CHAP. 286. David Moulton, John Gray, Jedediah Perkins and Lewis McKenney, their associates and successors, are hereby constituted a Corporate name. body politic and corporate by the name of the Missionary Society of the York and Cumberland Christian Conference, and shall have such powers and privileges and be subject to such duties as are provided for similar corporations by the laws of the state; may elect such officers and make such by-laws, not repugnant to the said laws, as may be deemed necessary for the management of the corporation, and may hold, sell, and convey property, real and personal, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars. Officers and by-laws. May own property, real and personal. Fund, how invested. Income and collections, how appropriated. SECT. 2. All property, real and personal, which may at any time, by donation or otherwise, come into possession of this seciety, shall constitute a permanent fund to be invested in such way and manner as the society shall from time to time determine to be most advantageous and proper; and the income of said fund, together with all donations and collections of less amount than ten dollars each, shall be appropriated to the objects and expenses of the society; any individual or society, however, making a gift, direct the expen- grant or bequest of ten dollars or more to this society, may provide that it shall be expended for the objects of the society directly, and not added to the permanent fund. Individuals making gifts may diture of same. Members. Objects and duties of the society. First meeting, how called. SECT. 3. Churches and Sabbath schools may become members of this society, on the same conditions and have the same privileges as individuals. SECT. 4. The objects and duties of this society shall be to obtain funds for missionary purposes in the York and Cumberland Christian Conference, to advance the cause of our Redeemer and save men; and the society shall have power to regulate and control the distribution of the income arising from its funds in such way and manner, to accomplish the objects aforesaid, as they may think proper. SECT. 5. Any three of the persons named in this act are hereby authorized to call the first meeting of this society, by giving notice of the time and place, seven days at least before the time appointed for said meeting, in some newspaper published in the county of York or Cumberland. SECT. 6. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved January 25, 1870. . BELFAST AND MOOSEHEAD LAKE R. R. CO.-WHARF.-STETSON MANUF. CO. Chapter 287. An act to authorize the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad Company to lease their road and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. The Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad Company is hereby authorized to lease its railroad and appurtenances to the Maine Central Railroad Company, and to make such other contracts with said last named company as may be necessary for the operation of its said road. SECT. 2. The contract for a lease of said railroad, entered into by said companies on the tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, is hereby legalized. SECT. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. Chapter 288. An act to authorize Dyer P. Jordan to extend his wharf in the city of Ellsworth. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: wharf authorized. Dyer P. Jordan, his associates, successors or assigns, are hereby Extension of authorized to extend his new wharf, situated on the east side of Union river, opposite and a little below the Bonsey wharf, so called, in the city of Ellsworth, into tide waters fifteen feet. Approved January 25, 1870. Chapter 289. An act to incorporate the Stetson Manufacturing Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. John Rogers, M. E. Rice, Samuel R. Stetson, Wil- Corporators. liam B. Ireland, Olcut Hersey, Lemuel Clark, Aaron Fittz, Henry W. Damon, William Plaisted, Joseph Wiggin, Andrew J. Wiggin, Joel W. Cloudman, George W. Jordan, Charles B. Wood, Reuben D. Pulsifer, L. J. Blanchard, Thomas Clark, T. S. Anderson, William C. Allen, Charles H. Foster, Jeremiah Locke and Lewis Barker, their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby Corporate name. CHAP. 290. created a corporation by the name of the Stetson Manufacturing Company, and are authorized to take and hold real and personal May hold real and estate to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars, for the purpose of manufacturing wool, cotton, flax, silk, lumber, iron, tin, steel, and other materials. personal estate. Purpose. Erection of dams, mills, &c., authorized. First meeting, how called. SECT. 2. Said company is authorized to erect dams, mills, or other structures, necessary for the purpose of manufacturing the articles aforesaid, at one or more places in the town of Stetson, in the county of Penobscot. SECT. 3. The first meeting of said company may be called by either of the persons named in this act, by giving written notice to his associates, seven days at least before the time of meeting. SECT. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 1, 1870. Certain policies may be canceled. Proviso. Chapter 290. An act additional to "an act to incorporate the Waterville Mutual Fire Insurance Company." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. The directors of the Waterville Mutual Fire Insurance Company are hereby authorized to cancel the outstanding policies in the farmers class of said company on the first day of March, in the year of our. Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy; provided they first 'cause a notice thereof to be sent by mail to each policy holder in said class, not less than two weeks before said first day of March, eighteen hundred and seventy. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 1, 1870. Extension of Chapter 291. An act to authorize the extension of the railroad terminating at Farmington, known as the Androscoggin Railroad. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. The Androscoggin Railroad Company as now constituted by the stockholders in the extension part of said railroad, authorized by an act entitled an act to authorize the extension of the Androscoggin Railroad," approved February fifteen, eigh teen hundred and sixty, is hereby authorized to extend the railroad CHAP. 292. now operated by said company, from any point on said railroad in the town of Farmington, to any other point within the said town of Farmington, and to locate, construct, maintain and use the same. SECT. 2. Said Androscoggin Railroad Company shall have the same rights, privileges, powers and immunities, and be subject to all the duties and liabilities respecting the location, construction, maintenance, use and management of said portion of railroad, hereby authorized to be extended, that they had and have respecting their existing road. Rights, priviliabilities. leges, duties and Existing mort gages, &c., not attach to exten sion. held separate. SECT. 3. It is hereby further enacted that no mortgages, debts, liens or claims now existing or in force upon said Androscoggin Railroad, or upon the said extension thereof, its right of way, franchise, or rolling stock, shall attach to or have any force, hold, claim, or lien of any nature whatsoever, upon this extension granted to said railroad in the town of Farmington. But this extension of said Extension to be railroad shall be held separate from the railroad now established and in operation, and for security to any corporation or persons who may furnish to said company the means necessary for building and completing the same. And the president and directors of said Androscoggin Railroad Company shall have the power to mortgage or transfer this extension of said railroad in the town of Farmington, with its franchise, right of way, and all the property belonging thereto, with its earnings, for the purpose only of procuring means to build, finish and equip said extension, and to secure the debts contracted therefor, any mortgage, lien, claim or law to the contrary notwithstanding. SECT. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 1, 1870. May mortgage and transfer the railroad for a certain purpose. Chapter 292. An act to authorize the Farmington Village Corporation to raise money to aid in the extension of the railroad terminating at Farmington, known as the Androscoggin Railroad, and to contract for said extension. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: of same. SECT. 1. The Farmington Village Corporation may at any legal Loan, and limit meeting, duly notified and called for that purpose, raise by tax or loan, such sums of money as said corporation shall deem expedient, not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars, and may appropriate the same in such manner and on such terms as said corporation shall determine, to aid in the extension of the railroad now oper CHAR 293. ated by the Androscoggin Railroad Company, to some point within or near the limits of said village corporation; provided that twothirds of the legal voters present and voting at such meeting shall Contracts authorized. Purpose. Scrip of corporation may be issued. Amount. so vote. SECT. 2. The said Farmington Village Corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to make such contracts with the Androscoggin Railroad Company, for the purpose mentioned in the preceding section, as the said village corporation may determine, and may raise money by tax or loan, to carry the same into effect, not exceeding, however, the amount named in the preceding section. SECT. 3. The assessors and treasurer of said village corporation, upon being authorized so to do by a vote of said corporation, may issue the scrip of said corporation to such an amount, not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars, as said corporation may determine, in certificates of not less than one hundred dollars each and payable in such number of years from their date as said corporation may determine, with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, with semi-annual coupons attached thereto, the said scrip to be signed by the said assessors and treasurer, but the coupons shall be signed by the treasurer only. SECT. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 1, 1870. Extension of Chapter 293. An act to authorize John A. Buck to extend his wharf into tide water in the town of Bucksport. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legis lature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. John A. Buck, of the town of Orland, is hereby wharf authorized. authorized and empowered to extend his wharf in the town of Bucksport, into tide water sixty feet. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 1, 1870. |