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:

SECTION 1. The division of capital planning and operations is hereby authorized and directed, in the name of and on behalf of the commonwealth, to convey, by deed approved as to form by the attorney general, two parcels of land located in the town of Rockland, presently under the control of the department of environmental management being used for water resources purposes to the Abington-Rockland joint water works, said land being bounded and described as follows:

Parcel A:

Beginning at the Southeasterly corner of the parcel herein described at a point on the Rockland Hanover Town Line;

Thence running, S 80<=-07'-50"W, along said Rockland Hanover Town Line 1120.00' to a point;

Thence running, N 09<=-52'10"W, 140.00' to a point;

Thence running, S 80<=-07'50"W, 5.81' to a point;

Thence running, N 13<=-13'-31"W, 698.81' to a point;

Thence running, 39.27' along a curve to the lift with a radius of 25.00' to a point;

Thence running, S 76<=-46'-29"W, 462.66' to a point;

Thence running, 91.64' along a curve to the right with a radius of 65.00' to a point;

Thence running, N 22<=-26'-43"W, 471,50' to a point;

Thence running, N 76<=-46'-29"E, 892.37' to a point;

Thence running, 39.27' along a curve to the left with a radius of 25.00' to a point;

Thence running, N 13<=-13'-31"W, 30.00' to a point;

Thence running, N 76<=-46'-29"E, 240.00' to a point;

Thence running, N 13<=-13'-31"W, 2.87' to a point;

Thence running N 76<=-46'-29"E, 280.00' to a point;

The last thirteen (13) courses being by land now or formerly of J & K Realty Trust;

Thence running, S 13<=-13'-31"E, by land now or formerly of said J & K Realty Trust, James G. and Elaine H. Boyle, Francis J. McKiernan, Alice E. Mernin, Trustee, John R. and Margaret M Johndrow, Stephen L. Barren & Linda H. Laughlin, and Roger C. and Mary E. Pinkham 580.32' to a point;

Thence running, 42.96' along a curve to the left with a radius of 580.00' to a point partly by land now or formerly of said Pinkham and partly by land now or formerly of Melville L. and Josephine E. Thayer;

Thence running, S 17<=-28'-10"E, partly by land now or formerly of said Thayer and by Townsend St. and by land now or formerly of Mark A. and Debra A. Dickson 211.96' to a point;

Thence running, N 72<=-31'-50"E, by land now or formerly of said Dickson, 100.00' to a point;

Thence running, S 17<=-28'-10"E, by land now or formerly of Bernadette M Armstrong and Louis P. and Dorothy Perotti, 283.50' to a point;

Thence running, N 73<=-16'-50"E, by land now or formerly of said Armstrong and Perotti, 199.10' to a point;

Thence running, S 16<=-43'-10"E, by land now or formerly of Henry J. and Dolores A. Smith and Cushing St., 140.00" to a point;

Thence running, N 73<=-16'-50"E, by said Cushing St., 3.02' to a point;

Thence running, S 09<=-52'-10"E, by land now or formerly of Joseph P. and Debra A. Neary, 132.02' to a point;

Thence running, S 80<=-07'-50"W, by Howland St., 26.70' to a point;

Thence running, S 09<=-52'-10"E, to the point of beginning by said Howland St. and by land now or formerly of Paul J. and Yvonne M. Coughlan, 140.00'.

The above-described parcel contains 38 acres, more or less, and is shown as Parcel A on a plan entitled "Land in Rockland Off Pond Street, Rockland, Mass. November 17, 1982 Scale 1"= 200' Robert C. Bailey Registered Land Surveyor Pembroke Mass."

Parcel B:

Beginning at the Southeasterly corner of the parcel herein described at a point on the Rockland Hanover Town Line;

Thence running, S 80<=-07'-50"W, along said Rockland Hanover Town Line 883.10' to a point;

Thence running, N 13<=-46'-35"W, 224.47' to a point;

Thence running N 67<=-54'-47"E, 442.49' to a point;

Thence running, N 5<=-40'-37"E, 295.67' to a point;

Thence running, S 67<=-52'-10"W, 190.00' to a point;

Thence running, N 22<=-07'-50"W, 140.00' to a point;

Thence running, S 67<=-52'-10"W, 25.68' to a point;

Thence running, N 22<=-07'-50"W, 179.13' to a point;

Thence running, S 67<=-59'-26"W, 54.07' to a point;

Thence running, N 22<=-00'-34"W, 137.80' to a point;

Thence running, N 22<=-26'-43"W, 353.00' to a point;

Thence running, N 21<=-30'-44"W, 100.00' to a point;

Thence running, S 68<=-29'-16"W, 4.34' to a point;

Thence running, N 21<=-30'-44"W, 161.14' to a point;

Thence running, N 22<=-26'-43"W, 144.50' to a point;

Thence running, N 27<=-40'-50"W, 422.38' to a point;

Thence running, S 68<=-56'-56"W, 341.50' to a point;

Thence running, N 23<=-42'-06"W, 533.02' to a point;

Thence running, S 67<=-58'-52"W, 790.00' to a point;

Thence running, N 15<=-59'-00"W, 363.09' to a point;

The last nineteen (19) courses being by land now or formerly of the Towns of Rockland and Abington;

Thence running, N 67<=-18'-35"E, by land now or formerly of Striar Realty Trust and the Town of Rockland, 1328.00' to a point;

Thence running, S 24<=-28'-28"E, by land now or formerly of owners unknown, 376.98' to a point;

Thence running, N 67<=-58'-52"E, by land now or formerly of said owners unknown, 100.69' to a point;

Thence running, S 21<=-19'-21"E, 544.15' to a point;

Thence running, N 68<=-56'-56"E, 352.54' to a point;

The last two courses being by land now or formerly of Roy Nelson;

Thence running, S 36<=-38'-00"E, 44.23' to a point;

Thence running, N 79<=-23'-25"E, partly by land now or formerly of Robert R. and Anne M. Mera and partly by land now or formerly of Edward T. and Dorothy F. McDonald 225.29' to a point;

Thence running, N 82<=-16'-25"E, by land now or formerly of said McDonald, 112.24' to a point;

Thence running, N 81<=-28'-45"E, by land now or formerly of Andrew N. and Phyllis Ann J. Forrest, 140.71 to a point;

Thence running, N 01<=-43'-18"W, partly by land now or formerly of Glen M. and Jane E. Hicks and partly by land now or formerly of J.Michael and Janice A. Cronin, 178.32' to a point;

Thence running, N 67<=-04'-37"E, by land now or formerly of said Cronin and by land now or formerly of Richard E. Jr. and Linda R. Post, Robert A. Matthews Jr. and Susan M. Hunter, Leroy W. and Mary E. Chandler, Robert C. Jr. and Joanne F. Mahn, and Bernard J. and Nancy T. Dzierzeski, 659.31' to a point;

Thence running, S 22<=-55'-23"E, by land now or formerly of David L. and Anastasia M. Griffith and partly by Old County Way, 115.00' to a point;

Thence running, S 67<=-04'-37"W, 48.36' to a point by said Old County Way;

Thence running, S 13<=-13'-31"E, in part by said Old County Way and by land now or formerly of John W. and Eileen Lind, Rita P. MacDonald, Carl J. Cleary, Sr., Sarah Corman, Brendon R. Watson, Richard E. and Joanne Regan, Charles H. and Barbara A. Gilcoine, Charles and Violetta Chiodi, and James J. and Rose N. Ford, 937.93' to a point;

Thence running, S 76<=-46'-29"W, by land now or formerly of James G. and Elaine H. Boyle, 100.00' to a point;

Thence running, N 13<=-13'-31"W, 4.00' to a point;

Thence running, S 76<=-46'-29"W, 280.00' to a point;

Thence running, S 13<=-13'-31"E, 2.87' to a point;

Thence running, S 76<=-46'-29"W, 240.00' to a point;

Thence running, S 13<=-13'-31"E, 30.00' to a point;

Thence running, 39.27' along a curve to the right with a radius of 25.00' to a point;

Thence running, S 76<=-46'-29"W, 892.37' to a point;

Thence running, S 22<=-26'-43"E, 471.50' to a point;

Thence running, 91.64' along a curve to the left with a radius of 65.00' to a point;

Thence running, N 76<=-46'-29"E, 462.66' to a point;

Thence running, 39.27' along a curve to the right with a radius of 25.00' to a point;

Thence running, S 13<=-13'-31"E, 698.81' to a point;

Thence running, N 80<=-07'-50"E, 5.81' to a point;

Thence running, S 09<=-52'-10"E, 140.00' to the point of beginning.

The last fourteen (14) courses being by land now or formerly of Walen Bros. Inc.;

The above described parcels were acquired by the commonwealth under the authority of and in accordance with the provisions of section nine A of chapter twenty-one of the General Laws on October twenty-nine, nineteen hundred and eighty-four and is recorded in Book 5842, Pages 225 through 230, in the registry of deeds in the county of Plymouth.

SECTION 2. No deed conveying by or on behalf of the commonwealth the property described in section one shall be executed unless such deed provides that said property shall be used only for the purposes authorized by section nine A of chapter twenty-one of the General Laws.

SECTION 3. The commonwealth is hereby authorized to pay and the Abington-Rockland joint water works is hereby authorized to accept reimbursement of all costs authorized by section nine A of chapter twenty-one of the General Laws incurred in connection with the acquisition costs of lands, waters and easements.

SECTION 4. The Abington-Rockland joint water works is hereby authorized to construct and maintain on its lands acquired under this act such facilities, including, but not limited to, dams, dikes, spillways and appurtenances authorized under section nine A of chapter twenty-one of the General Laws.