Cambden incorporated. Boundaries. Esq. to call a meeting. 1790. Chapter 18. [January Session, ch. 4.] AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE PLANTATION OF CAMBDEN IN Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled & by the authority of the same, that the said plantation called Cambden, included within the following boundaries, viz- Beginning at a rock marked A X on the sea shore at the north side of Owls head bay at southeast corner of Thomastown line, thence running northwest by north seven miles sixty four poles to a maple stake marked on four sides and pile of stones, thence running north east by east five miles ninety four poles to a beach tree marked on four sides; thence running east three miles and an half and twenty poles to a spruce tree marked on four sides, thence running south east by south one mile to a fir tree marked on four sides, at Little Duck Trap in Penobscot bay; thence by the sea shore in a westerly direction to the bounds first mentioned, together with the inhabitants thereon be and they hereby are incorporated into a town by the name of Cambden; and that the said town be & hereby is vested with all the powers, privileges & immunities which other towns in this Commonwealth do or may by law enjoy. And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, Oliver Parker, that Oliver Parker Esqr. of Penobscot be and he hereby is empowered to issue his warrant, directed to some principal inhabitant of the said town of Cambden requiring him to notify the inhabitants thereof, to meet at such time and place as he shall therein appoint, to chuse all such officers. as towns are by law required to chuse at their annual meetings in the month of March or April. Preamble. February 17, 1791. 1790.- Chapter 19. [January Session, ch. 8.] AN ACT TO INCORPORATE AND ESTABLISH A SOCIETY BY THE Whereas it is the duty of Government at all times to countenance and support its citizens in their exertions for alleviating the distresses of their fellow men; And whereas divers persons have petitioned this Court for an act of incorporation whereby they may more effectually carry into execution their benevolent designs: Society in Be it therefore Enacted by the Senate & House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, that the honorable Thomas Russell esqr. Humane Jonathan Mason esqr., John Warren MD Revd. Simeon corporated. Howard D D Revd Samuel Parker D D John Avery junr Esqr. Revd. John Lathrop D D Revd. Peter Thacher Revd. John Clarke Doctor Thomas Welsh Aaron Dexter M D & Mr. Nathaniel Balch together with all those who now are, and such others who shall become members thereof be, and they are hereby erected into and made a body politick corporate forever by the name of the HUMANE SOCIETY of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hold real estate And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the said Corporation are hereby declared and made Corporation to capable in law of having, holding, purchasing and taking in fee simple, or any less estate, by gift, grant, devise, or otherwise, any lands tenements or other estate real and personal; (Provided that the annual income of the said Proviso. real and personal estate shall not exceed the sum of four thousand pounds) and also to sell, alien, devise or dispose of the same estate real and personal, not using the same in trade or commerce. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the said Corporation shall have full power and author- Their powers. ity to make, have and use a common Seal, and the same to break, alter & renew at pleasure; That it shall be capable in law to sue & be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in all Courts of record or other Courts or places whatsoever, in all actions real personal and mixed, and to do and execute all and singular other matters & things, that to them shall and may appertain to do. -To establish laws, &c. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the said Corporation may make, establish & put in execution such laws and regulations as may be necessary to the Government of said Corporation, Provided the same shall in no case be repugnant to the laws and Constitution of this State; And for the well governing of the said To appoint Corporation & the ordering their affairs, they shall have such officers as they shall hereafter from time to time elect. officers. - Institution. Hon. Thomas call a meeting. and appoint; and such officers as shall be designated by the laws and regulations of the said Corporation for the purpose, shall be capable of exercising such power for the well governing and ordering the affairs of the said Corporation, and calling and holding such occasional meetings for that purpose, as shall be fixed and determined by the said laws and regulations. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the end and design of the institution of the said Society, is for the recovery of persons who meet with such accidents as produce in them the appearance of death, and for promoting the cause of humanity by pursuing such means from time to time, as shall have for their object the preservation of human life, and the alleviation of its miseries. And be it further enacted, that the place where the first empowered to meeting of the said Society shall be held, shall be the town of Boston; and that the honorable Thomas Russell esqr. be, and he hereby is authorized & empowered to fix the time for holding the said meeting, and to notify the same to the members of the said Society by causing the same to be published in one of the Boston news papers fourteen days before the time fixed on for holding the said meeting. February 23, 1791. Preamble. 1790.- Chapter 20. [January Session, ch. 5.] AN ACT TO SUSPEND IN CERTAIN CASES, THE OPERATION OF Whereas the operation of the said Act for the limitation of personal Actions & for avoiding suits at Law, may defeat of their just demands many Creditors, unless a longer time is allowed for commencing & suing certain Actions therein mentioned, than is provided by said Act. Be it enacted by the Senate & House of Representatives in General Court Assembled & by the authority of the Act suspended same, that the said Act passed on the said thirteenth day of February, shall be so far suspended, that all Actions of Account, & all Actions of Debt, & upon the case, for or upon any promise, lending or contract, which by the in certain cases. said Act are limited so as they cannot be commenced & sued after the first day of June next, shall & may be commenced & sued within the term of two years next after the first day of June aforesaid, any thing in the said Act passed on the thirteenth day of February aforesaid to the contrary hereof notwithstanding. And be it Enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the Town Clerks. Secretary shall forthwith cause this Act, to be printed & sent to the Clerk of each town & District in this Commonwealth; & such Clerks are hereby required to cause the said their duty. Act respecting the limitation of personal Actions & this Act to be publickly read at the opening of the Annual Meetings of the said Towns or Districts for the choice of Town or District Officers, & also at their annual Meetings respectively for the choice of Representatives, until the expiration of two years from the said first day of June February 23, 1791. next. 1790. Chapter 21. [January Session, ch. 6.] AN ACT TO SET OFF THE NORTHWESTWARDLY CORNER OF ingham, Marlborough. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled and by the authority of the same, that the lands herein after described, (viz) all Part of Framthe lands belonging to Framingham lying west of a line annexed to beginning at the northwesterly corner of Framingham on Sudbury line, thence running southerly as the line now runs between Sudbury and Framingham to the southwesterly corner of Sudbury, thence southerly a straight line to the southeasterly corner of Marlborough, with all the inhabitants now living on the said lands (viz) Jonathan Roberson and his wife, and Patience his daughter, and Mary Brown his grand daughter, the widow of Amos Darling and Amos & Daniel her children, Jonas Darling and his wife, William, Ethan, Justin, Darius & Lydia their children, be and they are hereby set off from the town of Framingham and annexed to the town of Marlborough, and shall forever hereafter be considered as making part of the same. Provided nevertheless, that the said lands with the in- Proviso. habitants thereon, shall be still holden to pay their pro Inspectors to be sworn. Oath. Forfeiture in case of neglect. Bangor incorporated. portionable part of all taxes already assessed upon them by the town of Framingham, in like manner as though this Act had never been made; and shall also pay their proportionable part of all State taxes previous to another general valuation being established. February 23, 1791. 1790. Chapter 22. [January Session, ch. 7.] AN ACT FOR THE MORE EFFECTUAL CARRYING INTO EXECU- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled and by the authority of the same, that each & every person who according to law shall be chosen an inspector of Mattepoiset river shall within six days after his being notified by a Constable of the town of Rochester of his being so chosen, take the following oath before the clerk of said town or some Justice of the peace for the County of Plimouth, viz: YOU A. B. being chosen an inspector of Mattepoiset river for the year ensuing, DO SWEAR, that you will prosecute all breaches of the laws for the regulating the alewive fishery in said river the year ensuing, which shall come to your knowledge. So help you GOD. And be it further enacted, that if any person who shall be chosen an inspector of said river, as aforesaid, shall neglect to take said oath for the space of six days after he is notified of his being so chosen as aforesaid, he shall forfeit to the use of the said town of Rochester thirty shillings to be recovered by the Treasurer of said town, in an action of debt in any court proper to try the same. February 23, 1791. 1790.- Chapter 23. [January Session, ch. 9.] AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE PLANTATION OF KENDUSKEE Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled and by the authority of the same, that the following described tract of land, viz Beginning at a stake and stones on the bank of Penobscot |