Chap. 0334 An Act to authorize the Norwood, canton and sharon street railway company to act as a common carrier of certain kinds of goods and merchandise.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Norwood, Canton and Sharon Street Railway Company is hereby authorized to use its tracks for the transportation of passengers and their baggage, and to act as a common carrier of small parcels of goods and merchandise, and to carry mails upon any street or highway or over any private land upon which it may be authorized to construct its tracks: provided, however, that said company shall not so act in any town until authorized so to do by the selectmen of that town; and provided, further, that said company shall in carrying-baggage and small parcels be subject to such by-laws and regulations as may from time to time be made by the towns in which it operates; and shall also be subject to the provisions of chapter seventy-three of the Public Statutes and of all other laws relating to common carriers. Said company is also authorized to use its tracks for the transportation of coal and fuel and of other supplies, materials and merchandise necessar}" or convenient for its use in the construction, maintenance and operation of its railway.
Section 2.   This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved Jfay 1, 1901.