SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1800        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 474

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bruce E. Tarr

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying resolve:

Resolve relative to the Middlesex Canal Commission.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1800        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 474

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by resolve, Senate, No. 474) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation relative to the Middlesex Canal Commission.  Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1978 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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Resolve relative to the Middlesex Canal Commission.

 

Resolved, Whereas, Secretary of the Treasury, Albert Gallatin, in 1909, declared the Middlesex canal “the greatest work of its kind in the United States to date”; and

Whereas, the complete length of the Old Middlesex Canal was listed as a National Register Archaeological and Historic District as of November 17, 2009; now

Therefore, be it enacted, that for the purposes of the restoration, to its original conditions, of the Middlesex Canal National Register Heritage District, for public access, recreation and education, that within the former footprint, without any extension beyond such boundaries, the former properties and structures of the original Canal Company, which have been or become available to the Middlesex Canal Commission, are hereby exempted from the provisions of the Wetlands Protection Act, Chapter 131, (40) and the Waterfront Protection Act, Chapter 91, and without having to file a Notice of Intent to the local community in which such restoration occurs.