hereafter associate with them, be, and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, for the term of twenty years, by the name of the Salem Charitable Mechanic Association; and by that name shall be known in law, and shall be capable of suing and being sued, and shall have power to have and keep a common seal, to make by- General powlaws, for the election of their members and officers, the collection of assessments, the regulation of their meetings, and the appropriation of their funds for charitable uses, and to effect the objects of their asso ciation. ers. al estate. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall Real or personhave power, and be capable in law, to purchase, take, have, hold, use, retain and enjoy, in fee simple or otherwise, any real or personal estate within this Commonwealth, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars in value in real estate, and ten thousand dollars in personal estate; and the same to sell, alien and dispose of at their pleasure. SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That the funds of said corpora- Distribution of tion shall only be employed in relieving the distresses of unfortunate funds. mechanics and their families, in promoting inventions and improvements in the mechanic arts, by granting premiums for such inventions and improvements, and in assisting young mechanics with loans of money. SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That John Howard be, and he First Meeting. hereby is authorized to call the first meeting of said corporation, by giving public notice of the time and place thereof, in the newspapers printed in the town of Salem, fourteen days, at least, before the time of said meeting. [June 14, 1822.] Chap. 7. An ACT to incorporate the Trustees of the Nantucket Lancastrian School. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That there be, and hereby is established in the town of Nantucket, School estabin the county of Nantucket, a school, by the name of the Nantucket lished. Lancastrian School, for the purpose of promoting piety and virtue, and to give youth a proper English education, in such way as to make the terms of tuition as low as possible, that the poor may be accommodated, and the whole to be regulated, as the trustees herein after provided shall order and direct. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That John Jenkins, Perez Jenkins, John Webster, Jonathan Smith, Job Colman, Thomas Davenport, and William Jenkins, be, and they hereby are appointed trus- Trustees. tees of said school; and they are hereby incorporated into a body politic, by the name of the Trustees of the Nantucket Lancastrian School; and they and their successors shall be, and continue a body Corporate powpolitic and corporate, by the same name forever; and they shall ers. annually hold a meeting in March or April, for the choice of offi- Choice of officers, and as much oftener as may be necessary, to transact their cers. business; which meetings, after the first, shall be called in such way and manner as the trustees shall direct. ers. SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their General powsuccessors, shall have one common seal, which they may break, change and renew, from time to time, as they shall see fit; and they may sue and be sued, in all actions, real, personal or mixed, and pro Trustees may secute and defend the same to final judgment and execution, by the name of the Trustees of the Nantucket Lancastrian School; and may appoint an agent or agents to prosecute and defend such suits. SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their appoint officers. successors, shall and may, at any legal meeting, elect a president, and a secretary to record the doings and transactions of the trustees, and also a treasurer to receive and apply the monies of the said corporation, as hereinafter directed, and they are hereby made the visitors, trustees and governors of said school, in perpetual succession forever, to be continued in the way and manner hereafter specified; with full power and authority to elect an inspecting committee, and such other officers of said school as they shall judge necessary and convenient; and to make and ordain such laws, orders and rules, not repugnant to the laws of this Commonwealth, for the good government of said school, as to thern shall seem fit and requisite. Inspecting Rules and orders. Number of trustees limited. Vacancies filled up. al estate. SECT. 5. Be it further enacted, That the number of the trustees aforesaid, shall not, at any one time, be more than nine, nor less than five; and five shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for transacting business. SECT. 6. Be it further enacted, That as often as one or more of the trustees aforesaid shall die or resign, the trustees then surviving shall elect one or more persons from among the proprietors, to fill such vacancy or vacancies. SECT. 7. Be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid, and their successors, be, and they hereby are rendered capable in law, to take and hold, by gift, grant, devise, bequest or otherwise, any Real or person- lands, tenements, or other estate, real or personal, which hath heretofore been given or subscribed, or which may hereafter be given or subscribed, for the purpose aforesaid provided, that the annual income of the said estate, whether real or personal, shall not exceed three thousand dollars, and that such gift or subscription be faithfully Appropriation applied according to the real intention of the donor; and all deeds and instruments which the said trustees may lawfully make, shall be signed by their treasurer, and sealed with their seal, and shall bind the trustees, and be valid in law. of funds. SECT. 8. Be it further enacted, That George Cannon, Esquire, First Meeting. be, and hereby is authorized and empowered to appoint the time and place for holding the first meeting of the said trustees, and notify them thereof. [June 14, 1822.] Chap. 8. 1802 ch. 107. (v. 3. p. 156.) 1811 ch. 146. Who shall be members. Assessments. An ACT in further addition to an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate a Religious Society, by the name of the First Parish in the town of Charlestown." SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, all persons who may usually attend the public worship of God, in the meeting-house of the First Parish, in the town of Charlestown, not being proprietors of appropriated pews in said house, shall be, and hereby are declared to be members of said corporation; and they, with their estates, shall, in common with the proprietors of pews, who are usual worshippers in said house, be liable to a just proportion of all assessments and taxes that may be necessary to defray the charges and ex penses of said parish, over and above the income arising from the pews as now taxed; provided, however, that no greater sum than seven hundred and fifty dollars shall be so assessed and collected in any one year. And all persons so becoming members of said corporation, not being proprietors of pews, and paying such assessments as may be made to them in manner aforesaid, shall have a right to one vote in all the concerns of said parish, (except such matters and Right of voting. things as may relate exclusively to the pews in said house,) and shall also be entitled to all other rights and privileges, and subject to all General privi duties appertaining to members of said corporation. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever said corporation shall vote and grant any sum of money, for the defraying of necessa ry parochial charges, no unintentional error in assessing the same by leges. the enumeration of persons not members of said corporation, or the Validity of asomission of those who are, shall vitiate or annul such assessment, sessments. with respect to those who shall be otherwise duly assessed. [June 15, 1822.] An ACT to incorporate the City Manufacturing Company. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, Chap. 9. That Otis Everett, John French, and Eli Richardson, Junior, their Persons incorassociates, successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby incor- porated. porated, by the name of the City Manufacturing Company, for the purpose of making cotton and woollen goods, in Franklin, in the county of Norfolk; and for this purpose shall have all the powers and privileges, and shall be subject to all the duties and requirements, General powers. prescribed and contained in an act passed on the third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, en- 1808 ch. 65. titled "an act defining the general powers and duties of manufacturing corporations," and the several acts in addition thereto. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said City Manufacturing Company, in their corporate capacity, may lawfully hold and possess such real and personal estate, as may be necessary and con- Real and pervenient, for carrying on said manufactures; provided, the value of sonal estate. the same do not exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars. [June 15, 1822.] Chap. 10. An ACT to incorporate the Dighton Manufacturing Company. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That Israel Brayton, Oliver Chase, Eliab B. Dean, Josiah Dean, Persons incorElisha Lincoln, Nahum Mitchell, James Maxwell, Clark Shove, porated. Nathaniel Wheeler, Nicholas Stephens, and Nathaniel Williams, together with such others as may hereafter associate with them, and their successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby incorporated, by the name of the Dighton Manufacturing Company, for the manufacturing of cotton goods, at their manufactory, situated in the towns of Wellington and Taunton; and for this purpose shall have all the General powers. powers and privileges, and shall also be subject to all the duties and requirements prescribed and contained in an act passed in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, entitled "an act 1808 ch. 65. Real and personal estate. defining the general powers and duties of manufacturing corporations," and also the several acts supplementary thereto. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said corporation may be lawfully seized of such real estate, not exceeding the value of thirty thousand dollars, and of such personal estate, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, as may be necessary and convenient for carrying on the manufacture aforesaid. [June 15, 1822.] Springfield. Chap. 11. An Act to incorporate the Trustees of the Ministerial Fund in the Second Parish in West SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, Persons incor- That Timothy Allyn, Gad Warriner, Samuel Lathrop, Justin Ely, porated. and Jonathan Smith, all inhabitants of West Springfield, be, and they hereby are constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of the Trustees of the Agawam Congregational Fund; and by General powers that name shall have perpetual succession, and may sue and be sued, of the trustees. plead and be impleaded, may have a common seal, and shall possess and enjoy such other powers and privileges, as are incident to corporations of a like nature. May receive funds. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said trustees shall have power to take and receive into their hands and possession, all such sums of money, or the securities therefor, as have been paid or secured to be paid, by any of the inhabitants of the Second Parish in West Springfield, towards the support and maintenance of a congregational minister in said parish; and may receive and hold such further subscriptions, donations, grants, bequests, and devises, as may hereafter be made to them, or the inhabitants of said parish, for the same purpose, so that the annual income of said fund shall not Shall appropri- exceed eight hundred dollars; the interest of which fund shall be ate interest only. forever appropriated, annually, towards the support of such congre cies. gational minister, as shall from time to time be ordained and settled over that denomination of christians in said parish, or in case of vacancy, towards the payment of such candidate as may be employed by a majority of the people of that denomination to preach within said parish, and to no other purpose whatever. It shall not be lawful for the said trustees to appropriate any part of the principal of said fund, and they shall use their endeavors to preserve the same entire and unimpaired. And if the said trustees, or either of them, shall suffer the said fund to be impaired or diminished, through their personal misconduct or misapplication, they shall severally be responsible to make good such loss out of their private estate. SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, that the said trustees shall have Fill up vacan- power, and it shall be their duty, to fill up all vacancies which may happen in their board, by death, resignation or removal from the town of West Springfield. And the said trustees may, if they think proper, increase their number to seven; but shall never suffer their number to be reduced below three. and treasurer. SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said trustees shall Appoint clerk appoint a clerk, who shall be under oath faithfully to record all the votes and transactions of the board, and a treasurer, who shall give bond to the trustees, and their successors, with sufficient surety or sureties, with condition to do and perform all the duties incumbent on him as treasurer; which officers shall hold their respective offices until others shall be chosen to succeed them. public. SECT. 5. Be it further enacted, That the records and proceed- Records to be ings of the said trustees shall at all times be open to the inspection of any committee that may be appointed for that purpose by the congregational denomination of christians in said parish. SECT. 6. Be it further enacted, That Timothy Allyn, Esquire, be, and he hereby is authorized to call the first meeting of the trus- First meeting. tees, at which time they may appoint the officers required by this act, and may also determine on the mode of calling future meetings of their board; which they may change or alter at any subsequent meeting And it shall always be in the power of any two of the trustees to call a meeting of the board, when they shall think it Special meetnecessary, by leaving a written notification at the dwelling-house of each of the trustees, seven days previous thereto, designating the time and place, and specifying the object of the meeting. [June 15, 1822.] ings. An Act in addition to an Act, entitled "An Act to regulate the Administration of Justice Chap. 12. within the County of Suffolk, and for other purposes.' 1821 ch. 109. Clerk of Police Clerk also of the Court to be SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the Clerk of the Police Court within and for the city of Boston, shall also be clerk of the Justices' Court of the county of Suffolk. All writs, summonses, and processes issuing from said last mentioned court may be tested by either of the justices thereof, not a party thereto; and shall be signed by the clerk. And said clerk, or his assistant, shall attend all sessions of said justices' court, and record all proceedings therein had. And said clerk shall make out all writs and processes which the said justices, or either of them, may order, and tax all bills of cost. And said clerk shall receive and keep a true and faithful account of all fees taxable by law, and payable for blanks, fees of court, and copies in civil suits and actions; and render a true and just account thereof quarter yearly, to the board of accounts; and all sums of money by him so received, shall be accounted for and paid into the city treasury. And it shall be the duty Duty of clerk. of said clerk to make a true and faithful record, according to law, of the proceedings in every trial and process of a civil nature which may be had before said justices' court. And said quarterly account of said clerk shall be filed and recorded by the city treasurer, as is provided in the fifth section of the act, providing for the administration of justice within the county of Suffolk, and for other purposes, to which this act is in addition. And said clerk shall be sworn, give bond, and receive a compensation, as is provided in the fifth section. of the act aforesaid. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That so much of the act afore- Repeal. said, as is inconsistent herewith, be, and the same hereby is repealed. [June 15, 1822.] Add. act, 1831 ch. 65. An ACT respecting the Municipal Court of the city of Boston, and regulating the selections, Chap. 13. the empannelling and services of Grand, Traverse, and Petit Jurors. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresenLatires, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, |