1890. AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT ENTITLED, "AN ACT Passed May 30, INCORPORATING THE LADD WATCH CASE COMPANY." It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. Section 1 of the act entitled, "An act incorporating the Ladd Watch Case Company," passed at the May session, A. D. 1882, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "SECTION 1. John A. Brown, George W. Ladd, George S. Ladd, David H. Pearce, Alfred G. Pierce, Samuel W. Bennett, their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby constituted a corporation by the name of the Ladd Watch Case Company, for the purpose of manufacturing and dealing in watch cases and movements, and articles of use or ornament, composed wholly or in part of metal, and for the transaction of all other business connected therewith or incidental thereto, with all the powers and privileges and subject to all the duties and liabilities set forth in chapters 152 and 155 of the Public Statutes, and in all acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto." SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT ENTITLED, "AN ACT Passed June 20, TO INCORPORATE THE PORTABLE ENGINE COMPANY." It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. Section 1 of the act, of which this is an amendment, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "SECTION 1. John Hope, John Hope, Jr., Charles H. Hope and William H. Hope, their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby constituted a corporation by the name of The Hope Engraving and Manufacturing Company, for manufacturing engravers' tools and machinery, and for the transaction of other business connected therewith or incident thereto, and subject to all the duties and liabilities set forth in 1890. chapters 152 and 155 of the Public Statutes, and in the statutes in amendment thereof and in addition thereto." SEC. 2. The following section shall be added after section 4 of said original act: "SEC. 5. No stockholder shall transfer or sell his stock or any portion thereof without first giving the corporation the refusal of the same, for a period of ten days, at the lowest price at which he is willing to sell the same." SEC. 3. Sections 5 and 6 of the original act shall be numbered 6 and 7 respectively. This act shall take effect from and after the SEC. 4. passage thereof. 1 Passed June 20, AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT ENTITLED, 1890. 'AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT ENTITLED, AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE WOONSOCKET BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION.'” It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. The capital stock of the Woonsocket Building and Loan Association may be increased to an amount not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect from and after its passage. Passed June 20, AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE GREENE AND WOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY. 1890. It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. The capital stock of the Greene and Wood Manufacturing Company may be increased by vote of the corporation to an amount not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect from and after its passage. AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT ENTITLED, "AN ACT Passed June 20, It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. The capital stock of the Woonsocket Spool and Bobbin Company may be increased by vote of the corporation to an amount not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect from and after its passage. AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER OF THE WOON- Passed June 17, SOCKET RUBBER COMPANY. It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. The Woonsocket Rubber Company is hereby authorized to increase its capital stock to an amount not exceeding two million dollars. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 1890. AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT ENTITLED, "AN ACT Passed June 19, TO INCORPORATE THE W. J. HOOD MANUFACTTRING It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. The name of the W. J. Hood Manufacturing Company is hereby changed to that of the "W. J. Hood and T. D. Rice Manufacturing Company," and by said latter name said corporation shall be en 1890. titled to all the rights and privileges and subject to all the duties and liabilities it would have been entitled or subjected to had its name not been changed as aforesaid. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. 1890. Passed June 20, AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE R. B. GAGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY," PASSED AT THE SPECIAL SESSION BEGUN JUNE 17TH, 1890. It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. Section 1 of the act entitled "An act to incorporate the R. B. Gage Manufacturing Company," is hereby amended so that the same shall read as follows: "SECTION 1. Abner Atwood, C. Fred Crawford and John H. Crawford, their associates, successors and assigns are hereby created a body corporate and politic under the name of the Atwood-Crawford Company, for the purpose of manufacturing spools and bobbins and for conducting a general wood-turning business, and for the transaction of any other business connected therewith or incidental thereto, and by that name shall have all the powers and privileges and be subject to all the duties and liabilities set forth in chapters 152 and 155 of the Public Statutes and in all acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto. SEC. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars, which shall be fixed in amount from time to time by vote of the stockholders, and shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. SEC. 3. So much of said act as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect upon its passage. Passed May 30, AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AND IN ADDITION TO AN ACT It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. Section 1 of the act entitled, "An act to incorporate the Kensett Lath Company," passed June 1, 1888, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "SECTION 1. Jerome Potter, Arthur B. Emmons and Charles Bradley, their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby created a corporation by the name of the Riverside Water Company, for the purpose of furnishing to that part of the town of East Providence included within the limits of voting district number three, as established by chapter 381 of the Public Laws, a supply of pure water to be used for domestic, manufacturing and other purposes, and for fire protection, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties and liabilities set forth in chapters 152 and 155 of the Public Statutes and in chapter 285 of the Public Laws, and in all acts in amendment of said chapters and in addition thereto, and by said name are made capable in law to purchase, possess, have, hold, enjoy and retain to them, their associates, successors and assigns, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels and effects of whatsoever name or nature, and the same to mortgage, sell, assign or otherwise dispose of; to ordain such by-laws and regulations, not being contrary to law, as to them shall seem expedient for the government and management of said corporation, and generally to do all things necessary and proper to carry into effect the powers and privileges herein granted." SEC. 2. Section 2 of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "SEC. 2. Said corporation may distribute the water throughout that part of said town above described, or authorize the same to be done, regulate its use and the price to be paid therefor. Said corporation, for the purposes aforesaid, may carry any works to be constructed or authorized to be constructed by them, over |