required to be made, stating the amount of capital stock paid in, the name of each stockholder and the number of shares held by him, the amount invested in real and personal estate, and the amount of property owned by and debts due to the corporation, on the first day of November, next preceding the date of the certificate, may state the same matters, as they existed at the date of the annual meeting of said corporation, next preceding the date of said certificate; and said certificate shall state the date of such annual meeting, and shall also state the amount of indebtedness of the corporation on the day of the date of the certificate, which shall be deposited with the clerk of the town or city where said corporation is located, within thirty days from and after the day of the annual meeting aforesaid. Approved April 1, 1861. Chap. 122 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE MOIETY OF THE INCOME Appropriations for 1861. Normal schools. Massachusetts ciation, tionally. OF THE SCHOOL FUND APPLICABLE TO EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned in this section are appropriated and shall be allowed and paid out of the moiety of the income of the school fund applicable to educational purposes, on the warrant of the governor, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one : For the support of the four state normal schools for the current year, under the direction of the board of education, the sum of fourteen thousand five hundred dollars. For the Massachusetts Teachers' Association, the sum of condi- three hundred dollars, on condition that said association shall furnish a copy of the Massachusetts Teacher to each school committee in the several cities and towns of the Commonwealth during the year eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and furnish satisfactory evidence thereof to the auditor of the Commonwealth. For the Massachusetts Teachers' Association, the sum of three hundred dollars, to be paid to the president or treasurer of the association in the month of August next, to be applied to the purposes of said association. For the American Institute of Instruction, the sum of three hundred dollars, to be paid to the president or treasurer of said institute in the month of August next. For postage, printing, advertising, stationery, meteorological observations, and all other incidental expenses of the board of education or of the secretary thereof, and also for any contingent expenses of the normal schools not otherwise herein provided for, a sum not exceeding fifty-six hundred dollars. For the salary of the secretary of the board of education, Secretary board two thousand dollars. of education. For the support of one or more agents of the board of Agents of board. education, in accordance with chapter thirty-four, section nine, of the General Statutes, a sum not exceeding twentyfive hundred dollars. For teachers' institutes, in accordance with chapter thirty- Teachers' instifive, section two, of the General Statutes, the sum of twenty eight hundred dollars. tutes. For the support of state scholarships, in accordance with State scholarchapter thirty-seven of the General Statutes, the sum of ships. forty-five hundred dollars, in addition to the sum of three hundred dollars now in the hands of the treasurer of the board of education, which he is hereby authorized to apply for the same purpose. For aid to pupils in the state normal schools, in accord- Aid to normal ance with the resolves of the year one thousand eight hun- pupils. dred and fifty-three, chapter sixty-two, a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars. For the expenses of the secretary of the board of educa- Secretary's extion, in accordance with chapter thirty-four, section eight, penses. of the General Statutes, a sum not exceeding four hundred dollars. For the expenses of the members of the board of educa- Members' tion, in accordance with the provisions of chapter thirty- penses. four, section ten, of the General Statutes, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars. ex For the support of certain Indian schools, in accordance Indian schools. with the provisions of chapter thirty-six, section five, the sum of four hundred and five dollars. associations. For county associations of teachers, in accordance with county teachers' chapter thirty-five, section four, of the General Statutes, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars. Normal school For the enlargement and repairs of the Bridgewater Nor- Bridgewater mal School building, a sum not exceeding four thousand building. five hundred dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT TO CONFIRM THE REDUCTION IN THE STOCK OF THE BAY Chap. 123 Be it enacted, &c., as follows: STATE BANK. firmed. The proceedings whereby the capital stock of the Bay Proceedings conState Bank in Lawrence was reduced to the sum of three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, by virtue of chapter twenty-five of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and sixty, are hereby confirmed. Approved April 1, 1861. Chap. 124 Corporators. Title. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CLAFLIN MILLS. SECTION 1. Asa F. Smith, Simon A. Knowles, Lucius M. Smith, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the Claflin Mills, for the purpose of manufacturing cotton and other fibrous materials in the town of Grafton, in the county of Worcester, and for this Rights, duties, 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. Location. &c. Real estate. Capital. Shares. SECTION 2. Said corporation may hold for the purposes aforesaid, real estate to the amount of sixty thousand dol lars, and the whole capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars, in shares of one hundred dollars each; and no shares of said corporation shall be issued for a less sum and amount, to be actually paid in on each, than the par value of the shares which shall be first issued. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved April 1, 1861. Chap. 125 AN ACT TO INCREASE THE CAPITAL STOCK AND CHANGE THE LOCA Capital. Location. Manufacture of Patent rights. TION OF THE AMERICAN FLAX COTTON COMPANY. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. The American Flax Cotton Company are hereby authorized to increase their capital stock to five hundred thousand dollars, and to change the location of the manufactory of said company, from the town of Watertown, in the county of Middlesex, to Boston, in the county of Suffolk. SECTION 2. In addition to the powers heretofore granted, flax, hemp, &c. said corporation shall have authority to manufacture from the fibres of flax, hemp, or other fibrous plants, a substance resembling wool or cotton, for use or sale; also to hold letters patent and patent rights for methods and processes of such manufacture, and for machinery connected therewith, or for improvements thereon, and to sell to others such rights, and to grant licenses to others to manufacture, and vend and use said patent rights, and processes, and improvements, in places within the limits of said Commonwealth. Approved April 1, 1861. Sale of rights, licenses, &c. Chap. 126 AN ACT CONCERNING THE TRUSTEES OF THE MINISTERIAL FUND IN May apply to S. WOBURN, AND THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY IN WOBURN. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: SECTION 1. The trustees of the ministerial fund in to appropriate Woburn, incorporated by an act passed on the twenty-fourth debts. day of February in the year eighteen hundred and ten, and funds to pay the First Congregational Society in Woburn, are hereby authorized to apply to the supreme judicial court in the county of Middlesex or Suffolk, by a bill in equity, for leave and authority to use and apply the funds in the hands of said trustees for the payment of the debts of said First Congregational Society. notice served. to use funds in case, etc. SECTION 2. The supreme judicial court, upon the filing Court to order of said application, shall order notice thereof to be given to all parties interested, by publishing the same in some newspaper published in the county of Middlesex, at least three. weeks before a hearing on said application; and after such May grant leave notice has been given, the court are hereby authorized to decree, if they are satisfied that the interests of said First Congregational Society require it, that said trustees shall use and apply all that portion of the funds in their hands arising by accumulation, or in any other way, from the proceeds of the sale of pews in a meeting-house named in the act aforesaid incorporating said trustees, to the payment of the debts of said First Congregational Society in Woburn; and such Decree to absolve decree shall forever absolve said trustees from any obligation to apply that portion of the funds so used, for the payment of the debts of said society, to any other purpose or object. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES AND Be it enacted, &c., as follows: FARMERS' CLUBS. trustees. Chap. 127 SECTION 1. Any agricultural society or farmers' club May establish shall have power and authority to establish such regulations regulations. as it may deem necessary and expedient for the preservation of peace and good order of said society at its regular or annual meetings, shows, fairs or exhibitions, or for the protection of the interests of the same during such shows, fairs or exhibitions: provided, that said regulations shall not be repugnant to the laws of the Commonwealth; and provided, Provisos. also, that said society shall cause at least five copies of its regulations to be posted in as many public places on the grounds of said society, not less than forty-eight hours before the time of holding its meetings. SECTION 2. No person shall, during the time of holding Tents, booths, any cattle-show, fair or exhibition, or meeting of any far- etc. mers' club, establish any tent, booth, or vehicle of any kind, within one-half mile of the place of holding said shows or Gaming, racing, and shows pro hibited. Proviso. Penalty. meetings, for the purpose of vending any goods, wares, merchandise, provisions or refreshments, without the consent of the proper authorities having charge of the same; nor shall any person be allowed to engage in any gaming, or horse-racing, or to exhibit any show or play during the time of holding any cattle-show, agricultural fair or meeting of any farmers' club at any regular or stated time: provided, that any person having his regular place of business within such limits is not hereby required to suspend his business. SECTION 3. If any person shall violate any of the provisions of this act, he shall forfeit for each offence a sum not exceeding twenty dollars. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 128 AN ACT TO ENABLE THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD TO CONVEY CERTAIN Poor-house farm, Be it enacted, &c., as follows: REAL ESTATE. SECTION 1. The city of Springfield is hereby authorized city may convey to give, grant and convey, the city farm, otherwise known as the poor-house farm, to any association or corporation, which shall be duly organized for the purpose of establishing an Agricultural School or College, in or near said Springfield; said grant to be conditioned for the promotion of agriculture. Conditions of conveyance. SECTION 2. Said conveyance shall be made in conformity with the provisions of the charter and ordinances of the city, and upon the express condition, that the assent of a majority of the legal voters of said city, voting thereon, shall be obtained thereto, at a meeting to be called and conducted in accordance with the requirements of the charter and ordinances of said city concerning public meetings. Approved April 2, 1861. Chap. 129 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF CLINTON TO MAKE AN APPRO May appropriate for military uniforms. Proviso. Be it enacted, &c., as follows: PRIATION. The town of Clinton in the county of Worcester is hereby authorized to appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars for the purpose of purchasing a suitable uniform for the members of Company C, Ninth Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia: provided, however, that at a public town meeting legally held for that purpose, two-thirds of the voters of said town present and voting thereon, shall vote to make such appropriation. Approved April 2, 1861.* |