under the title of "The Asphalte Mining and Kerosene Gas Company," for the purpose of mining asphaltum, asphalte rock, and other minerals, the manufacture of illuminating gas, burning fluids, &c., and for the manufacture of mastics, cements, and hydraulic concretes ; Be it enacted, &c.-1. The persons so formed into a joint stock Company in New York, in the United States of America, as set forth in the Preamble to this Act, are hereby declared to be incorporated under the style of "The Asphalte Mining and Kerosene Gas Company," and shall have all the powers and privileges made incident to a Corporation by Act of Assembly in this Province, for the purpose of mining asphaltum, asphalte rock, and other minerals, the manufacture of illuminating gas, burning fluids, &c., and for the manufacture of mastics, cements, and hydraulic concretes. 2. The said Company shall keep an office at Dorchester, in the County of Westmorland, and an Agent there for the transaction of business connected with the Corporation in this Province, service upon whom of all process, notices, and other documents, shall be deemed sufficient service upon the said Corporation. MILL COMPANIES. 4th WILLIAM 4th-CHAPTER 39. An Act for the incorporation of the Saint John Mills and Canal Company. Section. 1. Incorporation of Company. Section. 2. Act deemed public. Passed 22nd March 1834. WHEREAS it is thought that the opening of Canals across the necks of land at the Falls of the Saint John River, near the City of Saint John, would afford a good water power for driving Mill and other machinery; and that it would be essential to the success of the undertaking that an Act of Assembly incorporating a Company for that purpose should be granted; and that the erecting of Mills at that place would materially benefit the trade of the said City, and be of great advantage to the lumbering interests of the Province; Be it enacted, &c.-1. William Walker, James Kirk, John Robertson, William Leavitt, Isaac Woodward, Angus MKenzie, John V. Thurgar, James T. Hanford, Elisha De W. Ratchford, Moses H. Perley, John Wilson, and Thomas Wyer, and all and every such other person and persons as shall from time to time become proprietors of shares in the Corporation hereby established, their successors, and assigns, shall be and they are hereby erected into a Company, and declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Saint John Mills and Canal Company," and by that name shall have succession and a common seal; and by that name shall and may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in any Court or Courts of law or equity, or place whatsoever, and be able and capable in law to have, hold, purchase, get, receive, take on lease, erect, set up, possess, and enjoy houses, lands, tenements, hereditaments, mills, mill-dams, booms, waters, water privileges, rents, and profits, in fee simple, leasehold, or otherwise, and also goods and chattels, and all other things, real, personal, and mixed, and also to give, grant, sell, let, assign, or convey the same or any part thereof, and to do and execute all other things in and about the same as shall and may be thought necessary and proper for the benefit and advantage of the said Company; and also the said Company or the major part of them shall from time to time and at all times have full power, authority, and licence to constitute, ordain, make, and establish such bye laws and ordinances as may be thought necessary for the good rule and government of the said Corporation; provided such bye laws and ordinances be not contradictory or repugnant to the laws and statutes of the Province, and those in force within the same; and provided also, that nothing herein contained shall be held or construed to give the said Company the privilege of dealing in the lending of money by way of discount or otherwise, or engaging in any banking operations whatsoever. 2. This Act shall be accepted and taken and reputed to be a public Act, of which all and every the Judges and Justices of this Province in all Courts, and all other persons, shall take notice on all occasions whatsoever, as if it were a public Act of Assembly relating to the whole Province, any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. 17th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 55. An Act to incorporate the Fredericton Mill and Manufacturing Company. Section. 1. Corporation, how constituted. 2. First meeting, how and when called. Section. 4. Capital stock, how increased. 6. When this Act shall be in force. WHEREAS the erection of Mills and machinery for the manufacture of lumber and flour, and for carding and fulling, and other purposes, within or near the City of Fredericton, would greatly promote the interest of this Province, it is deemed expedient to incorporate a Company for that object ; Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. Joseph Gaynor, T. R. Barker, David Scott, Robert Chestnut, Thomas T. Smith, Joseph Burt, W. A. Clark, John Atherton, Joseph Stantiford, John T. Smith, William Segee, and their associates, successors, and assigns, shall be and they are hereby erected into a Company for the purpose declared in the Preamble to this Act, and declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Fredericton Mill and Manufacturing Company," and by that name shall have all the general powers and privileges made incident to a Corporation by Act of Assembly of this Province. 2. The first meeting of the said Corporation shall be called by Thomas R. Barker, Esquire, or in case of his death, neglect, or refusal, by any two of the said Company, by giving notice ten days at least in some one Newspaper published in the City of Fredericton, previous to such meeting, which shall and may be holden at the time and place specified in such notice. 3. The capital stock of the said Corporation shall consist of the sum of ten thousand pounds, to be paid in such money as shall at the time of the several payments hereinafter expressed be a legal tender in this Province, fifteen per cent. of the said capital stock to be paid in before the said Corporation shall be entitled to purchase any property, real or personal, or to incur any debts, and the remainder of the said stock to be paid at such time and times, and in such part or portions as the Directors for the time being shall from time to time think necessary, the whole amount of such capital stock to be divided into shares of five pounds each. 4. So soon as the said capital stock shall have been paid in and expended for the purposes of this Corporation, it shall and may be lawful for the said stockholders, at any general meeting to be for that purpose called, to increase the capital stock from time to time, in such sums as they may deem expedient, to a sum not exceeding fifty thousand pounds, and they shall have power from time to time to increase the number of shares accordingly, or from time to time to assess such increase upon the original number of shares, or to increase the capital by both assessments upon and increase of shares. 5. The joint stock and property of the said Corporation shall alone be responsible for the debts and engagements of the Company. 6. Unless fifteen per cent. of the said capital stock shall be actually paid in for the purposes of the said Corporation, and a certificate of such payment made and verified on oath by the Directors of the said Corporation, or a majority of them, (which oath any Justice of the Peace is hereby authorized to administer) shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of the Province before the expiration of three years after the passing of this Act, the operation of this Act shall cease, and the existence of the said Corporation be terminated at the expiration of the said three years. 17th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 57. An Act to incorporate the Middle Landing Mills Company in Saint Stephen. Be it enacted, &c.-1. Freeman H. Todd, Abner Hill, James Belmore, Benjamin Young, Zacharias Chipman, and others, the proprietors of the Mill property at Middle Landing, in the Parish of Saint Stephen, in the County of Charlotte, their successors and assigns, be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic, by the name of "The Middle Landing Mills Company," and by that name shall have all the general powers and privileges made incident to a Corporation by Act of Assembly of this Province, for the purpose of building dams, booms, piers, fishways, and sluices, and repairing and improving the same; and for the getting down, security, safe keeping, and separation of logs and timber, owned by different persons at Middle Landing aforesaid, and passing through such lumber as may belong below the said Mills as soon as safely practicable, and for any other purpose required by the common interest of the said proprietors. 2. The first meeting of the said Corporation shall be called by Freeman H. Todd, or in case of his death, absence, or refusal to act, by any two of the said Corporation, after ten days notice in a Newspaper published in Saint Stephen, of the time and place of meeting, or if no Newspaper there, by notice in writing stuck up in three of the most public places in said Parish, one of which shall be in some conspicuous place near the said Mills; and subsequent meetings shall be called in the same manner. 3. The said Company shall have full power and authority to make and construct such dams, piers, booms, fishways, and sluices, as may be necessary and useful for the common |