Session Laws

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize the conveyance of certain land in the town of Barnstable, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.

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

SECTION 1. The deputy commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations, acting for and on behalf of the commonwealth, is hereby authorized to convey for consideration of one dollar by a deed approved as to form by the attorney general, a certain parcel of land with structures appurtenant thereto in that part of the town of Barnstable known as Centerville, currently under the control of the department of mental health, to the Barnstable Housing Authority, subject to the requirements of section two and to such terms and conditions as the deputy commissioner may prescribe in consultation with the executive offices of human services and communities and development. Said land and appurtenant structures being bounded and described as follows:- Southeasterly by Monument Avenue, ninety-eight and 11/100 (98.11) feet; Southwesterly by Lot A, one hundred and thirty-nine and 92/100 (139.92) feet; and Northwesterly one hundred thirty and 44/100 (130.44) feet; and Northeasterly one hundred two and 37/100 (102.37) feet, by Lot 41.

All of said boundaries are located as shown on subdivision plan 12422-G dated September 24, 1965, drawn by Nelson Bearse - Richard Law, Surveyors, and filed in the Land Registration Office at Boston, a copy of which is filed in the registry of deeds in the county of Barnstable in land registration Book 130, Page 42 with Certificate of Title No. 17702 and said land is shown thereon as Lot 42.

SECTION 2. No deed conveying by or on behalf of the commonwealth the property described in section one shall be valid unless the deed provides that said property shall be used for housing that is partially or fully funded by the commonwealth under chapters five hundred and seventy-four and seven hundred and twenty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-three.