Chapter 130. An Act to extend the charter of the Bluehill Trust and Banking Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. The rights, powers and privileges of the Bluehill Trust and Banking Company, which were granted by chapter two hundred and seventy-two of the private and special laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five and extended by chapter three hundred and ninety-one of the private and special laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven are hereby extended for two years from the approval of this act; and the persons named in said act, their associates and successors, shall have all the rights, powers and privileges that were granted them by said act, to be exercised in the same manner and for the same purposes as specified in said act. Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 11, 1899. Chapter 131. An Act to revive and amend Chapter two hundred and seventy-six of the Private and Special Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Van Buren Trust and Banking Company." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. Chapter two hundred and seventy-six of the private and special laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Van Buren Trust and Banking Company" is hereby revived, and the persons named in said act as amended by section two of this act are hereby given a period of two years from the approval of this act in which to organize and begin business under said act. Charter of Van Buren Banking revived. Section 2. Section one of said act is hereby amended by Section 1, striking out the names mentioned in said section, and substitut- amended. ing therefor the following names, namely: 'James Crawford, James J. Maher, Bernard C. Donahue, Allan E. Hammond, Joseph F. Theriault, Henry A. Gagnon, Michael A. Barrett, Michael A. Quigley, Annie J. Quigley, Rosa B. Sharkey, Mary Keegan and Peter C. Keegan,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: 'Section 1. James Crawford, James J. Maher, Bernard C. Corporators. Donahue, Allan E. Hammond, Joseph F. Theriault, Henry A. Gagnon, Michael A. Barrett, Michael A. Quigley, Annie J. CHAP. 132 Quigley, Rosa B. Sharkey, Mary Keegan and Peter C. Keegan, or such as may by vote accept this charter, with their associates, successors and assigns are hereby made a body corporate and politic, to be known as the Van Buren Trust and Banking Company, and as such shall be possessed of all the powers, privileges and immunities, and subject to all the duties and obligations conferred on corporations by law.' -corporate name. Section 3. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 11, 1899. Section 1, of charter of Waldo street rail way, amended. -may discontinue running of cars in winter. Charter ex- Chapter 132. An Act to amend the charter of the Waldo Street Railway. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. Section one of chapter five hundred and eleven, of the private and special laws of eighteen hundred and ninetyseven, is hereby amended by striking out all of said section after the word "that" in the fifty-eighth line, and inserting in place thereof the following: 'Said corporation is hereby authorized to cease running its cars, either by electricity or animal power, during such portion of the winter months as it may be impracticable to operate said railroad on account of snow.' Section 2. Section four of said act is hereby amended by striking out in the last line the words "one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven," and inserting in place thereof the words 'nineteen hundred and one.' Section 3. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 11, 1899. Charter of Ellsworth street railway com pany, extended. Chapter 133. An Act to extend the charter of the Ellsworth Street Railway Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. The rights, powers and privileges of said Ellsworth Street Railway Company, which were granted by chapter three hundred and ninety-one of the private and special laws for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, as extended and enlarged by chapter five hundred fifteen of the private and special laws for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, chapter eighty-one of the private and special laws for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, chapter four hundred and CHAP. 134 fifty-six of the private and special laws for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven are hereby extended for two years additional; and the persons named in said acts, their associates and successors, shall have all the rights, powers and privileges that were granted them by said acts, to be exercised for the same purposes as specified in said acts. Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 11, 1899. Chapter 134. An Act to authorize the Castine Water Company to engage in the business of electric lighting and furnishing electric power. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section I. The Castine Water Company, a corporation duly existing by law, and having a place of business at Castine, in the county of Hancock, state of Maine, is hereby authorized and empowered to carry on the business of making, generating, selling, distributing and supplying electricity for lighting, heating, manufacturing or mechanical purposes, in said town of Castine. May make contracts to furnish Section 2. For the purposes mentioned in section one of this act, said company is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with the inhabitants of said town, with the United States light and and with the state of Maine. Section 3. For the purposes contained in section one of this act, the inhabitants of said town are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into a contract with said company whenever a majority of the legal voters of said town may determine so to do at any annual meeting of said inhabitants, or at a special meeting duly called for said purpose; provided, however, that no more than four special meetings of said inhabitants shall be called during one year for the purpose of voting upon any contract herein authorized. power. Towns may tract make concompany. meetings such pur called for poses. May hold real and personal estate. Section 4. Said company may lease, purchase and hold such real estate and personal property as may be necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the provisions of this act, may erect its poles, in and upon the public ways and places in said town, and may affix its wires and lights to said poles, or extend -powers and its wires in and over the public lands in said town, and may maintain, remove, repair or replace any or all of its poles, lights privileges. CHAP. 134 or wires as may be necessary and proper in the transaction of its business; provided, however, that in all such work, said company shall be subject to the same restrictions as are imposed upon corporations of like kind, formed under the provisions of chapter one hundred and two of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five; and provided further, that whenever it shall be necessary to trim fruit or ornamental shade trees for the purposes of erecting poles or placing wires, if the owner of the land upon which such trees may stand cannot agree with said company as to the amount of trimming necessary, then the municipal officers shall determine the same, and their determination shall be final. Location of poles, how determined. May issue bonds and mortgage property. Liable to town of Castine, for damages. Shall not obstruct the use of any telephone or telegraph. Section 5. The location of poles in the public ways and places in said town shall be determined in the same manner and under the same restrictions as the location of poles is determined, by the provisions of chapter one hundred and two of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five. Section 6. To carry out the provisions of this act, said Castine Water Company may issue its bonds to an amount not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, on such time, in such denomination, and at such rate of interest as it may determine, and secure the payment of said bonds and interest thereon by a mortgage or trust deed of its electric light property and franchise. Said bonds shall be designated as Castine Water Company Electric Light Bonds. Section 7. Said company shall repay the said town of Castine any sum of money which said town may have been compelled to pay on any judgment for any damages caused by a defect or want of repair in the streets thereof, due to the negligence of said company, or any judgment for damages caused by the neglect of said company in the erecting and maintaining poles, wires or appurtenances connected with the said business; provided said company shall have had notice in writing of any suit wherein such damages are claimed, and shall have been allowed to defend the same at its own expense. Section 8. Said company shall not be allowed to obstruct or impair the use of any public or private telephone or telegraph wire, but may cross, or when necessary, change the direction of any private wire in such a manner as not to obstruct or impair the use thereof, being responsible to the owner of such private wire for any injury occasioned thereby in an action on the case. Section 9. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 11, 1899. Chapter 135. An Act to amend Chapter four hundred and seven of the Private and Special Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Trustees of Van Buren College and to authorize the faculty of said college to confer degrees. Be it enacted by the Seno'e and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section two of chapter four hundred and seven of the private and special laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section, the following words, 'and when it shall appear to the satisfaction of the governor and council and of the state superintendent of public schools that courses of study have been instituted and are being maintained in said college equal in rank to those maintained in the several colleges of this state, and they shall so certify to the faculty of said college, then said faculty may and are hereby authorized to confer upon graduates in said courses of study, scholastic degrees' so that said section as amended, shall read as follows: CHAP. 135 Section 2, special laws amended. chapter 407, of 1889, 'Section 2. Said corporation is hereby vested with all the Rights and rights, privileges and immunities incident to similar corporations; privileges. may have and use a common seal, prosecute and defend suits at law, make and establish by-laws and regulations for the management of its affairs and the proper government of said college and of those in any way connected therewith not repugnant to the laws of the state, and hold estate, real and personal, that it may hereafter receive by gift, grant, devise, purchase or otherwise to an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, and when it shall appear to the satisfaction of the governor and council and of the state superintendent of public schools, that courses of study have been instituted and are being maintained. in said college equal in rank to those maintained in the several colleges of this state, and they shall so certify to the faculty of said college then said faculty may and are hereby authorized to confer upon graduates in said courses of study, scholastic degrees.' Approved March 11, 1899. |