The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.
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An Act removing an agricultural preservation restriction from a portion of real estate in the town of Raynham known as Borden Colony. . |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding Chapter 586 of the Acts of 1981 or any other general or special law to the contrary, the Agricultural Preservation Restriction as defined in Chapter 184, Sections 31, 32 and 33 of the General Laws, as amended, which is currently held jointly by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Agriculture, and the inhabitants of the Town of Raynham, acting through their Conservation Commission duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by virtue of Chapter 586 of the Acts of 1981 and by virtue of a Quitclaim Deed from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting through its Division of Capital Planning and Operations, acting under the authority of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 7, Sections 40E and 40F (Tercentenary Edition) and also pursuant to Chapter 586 of the Acts of 1981, said Quitclaim Deed being recorded in the Bristol County Northern District Registry of Deeds in Book 2176, Pages 297-305, is hereby removed from the following described portions of the land in Raynham known as the Borden Colony:
A parcel of land in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts owned by the Inhabitants of the Town of Raynham (Borden Colony) on the southerly side of Thrasher Street and bounded as follows; northerly in 10 courses by the existing southerly sideline of Thrasher Street about 393 feet, about 50 feet, about 243 feet, about 220 feet, about 345 feet, about 203 feet, about 119 feet, about 107 feet, about 174 feet, and about 57 feet respectively; northeasterly by the southwesterly sideline of an Unnamed Road about 57 feet; southerly in nine courses by the location line of the 2003 Town layout of Thrasher Street about 74 feet, 160.21 feet, 173.93 feet, 96.03 feet, 320.66 feet, 753.49 feet, 207.97 feet, 298.70 feet, and 50.31 feet respectively; westerly by land now or formerly of King Philip Realty Trust about 33 feet; containing about 57,440 square feet.
A parcel of land in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts presumed to be owned by the Inhabitants of the Town of Raynham (Borden Colony) on the southerly side of Thrasher Street and bounded as follows: northwesterly by the existing southerly sideline of Thrasher Street about 94 feet; northeasterly by land of Town of Raynham (Borden Colony) about 19 feet; southeasterly by other land presumed to be owned by the Inhabitants of the Town of Raynham (unnamed road) about 41 feet; and southerly by land of Town of Raynham (Borden Colony) about 57 feet; containing about 1,500 square feet.
A parcel of land in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts, owned by the Inhabitants of the Town of Raynham (Borden Colony) on the southerly side of Thrasher Street and bounded as follows; northerly in 2 courses by the existing southerly sideline of Thrasher Street about 415 feet and about 338 feet respectively; easterly by the existing westerly sideline of King Philip Street about 144 feet; southerly and southeasterly in four courses by the location line of the 2003 Town layout of Thrasher Street 67.26 feet, 380.07 feet, 87.04 feet, and about 131 feet respectively; containing about 18,770 square feet.
SECTION 2. Except for the removal of the Agricultural Preservation Restriction as to those portions of the Borden Colony land described in Section 1 herein, the Agricultural Preservation Restriction as described in Chapter 586 of the Acts of 1981 shall remain in full force and effect as to all of the remaining land described in Chapter 586 of the Acts of 1981 which were subjected to the Agricultural Preservation Restriction in Chapter 586 of the Acts of 1981.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its passage.