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CITY OF BOSTON.

IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN,

December

1869.

WHEREAS, by an Act of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, approved the fourth day of June, A. D. 1868, entitled, "AN ACT for the Abatement of a Nuisance in the City of Boston and for the Preservation of the Public Health in said City," it is provided among other things as follows, viz:

SECTION 1. The city of Boston may purchase or otherwise take the lands or any of them, not within the limits of the Boston and Albany Railroad, in said city, which are below the grade of eighteen feet above mean low water, and all estates, any part of which is below said grade, with the buildings and other fixtures on the land so purchased or taken, situated and lying within the district which is bounded on the northeast by Pleasant street, on the east by Washington street, on the south by Dover street, and on the west and northwest by Tremont street. Said city shall within sixty days from the time they shall take any of said lands file in the office of the registry of deeds for the county of Suffolk a description of the lands so taken, as certain as is required in a common conveyance of lands, and a statement that the same are taken pursuant to the provisions of this act, which said description and statement shall be signed by the mayor of said city; and the title to

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all lands so taken shall vest in the city of Boston; and if any party whose land is taken shall agree with the said city upon the damage done to him by the said taking, the same shall be paid to him by the said city forthwith. And it shall be the duty of the city of Boston forthwith to raise the grade of said territory so purchased or taken, laying out and filling up the same with good materials, with reference to a complete drainage thereof, so as to abate the present nuisance, and to preserve the health of the city, and in no wise to affect injuriously the lands of the Commonwealth or its grantees in the back bay, or the system of drainage therein.

Now, therefore, know all men by these presents, that the said city of Boston, by virtue of the power and authority in said Act given, and pursuant to the provisions thereof, has taken, and by these presents does take, the following described parcels of land, with all the buildings and fixtures thereon, situated within the limits described in said act, in said city of Boston, viz:

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A parcel of land now or formerly belonging to Eliza D. MAYO, bounded as follows, viz:-Southwestwardly by Dover street, there measuring twenty-two and feet; northwestwardly by Tremont street, fifty-six and feet; northeastwardly by land now or formerly of Studson Leach, twenty and feet; and southeastwardly by land now or formerly of Charles H. Ayling, fifty-seven and 12 feet: containing one thousand two hundred and five square feet, more or less.

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A parcel of land now or formerly belonging to CHARLES H. AYLING, bounded as follows, viz:- Southwestwardly by Dover street, there measuring twenty-two and 30 feet; northwestwardly by land now or formerly of Eliza D. Mayo,

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fifty-seven and 12 feet; northeastwardly by land now or Dover st. formerly of Studson Leach, twenty and 45 feet; and south100 eastwardly by land now or formerly of Elizabeth Turner, No. 4. fifty-seven and 87 feet: containing one thousand two hundred and twenty-nine square feet, more or less.

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A parcel of land now or formerly belonging to ELIZABETH No. 6. TURNER, bounded as follows, viz: - Southwestwardly by Dover street, there measuring twenty and feet; northwestwardly by land now or formerly of Charles H. Ayling, fifty87 now seven and feet; northeastwardly by land formerly of Studson Leach, fifteen and 81 feet; southeastwardly by land now or formerly of David H. Mason, 10% of a foot; again northeastwardly by the same, four and 2 feet; and southeastwardly again by land now or formerly of John Madigan, fifty-eight and 54 feet: containing one thousand one hundred and sixty-eight square feet, more or less.

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A parcel of land now or formerly belonging to JOHN No. 8. MADIGAN, bounded as follows, viz: Southwestwardly by Dover street, there measuring twenty feet; northwestwardly by land now or formerly of Elizabeth Turner, fifty-eight and 54 feet; northeastwardly by land now or formerly of David H. Mason, nineteen and 65 feet; and southeastwardly by land now or formerly of the heirs of James Tolman, fifty-nine and 29 feet: containing one thousand one hundred and fifty-three square feet, more or less.

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A parcel of land, now or formerly belonging to the HEIRS No. 10. OF JAMES TOLMAN, bounded as follows, viz: - Southwestwardly by Dover street, there measuring twenty feet; northwestwardly by land now or formerly of John Madigan, fifty-nine and 2 fect; northeastwardly by land now or formerly of David H. Mason, twenty and feet; and

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Dover st. southeastwardly by land now or formerly of Susan Smith, sixty and feet: containing one thousand one hundred and seventy square feet, more or less.

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of Albion street.)

No. 14, (cor. of Albion street.)

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A parcel of land now or formerly belonging to SUSAN SMITH, bounded as follows, viz:-Southwestwardly by Dover street, there measuring nineteen and 85 feet; northwestwardly by land now or formerly of the heirs of James Tolman, sixty and feet; northeastwardly by land now or formerly of David H. Mason, twenty and feet; and 181 southeastwardly by Albion street, sixty and 80 feet: containing one thousand one hundred and ninety-six square feet, more or less.

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A parcel of land now or formerly belonging to LUTHER PARKS, bounded as follows, viz:- Southwestwardly by Dover street, there measuring twenty-five and feet; northwest6 100 wardly by Albion street, fifty-nine and 4 feet; northeastwardly by land now or formerly of Cyrus Mason, thirty and 16 feet; southeastwardly by land now or formerly of Eliza J. Adams, five feet; southwestwardly by the same, five feet; and again southeastwardly by the same, fifty-five and 28 feet: containing one thousand five hundred and twenty-five square feet, more or less.

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A parcel of land now or formerly belonging to ELIZA J. ADAMS, bounded as follows, viz :-Southwestwardly by Dover street, there measuring twenty and 16 feet; northwestwardly by land now or formerly of Luther Parks, fifty-five and feet; northeastwardly by the same, five feet; again northwestwardly by the same, five feet; northeastwardly again by land now or formerly of Cyrus Mason, fifteen feet; and southeastwardly by land now or formerly of Isabella R. Hurll, sixty-one and 14 feet: containing one thousand one hundred and ninety square feet, more or less.

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A parcel of land now or formerly belonging to ISABELLA R. Dover st. HURLL, bounded as follows, viz:-Southwestwardly by Dover side. street, there measuring twenty feet; northwestwardly by land now or formerly of Eliza J. Adams, sixty-one and 14 feet; northeastwardly by land now or formerly of Cyrus Mason, twenty and 36 feet; and southeastwardly by land now or formerly of Joseph Benari, sixty-two feet: containing one thousand two hundred and forty-two square feet, more or less.

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A parcel of land now or formerly belonging to JOSEPH No. 20. BENARI, bounded as follows, viz:- Southwestwardly by Dover street, there measuring twenty feet; northwestwardly by land now or formerly of Isabella R. Hurll, sixty-two feet; northeastwardly by land now or formerly of Cyrus Mason, nineteen and 78 feet; and southeastwardly by land now or formerly of Aaron Hobart, sixty-two and 85 feet: containing one thousand two hundred and forty-two square feet.

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A parcel of land now or formerly belonging to AARON No. 22. HOBART, bounded as follows, viz: — Southwestwardly by Dover street, there measuring twenty feet; northwestwardly by land now or formerly of Joseph Benari, sixty-two and 85 feet; northeastwardly by land now or formerly of Cyrus Mason, nineteen and feet; and southeastwardly by land now or formerly of the heirs of Marshall J. Cutler, sixty-three and feet: containing one thousand two hundred and sixty-three square feet, more or less.

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A parcel of land now or formerly belonging to the HEIRS Nos. 24-26. OF MARSHALL J. CUTLER, bounded as follows, viz:-South Village st.) westwardly by Dover street, there measuring twenty-four and 96 feet; northwestwardly by land now or formerly of

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Aaron Hobart, sixty-three and 70 feet; northeastwardly

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