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— : 510 Acts, 1907. — Chap. 530. words " Upon the acceptance of said award ", in the first line, and hy striking out the words '* said award ", in the third and fourth lines, and inserting in place thereof the words : — the provisions of section four of this act, — so Trea^^rerto as to read as follows: Section 5. The treasurer and amount to be receiver general of the Commonwealth shall determine the paid by the .ii • ^ • i • ^ ^ several cities amouut to DC paid lu accordauce with the j^rovisions of section four of this act bj each of said cities and towns as their proportion of the cost of said improvements and shall collect the same, with interest at the current rates, in the sum charged to each of said cities and towns in the appor- tionment and assessments of its state tax for the succeed- ing twenty years until the final sum to be paid by each city and to^^Ti has been fully paid. The assessments thus paid shall be credited and added to the Metropolitan Parks Loan Sinking Fund. Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved June 19, 1907. Chap.530 An Act to revoke certain locations for lines of elevated RAILWAY GRANTED TO THE BOSTON ELEVATED RAIL- WAY COMPANY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND VICINITY. Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs: Certain locations for lines Section 1. The following locations for lines of elevated of elevated railways railway of the Boston Elevated Railway Company, to wit revoked. from City square to and through Warren avenue, to and over Warren bridge across Charles river, to and through Beverly street, to and through Haymarket square, to and through Union street, to and through Dock square, to and through a new street to be built by the city, of the width of eighty feet, in the line of Congress street, between State street and Dock square, to and through Congress street and Post Office square, to and through Federal street, to and over Federal street bridge or a new bridge across Fort Point channel, to and through Dorchester avenue to the Milton line. A branch railway through Alford street, to and over lyialden bridge, to and through Main street, Everett, to the ]\falden line. A branch railway from Everett square, to and through Chelsea and Ferry streets to the Maiden line. A branch railway from the junction of Broadway and Acts, 1907. — Chap. 530. 511 Main street, Everett, to and tbrouffh Broadwav to the certain loca- " tions for lines JMaluen line. of elevated A branch railway from said City square to and through revoked! Chelsea street, to and over Chelsea bridge or a new bridge across the Mystic river, to and through Broadway, Chel- sea, to and through Broadway, Revere, to and through Central avenue, to and through Beach street to Crescent beach. A branch railway from Fenno's Corner, Revere, to and through Beach street, to and through Winthrop avenue to Beachmont. A branch railway from Dorchester avenue to and through West Broadway, to and through Dorchester street, to and through East Second street to City Point at Marine Park. Also a branch railway from Dorchester avenue to Sixth street, thence to D street, D street to Eighth street. Eighth street to L street, L street to Sixth street to City Point and Marine Park. A branch railway from Field's Corner through ISTepon- set avenue to ]^eponset bridge. From a point on Bow street in Somerville, near its junction on Walnut street, through Bow street, to and through Union square, to and through Webster avenue to the Cambridge line. From Causeway street through Portland street, to and through ]\[errimac street, to and through Washington street, to and through Dock square, to and through Devon- shire street, to and through Franklin street, to and through Arch street, to and through Chauncy street, to and through Harrison avenue, to Beach street, to and through Knee- land street, to Washington street. From AVarren street through Dudley street to Blue Hill avenue, to and through Blue Hill avenue to Vaughn street. Commencing at a point on the southerly side of the approach to the Cambridge bridge, through Charles street in Boston, to and through Park square, to and through Pleasant street, to and through Tremont street, to and through Columbus avenue, to and through Center street to the corner of May street. A branch railway from Park square to and through Columbus avenue, to and over the location of the Boston and Albany railroad, or by some other convenient route or •way, to and through Huntington avenue, to and through 512 Acts, 1907. — Chap. 530. Certain locations for lines Tremont street, to and through Washington street in Brook- of elevated line to Village lane. railways revoked. From the Cambridge line over Cambridge street bridge or a new bridge over Charles river, Cambridge street in that part of Boston called Brighton, to and through Cam- bridge street in said Brighton, to and through Washing- ton street to Oak square. From Xorth Eussell street through Cambridge street, to and through Bowdoin square, to and through Court street, to and through Brattle street to Dock square. A branch railway from Park square to and through Eliot street to Kneeland street. From Main street in Charlestown through Essex street and Rutherford avenue to Sullivan square, in that part of Boston known as Charlestown. Commencing at a point on Washington street at or near Fay street; thence upon and over private lands, and cross- ing Dover street, Shawmut avenue, Hingham, Middlesex, Emerald, Compton, Lucas and Paul streets. From Dud- ley street upon and over Guild row and Roxbury street to Washington street. Commencing at the corner of Harrison avenue and Beach street, upon and over Harrison avenue to Essex street; and thence upon and over Essex street to Cove street. Commencing at or near the corner of Motte street and Harrison avenue ; thence upon and over Way street, Broad- way extension and upon and over the existing bridge or a new bridge to be built across Fort Point channel to West Broadway, in that part of Boston known as South Boston, Proviso. are hereby revoked: provided, however, that this act shall not in any way affect or impair the company's locations for or rights to maintain elevated lines and structures which shall be completed or begun at the time when this act takes effect or which were granted to the comjDany by chapter five hundred and thirty-four of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and two or by chapter five hundred and twenty of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and six, and which have been or may be granted by any acts of the year nineteen hundred and seven. WTien to take 2. shall take effect on the eleventh effect. Section This act day of June, nineteen hundred and seven. Approved June 19, 1907..

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