HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 94783        FILED ON: 6/22/2010

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4783

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Ten

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An Act to convey certain Commonwealth property consisting of the waters of Farm Pond, its tributaries, and water distribution system to the town of Sherborn..

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.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, in consultation with the commissioner of mental health, , shall grant, convey and deed over without consideration to the town of Sherborn all rights, title or other real property interests that the commonwealth may hold pursuant to chapter 251 of the acts of 1897 and chapter 466 of the acts of 1908, to the waters of Farm pond in the town of Sherborn, the tributaries of such Farm Pond, and to a certain easement together with a pipeline from said pond running underground within the town of Sherborn, to the boundary between the town of Sherborn and the town of Medfield, heretofore used to convey such waters to the former  Medfield State Hospital. The town of Sherborn may use such rights and interests  for public recreation, water supply and fire protection purposes.