSACHUSETTS AGENCY AT WASHINGTON, AND Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Chap. 115 Washington to SECTION 1. A sum not exceeding the unexpended balance Agency at amounting to two thousand one hundred and ninety dollars, be closed July of the appropriation made in chapter three of the acts of 1, 1870. eighteen hundred and sixty-nine for the maintenance of the Massachusetts agency at Washington, may be expended, and the same is hereby appropriated for the closing up of said agency, which shall be done on or before the first day of July of the present year. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT TO REGULATE THE ERECTION OF WOODEN BUILDINGS IN THE SIX- Be it enacted, &c., as follows: Chap. 116 concerning the wooden build teenth ward of SECTION 1. The provisions of chapter two hundred and Regulations eighty of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and fifty, are erection of hereby extended and made applicable to that part of the city ings in sixof Boston constituting the sixteenth ward of the same, and Boston formerly constituting the town of Dorchester. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 23, 1870. Chap. 117 Salary of superintendent of public schools school commit to be fixed tee. Chap. 118 Public watering places for horses and other animals may be maintained by permission of se lectmen. Compensation for maintaining AN ACT CONCERNING SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS. The school committee of any city or town, required to appoint a superintendent of public schools, shall have authority to determine the salary of such superintendent, anything in section thirty-five of chapter thirty-eight of the General Statutes to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved March 23, 1870. AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC WATERING-PLACES IN TOWNS. Be it enacted, &c., as follows : SECTION 1. The selectmen of any town where public convenience requires it, on the application of any person, may authorize such person, on his own land and in such manner as they may order, to construct and maintain within the limits of any highway in such town, or in any place conveniently accessible from such highway, a suitable watering-place for horses and other animals, to be used by the public; and said selectmen, at any time when in their judgment such watering-place is no longer needed, or when public safety and convenience require it, may discontinue the same. SECTION 2. Any person maintaining a watering-place in watering-place. any town, in accordance with the first section of this act, shall be paid by such town, such sum as said selectmen, in their order authorizing such watering-place, may determine, not exceeding five dollars a year, so long as the same is so maintained. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 23, 1870. Chap. 119 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWELVE OF CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND Amendment to FORTY-FIVE OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, RELATING TO INJUNCTIONS. Be it enacted, &c., as follows : SECTION 1. Section twelve of chapter one hundred and forty-five of the General Statutes, is hereby so far amended that the injunction therein provided for may be issued by a single justice during vacation as well as in term time. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 23, 1870. Chap. 120 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE TO ADMINISTER OATHS IN Justices of peace may ad minister oaths in any county. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: ANY COUNTY. SECTION 1. Such oaths, as justices of the peace are, or may be, authorized to administer, may be administered by them in any county. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |