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 deputy commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions of sections forty E to forty J, inclusive, of chapter seven of the General Laws, to sell and convey by deed approved as to form by the attorney general, a certain parcel of land and buildings thereon located in the town of Topsfield, to the town of Topsfield, subject to the requirements of sections two, three and four and to such additional terms and conditions as the deputy commissioner may prescribe, in consultation with the department of public safety. Said parcel is shown on a plan entitled "Land of the Essex Agricultural Society, Topsfield, Mass. Scale 1 in. = 40 ft. August 13, 1934, Thomas A. Appleton, C. E. Salem, Mass.," recorded with the Essex south district registry of deeds in Book 3004, Page 2, and bounded according to said plan and described as follows:

Beginning southeasterly by the Newburyport Turnpike, two hundred fifty (250) feet;

southwesterly by other land of the Essex Agricultural Society, two hundred fifty (250) feet;

northwesterly by other land of said Essex Agricultural Society, one hundred twenty-six and 82/100 (126.82) feet;

northerly by Maple Street, by two courses, ninety-seven and 26/100 (97.26) feet and one hundred eighty-one and 63/100 (181.63) feet.

Containing according to said plan 46,442 square feet.

SECTION 2. No deed conveying by or on behalf of the commonwealth, the property described in section one, shall be valid unless such deed provides that said property shall be used for a municipal police station.

SECTION 3. In the event that the property described in section one is not used for the purpose described in section two within five years of the effective date of this act, or ceases to be so used at any time, the property shall revert to the commonwealth under such terms and conditions as the deputy commissioner of capital planning and operations may prescribe.

SECTION 4. The recipient of said conveyance shall assume the costs of appraisals, surveys and other expenses as deemed necessary by the deputy commissioner of capital planning and operations for the conveyance of this property.