RUSSELL SAGE
FOUNDATION

CARRYING OUT
THE CITY PLAN

THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION
OF AMERICAN LAW IN THE
EXECUTION OF CITY PLANS

By

FLAVEL SHURTLEFF

OF THE BOSTON BAR

IN COLLABORATION WITH
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED

FELLOW AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE

ARCHITECTS

NEW YORK
SURVEY ASSOCIATES, INC.

MCMXIV

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER

PAGE

INTRODUCTION

1

22

1. The Public Ownership of Land

II. The Acquisition of Land

III. The Distribution of the Cost of Land Acquirement

IV. Excess Condemnation

52

103

V. The Use of the Police Power in the Execution of a

City Plan

138

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VI. The Work of Administrative Agencies in the

Execution of a City Plan .

168

211

APPENDICES

A. Legislation and Decisions.

B. Extracts from Report on English and Continental

Systems of Taking Land for Public Purposes

308

INDEX

335