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way, the said bridge from and after such acceptance shall
be maintained by the said town of Harwich.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 9, 1861.

Chap. 38. AN ACT TO CONFIRM THE ORGANIZATION AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Records of clerk ratified.

Acting

confirmed.

AGAWAM BRIDGE COMPANY.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

SECTION 1. The organization of the Agawam Bridge Company, made on the twenty-eighth day of June, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and the further measures adopted to organize said corporation on the thirtieth day of June, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty, and all the proceedings of said corporation, under and by virtue of said organizations, or either of them, as the same are recorded in the books of record of the stockholders and directors of the same, now in the possession of George P. Geer, clerk of said corporation, are hereby ratified, fully established and confirmed, as the acts, doings and records of a legally officers organized corporation; and the persons elected and now acting as the officers of said Agawam Bridge Company, according to said records, are hereby confirmed in their respective offices, and authorized to perform all their respective official duties, until their successors are duly chosen and qualified; any defects or informalities in the organization or proceedings of said corporation, heretofore existing, to the contrary notwithstanding.

Time for completion of bridge extended.

SECTION 2. The time within which said corporation was required by its charter to build and finish a bridge as therein authorized, is hereby extended to the first day of January, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

Approved February 9, 1861. Chap. 39. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SALEM FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK TO

May hold real estate for banking purposes.

HOLD REAL ESTATE.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

SECTION 1. The Salem Five Cents Savings Bank in the city of Salem, is hereby authorized to hold real estate within the city of Salem, to an amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars: provided, that no part of said amount shall be invested in real estate, except in the purchase of a suitable site, and the erection or preparation of a suitable building to be used for banking purposes; and all income, if any, arising from such real estate, shall be devoted exclusively to the interests of said corporation.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 9, 1861.

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN EXPENSES OF THE Chap. 40.

YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY, AND PREVIOUS

YEARS.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

authorized.

The sums hereinafter mentioned are appropriated and Appropriations shall be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth, upon the warrants of the governor, to meet certain expenses belonging to the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and previous years, to wit:

For repairs on Charles River and Warren Bridges, one Bridge repairs. thousand two hundred ninety-three dollars.

For salary of the land agent for nine months, in the year Land agent. eighteen hundred and sixty, seven hundred and fifty dollars.

For office expenses, twenty dollars.

For expenses of auditor's office for the years eighteen Auditor's office. hundred fifty-nine and eighteen hundred sixty, twenty-two

dollars and fifty cents.

For expenses of Rainsford Island Hospital for the year Rainsford Island eighteen hundred sixty, thirty-five hundred dollars.

hospital.

tingencies.

For contingent expenses of the legislature of the year Legislature--coneighteen hundred and fifty-eight, six dollars and sixty cents. For printing account of the senate and house of repre- Printing - extra sentatives at extra session of the year eighteen hundred and session. sixty, one hundred and fifty dollars.

For the secretary's department, three hundred and eighty- Secretary's one dollars.

partment.

de

For the adjutant and quartermaster-general's department Adjutant-generfor the years eighteen hundred fifty-eight and eighteen hun- als department. dred fifty-nine, twenty-six dollars and fifty-five cents.

For compensation of the Back Bay commissioners for Back Bay comthe year eighteen hundred sixty, four hundred and five

dollars.

missioners.

For incidentals in the year eighteen hundred fifty-eight, Incidentals. thirty-eight dollars.

For compensation of the insurance commissioners for the Insurance comyear eighteen hundred sixty, three hundred dollars.

missioners.

For salary of the clerk of said commissioners, one hun- Clerk. dred dollars.

For expenses of said commissioners for the year eighteen Expenses. hundred fifty-nine, twenty-five dollars.

For printing for the commissioners for the year eighteen Printing. hundred sixty, four hundred and ninety-four dollars.

For expenses of the alien commissioners for the year Alien commiseighteen hundred fifty-nine, sixteen dollars.

sioners.

For support of the Marshpee Indians for the year eighteen Marshpee Inhundred sixty, sixty-five dollars and twenty-six cents.

dians.

Troy Indians.

Printing-valuation committee.

Almshouse,
Tewksbury.

Sheriffs' ac

counts.

Repairs,

furni

ture, etc.-Res. 1859.

Compensation legislature.

Improvements, state prison.

For support of the Troy Indians for the year eighteen hundred sixty, fifty dollars and sixty-three cents.

For printing for the valuation committee of the year eighteen hundred sixty, thirty-two hundred dollars.

For expenses of the state almshouse at Tewksbury for the year eighteen hundred sixty, thirty-nine hundred and eightyseven dollars and twenty-three cents.

For sheriffs' accounts for the year eighteen hundred sixty, eight hundred and fifty dollars.

For repairs, improvements and furniture authorized by resolves, chapter forty-five, of the year eighteen hundred fifty-nine, seventy-three dollars and ninety-four cents.

For compensation of members of the legislature of the year eighteen hundred sixty, ten dollars.

For improvements at the state prison, authorized by resolves, chapter forty-nine, of the year eighteen hundred sixty, six hundred and thirty-three dollars and twelve cents. Approved February 14, 1861.

Chap. 41. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE NORTH ADAMS GAS LIGHT COMPANY. Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

Corporators.

Title.

Purpose.

Privileges and restrictions.

Capital.

May open streets, sink pipes, &c.

Proviso.

SECTION 1. Edward R. Tinker, Henry L. Dawes, John B. Tyler, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the North Adams Gas Light Company, in Adams, for the purpose of manufacturing and selling gas, in the town of Adams; with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities, set forth in the sixtieth and sixty-eighth chapters and sections sixteen and seventeen of chapter sixty-one of the General Statutes.

SECTION 2. Said corporation may, for the purpose aforesaid, hold real estate not exceeding in value twenty thousand dollars, and the whole capital stock shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars.

SECTION 3. Said corporation, with the consent of the selectmen of the town of Adams, shall have the power and authority to dig up and open the ground in any part of the streets, lanes and highways in said town, for the purpose of sinking and repairing such pipes and conductors as may be necessary for the purpose aforesaid; and the said corporation, after opening the ground in such streets, lanes or highways, shall be held to put the same again in repair, under the penalty of being prosecuted for a nuisance: provided, that the selectmen of said town may regulate, restrict and control all acts and doings of such corporation, which may in

any manner affect the health, safety, convenience or property of the inhabitants of said town.

Approved February 14, 1861.

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES OF THE STATE
ALMSHOUSES AND THE HOSPITAL AT RAINSFORD ISLAND.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

Chap. 42.

penses quarter

SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appro- For current expriated and shall be allowed and paid out of the ordinary ending March 31. revenue, upon the warrants of the governor, for the purpose of meeting the current expenses of the institutions hereinafter named, for the quarter ending March thirty-first, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, to wit:

For the state almshouse at Tewksbury, a sum not exceed- Tewksbury. ing nine thousand dollars.

For the state almshouse at Monson, a sum not exceeding Monson. eight thousand dollars.

For the state almshouse at Bridgewater, a sum not exceed- Bridgewater. ing eight thousand dollars.

For the hospital at Rainsford Island, a sum not exceeding Rainsford Island. five thousand dollars.

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

Approved February 15, 1861.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL TO

ENDORSE NOTES OF THE UNITED STATES.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

Chap. 43.

SECTION 1. The treasurer and receiver-general of the May guarantee Commonwealth is hereby authorized to guarantee, upon the bonds of U. s. request of the secretary of the treasury of the United States,

the treasury bonds of the United States, to the amount of Amount.
two millions of dollars, on such conditions as shall be agreed Conditions.
upon by the secretary of the treasury of the United States,
and the governor and council of this Commonwealth.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 15, 1861.

AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TIME WITHIN WHICH TO CONSTRUCT A
PORTION OF THE MIDLAND RAILROAD.

Chap. 44.

extended

to May, 1862.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:
The time within which the Midland Railroad Company Time
may construct that portion of its railroad which was origi-
nally authorized under the act incorporating the Southbridge
and Blackstone Railroad Company, is hereby extended to
the first day of May, in the year eighteen hundred and
sixty-two: provided, however, that any person whose land or Proviso.
other property has been taken by said railroad company,

shall have one year in addition to the time now allowed by law to avail himself of the remedies provided in the sixty-third chapter of the General Statutes.

Approved February 15, 1861.

Chap. 45. AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE MECHANICS' MUTUAL FIRE

Name changed.

INSURANCE COMPANY.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

The Mechanics' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Worcester, shall hereafter be called and known by the name of the Worcester Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company. Approved February 15, 1861.

Chap. 46. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE BOWDITCH MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

Corporators.

Title.

Purpose.

SECTION 1. George D. Phippen, William D. Pickman, J. Wiley Edmands, Francis Brown, and Josiah Spaulding, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Bowditch Manufacturing Company, for the purpose of manufacturing cotton and other fibrous materials, in the city of Salem, in the county of Essex; and Privileges and re- for this purpose shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities, set forth in the sixtieth and sixty-eighth chapters of the General Statutes, and all acts passed subsequent thereto relating to manufacturing corporations.

Location.

strictions.

Real estate.

Capital.

Shares.
Proviso.

SECTION 2. The said corporation may hold, for the purposes aforesaid, real estate to the amount of three hundred thousand dollars; and the whole capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars, in shares of one hundred dollars each: provided, however, that said corporation shall not go into operation, until the sum of two hundred and fifty-thousand dollars of its capital stock has been paid in, in cash.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 15, 1861.

Chap. 47. AN ACT IN ADDITION TO AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE ARKWRIGHT

Additional powers granted.

MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows:

The Arkwright Mutual Fire Insurance Company, established in Boston, may, after providing for all losses and liabilities, distribute to the members severally entitled thereto, any surplus income of the business of said company, by issuing the scrip of the company therefor, on interest, payable within two years from its date; and the company may

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