Chap. 0114 An Act to incorporate the Thomastown Coal and Mineral Company.

Sec 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That John Gleason, Sullivan Dwight, Brown Stimpson, and Aaron Austin, together with such others as have associated, or may hereafter associate with them, their successors aud assigns, be, and they are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Thomastown Coal and Mineral Company, for the purpose of digging and searching for coals and minerals, and for the purpose of erecting any buildings and wharves, necessary for effecting the object of their incorporation ; and they shall have all the powers and

privileges, and shall be subject to all the duties and requirements contained in an act, passed the third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, entitled "An act denning the general powers aud duties of manufacturing corporations."

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That said corporation may be lawfully seized and possessed of real estate in said town of Thomastown, not exceeding the value of one hundred thousand dollars, and personal estate not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, as may be necessary and convenient for carrying on the manufacture aforesaid.

[Approved by the Governor, February 16, 1818.]