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 city of Lawrence is hereby authorized to use for the purpose of constructing a school thereon, certain park land in said city, bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point at the intersection of the westerly line of Route 495 with the northerly line of North Parish Road, said point of beginning being the southeasterly corner of the premises;

Thence running S 82< - 41' - 25" W, 169.05 feet by North Parish Road to a point;

Thence turning and running N 07< - 18' - 35" W, 350.00 feet by land now or formerly of United States of America to a point;

Thence turning and running S 82< - 41' - 25" W, 200.00 feet by land now or formerly of United States of America to a point;

Thence turning and running N 07< - 18' - 35" W, 150.00 feet by land now or formerly of United States of America to a point;

Thence turning and running S 82< - 41' - 25" W, 205.00 feet by land now or formerly of United States of America to a point;

Thence turning and running N 07< - 18' - 35" W, 455.60 feet by land now or formerly of City of Lawrence to a point;

Thence turning and running S 82< - 41' - 25" W, 285.00 feet by land now or formerly of City of Lawrence to a point at Crawford Street;

Thence turning and running N 07< - 18' - 05" W, 725.97 feet by Crawford Street to a point;

Thence turning and running northwesterly 104.88 feet by Crawford Street in a curved line to the left having a radius of 100.00 feet and a chord distance of 100.14 feet to a point;

Thence turning and running N 67< - 23' - 40" W, 40.14 feet by Crawford Street to a point;

Thence turning and running northwesterly 52.44 feet in a curved line to the right having a radius of 50.00 feet and a chord distance of 50.07 feet by Shawsheen Street to a point, thence continuing by Shawsheen Street N 07< - 18' - 10" W, 90.00 feet to a point;

Thence northwesterly 103.62 feet in a curved line to the left having a radius of 130.00 feet and a chord distance of 100.90 feet to a point;

Thence northwesterly 19.33 feet in a curved line to the right having a radius of 24.26 feet and a chord distance of 18.82 feet to a point;

Thence N 07< - 19' - 55" W, 56.98 feet to a point;

Thence N 23< - 14' - 15" W, 183.81 feet to a point;

Thence N 07< - 18' - 20" W, 29.16 feet to a point;

Thence N 03< - 13' - 40" E, 136.00 feet to a point;

Thence northeasterly 50.02 feet in a curved line to the right having a radius of 70.00 feet and a chord distance of 48.97 feet to a point;

Thence N 44< - 10' - 55" E, 93.41 feet to a point;

Thence northerly 44.92 feet in a curved line to the left having a radius of 50.00 feet and a chord distance of 43.42 feet to a point;

Thence N 07< - 17' - 30" W, 327.39 feet to a point;

Thence N 27< - 38' - 30" E, 111.32 feet to a point;

Thence northeasterly 76.79 feet in a curved line to the right having a radius of 80.00 feet and a chord distance of 73.88 feet to a point;

Thence N 82< - 38' - 30" E, 93.00 feet to a point;

Thence northeasterly 78.37 feet in a curved line to the left having a radius of 110.00 feet and a chord distance of 76.72 feet by Shawsheen Street to a point;

Thence turning and running S 57< - 13' - 00" E, 51.36 feet by land now or formerly of Sellars to a point;

Thence turning and running N 32< - 47' - 00" E, 50.00 feet by land now or formerly of Sellars to a point;

Thence turning and running S 57< - 13' - 00" E, 75.00 feet by land now or formerly of Sellars to a point;

Thence turning and running N 32< - 47' - 00" E, 50.00 feet by land now or formerly of Sellars to a point at Loring Street;

Thence turning and running S 57< - 13' - 00" E, about 250 feet by Loring Street to the Shawsheen River;

Thence southwesterly, southeasterly, southwesterly, southeasterly, northeasterly, and southerly about 3250 feet by the Shawsheen River to land now or formerly of Commonwealth of Massachusetts(Route 495);

Thence turning and running S 03< - 55' - 56" E, 831 feet more or less by land of Commonwealth of Massachusetts to a point;

Thence turning and running S 06< - 32' - 30" E, 684.78 feet by land now or formerly of Commonwealth of Massachusetts to a point;

Thence running southerly 217.86 feet in a curved line to the right having a radius of 5100.00 feet and a chord distance of 217.84 feet by land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to the point of beginning.

Said parcel containing 42 acres as shown on a plan of land in Lawrence, Massachusetts for the city of Lawrence dated December 1974, and amended in May 1975.

Being the same premises conveyed to the city of Lawrence by two deeds of Essex Company, the first deed dated March 5, 1907 and recorded in Book 244, Page 371, the second deed dated February 21, 1933 and recorded in Book 569, Page 432. Said deeds are recorded in North district registry of deeds in Essex county.

SECTION 2. If the land described in section one of this act is not used for the purpose specified therein or if contracts for said purpose are not executed within five years from the effective date of this act, then the aforesaid land shall thereafter be held by the city of Lawrence as park land.