THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 219
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the capital stock
of the Cambridge Harbor, Internal Navigation a\id
Wharf Company shall be twenty-five thousand
dollars in shares of twenty-five dollars each, which
said capital stock may be increased at the discre-
tion of the Directors hereinafter provided to be
appointed, to any amount not exceeding fifty thou-
sand dollars, and as soon as one hundred shares of
the capital stock shall be subscribed, the subscribers
of said stock, their successors and assigns, shall
be and they are hereby declared to be incorporated
into a Company by the name of the Cambridge
Harbor, Internal Navigation and Wharf Company,
and by that name may have perpetual succession,
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Capital stock.
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and may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded,
answer and defend in any Court of this State, and
shall be capable in law of purchasing, holding,
selling, leasing and conveying estates both real
and personal, so far as shall be necessary for the
purpose hereinafter mentioned, and may have and
use a common seal, which they shall have power
to alter or renew at their pleasure, and shall have,
enjoy and may exercise all the rights and privi-
leges which are necessary for the purposes men-
tioned in this Act.
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Sue and be
sued.
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Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That upon every such
subscription there shall be paid to the said Com-
missioners, at the time of subscribing fifty cents
per share, and to the President and Directors such
installments as they shall require, provided no pay-
ment shall be demanded until at least two weeks
notice shall have been previously given in some
newspaper published in the town of Cambridge,
and should any subscriber fail'or refuse to pay any
installments or any part of said subscription thus
demanded after the lapse of sixty days from the ex-
piration of said notice, the said Company may be
entitled to receive, sue for, and demand the amount
of said installment so demanded, and interest
thereon from the day of the demand in such man-
ner as other debts and claims are now recoverable
by law; provided, the installments so demanded
shall not exceed one-fifth of the value of the share
subscribed.
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Paid in in-
stallments.
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Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That if one hundred
shares shall not be subscribed within the period
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Limit of sub-
scription.
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