CHAP. 269 to property or corrupting waters of company. SECT. 8. Any person who shall maliciously injure any of Penalty for injury the property of said company, or who shall corrupt the waters or render them in any manner impure, or who shall wilfully destroy or injure any dam or reservoir, aqueducts or pipes or other property held and used by said corporation for the purposes of this act, shall pay three times the amount of damage to said company, to be recovered in any proper action, and every such person, on conviction thereof, of either of said acts, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding six months. First meeting, how called. SECT. 9. The first meeting of said corporation may be called by written notice signed by two of the corporators and posted conspicuously in two or more public places in said village five days before the time fixed for said meeting. SECT. 10. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 26, 1883. Close time for fish in Bunganeaut pond. Penalty for violation of this act. Chapter 269. An Act to prohibit the taking of fish from Bunganeaut Pond, in the towns of Alfred and Lyman. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. All persons are hereby prohibited from taking or catching any fish from Bunganeaut pond, situated in the towns of Alfred and Lyman, in the county of York, from the first day of November, to the first day of June following, in each year, for the term of three years. SECT. 2. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this act, shall be fined ten dollars and costs of prosecution, for each violation, to be recovered before any trial justice in said county, one-half of said fine to the use of the complainant, and the other half to said towns of Alfred and Lyman, in equal shares. Approved February 26, 1883. Chapter 270. An Act to provide for the navigation, by steam, of Moose river, Long Pond, Wood Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: CHAP. 270 Omar Clark et als authorized to improve the navigation of certain ponds. dams, piers, etc. SECT. 1. Omar Clark, his associates and assigns, are hereby authorized to improve the navigation of Moose river, Long pond, Wood pond and Attien pond, and for that purpose are authorized to deepen the channel thereof or any part of it, and to remove any obstructions in the bed of said river or any part of said ponds or either of them and to erect upon erect locks, the shore of said river or ponds, suitable locks, dams, piers and abutments with other erections to protect the same, and to build upon the shore or banks of said river, any canal or canals to connect the navigable parts of said river or for the purpose of passing any bridge or bridges now or hereafter. erected over said river, said canals or erections being constructed in such a manner as not unreasonably to interfere with the rights of the public in regard to maintaining and using a public way or with other public rights. Authorized to take land for certain purposes. SECT. 2. They are authorized to take and hold so much land along the banks of said river or the shore of said ponds or in the bed thereof as may be necessary for the location, construction and repairs of their aforesaid improvements, and to take and use the gravel, stone and earth upon the land so Land damages, how determined. taken, and the damage for the real estate so taken, when not agreed upon by the parties, shall be ascertained and determined by the county commissioners of Somerset county, under the same limitations as are by law provided in case of damage by laying out highways; and any damage created by any dam erected for the above specified purpose shall be ascertained and determined in the same manner as is provided for flowage created by mill-dams, provided, that no claims for damage shall be made after two years from the time of the alleged injury. SECT. 3. The above grant is upon the condition, that the Conditions of said Omar Clark, his associates and assigns, shall, within three years from the date hereof, improve the navigation between the southerly part of Attien pond and the easterly part of Long pond, and shall build and run over said route, a steamboat. charter. CHAP. 271 Sole right to navigate ponds granted, if condi with. SECT. 4. If said Omar Clark, his associates and assigns, shall perform the conditions of this grant as contained in the tions are complied last preceding section, the sole right of navigating said river and ponds by boats propelled by steam, from the southerly part of Attien pond, to the northeasterly point of Long pond, being about twenty-two miles, is hereby granted to said Clark and his associates and assigns, for the term of twenty years from and after the improvement, as provided in the third section of this act, provided, however, that the said Omar Clark, his associates and assigns, in the exercise of said right of navigation, or in the erection of works to promote the same, shall not obstruct the running of any logs, rafts or lumber down said river, or in said ponds which are usually driven or floated therein. Proviso. Approved February 26, 1883. Names changed. Chapter 271. An Act to change the names of certain persons. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: That the names of the following persons be and are hereby changed as follows, viz:-the name of Frederick William Knight be changed to the name of William Fogg. The name of William B. Gross be changed to the name of William B. Groves. The name of Louigi Sharz be changed to the name of Lewis Weeks. The name of Fred S. Furbish be changed to the name of Fred Royce Fife. The name of Samuel Byron Harrison be changed to the name of Samuel Watson Harrison. Approved February 26, 1883. Chapter 272. An Act to authorize Frank P. Emerson to build a dam and convey water by aqueduct or canal, in the town of York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: CHAP. 272 Frank P. Emerauthorized to son et. als. erect dam. assessed. SECT. 1. Frank P. Emerson, his heirs and assigns are hereby authorized to dam the waters of Pickerings creek, in the town of York, to a point not exceeding two feet above extreme high water mark, and convey the waters of the same, by canal or aqueduct, to the Barrell mill-pond in said York. SECT. 2. All persons or corporations who shall sustain Damages, how any damages in consequence of the flowage of water in said Pickerings pond, or, by the conveyance of the waters of the same, by canal or aqueduct, to the said Barrell's pond, shall receive a fair and equitable compensation therefor; and if any person sustaining damages as aforesaid, and said Frank P. Emerson, shall not mutually agree upon the sum to be paid therefor, such person may cause his damages to be assessed in the same manner and under the same conditions and limitations as are by law provided in the case of damages by the laying out of public highways. SECT. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 26, 1883. Chapter 273. An Act to authorize James M. West to erect and maintain a fish weir in tide waters at Dyers Bay, in Steuben. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: James M. West is hereby authorized to erect and maintain a fish weir in the middle ground, so called, in tide waters at Dyers Bay, in Steuben, provided said fish weir shall not obstruct navigation nor interfere with the rights of others. Approved February 27, 1883. 352 CHAP. 274 Handy Leighton authorized to erect fish weirs in Steuben. FISH WEIR.-CONGREGATIONAL PARISH, YORK-FISH WEIRS. Chapter 274. An Act to authorize Handy Leighton to erect and maintain fish weirs in front of his shore in tide waters. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Handy Leighton is hereby authorized to erect and maintain fish weirs in tide waters on his shore and lot known as Eagle Hill or Schooner Point lot, in Steuben, and to extend the same below low water mark, provided said fish weirs shall not obstruct navigation nor interfere with the rights of others. Approved February 27, 1883. Doings of First legalized. Chapter 275. An Act to make valid the doings of the members of the first Congregational Parish, in the town of York, in remodeling and repairing their house of worship. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: The doings of the members of the First Congregational Parish of York, Parish, in the town of York, in remodeling and repairing their house of worship, during the years eighteen hundred and eighty-one and eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and also their doings in raising money for defraying the expenses of said remodeling and repairs, and in the sale of the pews in said house of worship, are hereby confirmed and made valid. Approved February 27, 1883. Mary W. and Carrie C. Look authorized to erect fish weirs in Addison. Chapter 276. An Act to authorize Mary W. Look and another to erect and maintain fish weirs in front of their shore in tide waters. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Mary W. Look and Carrie C. Look are hereby authorized to erect and maintain fish weirs in tide waters on their shore in Addison, and to extend the same below low water mark, provided said fish weirs shall not obstruct navigation nor interfere with the rights of others. Approved February 27, 1883. |