than thirty dollars-The same to be recovered by prosecution by either of the County Fish Wardens appointed as aforesaid in the name of the County-to be recovered in any Court competent to try the same, to the use of the County where the offence shall occur. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That any Selectmen of any Town or the Assessors of any Plantation, who shall wilfully neglect or refuse to appoint any Fish Warden or Wardens in any of the Towns and Plantations required by the seventh section of an Act to which this is additional, such Selectmen or Assessors so neglecting or refusing shall Penalty for Seforfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars to be recovered sors neglecting to in any Court of competent jurisdiction one moiety to the use of the person who shall prosecute for the same, and the other moiety to the use of the Town or Plantation, where the offence shall occur. SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That the word machine used in several sections of the Act to which this is additional, shall not be so construed as to forfeit any weir which shall be found taking fish contrary to the provisions of said Act. lectmen or Asses appoint fish War dens. Explanation. per falls in Orland to be deemed a sufficient fish way. SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That the locks and Lock, &c. at upsluices through the dams at the upper falls on the Eastern River in the town of Orland shall be deemed and taken for a sufficient fishway,-Provided, the owner or occupants Proviso. shall keep open the lower great gates, and the upper small gates at all times from the tenth day of May to the tenth day of July in each year excepting when boats or rafts are passing the same any thing in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding. SECT. 5. Be it further enacted, That the owner or owners of any dam or other obstruction that is or may be built in, or across the Penobscot River or its tributary streams, without a good and sufficient passage for fish to pass and repass within the time before named shall be liable to at fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars for each day he or they shall neglect to open such passage or fish way after being notified as aforesaid, to be recovered as described in the second section of this Act,-Provided, Penalty for the owner of any dam on the Penobscot, &c. for neglecting to keep open fish way. Certain streams exempted. former act repealed. that the streams running into the Penobscot River north of the City of Bangor and the town of Brewer and South of the Mattawamkeag River-excepting the Piscataquis River and its branches and the Passadumkeag and its tributaries be and the same are hereby exempted from the provisions of this Act and the Act to which this is additional. SECT. 6. Be it further enacted, That the ninth section Ninth section of of an Act to which this is additional constituting the lock and sluice through the dam belonging to the Eastern River Lock and Sluice Company at the Great Works Mills, so called, in Orland a good and sufficient fish way be and the same is hereby repealed. rators. Corporate name. Chapter 182. AN ACT to incorporate the Frankfort Commercial Hotel Association. Approved March 31, 1836. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepreNames of Corpo- sentatives, in Legislature assembled, That Benjamin Shaw, Nehemiah Rich, William Andrews, Tisdale Dean, Nathaniel Atwood, Isaiah Rich Junior, Calvin Rider, their associates, successors, and assigns, be and they hereby are made a body corporate by the name of the Frankfort Commercial Hotel Association, for the purpose of holding a lot of land purchased by them of the said Nehemiah Rich in the respective proportions as set forth in the deed thereof, and of maintaining thereon a house of public entertainment, with all necessary stables and out buildings, to be situate in the Town of Frankfort in the County of Waldo. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said Association May hold estate may purchase and hold estate real and personal to an amount to the amount of not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, and shall have all the powers necessary for the convenient management of the business of said Association, subject nevertheless to $20,000. all the duties and requirements and entitled to all the powers and privileges enumerated in the several Acts concerning Corporations. deemed personal SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That the stock or shares Shares to be in this Association shall be deemed and taken to be per- property. sonal property and transferred and sold as such. And whenever the Association shall be dissolved, the property thereof shall vest in the holders of the shares at the time of such dissolution according to their several and respective interests therein, subject to the legal and equitable claims of creditors of the Association to be enforced according to law. SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That the first meeting Manner of callof said Association, shall be at such time and place and ing first meeting. notified in such manner as any two of the persons named in this Act may direct. Chapter 183. AN ACT to incorporate the Centre Harbour and Portland Stage Company. Approved March 31, 1836. rators. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Legislature assembled, That Isaac Merrill, Samuel Bradley, Names of corpoLevi J. Ham, John Adams Juur., John Peavey, and James Hodgsdon, their associates, successors and assigns, be and hereby are created a Corporation by the name of the Centre Harbour and Portland Stage Company, for the Corporate name. purpose of running stages from Portland and Saco, through Buxton, Hollis, Waterborough, Newfield, Limerick, and Parsonsfield, to the New Hampshire Line, with power to May hold estate take, hold and convey, real and personal estate to an amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, enjoy all the privileges pertaining to similar Corporations, and subject to all the liabilities of "an Act concerning Corporations" passed February the sixteenth in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six. to the amount of $20,000. rators, Corporate name. Chapter 184. AN ACT to incorporate the Wiscasset Birch Point Mill Company. Approved March 31, 1836. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepreNames of Corpo- sentatives, in Legislature assembled, That Seba Smith, Nicholas Drinkwater, Samuel H. Sawyer, Wales Hubbard, Benjamin F. Sawyer, George W. Chase, their associates, successors and assigns be and they hereby are created a Corporation by the name of "The Wiscasset Birch Point Mill Company," for the purpose of manufacturing lumber upon their own estate and may purchase and hold real estate to an amount not exceeding at any one time one hundred thousand dollars and on such real estate may erect mills, milldams and booms and do all other things necessary and convenient for the operation of said Company and also of engaging in such other business as may be necessarily connected therewith, and shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties and requirements expressed in an Act concerning Corporations passed the sixteenth day of February Anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty six. First meeting. SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That Seba Smith may call the first meeting of said Corporation at such time and place and in such way as he may think proper. rators. Chapter 185. AN ACT to incorporate the Pembroke Milling Company. Approved March 31, 1836. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Names of Corpo- Legislature assembled, That Ezekiel Foster, Nathaniel F. Deering and Samuel Wheeler, their associates, successors and assigns be and they hereby are made a body corporate by the name of the Pembroke Milling Company for the purpose of grinding gypsum, manufacturing lumber, iron, Corporate name. steel, and other metals, paper, cotton, wool, silk and car- Dam to be so con injure any mills, boats,&c. to pass. at the mouth of Penmaquon Stream in Pembroke, in tide waters as may be necessary and proper for the purposes aforesaid, Provided-That the dam aforesaid shall be so structed as not to constructed as not to injure any mills or mill privileges &c. now in use on said stream-and said Company shall construct in said Dam a passage way at least twenty five feet Passage way for in width for the passage of rafts, gondolas, boats and other river craft, at or about the time of high water, and shall keep the same open at such time for the passage of such rafts and crafts without expense to the owners thereof, nor shall said Company in any manner impede the navigation of said stream above said dam, with power to take and hold any estate, real or personal to an amount, not exceeding at any one time the value of one hundred thousand dollars, with all the powers and privileges, granted to similar Corporations, subject to all the duties and requirements, contained in the several Acts of this State defining the general powers and duties of Manufacturing Corporations, and also to the provisions of "an Act concerning Corporations" passed February sixteenth one thousand eight hundred and thirty six. May hold estate to the amount of $100,000. Chapter 186. AN ACT to incorporate the Wells Granite Company. Approved March 31, 1836. rators. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative, in Legislature assembled, That Ebenezer G. Moor, Names of CorpoJohn Merrill, John D. Buzzell, Henry H. Boody, Freeman Bradford and Joshua Durgin, their associates, successors and assigns, be, and they hereby are created a Corporation by the name of the Wells Granite Company, for the pur- Corporate name. |