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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AN ACT RELATIVE TO LAND OF THE SOUTH ESSEX SEWERAGE DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF MIDDLETON.

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 first paragraph of section 1 of chapter 339 of the acts of 1925, as amended by section 1 of chapter 190 of the acts of 1972, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 1 to 7, inclusive, under the heading Parcel 2, the words

"NORTHERLY, by the center line of the Ipswich River, which center line is the boundary between the towns of Boxford and Middleton;

NORTHWESTERLY and WESTERLY, by Nichols Brook;

SOUTHERLY, by the town line between Middleton and Topsfield;

EASTERLY, by interstate highway I-95, as shown on sheet two of said September 12, 1950 highway layout plan, approximately one thousand three hundred thirty-six (1,336) feet" and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

A parcel of land in the town of Middleton, bounded and described as follows:

NORTHEASTERLY by lots 13 and 16, as shown on the plan hereinafter mentioned, one thousand thirty-one and 11/100 (1031.11) feet;

EASTERLY by land now or formerly of Salem Trust Company five hundred eighty-three and 99/100 (583.99) feet;

SOUTHERLY by lot 40, as shown on said plan, one thousand fifty-one and 01/100 (1051.01) feet;

WESTERLY by land now or formerly of Leverett A. Haskell, Trustee, one thousand and 76/100 (1000.76) feet.

All of said boundaries are determined by the land court to be located as shown upon plan numbered 16270-J, drawn by Hancock Survey Associates, Inc., Surveyors, dated October 10, 1994, as modified and approved by the court, filed in the land registration office in the Essex south district registry of deeds, a copy of a portion of which is filed with Certificate of Title 66335 in said registry, and the above described land is shown as lot 41 on said plan.

There is appurtenant to the above described land rights and provisions and the above described land is subject to agreements all as described in a deed from Essex county to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, dated August 11, 1967, and filed as Document 125029 in said registry.

SECTION 2. Said lot 41 on land court plan numbered 16270-J as described in section 1 of this act shall not be deemed to be included within the South Essex Sewerage District, however, until good and clear record title to the land described as Parcel 2 in chapter 190 of the acts of 1972 has first been conveyed to the town of Middleton for open space, conservation and recreational purposes by a good and sufficient quitclaim deed, said town has accepted said deed and it has been duly recorded with the Essex south district registry of deeds.

Approved January 04, 2001.