rect toll houses,

&c.

sage,or damaging

said road.

SECT. 6. Be it further enacted, That the Directors of Directors may e- said Corporation for the time being are authorized to erect toll houses, establish gates, appoint toll gatherers, and demand toll on the said roads when completed, and upon such parts thereof as shall from time to time be completed. SECT. 7. Be it further enacted, That if any person shall Penalty for ob- Wilfully and maliciously or wantonly and contrary to law, structing the pas obstruct the passage of any carriage on said Rail Roads, or in any way spoil, injure or destroy said Rail Roads or any part thereof or anything belonging thereto or any material or implements to be employed in the construction, or for the use of said Road, he she or they, or any person or persons assisting, aiding or abetting in such trespass, shall forfeit and pay to said Corporation, for every such offence treble such damages as shall be proved before the Justice, Court or Jury before whom the trial shall be had, to be sued for before any Justice or in any Court proper to try the same, by the Treasurer of the Corporation or other officer whom they may direct, to the use of said corporation; and such offender or offenders shall be liable to indictment by the Grand Jury of the County within which such trespass shall have been committed for any of fence or offences contrary to the above provisions, and on conviction thereof before any Court competent to try the same shall pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars to the use of the State, or may be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year, at the discretion of the Court before whom such conviction may be had.

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day of June.

SECT. 8. Be it further enacted, That the annual meeting Annual meeting, of the members of said Corporation shall be holden on the first Monday of June at such time and place as the Directors for the time being, shall appoint, at which meeting the Directors shall be chosen by ballot, each proprietor being entitled to as many votes as he holds shares, and the Directors are hereby authorized to call special meetings of the stockholders whenever they shall deem it expedient and proper, giving such notice as the Corporation by their by laws shall direct.

organized by cer

wise Act to be

SECT. 9. Be it further enacted, That if the said Corporation shall not have been organized, and the location Corporation to he according to the actual survey of the routes filed with the tain time, otherGovernor and Council and County Commissioners of the void. Counties through which the same shall pass, on or before the thirty first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, or if the said Corporation shall fail to complete that part of said Rail Road named in this Act leading from the City of Bangor, to Frankfort Village, on or before the thirty first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, and that part leading from said. Frankfort to Belfast, and from said Frankfort to Brooks, on or before the thirty first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six, in either of the above mentioned cases this Act shall be null and void, so far as relates to either of said Rail Roads not so completed.

May erect bridges

waters.

SECT. 10. Be it further enacted, That if said Rail Roads shall in their course through, cross any tide waters, navigable rivers or streams, the said Corporation be and they are authorized and empowered to erect for the sole and over navigable exclusive travel on their said Rail Roads, a bridge across each of said rivers or streams, or across any such tide waters, Provided, said bridge or bridges shall be so con- Provisos structed as not to obstruct or unnecessarily impede the navigation of said waters.

bridges over can

SECT. 11. Be it further enacted, That said Rail Road Shall keep in Corporation shall constantly maintain in good repair all good repair, &c. bridges, with their abutments and enbankments, which als and highways. they may construct for the purpose of conducting their Rail Roads over any Canal, turnpike, or other highway, or any private way, or for conducting such private way,

turnpike, or other highway, over said Rail Roads.

to be open to inernor and Coun

SECT. 12. Be it further enacted, That the Books of Books at all times said Corporation shall at all times be open to the inspec- spection of Govtion of the Governor and Council and of any Committee duly authorized by the Legislature, and at the expiration

cil.

Treasurer to

make return to Legislature.

Holden to transport mail, &c.

of every fifteen years the Treasurer of said Corporation shall make an exhibit under oath to the Legislature of the net profits derived from the income of said Rail Roads.

SECT. 13. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of an Act concerning Corporations passed March 17, 1831, shall not extend or apply to the Company hereby incorporated.

SECT. 14. Be it further enacted, That the said Corporation shall at all times, when the Post Master General shall require it, be holden to transport the mail of the United States from and to such place or places on said Rail Road, as required, for a fair and reasonable compensation and in case the Corporation and the Post Master General shall be unable to agree upon the compensation aforesaid, the Legislature of the State shall fix and determine the same.

Chapter 149.

AN ACT to incorporate the Augusta Savings Institution.

Approved March 22, 1836.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepreNames of Corpo- sentatives, in Legislature assembled, That Charles Williams,

rators.

Richard H. Vose, William L. Wheeler, George W. Perkins Jr., J. W. Patterson, Rufus Chandler Vose, H. Spaulding, William Woart Jr., William H. Kittredge, Joseph P. Dillingham, James W. Ripley Benjamin Davis, Daniel Pike and John Potter, their associates and successors, be and hereby are incorporated into a body politic and corCorporate name. porate by the name of the Augusta Savings Institution, with power to make by-laws for the management of their concerns, not repugnant to the laws of the State-said Corporation to be established in the Town of Augusta.

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the first meeting Mode of calling of said Corporation may be holden at such time and at such place in Augusta, as a majority of the persons above

first meeting.

named may designate by publishing the said time and place fourteen days previously in the Kennebec Journal, a newspaper printed in Augusta-and at said meeting Mayelect officers. the said Corporation, may by ballot, elect any person or persons members thereof, and shall annually choose all necessary officers who shall remain in office until others are chosen in their stead and transact any Corporation. business.

ry.

SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a President, TreasPresident, Treasurer and Secretary of said Institution.-urer and Secreta The Treasurer shall give bond in such sum and with such sureties as the Corporation shall require; and the Treasurer and Secretary shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of their trust-all deeds of conveyance, covenants and grants, Mode of conveymade in behalf of said Corporation, shall be sealed with the corporate seal, and, when made in pursuance of any vote of the Corporation, shall be valid and effectual to convey property or bind the Company.

ance.

Powers and du

SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said Corporation may receive deposits of money and shall use the same to the best advantage for the benefit of the depositors and ties. the net income or profit thereof shall be by them divided among the persons making such deposits, their executors, administrators or assigns in just proportions, and such deposits may be withdrawn at such reasonable times and in such manner as said Corporation shall appoint.

SECT. 5. Be it further enacted, That the annual meeting shall be holden at such time in the year as the said Company in their by-laws shall prescribe, and at that and all other meetings it shall require seven persons at least to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

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Names of Corporators.

Corporate name.

Powers, &c.

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Proviso.

Chapter 150.

AN ACT to incorporate the Fairfield Boom Corporation.

Approved March 23, 1836.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Legislature assembled, That Jonas Chase, John Kendall, Columbus Burrill, Orrison Burrill, Francis Page, Milton Philbrook, Charles Emerson, David Wing, and William H. Bodfish, their associates, successors, and assigns, be and they hereby are constituted and established a body corporate, by the name of the Fairfield Boom Corporation, and for the purposes of their incoporation, may make any by laws for the management of their concerns, not repugnant to the laws and constitution of this State, and generally shall be vested with and enjoy all powers and privileges incident to similar Corporations, such as may be necessary to the convenient management of the concerns of said Corporation, and especially to an "Act concerning Corporations" passed February sixteenth one thousand eight hundred and thirty six.

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Corporation be and hereby is duly authorized and empowered to erect, maintain and keep a side boom or booms on the Kennebec River between Kendall's Mills in Fairfield and Skowhegan Great Eddy, for the purpose of stopping and securing their own logs, masts, spars and other lumber, that may drift down said River and such other logs, masts and other lumber as they may be requested so to do by the owners thereof from time to time-Provided however, That no boom or booms shall be so constructed as to impede the free passage of any logs, masts or other lumber not authorized to be stopped by said Corporation and if any, logs, masts, or other lumber shall by accident or otherwise run into said boom or booms, it shall be the duty of said Corporation in every twenty four hours to clear said booms of all such logs, masts and other lumber. Provided also, that said Corporation shall in nowise impede or injure the full use and enjoyment of that part of Osborn Eddy