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 Fall River is hereby authorized to use a certain portion of a parcel of water department land containing 22.29545 acres, more or less, located in said city of Fall River for the construction of a new public elementary school, athletic fields and recreational and park facilities. Said portion of parcel being described as follows:

The land located on the east side of Meridian Street in the city of Fall River, Massachusetts, bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point in the easterly line of Meridian Street located 1073.40 feet southerly of Wilson Road;

Thence S73º52'27"E for a distance of 141.49 feet by land now or formerly of Ronald James and Claudia Rose Martin and land of Richard A. and Joyce Levesque;

Thence continuing S78º06'04"E for a distance of 80.30 feet by land of said Richard A. and Joyce Levesque and land of Silverio and Esmeralda Hermenegildo;

Thence continuing S71º40'01"E for a distance of 44.15 feet by land now or formerly of the said Silverio and Esmeralda Hermenegildo;

Thence continuing S77º22'16"E for a distance of 118.09 feet by land now or formerly of Junencio B. and Helen M. Silvia;

Thence continuing S76º05'23"E for a distance of 170.09 feet by land now or formerly of Raymond and Laura Cousineau and land of Antone A. and Pauline H. Reis;

Thence continuing S76º37'52"E for a distance of 91.37 feet by land of the said Antone A. and Pauline H. Reis;

Thence continuing S76º47'21"E for a distance of 523.47 feet by land now or formerly of Robert P. and Paula J. Dodge, Gerald and Geraldine Freitas, David and Renee A. Raymondo, Kevin J. and Sandra A. McCarthy, Manuel and Maria Medeiros, and Carlos M. and Maria L. Frias;

Thence S13º12'39"W for a distance of 587.14 feet;

Thence S19º12'49"W for a distance of 648.37 feet;

Thence turning and continuing N77º56'38"W for a distance of 537.05 feet to a granite bound;

Thence continuing N77º56'38"W for a distance of 296.40 feet to a granite bound;

Thence turning and continuing N09º13'00"E for a distance of 210.50 feet to a cemetery lot;

Thence turning and running S81º00'34"E by said cemetery lot for a distance of 21.53 feet;

Thence continuing S72º53'17"E by said cemetery for a distance of 12.83 feet;

Thence turning and running N12º25'13"E for a distance of 68.15 feet in the easterly line of said cemetery lot;

Thence turning and running N76º38'04"W for a distance of 38.14 feet in the northerly line of said cemetery lot;

Thence N09º13'00"E for a distance of 51.64 feet by land now or formerly of William A. Silvia to a granite bound;

Thence S77º26'57"E for a distance of 169.91 feet by land now or formerly of William T. Babcock, Jr. and Tania Babcock to a granite bound;

Thence turning and running N12º53'30"E for a distance of 320.12 feet;

Thence turning and running N77º10'31"W, partly in the line of the remains of a stone wall, for a distance of 558.19 feet to a point in the easterly line of Merdian Street;

Thence turning and running N00º45'08"W in the easterly line of Meridian Street for a distance of 600.46 feet to the point of beginning;

Said parcel containing 22.29545 acres, more or less, and being shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Fall River, Massachusetts, Assessor's Plate V-5, Lots 6, 8, 9, 13, & 14", dated February 12, 1998, on file with the Planning Department of the city of Fall River.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.