Excerpt from Documents Printed by Order of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, During the Session of the General Court, A. D. 1845 Rail-road Corporations, Annual Reports of, Rail-roads and Common Roads, Bill relating to, (v. Also Senate No. I) Registers of Deeds, Bill concerning, Representatives in Congress, Bill concerning the election of, Savings Institutions, Abstract of Returns of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 edition. Excerpt: ...81 Charles River and Warren Bridge Fund, On the 17th of March, 1841, an act was passed in relation to these bridges, by which the treasurer was directed to issue the notes of the State for $25,000, redeemable at the pleasure of the Commonwealth, after two years, and to deliver the same to the treasurer of the proprietors of Charles River Bridge, on condition that they should surrender to the Commonwealth all their property in said bridge. Tolls were to be collected and paid to the Commonwealth for the purpose of redeeming this scrip, and accumulating a fund to keep the bridge in repair. Warren Bridge was also to be repaired, and tolls were to be collected there for the same purpose. It was provided in the act, that the tolls should cease, and the two bridges be made free to public travel, whenever a sufficient sum should have been collected to reimburse the Commonwealth for all expenses incurred in the repairs, &c., and to pay the scrip for $25,000, and its interest, and to leave a fund of $50,000 for the future support of the bridges. But the same act also provided that the time for receiving tolls should, in no case, exceed two years. Under the operation of this provision, the tolls have ceased, and the fund amounts to $30812 35, which is invested: --Notes secured by mortgage, $27,809 15 Cash on hand, .... 3,003 20 $30,812 35 Western Rail-road Stock Sinking Fund. By the act of April 4th, 1836, the Western Rail-road Corporation, which had been established in 1833 with a capital of two millions of dollars, was authorized to increase its capital stock by the addition of $1,000,000 thereto, and the Treasurer was directed to subscribe on behalf of the Commonwealth for the whole ten thousand new shares thus created. By the act of April...
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