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AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE RECOVERY OF DAMAGES BY OWNERS OF Chap.464

WHARF PROPERTY LOCATED ABOVE THE SITE OF THE DRAWLESS

BRIDGE TO BE ERECTED ACROSS THE CHARLES RIVER BETWEEN

THE CITIES OF BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

tain wharf

may recover

SECTION 1. Any owner or owners of wharf property owners of cerused as such on or before the twenty-ninth day of March property on the in the year nineteen hundred, situated on the Charles river Charles river above the drawless bridge over said river, which was au- damages, etc. thorized to be constructed by the Cambridge bridge commission under chapter four hundred and sixty-seven of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and under chapter one hundred and eighty of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, shall, if said bridge is built without a draw, be entitled to recover damages for any injury occasioned to such property by reason of interference with the access by water thereto, enjoyed on said twenty-ninth day of March in the year nineteen hundred, and theretofore, because of the construction of said bridge without a draw, in accordance with the condition contained in the act of congress approved March twenty-ninth in the year nineteen hundred. Any person entitled to any such damages to his property may have the same determined by a jury in the superior court for the county of Suffolk or for the county of Middlesex, on petition therefor, filed within two years after said bridge without a draw has been opened for public travel. The city of Boston shall be liable for such damages incurred by all such persons or corporations owning wharf property thus injured on the Boston side of said river. The city of Cambridge shall be liable for such damages incurred by all such persons or corporations owning wharf property thus injured on the Cambridge side of said river.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 11, 1902.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF EVERETT TO TAKE LAND FOR
A HOSPITAL FOR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chap.465

SECTION 1. For the erection and maintenance of a City of Everett hospital for the care of persons suffering from contagious for a hospital

may take lands

diseases.

for contagious diseases, and for purposes incidental thereto, the city of Everett by its city council may take any lands within the limits of said city.

Description of land to be recorded, etc.

Damages.

SECTION 2. Within sixty days after the taking of any land as aforesaid, otherwise than by purchase or gift, the city council shall cause to be recorded in the registry of deeds for the southern district of the county of Middlesex a description thereof sufficiently accurate for identification, with a statement of the purpose for which the same was taken, which statement shall be signed by the mayor of the city; and upon such recording the title of the land so described shall vest in said city in fee.

SECTION 3. Said city shall pay all damages to property sustained by any person or corporation by the taking of any land or of any rights in land under the authority of this act. Any person or corporation thus sustaining damages, who fails to agree with said city as to the amount thereof, may have the same determined in the manner provided by law in the case of land taken for the erection of public buildings, on application at any time within two years after the taking of such land or rights in land under authority of this act.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 11, 1902.

Chap.466 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF EVERETT TO PAY A SUM OF

City of Everett may pay a sum

of money to

widow of

MONEY TO THE WIDOW OF THOMAS KEEFE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. The city of Everett is hereby authorized to pay to Bridget Keefe, the widow of Thomas Keefe late Thomas Keefe. a member of the police department of that city, a sum not exceeding one half of the annual salary of the said Thomas Keefe at the time of his death.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 11, 1902.

Chap.467 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF A CERTAIN SUM OF

City of Fitchburg to pay a

MONEY BY THE CITY OF FITCHBURG TO THE TOWN OF WEST-
MINSTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. The city of Fitchburg shall, within six certain sum of months after the passage of this act, pay to the town of Westminster the sum of sixteen thousand eight hundred

money to the

town of

Westminster.

dollars, in full compensation for the loss sustained by the
said town by the taking of certain taxable property
therein under the provisions of section four of chapter
sixty of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-
two. This sum shall be in lieu of taxes, past, present or
future, payable upon the said property by the said city,
and in lieu of any damage incurred by the town by the
taking aforesaid.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 11, 1902.

AN ACT IN ADDITION TO AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR
OPERATING THE STEAMER LEXINGTON IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF
THE LAWS RELATIVE TO FISHERIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chap.468

steamer Lex

The sum of four thousand dollars is hereby appropri- Operating ated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth ington. from the ordinary revenue, to meet the expense of operating the steamer Lexington, which is under the charge of the chief of the district police and is used for the enforcement of the fish laws of the Commonwealth, the said amount to be in addition to the five thousand dollars appropriated by chapter three hundred and five of the acts of the present year. Of the amount herein appropriated a sum not exceeding twenty-eight hundred dollars shall be used for the running expenses, and a sum not exceeding twelve hundred dollars for necessary repairs. Approved June 11, 1902.

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY MISCELLANEOUS Chap.469

EXPENSES AUTHORIZED DURING THE PRESENT YEAR, AND FOR

CERTAIN OTHER EXPENSES AUTHORIZED BY LAW.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are ap- Appropriations. propriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth from the ordinary revenue, for the purposes specified in certain acts and resolves of the present year, and for certain other expenses authorized by law, to wit:

For Martha Reese Grant, as authorized by chapter Martha Reese seventy-two of the resolves of the present year, the sum Grant, of three hundred dollars.

State normal school at Bridgewater.

State normal school at Worcester.

Repair, etc., of certain appara. tus in boiler inspection department.

Payment of interest on deposit of the Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company.

Support of state normal schools.

Agents of state board of education.

Compensation of persons appointed to prepare for printing the Revised Laws.

Compensation, etc., of person appointed to prepare index

For the purchase of additional land for the use of the state normal school at Bridgewater, as authorized by chapter seventy-three of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars.

For a chemical department in the state normal school at Worcester, as authorized by chapter seventy-four of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars.

For the maintenance and repair of certain apparatus used in the boiler inspection department of the district police, as authorized by chapter seventy-six of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.

For the payment to the Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company of interest received by the Commonwealth on money deposited by the company with the treasurer of the Commonwealth, as authorized by chapter seventy-eight of the resolves of the present year, the sum of ten thousand five hundred eighty-seven dollars and thirty-eight cents.

For the support of state normal schools, including the employment of accountants and other expenses of the boarding houses at said schools, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, to be paid out of the moiety of the income of the Massachusetts School Fund applicable to educational purposes, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the same purpose.

For salaries and expenses of agents of the state board of education, a sum not exceeding twenty-seven hundred and fifty dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the same purpose.

For the compensation of persons appointed to prepare for printing the Revised Laws, as authorized by chapter one hundred and twenty-two of the resolves of the year nineteen hundred and one, the sum of two hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the same purpose.

For compensation and expenses of the person appointed to prepare the index of the Revised Laws, as authorized to the Revised by chapter five of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars.

Laws.

New Bedford
Textile School.

For the New Bedford Textile School, as authorized by chapter seventy-nine of the resolves of the present year, the sum of eighteen thousand dollars.

Cook.

For Herman B. Cook of Boston, as authorized by chap- Herman B. ter eighty of the resolves of the present year, the sum of sixty dollars.

Agricultural

For expenses of the band of and for the purchase of a Massachusetts flag for the Massachusetts Agricultural College, as author- College. ized by chapter eighty-one of the resolves of the present year, the sum of two hundred dollars.

Printing report

as to a canal

from Taunton river to Wey

mouth Fore

river.

For printing the report of the board of harbor and land commissioners as to a canal from the Taunton river to Weymouth Fore river, as authorized by chapter eightytwo of the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, said amount to be paid out of the sum appropriated for the expenses of said survey. For such additional clerical assistance as the adjutant Adjutant gengeneral may deem necessary, and for compensation of assistance, etc. employees at the state arsenal, a sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter three hundred and thirty-six of the acts of the present year, said sum to be in addition to the amount appropriated for the same purpose by chapter eighty-eight of the acts of the present

year.

eral, clerical

Common

For messengers and such additional clerical assistance Secretary of the as the secretary of the Commonwealth may find necessary, wealth, clerical a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, as authorized assistance, etc. by chapter three hundred and sixty-four of the acts of the present year, said amount to be in addition to the amount appropriated for the same purpose by chapter twenty of the acts of the present year.

advisability of

For compensation and expenses of the committee to compensation, consider the advisability of constructing a dam across the tee to consider Charles river between the cities of Boston and Cambridge, dam across the as authorized by chapter one hundred and five of the Charles river. resolves of the year nineteen hundred and one, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the same purpose.

additional

tices of superior

For salaries and travelling expenses of the three addi- Salaries, etc., of tional associate justices of the superior court, as author- associate jus ized by chapter three hundred and eighty-three of the court. acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the same purpose. For repairs at the reformatory prison for women, as Reformatory authorized by chapter eighty-three of the resolves of the Pro for

women,

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