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Harlow Spaulding and William Dewey their associates successors and assigns be and they hereby are made and constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of the Clinton Company, to have all the powers and privi- Corporate name. leges and be subject to all the liabilities incident to Corporations of a similar nature, 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 Company be and they hereby are authorized and empowered to manu- Powers, &c. facture lumber at Clinton in this State and convey the same to market and also to dig and search for ores and minerals on land which may be held or owned by said Company in said Town of Clinton, analyzing and smelting them or converting them into useful manufactures; and said Company may do all things necessary and proper for carrying into effect the objects aforesaid and may make and adopt all necessary regulations and by laws not repugnant

to the Constitution and Laws of this State.

to the amount of

SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Company may May hold estate hold in fee or otherwise Real Estate to an amount not ex- $75,000. ceeding seventy five thousand dollars and the same may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of in whole or part by deed

$50,000.

or otherwise and may hold personal estate to an amount Personal estate, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars at any one time and the same to dispose of at pleasure.

Chapter 155.

AN ACT to establish the Ticonic Village Corporation.

Approved March 24, 1836.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Legislature assembled, That the territory in the Territorial limits. Town of Waterville in the County of Kennebec, embraced, within the following limits, to wit, beginning at the Kennebec River on the South line of lot numbered one hundred on Dr. John McKechnie's plan, thence running

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westwardly on said line to the end of the first mile from said River, thence northwardly on the head of said first mile from the River to the south line of lot numbered one hundred and seven on said plan, thence eastwardly on the south line of lot numbered one hundred and seven to the Kennebec River, thence southwardly by said River to the place begun at, together with the inhabitants thereon; be and the same is hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name of the Ticonic Village Corporation.

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Corporation is hereby invested with the power at any legal meeting called for the purpose, to raise money for the purchase, repair, and preservation of one or more fire engines, hose and other apparatus, for the extinguishment of fire and for erecting and repairing engine houses and water cisterns and organizing and maintaining an efficient fire department within the limits of said territory, and also a further sum not exceeding fifty dollars annually to defray the expense of ringing one of the bells of said village.

SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That any money raised Manner of rais- by said Corporation for the purposes aforesaid, shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as is now provided for the assessment and collection of School District taxes and that upon the certificate of the amount of money raised at any legal meeting of said Corporation, being filed by the Clerk thereof, with the Assessors of said town of Waterville, it shall be the duty of said Assessors as soon as may be to assess said amount upon the polls and estates of persons residing on the territory aforesaid, and upon the estates of non-resident proprietors thereof, and the assessment so made to certify and deliver, with their warrant authorizing the collection thereof to the Treasurer of said Corporation, whose duty it shall be and who shall have full power and authority to collect the same in like manner as State County and Town taxes are by law collected by Treasurers of taxes.

May make by-laws, &c.

SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That said Corporation may at any legal meeting thereof, adopt a code of by-laws

for the government thereof and for the efficient management of the fire department aforesaid—provided, the same shall not be repugnant to the laws of this State.

SECT. 5. Be it further enacted, That the the officers Officers. of said Corporation shall be a Supervisor, Clerk and Treasurer to be elected in such manner, to hold their offices respectively for such term of time and to perform such duties and be subject to such obligations as may be provided for in the by laws of said Corporation.

first meeting.

SECT. 6. Be it further enacted, That Timothy Boutelle Manner of calling or Alpheus Lyon or either of them be and hereby are authorized, to issue a warrant directed to some member of said Corporation, requiring him to notify the members thereof to meet at some suitable time and place in said Waterville by posting up notice of such meeting, in such public places in said village, or publishing the same in such newspapers printed in said County as they or either of them shall direct, seven days at least before the day of said meeting, at which meeting said Corporation may determine the mode of calling and the place of future meetings thereof.

Chapter 156.

AN ACT to incorporate the Calais Steam Boat Company.

Approved March 24, 1836.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Legislature assembled, That George M. Chase, John M. Persons incorpoClement and Joseph Whitney, their associates, successors and assigns, be and they hereby are made a body corporate by the name of the Calais Steam Boat Company, Corporate name. with the privilege of navigating a boat or boats to be propelled by a steam engine or engines on the River Saint Croix, between the towns of Eastport and Calais, for the purpose of towing vessels up and down, and transporting passengers merchandize and other articles-and for these

Capital Stock $50,000.

purposes said Corporation may take and hold any estate real or personal to any amount not exceeding at any one time the value of fifty thousand dollars, and may invest, use, and dispose of the same for their benefit, in the promotion of the objects of their incorporation.

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Chapter 157.

AN ACT to incorporate the Proprietors of the Eastport Salt Works.

Approved March 24, 1836.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre Persons incorpo- sentatives, in Legislature assembled, That Louis A. Cazenove his associates, successors and assigns, be and they hereby are constituted a body politic and corporate by the name Corporate name. of the Proprietors of the Eastport Salt Works for the purpose of manufacturing Salt in the town of Eastport in the County of Washington. And said proprietors may erect, maintain and keep in repair such wharves, piers, buildings, works, machinery on their own lands as they may deem proper, with power to extend the same beyond low water mark. And may carry on such branches of trade and other business as may be necessarily connected therewith. And for these purposes shall have all the powers and privileges and be subject to all the duties and requirements expressed in the several Acts defining the general powers and duties incident to manufacturing Corporations; also subject to the provisions of the several Acts concerning Corporations.

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to the amount of

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said Corporation May hold estate may take and hold any real and personal estate to an 300,000 dollars. amount not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars and may sell and dispose of the same at pleasure. And the first meeting of the Corporation may be called by the said Louis A. Cazenove by giving personal notice to his associates of the time and place of said meeting.

Chapter 158.

AN ACT to incorporate the Lincolnville Soap Stone Coal and Marble

Company.

Approved March 24, 1836.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Legislature assembled, That Daniel Lunt, Persons incorpoThomas M. Howard, Daniel Hale and Stephen Haynes,

their associates, successors and assigns be, and they hereby

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of $50,000.

are incorporated into a Company by the name of the Lin- Corporate name. colnville Soap Stone Coal and Marble Company, for the purpose of quarrying and vending soap stone coal and marble on their own lands; and the said Corporation may May hold properhold any estate real and personal, not exceeding fifty thou- ty to the amount sand dollars, which may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of said Corporation, and shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties and Duties and liabilliabilities of similar corporations; and also shall be subject to the provisions of an Act entitled an "Act concerning Corporations" passed the sixteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six.

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first meeting.

SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That any two of the Mode of calling persons above named may call the first meeting of said. Corporation, by giving notice of the time and place thereof in such way as they may deem proper.

Chapter 159.

AN ACT to incorporate the Narraguaguз Log Driving Company.

Approved March 25, 1836.

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SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Legislature assembled, That Robert Tucker Names of CorpoJun., Tobias A. Hall, Daniel S. Tucker, Weston Merritt, Amizi Curtis, Sabin P. Jordan, James S. Tucker, Jere. O. Nichols, Ambrose Lovis, George H. Devereux, H. G.

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