Year: 1876

As the bill now before the Legislature fol


the construction and regulation of the Deering


Boulevard and Water Park is of unusual in.


terest to many of the citizens of Portland and


all of Deering, we publish the following full


synopsis of of the provisions, embracing every


feature therein contained:


Section 1, provides that S. III. Tewksbury,


John b. Coyle, John Reed, Edward Payson


and j. M. Carleton, citizens of the town OF


Deering, shall be board of Commissioners OF
the Deeripg Boulevard and Water Park, with
power, under the consent and direction of said
town to locate highway for said town and
under the direction thereof take the necessary


lands for the Deering Boulevard and Water


Park which is to be maintained by said town


the said Boulevard to extend from the north


west corner of the dwelling house of (nsme not
given) thence to extend around the general
margenal line of of Back Cove in Deering Ia


the road leading over Tukey bridge; said street
to be 100 feet wide and no building shall be
placed within % feet of the limits of the inner


line of said street and within so feet OF the line
All damage for lands taken when not donated.
adjudged by existing laws for that purpose.
The Commissioners are to hold Office four years
unless sooner vacated by renoval from the
town or by vote of the same, and all vacan.
cies shall be filed by the selectmen of said
town. The highway is to be constructed under


the supervision of a civil engineer.


Section 2, provides that the commissioners


Shall have power to appoint secretary and


treasurer, who shall hold Office at the pleasure


OF the board The treasurer is to keep de-


tailed account of all moneys expended


in book for that purpose, and shall give a


bond. The commissioners are to have nc
pay except for actual expense incurred in


the performance of the duties imposed upon


them.


Section provides that the board shall cause


two maps of the road to be made, one to be


kept in their Office and one for the municipal


officers.


Section provides that the board, whenever


it is notified by the town treasurer that the


town has provided funds sufficient for the ex-


pense OF location and maps, shall proceed tC
complete the location; and further that said


board, whenever the town officials notify them


that funds have been provided sufficient to con


struct said highway the whole or one half the


width of 100 feet, the entire length, shall pro


ceed to such construction; and during the pro


gress OF the work the board is to have excu


sive charge and control of the same with power


to employ engineers, agents, etc. The section
also provides that no bonds or notes of the


town shall be sold less than par.


Section authorizes the town of Deering al


in the warrant for the purpose, to raise money


upon its credit at rate of interest not ex


ceeding six per cent. $50, 900 payable 80 year.


to defray all the costs of the highway.


Section requires the town officers to issue


the notes, bonds, etc., and file duplicate with


the board of commissioners


Section Z requires the selectmen of the towr


to notify the treasurer of the town to pay quar-
terly to the treasurer of the board the full
amount of taxes that shall be assessed and col
lected by the town upon all property abuttine
upon the said highway and all persons lvlne
upon the abutting territory, exclusive of state
county, school and highway taxes for the pur
pose of paying the interest on said bonds an(
the balance for sinking fund to pay the prin
cipal


Section provides that mo horse railroad O.
steam car or telegraph line shall be established
or omnibus line run, within the limits of sait
highway, without the previous consent in writ
ing of said board of commissioners nor with
out suitable compensation therefor to be pai(
to the treasurer of said board, and to be usel
in the maintenance and repair of said high
way


Section declares that tit shall be compe
tent for the city of Portland by the concurren
vote of the Mayor and board of Aldermen O
said city, in order to retain the tidal waters o
Back Cove at height at all times sufficient t,
cover the flats of said cove, Herewith to tn,
outer base line of said highway, to construct


water dam or convert Tukey's bridge, befor
named, into water dam, of sufficient heigh
| to reduce the influx and refux of said tida
surface waters to the depth of two and one-hal
feet, and not less in ordinary tides, preserving
channel and passage way as the same nov


exists for vessels to pass through the draw of salt


bridge as now constructed, and though said wa
ter dam, and as far as practical to create tIda
power in and BY means of such dam for tn,
| operation of mills, and TO lease such power TO
use on such terms as said mayor and alder
men shall from time to time determine, an,
the income of such leases to appropriate to
wards the payment of the interest and princi
pal of any Indebtedness that may be created b.
said city in the construction and maintenance
of said work; and said city is authorized by it
| municipal authorities to raise and approprat
the necessary amount of money for the pur
poses described in this section in such manne
as they shall deem most expedient and max
the same a part Of the legal Indebtedness o
said citv