Printing, &c., house and senate.

RAILROAD COMPANY.

Powers and duties.

Location.

For printing and binding for the senate and house, a sum not exceeding four thousand eight hundred and six dollars seventy-seven cents. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 21, 1868. Chap. 26. An Act To INCORPORATE THE WAYLAND AND BUDBURY BRANCH

Be it enacted, 8c., as follows : Corporators. SECTION 1. Horace Heard, Edward Pousland, James S.

Draper, Charles A. Cutting, Henry D. Parmenter, Dexter C. Jones, Thomas P. Hurlbut, Samuel B. Rogers, John H. Dakin, J. C. Howe, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the Wayland and Sudbury Branch Railroad Company; with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the restrictions, duties 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 may locate, construct, maintain and operate a railroad, with one or more tracks, commencing either at a point at or near Mill Village, in the town of Sudbury, or at a point at or near the centre of said town: thence to the town of Wayland, and through said last named town and the town of Weston, to such convenient point as it may select at or near Stony Brook station on the

Fitchburg Railroad. Passenger and SECTION 3. Said corporation shall erect and maintain one freight stations and turnouts.

or more stations and turnouts for the accommodation of passengers and freight in each of the following named localities, viz. : In the town of Sudbury, in Wayland Centre, and in that part of said Wayland called “the Plain " at or near the point where said railroad shall intersect the " Con-.

cord Road," so called, and also in Weston. May use Fitch- SECTION 4. Said corporation may enter with its road upon

railroad, or sell franchise, &c. and use the road of the Fitchburg Railroad Company, sub

ject to the general laws relating to railroad corporations; or it may sell, assign and convey, or lease its road and franchise

to the said Fitchburg Railroad Company. Capital stock and SECTION 5. The capital stock of said corporation shall be

fixed by the directors thereof, at an amount not less than one hundred thousand dollars, nor more than two hundred thousand dollars; and said stock shall be divided into shares

of one hundred dollars each. Conditions of SECTION 6. This act shall be void unless the said railroad validity of act.

be located within two years, and completed within three years from the passage hereof.

Approved February 21, 1868,

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AN ACT TO

INCORPORATE THE NEW ENGLAND

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

COMPANY.

LIQUID FUEL Chap. 27.

pose

SECTION 1. Henry R. Foote, Francis A. Osborn, Micah Corporators. Dyer, junior, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the New England Liquid Name and purFuel Company, for the purpose of holding and dealing in the patent rights of said Foote for improved apparatus for generating and burning the vapor of hydro-carbon oils, and for divers other improvements relating to the use of liquid fuel, patented and to be patented by said Foote; and also for the purpose of manufacturing and selling machines constructed under said patents, with any future improvements thereon, and for manufacturing and dealing in such fuel as is used in said machines; and for these purposes shall have all the powers and privileges, and shall be 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 manufacturing corporations.

be in Boston.

SECTION 2. Said corporation shall have its principal Principal office to office in the city of Boston, and may hold, for the purposes aforesaid, real estate not exceeding the value of fifty thousand dollars, and the capital stock shall not exceed two Capital stock. hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each: provided, however, that said corporation Proviso. shall not go into operation until seventy-five thousand dollars of its capital is paid in in cash, not more than onehalf of which shall be expended for the purchase of the patent rights named in the first section.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 21, 1868.

Chap. 28.

Real and personal estate.

that no corporate business shall be transacted at any meeting of said board unless a majority of the trustees are present.

SECTION 3. Said corporation may hold real and personal estate to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, to be devoted exclusively to educational purposes, as provided in this act. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 21, 1868.

FUNDS

Corporators.

розе.

Chap. 29. An Act To INCORPORATE THE TRUSTEES OF THE HOWARD

IN WEST BRIDGEWATER.
Be it enacted, &c., as follows :

SECTION 1. Azel Howard, Benjamin Howard, Francis E. Howard, John E. Howard, Austin Packard, Otis Drury, Pardon Copeland, James Copeland, George D. Ryder, Jonathan

C. Keith, John M. Lothrop, their associates and successors, Name and pur

are hereby made a corporation by the name of “ The Trustees of the Howard Funds in West Bridgewater,” for the purpose of holding in trust and administering the school fund, parochial fund, and lecture fund provided for by the will of the late Benjamin B. Howard, of West Bridgewater, proved and allowed in the probate court, held at Plymouth, in and for the county of Plymouth, on the thirteenth day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven ; subject to all the duties, liabilities and restrictions set forth in all general laws which now are or may hereafter be in

force relating to such corporations. Corporation may SECTION

Section 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized and real and personal empowered to take and hold, for the purposes therein set estate.

forth, all the estate bequeathed in trust by said will to the trustees herein named; and may take and hold any other estate, real or personal, which may be acquired by said corporation by gift, devise, purchase or otherwise, for the same purposes : provided, however, that the actual value of the estate by them held or possessed as aforesaid, shall not at any one time exceed the amount of two hundred thousand

dollars. Accounts of re- SECTION 3. Said corporation shall cause accurate accounts

to be kept of all the receipts and expenditures of each fund
provided for in said will, in the same manner as if each of
said funds was held by a separate corporation.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. .

Approved February 21, 1868.

take and

hold

Limitation.

ceipts and expenditures, to be kept.

AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR CONSTRUCTING THE BOSTON, Chap. 30.

BARRE AND GARDNER RAILROAD.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

1871.

SECTION 1. The time for constructing the Boston, Barre Time extended to and Gardner Railroad is hereby extended to the first day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 21, 1868.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE WASHBURN AND MOEN MANUFAC- Chap. 31.

TURING COMPANY.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

SECTION 1. Ichabod Washburn, Philip L. Moen, William Corporators. E. Rice, Charles Washburn, Charles F. Washburn, Henry Goddard, Dorance S. Goddard, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company, for the purpose Name and purof making and working of iron, steel and other metals, and pose. of manufacturing cotton yarn and cotton goods in the city of Worcester; and for that purpose shall have all the powers 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 corporations. SECTION 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall Capital stock and not exceed one million of dollars, and shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; and said corporation may hold such real and personal estate as may be necessary for the purposes set forth in this act, and shall not commence business until six hundred thousand dollars of its capital stock shall have been paid in.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 24, 1868.

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ÂN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH READING. Chap. 32. Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

SECTION 1. The town of South Reading in the county of Middlesex, shall take the name of Wakefield.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect from and after the thirtieth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. Approved February 25, 1868.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE TURNER'S FALLS BRANCH RAILROAD

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

COMPANY.

Name of South

Reading changed to Wakefield.

Chap. 33.

SECTION 1. The time allowed the Turner's Falls Branch Time extended Railroad Company for locating and constructing its railroad two years.

is hereby extended two years.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 25, 1868.

COMPANY TO LEASE ITS ROAD.

and

Providence
Worcester

EAST WALPOLE BRANCH RAILROAD COMPANY.

pose.

Location.

Chap. 34. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MILFORD AND WOONsOCKET RAILROAD

Be it enacted, 8c., as follows: May lease road to SECTION 1. The Milford and Woonsocket Railroad Com

Rail- pany is hereby authorized to lease its railroad, for a term of road Company. years, to the Providence and Worcester Railroad Company,

upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the directors of
said corporations, the same to be approved and accepted by a
majority of the stockbolders of said corporations respectively,
at legal meetings thereof called for that purpose.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 25, 1868. Chap. 35. An Act to INCORPORATE THE

Be it enacted, &c., as follows : Corporators. SECTION 1. Francis W. Bird, William S. Tilton, Herbert

W. Presby, their associates and successors, are hereby made Name and pur

a corporation by the name of the East Walpole Branch Rail-
road Company; with all the powers and privileges, and
subject to all the restrictions, duties and liabilities set forth
in the general laws which now are or hereafter may be in
force relating to railroad corporations.
SECTION 2. Said

company is hereby authorized and empowered to locate, construct and maintain a railroad, with one or more tracks, from some convenient point on the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad, between the South Dedham and East Walpole station on said Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad, in South Dedham, to some convenient point in East Walpole, near the post-office, and to enter with their railroad, by proper turnouts and switches, upon the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad, at the point aforesaid; and to use the same, or any part thereof, according to the

provisions of law. Capital stock and SECTION 3. The capital stock of said company shall not

exceed two thousand shares, of one hundred dollars each, the number to be determined, from time to time, by the directors of said company; and said company may purchase and hold such real estate as may be necessary for the purposes of their incorporation.

SECTION 4. No shares in the capital stock of said corporation shall be issued for a less sum or amount, to be actually paid in on each, than the par value of the shares

shares.