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Page 15
... flats in front of a wharf so as to destroy that wharf , and under the provisions of the written constitution there may be no claim to compensation under those decisions . I am ( for the purpose of this argument ) assuming that that is ...
... flats in front of a wharf so as to destroy that wharf , and under the provisions of the written constitution there may be no claim to compensation under those decisions . I am ( for the purpose of this argument ) assuming that that is ...
Page 23
... flats , and properly ; but in those cases the improvements have always been made solely for the purpose of improving navigation . The very able report , to which I have already alluded , made by the committee of 1867 upon this subject ...
... flats , and properly ; but in those cases the improvements have always been made solely for the purpose of improving navigation . The very able report , to which I have already alluded , made by the committee of 1867 upon this subject ...
Page 27
... changed . I don't see why the last clause does not reserve the right to change the lines if the legislature pleases . The legislature say , " we don't intend there shall be any misunderstanding about it " ; THE CHARLES RIVER FLATS . 27.
... changed . I don't see why the last clause does not reserve the right to change the lines if the legislature pleases . The legislature say , " we don't intend there shall be any misunderstanding about it " ; THE CHARLES RIVER FLATS . 27.
Page 29
... flats inside . Mr. BIRD . That was brought up in the legislature , and Mr. Dana gave his opinion very clearly , that the commonwealth owned those flats . Mr. SHATTUCK . The legislature never claimed it . Mr. BIRD . They referred it to ...
... flats inside . Mr. BIRD . That was brought up in the legislature , and Mr. Dana gave his opinion very clearly , that the commonwealth owned those flats . Mr. SHATTUCK . The legislature never claimed it . Mr. BIRD . They referred it to ...
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... flats in the line of Atlantic avenue ; and your argument was to the effect that the commonwealth has no right there ... flats , of course It does not determine to whom the legal title to those flats belongs . Mr. KIMBALL . Your point was ...
... flats in the line of Atlantic avenue ; and your argument was to the effect that the commonwealth has no right there ... flats , of course It does not determine to whom the legal title to those flats belongs . Mr. KIMBALL . Your point was ...
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100 A parcel 25 feet 50 feet avenue Back Bay Beacon street bounded as follows bridge building Castle street cent channel Charles River City of Boston committee commonwealth containing eight hundred containing nine hundred containing one thousand containing seven hundred containing six hundred described as taken dollars Dover street East Boston eastwardly Edward Tuckerman Eliot street Emerald street filling flats foot formerly belonging formerly of George formerly of Henry formerly of James formerly of John formerly of Mary formerly of William heirs of Edward Indiana place land belonging legislature less Lucas street measuring twenty feet Middlesex street Northeast northeastwardly by land Northwest parcel of land park Sarah SHATTUCK side South Boston Southeast southwest square feet Suffolk street tidal basins Tremont street trustees twenty and feet wardly by land Washington street West Boston bridge westwardly by land wharf