Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

The deputy commissioner of capital planning and operations, acting for and on behalf of the commonwealth, is hereby authorized to acquire by eminent domain, under the provisions of chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or by purchase or otherwise certain parcels of public land, hereinafter described, in the town of Billerica, being used by said town for public recreational and playground purposes, and to transfer said parcels of land to the department of public works for highway purposes.

Parcels A & B. A certain parcel of land situated on High Street, in the town of Billerica, being bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point on the southwest corner of said parcel, said point being on the existing county location line; thence leaving said existing county location line north 81<=-26'-03" east 45.85 feet; thence north 3<=-00'-00" east 33.36 feet and 206.46 feet, totalling 239.82 feet; thence south 86<=-00'-21" west 3.54 feet to a point on the aforesaid existing county location line; thence along said existing county location line south 29<=-07'-07" west 101.19 feet and south 1<=-51'-28" west 115.19 feet and 42.56 feet, totalling 167.75 feet to said point of beginning, said parcel containing in all about 9,600 square feet of land, more or less.

Parcel C. A certain parcel of land situated on High Street, in the town of Billerica, being bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point on the northwest corner of said parcel, said point being on the northerly property line of the town of Billerica; thence leaving said property line in a southerly direction a distance of about 24 feet; thence southeasterly for a distance of about 65 feet; thence northerly for a distance of about 20 feet; thence northwesterly for a distance of about 53 feet; thence northerly for a distance of about 10 feet to a point on the aforesaid northerly property line of the town of Billerica; thence following said property line in a westerly direction for a distance of about 20 feet to said point of beginning, said parcel containing about 1,520 square feet of land.

Said parcels A, B, and C are shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Billerica, Massachusetts for Legislative Purposes Scale: 1" = 40", date: March 15, 1985", which plan shall be kept on file in the office of the chief engineer of the department of public works.