Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same,
as follows:
The deputy commissioner of capital planning and operations acting for and on behalf of the commonwealth is hereby authorized to acquire by eminent domain, by purchase or otherwise the hereinafter described parcel of public land located in the town of Templeton and presently being used for water department maintenance purposes by said town and to transfer the care, custody and control of said parcel to the department of public works in conjunction with the relocation of the Depot Road Bridge, so-called.
Subsequent to the completion of said bridge relocation, the deputy commissioner of capital planning and operations is authorized to convey said parcel, by deed approved as to form by the attorney general, to the town of Templeton for highway purposes.
Said parcel is shown on a plan of land entitled "Parcel of Land To Be Taken From The Town Of Templeton For The Purpose Of The Relocation of Depot Road And Bridge Over The Boston and Maine Railroad In The Town Of Templeton", which plan is on file with the chief engineer of the department of public works.