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manner
of payment, except that they shall require all water
The income of the water system
services to be metered.
shall be used to defray all operating expenses, including in
such term for the purposes of this section the cost of water
furnished to the district \mder any provision of this act, all
interest charges and the payment on the principal as they
accrue upon any bonds or notes issued under authority
but this provision shall not be construed as a
limitation of the contractual or other obligation of the said
district.
No money shall be expended in new construction
by said board of water commissioners, except from surplus
revenues, unless the district votes for the same and appropriates money therefor.
Said board shall annually, and as
often as the district may require, render a report upon the
condition of the system under their charge, and an account
of their doings, including an account of their receipts and
expenditures.
Section 6. Said chapter two hundred and two is hereby
further amended by inserting after section thirteen the following new section:
Section ISA.
Upon a petition in writing addressed to said board of water commissioners, requesting that certain real estate, accurately described therein,
located in said town and abutting on said district and not
otherwi.se served by a public water supply be included within
the limits thereof, and signed by the owners of such real
estate, or a major portion of such real estate, said commissioners shall cause a duly warned meeting of the district
to be called, at which meeting the voters may vote on the
question of including said real estate within the district. If
a majority of the voters present and voting thereon vote in
the affirmative the district clerk shall within ten days file
with the town clerk of said town and with the state secretary an attested copy of said petition and vote; and thereupon said real estate shall become and be part of the district
and shall be holden under this act in the same manner and
to the same extent as the real estate described in section one.
Section 7. This act shall take full effect upon its acceptance by a majority vote of the voters of the Dighton Fire
and Water District as constituted immediately prior to the
passage of this act, present and voting thereon at a district
meeting called for the purpose within three years after its
passage; but the number of meetings so called in any one
year shall not exceed three.
Approved August 3, 1939.
shall
of this act,
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An Act changing the harbor
line in boston harbor
ON the southerly and easterly sides of east boston.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The harbor lines on the northerly side of
Boston harbor are hereby changed and established as
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follows:
The location of each of the angle points in the lines hereinafter described is fixed by a distance, hereinafter called
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longitude, in feet, from a meridian passing through the
center of the apex of the dome of the State House in Boston,
and by a distance, hereinafter called latitude, in feet, from
a line at right angles to said meridian and passing through
the said center of the apex of the State House dome, and
the bearings refer to the true meridian passing through
center of said apex. Beginning at point
in the pierhead
line established by the secretary of war July twenty-seventh,
eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and located in latitude
two thousand one hundred sixty-seven and five tenths feet
north and longitude six thousand forty-eight and four tenths
feet east; thence south fifty-six degrees forty-four minutes
four and four tenths seconds east, seven thousand eight hunin latitude two
dred sixty-six and two tenths feet to point
thousand one hundred forty-seven and two tenths feet south
and longitude twelve thousand six hundred twenty-five and
six tenths feet east, thence south forty-nine degrees fourteen
minutes fifty-five seconds east, four thousand two hundred
in latitude four
seventy-five and four tenths feet to point
thousand nine hundred thirty-eight and one tenth feet south
and longitude fifteen thousand eight hundred sixty-four and
four tenths feet east, thence south seventy-four degrees east,
four thousand five hundred thirty-three and seven tenths
feet to point J in latitude six thousand one hundred eightyseven and eight tenths feet south and longitude twenty
thousand two hundred twenty-two and five tenths feet east,
thence north nineteen degrees east, four thousand seven
hundred thirty-one feet to point B in latitude one thousand
seven hundred fourteen and five tenths feet south and longitude twenty-one thousand seven hundred sixty-two and
eight tenths feet east, thence north forty-two degrees fortythree minutes three seconds west nine thousand one hundred seven feet to point C in latitude four thousand nine
hundred seventy-six and five tenths feet north and longitude
fifteen thousand five hundred eighty-four and seven tenths
feet east, thence north eighty-two degrees twenty-five minutes one second west one thousand one hundred thirty-seven
in latitude five thousand
and seven tenths feet to point
one hundred twenty-six and six tenths feet north and longitude fourteen thousand four hundred fiifty-seven feet east,
thence south forty degrees twenty-one minutes west, one
thousand one hundred forty-two and nine tenths feet to
point E in latitude four thousand two hundred fifty-five
and six tenths feet north and longitude thirteen thousand
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seven hundred seventeen feet east, thence south fifty-eight
degrees nineteen minutes forty-nine seconds west, six hundred sixty-four feet to point F in latitude three thousand
nine hundred seven feet north and longitude thirteen thousand one hundred fifty-one and nine tenths feet east, thence
north seventy-six degrees forty minutes thirteen seconds
west six hundred eighty-nine and seven tenths feet to point
G in latitude four thousand sixty-six feet north and longitude twelve thousand four hundred eighty and eight tenths
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east, thence north thirty-one degrees forty minutes
eleven seconds west six hundred eighty-nine and seven
tenths feet to point S in latitude four thousand six hundred
fifty-three feet north and longitude twelve thousand one
hundred eighteen and seven tenths feet east, thence north
thirteen degrees nineteen minutes fifty-seven seconds east
six hundred eighty-nine and seven tenths feet to point T in
latitude five thousand three hundred twenty-four feet north
and longitude twelve thousand two hundred seventy-seven
and seven tenths feet east, thence north fifty-eight degrees
nineteen minutes forty-eight seconds east three thousand
forty-seven and two tenths feet to point
in latitude six
thousand nine hundred twenty-three and nine tenths feet
north and longitude fourteen thousand eight hundred seventy-one and two tenths feet east, said point
being a
point in the pierhead and bulkhead fine approved by the
secretary of war June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, thence north twenty-one degrees six minutes four
seconds east, along aforesaid pierhead and bulkhead line,
two thousand seven hundred sixty and three tenths feet to
point R-2 in latitude nine thousand four hundred ninetynine and two tenths feet north and longitude fifteen thousand eight hundred sixty-four and nine tenths feet east.
Said point R-2 is marked with a granite monument marked
U. S. E.
Section 2. The harbor line established by section one
of chapter thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and twentytwo is hereby repealed.
Approved August 3, 1939.
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An Act regulating the height of
buildings and other
structures within a certain distance of the boston
airport, so called.
Be it enacted,
Section
etc, as follows:
1.
Unless the context otherwise requires, in
words and phrases shall have the fol-
this act the following
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lowing meanings
"Center of the Boston airport", a point in the surface of
said airport located exactly at north latitude forty-two
degrees, twenty-two minutes, zero seconds, west longitude
seventy-one degrees, one minute, zero seconds. North American nineteen hundred and twenty-seven datum.
"Boston airport", shall include the surface of all land,
flats and water, within a radius of three thousand feet from
the center of the Boston airport as defined in the preceding
paragraph.
"Boston airport approach zones", the zones hereinafter
described, being respectively all the areas within the following distances from the center of the Boston airport:
"Zone one", over three thousand feet but not over six
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thousand
feet;
"Zone two", over
thousand
feet:
six
thousand
feet
but not over nine
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