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May increase capital stock.

with the laws of the Commonwealth, may, subject to the approval and under the control of the selectmen of the towns of Plymouth and Kingston, as provided by general law, locate, construct, maintain and operate its railway, with single or double tracks and with convenient and suitable turnouts and switches, through and over any streets and highways in said towns, or either of them, or through and over any private lands, in either or both of said towns, that it may acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise: provided, the tracks of said corporation shall not cross the tracks of any steam railroad at grade without the consent of the board of railroad commissioners.

SECTION 2. Said corporation, for the purpose of paying its floating debt, purchase of equipment and purposes aforesaid, is hereby authorized to increase its capital stock to an amount which, together with the amounts heretofore authorized by law, shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of one hundred thousand dollars.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 29, 1892.

Chap. 21 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES AT

Appropriations.

State almshouse at Tewksbury.

THE STATE ALMSHOUSE AT TEWKSBURY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the payment of salaries and expenses at the state almshouse at Tewksbury during the year ending on the thirty-first day of December in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to wit:—

For the payment of salaries, wages and labor at the state almshouse at Tewksbury, a sum not exceeding twenty-nine thousand two hundred dollars; and for other current expenses at said institution, a sum not exceeding eighty thousand five hundred dollars.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 29, 1892.

Chap. 22 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES AT

Appropriations.

THE STATE FARM AT BRIDGEWATER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the payment of

salaries and expenses at the state farm at Bridgewater
during the year ending on the thirty-first day of December
in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to wit:
For the payment of salaries, wages and labor at the State farm at
state farm at Bridgewater, a sum not exceeding twenty-
one thousand four hundred dollars; and for other current
expenses at said institution, a sum not exceeding fifty-five
thousand four hundred dollars.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 29, 1892.

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE COMPENSATION AND
EXPENSES OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON INLAND FISHERIES AND
GAME.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Bridgewater.

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SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- Appropriations. priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for compensation and expenses of the commissioners on inland fisheries and game during the year ending on the thirty-first day of December in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to wit:

on inland

For the compensation and expenses of the commis- Commissioners sioners on inland fisheries and game, a sum not exceeding fisheries and thirty-two hundred and fifty dollars.

game.

Plymouth, N. H.

For one half of the expenses of the hatching at Plymouth, Hatching at in the state of New Hampshire, a sum not exceeding nine hundred and fifty dollars.

of trout, etc.

For the enforcement of laws, propagation and distribu- Propagation tion of trout and salmon, carp and lobsters, hatching and and distribution distribution of shad and carp, rent of hatcheries, incidentals, contingent expenses and printing, propagation and distribution of lobsters, a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars.

expenses.

For travelling expenses for a member of the district Travelling police detailed for service with the commission, a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars.

steamers.

For the payment of running expenses and for repairs Expenses of to the steamer in charge of the commission, a sum not exceeding forty-five hundred dollars.

For completion, maintenance and running expenses State hatcheries. of state hatcheries, a sum not exceeding one thousand

dollars.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 29, 1892.

Chap.

24 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE

THE CAPE COD PILGRIM MEMORIAL! ASSOCIATION OF PROVINCETOWN.

Cape Cod

Pilgrim Memo

of Province

town, incor. porated.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. James H. Hopkins, James Gifford, Arterial Association mas P. Hannum, Moses N. Gifford, Howard F. Hopkins, Joseph H. Dyer, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Association of Provincetown, for the purpose of erecting at Provincetown a monument or other suitable memorial or memorials to commemorate the arrival of the Mayflower and the landing of the Pilgrims at Provincetown on the twenty-first day of November in the year sixteen hundred and twenty, and to perpetuate, by enduring memorials, the memory of the signing of the compact, the birth of Peregrine White, the death of Dorothy May Bradford, and the other interesting historical incidents connected with the Mayflower while at anchor in Cape Cod harbor, and for the purpose of acquiring and holding land upon which to erect such memorials, and of constructing a building or buildings to accommodate the meetings and to contain the cabinets, collections and libraries of said society; with the powers and privileges and subject to the duties set forth in chapter one hundred and fifteen of the Public Statutes and in such other general laws as now are or hereafter may be in force relating to such corporations.

Real and personal estate not to exceed $100,000.

Property to be exempt from taxation.

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SECTION 2. Said corporation may acquire by gift, grant, devise or purchase, and hold for the purposes aforesaid, real and personal estate to the value of one hundred thousand dollars.

SECTION 3. The property, real and personal, of said corporation shall be exempt from taxation in the same manner and to the same extent as the property of literary, benevolent, charitable and scientific institutions incorporated within this Commonwealth.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.,
Approved February 29, 1892.

25 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE HOME FOR AGED MEN TO HOLD ADDI

May hold addi. tional real and

TIONAL REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. The Home for Aged Men is authorized to personal estate. hold additional real and personal estate for the purposes

named in its act of incorporation, chapter one hundred
and fifty-three of the acts of the year eighteen hundred
and sixty, to an amount which, together with the amounts
heretofore authorized by law, shall not exceed in the whole
eight hundred thousand dollars.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 29, 1892.

AN ACT RELATING TO THE HOOSAC TUNNEL AND WILMINGTON
RAILROAD COMPANY.

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Chap. 26

§ 3 amended.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. Section three of chapter two hundred and 1891, 208, eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninetyone is hereby amended by inserting after the word "act", in the third line thereof, the words:- and for the construction of extensions and branches of its railroad line as shall be hereafter determined, and by striking out the word "upon ", in the fourth line of said section, and inserting in place thereof the word: - on, also by inserting after the word "line", in the sixth line, the words: and upon any extensions and branches which shall be constructed and made thereto, by striking out the word "either", in the twelfth line, and inserting in place thereof the word: - any, and by striking out the words" by this act", in the fourteenth line, and inserting in place thereof the words: - and actually paid in at the time of the issue of the bonds, so as to read as follows: Section 3. The Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad May issue Company, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act and for the construction of extensions and branches of its railroad line as shall be hereafter determined, is hereby authorized to issue bonds on its existing railroad, and if the Deerfield Valley Railroad be purchased and consolidated as herein provided, then upon the whole line, and upon any extensions and branches which shall be constructed and made thereto, to an amount not exceeding eight thousand dollars per mile for narrow gauge track and fifteen thousand dollars per mile for standard gauge track; said bonds to be issued, recorded and approved in accordance with the provisions of section sixty-two of chapter one hundred and twelve of the Public Statutes and acts amendatory thereof: provided, that in any case Proviso. the amount of bonds so issued shall not exceed the capital stock authorized and actually paid in at the time of the issue of the bonds.

bonds, etc.

May mortgage railroad, etc.

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SECTION 2. To secure the bonds issued under the provisions of the said third section as amended by this act, the Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad Company is hereby authorized to give to trustees for the holders of said bonds, a mortgage of its railroad, stations, rolling stock, equipments, property, real and personal, and franchises wherever and however situate, now acquired or hereafter to be acquired, whether under the provisions of said chapter two hundred and eight or otherwise, and all extensions and branches which shall be hereafter constructed and made to the line and property now owned by it or hereafter acquired by it.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 29, 1892.

27 AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE

Appropriations.

For protecting the purity of inland waters.

Chap.

May increase capital stock.

BEST METHODS OF PROTECTING THE PURITY OF INLAND WATERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. The sum hereinafter mentioned is appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the payment of certain expenses in connection with the protection of the purity of inland waters during the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to wit:

For providing for investigations into the best methods of assuring the purity of water supplies and disposal of sewage, for services of engineers, clerks and other assistants, made necessary and authorized by chapter three hundred and seventy-five of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, which requires the state board of health to have general care and oversight of all inland waters and report measures for preventing the pollution of the same, also for the proper disposal of all sewage matter, a sum not exceeding twenty-seven thousand dollars.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 29, 1892. 28 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE COMPANY TO

INCREASE ITS CAPITAL STOCK.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows;

The Boston Rubber Shoe Company is hereby authorized to increase its capital stock in the manner provided by law for the increase of the capital stock of manufacturing

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