Private and Special Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, from May 1822, to March 1830: Revised and Published by Authority of the Legislature, in Conformity to a Resolve, Passed April 16, 1836, Volume 6Dutton & Wentworth, state printers, 1837 - Law |
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... contained in an act passed on the third day of March , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine , en- 1808 ch . 65 . titled " an act defining the general powers and duties of manufacturing corporations , " and the ...
... contained in an act passed on the third day of March , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine , en- 1808 ch . 65 . titled " an act defining the general powers and duties of manufacturing corporations , " and the ...
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... contained in an act passed on the third day of March , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine , en- 1808 ch . 65 . titled an act defining the general powers and duties of manufacturing corporations , " and the ...
... contained in an act passed on the third day of March , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine , en- 1808 ch . 65 . titled an act defining the general powers and duties of manufacturing corporations , " and the ...
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... contained , shall authorize the widening of said dam , in any part thereof , more than one hundred yards to the northward and eastward of the present easternmost sluiceway . [ Jan. 17 , 1823. ] Add . act 1833 ch . 120 . Chap . 35. An ...
... contained , shall authorize the widening of said dam , in any part thereof , more than one hundred yards to the northward and eastward of the present easternmost sluiceway . [ Jan. 17 , 1823. ] Add . act 1833 ch . 120 . Chap . 35. An ...
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... contained in the second section of an act , entitled " an act respecting public worship and religious freedom , " passed the eighteenth day of June , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven . And every person , who ...
... contained in the second section of an act , entitled " an act respecting public worship and religious freedom , " passed the eighteenth day of June , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven . And every person , who ...
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... contained in eges and penal- an act , entitled " an act defining the general powers and duties of turnpike corporations , " passed the sixteenth day of March , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five . [ Feb. 8 ...
... contained in eges and penal- an act , entitled " an act defining the general powers and duties of turnpike corporations , " passed the sixteenth day of March , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five . [ Feb. 8 ...
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ACT to incorporate acts in addition aforesaid alter amount annual appoint assessed authorized to call bank body politic bridge by-laws by-laws and regulations capital stock centum Chap city of Boston clerk common seal Commonwealth constitution and laws Court assembled Directors and Company election entitled an act exceed exceeding execution fee simple fifty thousand dollars fund further enacted hereby authorized holden House of Repre hundred thousand dollars impleaded incorporate the President Insurance Company John June 12 land Legislature liable loan Lord one thousand manner Manufacturing Company meeting-house monies newspapers printed officers parish passing personal estate Persons incor pews porated powers and duties powers and privileges proprietors purchase purpose real estate religious society repealed repugnant Samuel SECT Senate and House sentatives shares sonal estate stockholders subscribe successors and assigns take the name taxes thereof thousand eight hundred tion town treasurer trustees vacancies vote William
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Page 122 - ... said corporation may sue and be sued in all actions, real, personal, or mixed ; and may prosecute...
Page 417 - ... and the sum to be paid by each member shall always be in proportion to the original amount of his deposit note...
Page 766 - At any meeting of the common council, a majority of the aldermen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time, and...
Page 417 - The directors shall as often as they deem necessary, after receiving notice of any loss or damage by fire sustained by any member, and ascertaining the same, or after the rendition of any judgment against said company for loss or damage...
Page 582 - Theatre ; and by that name they may sue and be sued, have a Common Seal, and have and enjoy all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties incident to Corporations; and they shall have power to make, and at their pleasure to alter, such bylaws, for the management and regulation of their corporate property and concerns, as to them may appear expedient; provided, the same be not repugnant to the Constitution or Laws of this Commonwealth. SEC.
Page 315 - States in and over such lands so far that civil process in all cases, and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of the State against any person charged with the commission of any crime without or within said jurisdiction, may be executed thereon in like manner as if this act had not been passed.
Page 519 - ... whole, at any time when the directors shall deem the same requisite for the payment of losses by fire and such incidental expenses as shall be necessary for transacting the business of said company...
Page 213 - That the directors for the time being, or a major part of them, shall have power to make and prescribe such by-laws, rules, and regulations as to them shall appear needful and proper, touching the management and disposition of the stock, property, estate, and effects of the said corporation...
Page 253 - College; and said corporation shall be capable of taking and holding in fee simple, or any less estate, by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise, any lands, tenements, or other estate, real or personal : provided, that the clear annual income of the same shall not exceed thirty thousand dollars.
Page 417 - Directors may deposit note or notes, with costs of suit ; and the money thus su collected, shall remain in the treasury of said company, subject to the payment of such losses and expenses as have, or may thereafter accrue ; and the balance, if any remain, shall be returned to the party from whom it was collected, on demand, after thirty days from the expiration of the term for which insurance was made.