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:

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of maintaining and preserving certain parkland for recreational uses within the jurisdiction of the metropolitan district commission the deputy commissioner of capital planning and operations is hereby authorized to acquire on behalf of said commission, pursuant to the provisions of sections forty H to forty J inclusive, of chapter seven of the General Laws, the following parkland: a certain park located in the Dorchester section of the city of Boston known as Meaney playground; a certain park located in the Dorchester section of the city of Boston known as Richardson park.

The metropolitan district commission is further authorized and directed to take over the care, control and maintenance of that portion of Columbia road from Boston street, also known as Edward Everett Square, to the current boundary of its control on Columbia road in the city of Boston.