Report of the Board of Metropolitan Park CommissionersWright & Potter Printing Company, State Printers, 1893 - Landscape architecture |
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Page 1 - Said commissioners shall consider the advisability of laying out ample open spaces for the use of the public, in the towns and cities in the vicinity of Boston...
Page 63 - In incorporated cities no franchise must be granted for the purpose herein expressed, unless the consent in writing of the owners of a majority of the frontage upon the...
Page xi - Becognition has already been much too long delayed. The limits of what the commissioners designate as the metropolitan district define themselves with sufficient distinctness. Within it are comprised generally all the cities and towns served by the system of local, suburban or accommodation trains on the railroads terminating in Boston. These are the twelve cities of Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Lynn, Malden, Medford, Newton, Quincy, Somerville, Waltham and Woburn, and the twenty-four towns...
Page 115 - The mayor shall nominate, and, by and with the 2 advice and consent of the council, shall appoint...
Page 64 - ... corporate authorities having control of any such street or streets, so far as selected and taken, and also the consent in writing of the owners of a majority of the frontage of the, lots and lands abutting on such street or streets so far as taken, shall be first obtained : And •provided further, that such connection or improvement shall embrace only such street or streets as are necessary to form one continuous improvement.