IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, July 6, 1875.

Read, and assigned for consideration on Monday the 12th

inst., at half-past five o'clock, P.M.

Attest:

S. F. MCCLEARY,

City Clerk.

CITY OF BOSTON.

IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, July 6, 1875.

The Joint Standing Committee on Streets, to whom was referred the petition of the Boston Water Power Company, that the city would accept and pay for the streets constructed by them on the Back Bay, having considered the subject, would respectfully recommend the passage of the accompanying order.

For the committee,

JOHN T. CLARK,

Chairman.

IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, July 6, 1875.

Whereas, The City Council, by an order passed the 27th day of November, A.D. 1871, agreed to pay Norman C. Munson the sum of three hundred thousand dollars in case he would construct, or cause to be constructed, within two years, and graded to an elevation of not less than eighteen feet above mean low water, the following avenues and streets, namely, Commonwealth avenue, two hundred feet wide, from its termination at that time to its junction with the proposed extension of West Chester Park street; Huntington avenue, one hundred feet wide, from Boylston street to Camden street; and West Chester Park street from the Boston &

Providence Railroad to Beacon street, according to a plan of "Lands on the Back Bay," numbered one, made under the direction of Jonathan Preston and others, commissioners, dated Dec. 6, 1864; and would convey, or cause to be conveyed, said avenues and street to the City of Boston; and would release, or procure to be released to the city, all claims by all persons affected thereby, for damages on account of the grading of said avenues and street, and would also do certain other things named in the said order; and

Whereas, the said Norman C. Munson accepted said proposition of the City Council, and executed the proper papers obligating himself to carry the same, or cause the same to be carried into effect; and

Whereas, the said Norman C. Munson has assigned to the Boston Water Power Company all his right to receive payment under the said contract with the City of Boston; now, therefore, it is hereby

Ordered, That the Joint Standing Committee of the City Council on Laying out and Widening Streets be and they are hereby authorized to pay to the Boston Water Power Company the sum of two hundred and eighty-four thousand six hundred and sixty-four and 90-100 dollars whenever the said company conveys, or causes to be conveyed, to the city, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, the fee of the territory underlying Commonwealth avenue, two hundred feet wide, from Exeter street to Parker street; Huntington avenue one hundred feet wide, from Boylston street to Camden street, and West Chester Park street from the Boston & Providence Railroad to Beacon street, according to a plan of lands on the Back Bay, numbered one, made under the direction of Jonathan Preston and others, commissioners, dated Dec. 6, 1864, and fills the said street and avenues to the grade required by said contract, as certified by the City Surveyor, and in all other respects complies with the requirements of the said contract; or said committee may, if they deem it expedient,

accept said street and avenues in their present condition, or in such other condition as the same may be put into, both as to title and grade, and release the contractor from all further obligation under said contract, provided such deduction shall be made from the sum above specified as in the opinion of the committee will be a fair equivalent for all deficiencies in the fulfilment of said contract on the part of the said Munson.