Weymouth Seam Face Granite Company. Return filed and information dismissed.

William H. King Sons Company. Enjoined.

Woodward & Brown Piano Company. Return filed and information dismissed.

Worcester Gazette Company, The. Return filed and information dismissed.

Xylite Lubricating Company. Return filed and information dis

missed.

2. AT THE RELATION OF THE CommissionER OF CORPORATIONS. For failure to file the certificate of condition required by section 54 of chapter 106 of the Public Statutes

Amesbury Opera House Company. Certificate filed and information dismissed.

Atlantic Box Manufacturing Company. Certificate filed and information dismissed.

Dudley Mills. Certificate filed and information dismissed.

Fisher-Churchill Company, The. Certificate filed and information dismissed.

Foxborough Foundry and Machine Company. Enjoined.

Franklin Educational Company. Certificate filed and information

Hampden Watch Company. Certificate filed and information dismissed.

Hub Express Company. Certificate filed and information dismissed.

Household Novelty Manufacturing Company, The. Enjoined. Knights of Labor Co-operative Boot and Shoe Association. Enjoined.

Taunton Evening News. Certificate filed and information dis

missed.

Xylite Lubricating Company. Certificate filed and information dismissed.

3. AT THE RELATION OF PRIVATE PERSONS. Attorney-General ex rel. v. Vineyard Grove Company. Petition for use of name in an information for an injunction restraining the said company from an alleged interference with the rights of the public in a sea beach, and ordering the removal of structures causing such alleged interference. Hearing. Use of name granted. Henry S. Dewey appointed master. Pending.

Attorney-General ex rel. Samuel E. Hull et als., Selectmen of

Millbury, v. Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company. Information in the nature of quo warranto to abate a nuisance. Hearing. Use of name granted. Attorney-General v. Henry Bigelow Williams et als. Information

Pending.

to restrain the defendants from erecting Westminster Chambers, near Copley Square, Boston, above the height allowed by St. 1898, c. 542. Use of name granted. Defendants demurred. Demurrer overruled. Reported in 174 Mass. 476. Pending. Attorney-General v. Onset Bay Grove Association. Information in the nature of quo warranto to abate a public nuisance. Use of name granted. Referred to Warren A. Reed, auditor. Pending.

APPLICATIONS REFUSED.

[For full text of opinions, giving reasons for refusal, see page 119.]

Attorney-General ex rel. v. Daniel J. Kiley. Petition for quo warranto to try title to office of president of common council of the city of Boston.

Attorney-General ex rel. v. State Board of Bar Examiners. Petition for a prerogative writ against bar examiners.

Attorney-General ex rel. v. Tay Edwards. Petition for information to restrain defendant from erecting a building on Malcolm Street, Boston.

Attorney-General ex rel. v. Nelson H. Bearse.

Petition for an

information to restrain the selectmen of Barnstable from erecting certain structures in Barnstable.

Attorney-General ex rel. v. Geo. P. Sanger et al., Ballot Law Commissioners of Boston. Petition for writ of certiorari.

GRADE CROSSINGS.

Notices have been served upon this department of the filing of the following petitions for the appointment of special commissioners, under St. 1890, c. 428, relating to the abolition of grade crossings:

Barnstable County.

Commissioners appointed.

Bourne, Selectmen of, petitioners.

Pending.

Harwich. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, petitioner. Pending.

Harwich, Selectmen of, petitioners. Pending.

Berkshire County.

Hinsdale, Selectmen of, and Directors of Boston & Albany Railroad Company, petitioners. Petition for alteration of Bullard's, Church Street and Pierce's grade crossings in Hinsdale. Thomas W. Kenefick, William Sullivan and C. M. Ludden appointed commissioners. Pending.

Pittsfield, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners.

Petition for

alteration of Holmes road crossing in Pittsfield. Pending. Pittsfield, Mayor and Aldermen of, and Directors of Boston & Albany Railroad Company, petitioners. Petition for the abolition of Hubbard and Gates avenues and Jason Street in Pittsfield. Pending.

Richmond, Town of, and West Stockbridge, Town of, joint petitioners. Crossings over Boston & Albany Railroad. Pending. West Stockbridge. Directors of New York, New Haven & Hart

ford Railroad Company, petitioners. Petition for the abolition of grade crossings over the West Stockbridge Railroad Corporation in West Stockbridge. Pending.

West Stockbridge. Directors of Boston & Albany Railroad, petitioners. Commissioners appointed. Pending.

West Stockbridge. Directors of New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, petitioners. Petition for the abolition of "Potters Crossing," alias "Tymesons Crossing," in West Stockbridge. Pending.

Williamstown, Town of, petitioner. Crossings over Fitchburg Railroad. Commissioners appointed. Pending.

Bristol County.

Attleborough, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for the aboli

tion of crossings at Deanville, North Main, Bank, etc., streets. Pending.

Attleborough. Directors of Old Colony Railroad Company, petitioners. Commissioners appointed. Pending.

Dighton. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, petitioner. Pending.

Dighton. Directors of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, petitioners. Petition for the abolition of crossings at Railroad and Main streets. Discontinued by agreement. Easton. Directors of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, petitioners. Pending.

Fall River, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Two petitions consolidated. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. Pending.

New Bedford, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Old Colony Railroad and New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Pending.

Norton. Directors of Old Colony Railroad Company, petitioners. Petition for abolition of grade crossing in Norton, near Norton Furnace Station. Pending.

Somerset. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, petitioner. Pending.

Taunton, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for the abolition of grade crossings across Dean, Winter, West, Britannia and Freemont streets, and Crane Avenue in Taunton. Pending.

Taunton, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Old Colony Railroad. Pending.

Taunton, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for the abolition of Chase crossing on Middleborough and Richmond streets. (This petition consolidated with the two preceding petitions.)

Essex County.

Beverly. Directors of Boston & Maine Railroad Company, petitioners. Pending.

Haverhill, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for the abolition of Washington, Essex and Winter streets crossings in Haverhill.

Pending.

Ipswich. Boston & Maine Railroad Company, petitioners. Pending.

Manchester. Directors of Boston & Maine Railroad Company, petitioners. Pending.

Salisbury. Directors of Boston & Maine Railroad Company, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Hoks and Gerrish crossing. Pending.

Swampscott, Selectmen of, petitioners. Commissioners appointed. Hearing. Report partially confirmed. Pending.

Franklin County.

Montague, Selectmen of, petitioners. Central Vermont Railroad Company and Fitchburg Railroad Company. Pending. Northfield, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for the abolition of a grade crossing over the Connecticut River Railroad and Central Vermont Railroad at River Street. Pending.

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Hampden County.

Chester, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Huntington Road." Commissioners appointed. Pending. Chicopee, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Crossings over Connecticut River Railroad. Commissioners appointed. Pending.

Chicopee, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for the abolition of grade crossings over the Connecticut River Railroad.

Pending.

East Longmeadow, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for the abolition of Robeson's crossing in East Longmeadow. Pending. East Longmeadow, Selectmen of, petitioners. Pending. Monson. Boston & Albany Railroad Company, petitioner. Hastings', Butler's, Moran's and Silver Street crossings. Hearing. Decree as to first and the last two crossings. Disagreement as to second. Recommitted. Pending.

Palmer. Blanchard's, Tenney's and Breckenridge's crossings. Boston & Albany Railroad Company, petitioners. Pending. Palmer, Selectmen of, petitioners. Pending.

Palmer, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for the abolition of Burley's crossing in Palmer. Pending.

Palmer. Boston & Albany Railroad Company, petitioners. Cooley's crossing. Pending.

Palmer, Selectmen of, petitioners.

Petition for abolition of

Springfield road crossing in Palmer. Pending.

Springfield, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Bay Street, Boston Road, Wilbraham Road, Alden and Hickory streets, crossing the New York & New England Railroad. Commissioners appointed. Pending.