hereby amended by inserting after the word "tax" in the second line, the words, "and county tax not exceeding four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars." SECT. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. May 17, 1887. 1887. CHAPTER 282. AN ACT IN FURTHER AMENDMENT OF AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITIES OF Be it enacted, etc.: Charles river, Boston. SECTION 1. The mayor of the city of Boston for the time being, Bridge across the mayor of the city of Cambridge for the time being, and one dis- between Cam creet person to be appointed by them, who shall hold his office until bridge and removed by the concurrent action of both of said mayors, shall con- 153 Mass., 161. stitute a board of commissioners, and in case said mayors fail to appoint said third commissioner, upon the request of either of them, the governor by and with the advice and consent of the council shall appoint said third commissioner, and said board is hereby authorized and required to construct a bridge and avenue across Charles river, between West Chester park, in Boston, and Front street extended, in Cambridge, substantially in accordance with plans prepared by the city engineer of the city of Boston, dated December, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and approved by the city councils of said cities; subject, however, to the approval of said plans by the board of harbor and land commissioners, and subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and chapter one hundred and twenty-nine of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, except so far as said acts are modified by this act; and it shall be the duty of each of said cities to raise, and, upon the requisition of said commissioners, to pay one-half of the expenses incurred in building said bridge and avenue between the harbor lines as now established by law on said river, including the draw and draw-piers. borrow money SECT. 2. The city of Boston, in order to defray its share of the Boston may cost of building said bridge, is authorized to raise not exceeding two in excess of hundred and fifty thousand dollars, by loan, in excess of the limit prescribed by law. limit allowed by law. may be SECT. 3. Said commissioners, with the approval of the boards of Plans of bridge aldermen of the two cities, and of the board of harbor and land com- changed. missioners, and subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, may change, alter, and modify the plans of said bridge. SECT. 4. The boards of aldermen of said cities may by concur- Running of rent vote authorize the running of street cars over said bridge, and street cars over bridge. may set apart a portion of said bridge for the special use of street cars on such conditions, and subject to such regulations as said boards may adopt. SECT. 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage. May 18, 1887. [1882, 155; 1885, 129; 1888, 302; 1889, 254; 1890, 338.] May issue bonds, etc., to amount of $400,000. May sell bonds from time to time. Not to be included within limit. 1885, 178, § 2. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE A LOAN FOR THE PAYMENT FOR LANDS HERE- Be it enacted, etc.: SECTION 1. For the purpose of paying for the lands heretofore acquired by the city of Boston for public parks, the city council of said city may, by a vote passed in the manner provided by section seven of chapter twenty-nine of the Public Statutes, authorize its treasurer to issue, from time to time, to the amount of four hundred thousand dollars, negotiable bonds or certificates of indebtedness, payable in not exceeding fifty years from their date, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding four per centum per annum, to be denominated on the face thereof Public Park Loan. SECT. 2. Said treasurer shall sell said bonds and certificates, or any part thereof, from time to time, and retain the proceeds thereof in the treasury of said city, and pay therefrom the expenses incurred for the purpose aforesaid. SECT. 3. The debt and loans authorized by this act shall not be included within the limit fixed by section two of chapter one hundred and seventy-eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five. SECT. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. May 26, 1887. [1875, 185; 1882, 168; 1886, 304; 1888, 392; 1890, 271, 444; 1891, 301.] 1887. CHAPTER 325. AN ACT ΤΟ AUTHORIZE THE INTRODUCTION OF A POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. Board of police may pro- May draw money from the expense. Be it enacted, etc.: SECTION 1. The board of police for the city of Boston is hereby authorized to introduce and maintain in the several police divisions of said city an electric signal and telephonic system, and to provide such patrol wagons, horses, equipments, and accommodations for the same as in the opinion of said board may be necessary for the purpose. SECT. 2. The said board of police is hereby authorized to draw city to meet the from time to time upon the city treasurer of Boston for the money required to meet the expense of carrying out the provisions of the foregoing section, to an amount not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars, and the city treasurer shall pay the same out of the receipts for liquor license fees which remain in the treasury of the city after the provisions of section fourteen of chapter one hundred of the May attach and structures. Public Statutes have been complied with. The annual expense of maintaining said signal system shall be paid by the city treasurer upon the requisition of said board. SECT. 3. The board of police is hereby authorized to attach the wires to posts wires and fixtures used in the police service to any posts and structures now erected or that may be hereafter erected in the city of Boston for the support of wires used in the transmission of electricity provided, however, that such wires and fixtures shall not be Proviso. attached to poles and structures belonging to the fire alarm department except by consent of the fire commissioners; and shall have the same privileges in respect to underground wires that are now or may be hereafter enjoyed by other departments of the public service. SECT. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [1885, 323; 1888, 402.] May 31, 1887. 1887. CHAPTER 327. AN ACT TO PROVIDE AN ASSISTANT CLERK FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE SOUTH BOSTON DISTRICT, IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, AND Be it enacted, etc.: for the munici. Boston district SECTION 1. The clerk of the municipal court of the South Boston Assistant clerk district, in the city of Boston, may appoint an assistant clerk, subject pal court of to the approval of the justices of said court or a majority of them, the South and said clerk shall be responsible for the doings of said assistant may be ap. clerk and may remove him at pleasure. Said assistant clerk shall be pointed. sworn properly to perform the duties of his office, and his salary shall Salary. be six hundred dollars, which shall be paid in the same manner as the salary of said clerk is now paid. Said assistant clerk shall have all the powers in said court that the first assistant clerk has in the municipal court of the city of Boston. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. May 31, 1887. 1887. CHAPTER 331. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF BROOKLINE TO LAY AND MAINTAIN A COMMON SEWER IN CHESTNUT STREET AND Be it enacted, etc.: maintain a common sewer. SECTION 1. The selectmen of the town of Brookline are hereby May lay and authorized to lay and maintain a common sewer which shall extend from any point in Chestnut street in said town through a part of Chestnut street and Pond avenue in ward twenty-two in the city of Boston, to connect with a common sewer in Pond avenue in said town. collection of SECT. 2. All provisions of law now applicable to the assessment Assessment and and collection of sewer assessments in said town of Brookline shall sewer assessapply in said town to the sewer constructed under this act and to all ments. sewers connected therewith, and the right of said selectmen to levy, and of the officers of said town to collect all such assessments on property in said town shall not be impaired by reason of the fact that said sewer or a portion thereof lies within the limits of the city of Boston. This act shall take effect upon its passage. SECT. 3. May 31, 1887. Public highway bridge across Chelsea creek. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BUILDING OF A PUBLIC HIGHWAY BRIDGE Be it enacted, etc.: SECTION 1. The cities of Boston and Chelsea, or either of said cities, may, subject to the provisions of chapter nineteen of the Public Statutes and of all acts in addition or amendment thereof, build and maintain a public highway bridge across Chelsea creek, connecting the westerly end of Breed's island in the city of Boston with the city of Chelsea. Said bridge shall have a convenient draw of not less than forty feet in width for the passage of vessels. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. June 8, 1887. May borrow sewer. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF BOSTON TO BORROW MONEY FOR THE EXTENSION OF STONY-BROOK SEWER. Be it enacted, etc.: SECTION 1. The city of Boston for the purpose of paying for the construction of a sewer in continuation of the present Stony-brook sewer in Pynchon and Tremont streets, may issue bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness to an amount not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars in excess of the limit now prescribed by law, at such rate of interest and for such period not exceeding fifty years from their issue as said city may determine; and may authorize its treasurer to sell the same from time to time, and apply the proceeds thereof to the purpose aforesaid. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [1887, 428.] June 11, 1887. City may make Charles-river bridge. WIDENING OF AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELOCATION AND Be it enacted, etc.: SECTION 1. The city of Boston may make such changes in the new location of location of Charles-river bridge and the approaches thereto, or of any part thereof, as, in the judgment of the street commissioners of said city, the public convenience and necessity may require. In any new location so made, said city may reconstruct the present bridge and approaches, or may construct a new bridge and approaches, with a width in either case not exceeding one hundred feet. Said city may also construct on the sides of said bridge such fender-guards, draw-piers, and other structures, extending outside said limit of width, as may be necessary for the protection of said bridge, and for the convenient operation of the draw therein, and for the prompt and safe passage of vessels through the same. Said city shall continue to maintain said bridge and approaches as a public highway upon any new location so made. Commonwealth Boston. SECT. 2. All the right, title, and interest of the Commonwealth Rights of the in and to the Charles-river bridge, the approaches thereto, and the transferred to materials of which it is composed, are hereby transferred to the city the city of of Boston. Said city and its assigns may also continue to cover with the present solid and pile structures, and to use for any lawful purpose without compensation therefor, so much of the tide-water lands of the Commonwealth lying on both sides of said river within the harbor lines now established by law, as are covered by the present bridge and its approaches and are not included in the new location thereof; but so much of said bridge and its appurtenances as lies outside of and between said harbor lines, and is not covered by the new location thereof, shall be discontinued and removed by said city. SECT. 3. In the exercise of the powers granted by this act, said City sub provisions. city shall be subject to the provisions of chapter nineteen of the P. S. 19 and of Public Statutes and all other general laws applicable thereto. general laws. and file descrip SECT. 4. Said city may acquire by purchase or take such lands May take or and other property as it may deem necessary for the purposes afore-purchase lands said, and shall file from time to time in the registry of deeds for the tion thereof in the registry of County of Suffolk, and cause to be recorded therein, a description of deeds. any land so taken as certain as is required in an ordinary conveyance of land, with a statement signed by the mayor of said city, that the same is taken under and for the purposes set forth in this act; and the act and time of the filing thereof shall be deemed to be the act and time of the taking of such land, and notice to all persons that the same has been so taken. Said city shall be liable to pay all Liability for damages sustained by any person in his property by reason of the taking of any land or other property as aforesaid, and, if not settled by agreement or arbitration, the same may be assessed by a jury at the bar of the superior court for the county of Suffolk, upon petition to be filed by such person within one year after such taking and not afterwards, in the same manner as damages are assessed for the taking of lands for highways in said city. SECT. 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage. June 11, 1887. damages. 1887. CHAPTER 413. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE WEST END STREET RAILWAY COMPANY AND Be it enacted, etc.: Street Railway other street rail SECTION 1. The West End Street Railway Company and each of The West End the other street railway companies now authorized to run cars in or into the city of Boston, and each corporation formed by consolidation each of the as herein provided, may unite and consolidate with any or all said ways in Boston companies, and may purchase and hold the whole or any part of the may unite and property, rights and franchises of any or all of the same; and each consolidate. |