Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved May 13, 1904.]

[Order of December 3, 1904.]

June 7, 1904, the mayor of the city of Boston, under the provisions of chapter 333 of the Acts of 1904, appointed the Commission on Height of Buildings in the city of Boston, and they on July 5, 1904, made an order in accordance with the provisions of said chapter, which order is recorded in the Suffolk Registry of Deeds, Book 2976, page 45.

Order of July 5, 1904, as Amended and Revised by Order of December 3, 1904.

Boundaries of District A

A. The boundaries of the Districts A, hereby established, are as follows, to wit:

1. Beginning on the northerly side of that part of the said city known as East Boston at the Chelsea Street Bridge, thence running southeasterly, southerly and southwesterly through the centre of Chelsea street to Eagle square, thence westerly through said Eagle square and the centre of Eagle street to Glendon street, thence northerly through the centre of said Glendon street to Condor street, thence westerly through the centre of said Condor street to Border street, thence southerly and southwesterly through the centre of said Border street to Sumner street, thence southeasterly through the centre of said Sumner street to Orleans street, thence southwesterly through the centre of said Orleans street to Marginal street, thence southeasterly and easterly through the centre of said Marginal street to Jeffries street, thence northeasterly through the centre of said Jefferies street to Maverick street, thence northwesterly through the centre of said Maverick street to the location of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad, thence northerly and northeasterly along said Railroad to the property of the said city known as Wood Island Park, thence south-easterly along the line dividing the said property of the said city from the property of the East Boston Company and the property of the Commonwealth to the harbor, thence southwesterly, westerly, northwesterly, northerly, northeasterly, and easterly along the said harbor and Chelsea Creek, around the said East Boston to the point of beginning at said Chelsea Street Bridge; meaning to include in the said District A all those portions of wards one and two of the said city, as now established by law, which are situated within the boundary line hereinbefore described.

2.    Beginning on the southerly side of that part of the said city known as Charlestown at the Charlestown Bridge, thence running northwesterly through the centre of said bridge and the approaches thereof to a point on said approaches immediately over the centre of the arch connecting Warren avenue with Water street, thence north-easterly through the centre of said Water street to the property of the United States known as the United States Navy Yard, thence northwesterly along the southwesterly boundary line of said property of the United States to Chelsea street, thence northeasterly through the centre of said Chelsea street to Medford street, thence north-westerly and westerly through the centre of said Medford street to the junction of said Medford street, Bunker Hill street and Main street, thence northwesterly through the centre of said Main street to the property of the said city known as the Charlestown Playground, thence north-easterly along the southeasterly boundary of said Playground to the Mystic river, thence easterly, southeasterly, southerly and southwesterly along said Mystic river and the harbor around said Charlestown to the point of beginning at said Charlestown Bridge; meaning to include in the said District A all those portions of Wards three, four and five of the said city as now established by law, which are situated within the boundary line hereinbefore described.

3.    Beginning on the easterly side of that part of the said city known as the city proper at the Congress Street Bridge, thence running southeasterly across said bridge to that part of said city known as South Boston, thence northeasterly, easterly, southeasterly, westerly, southerly and easterly around the northerly part of said South Boston and the Reserved channel, so-called, to the point on the southerly boundary of said Reserved channel where Q street extended northerly would meet the said channel, thence southerly through the centre of said Q street to East First street, thence westerly through the centre of East First street to I street, thence southerly through the centre of said I street to East Second street, thence westerly through the centre of said East Second street to the junction of said East Second street, Dorchester street and West First street, thence northwesterly through the centre of said West First street to Dorchester avenue, thence southerly through the centre of said Dorchester avenue to Dexter street, thence westerly through the centre of said Dexter street to Ellery street, thence southerly through the centre of said Ellery street to Southampton street, thence westerly through the centre of said Southampton street to Massachusetts avenue, thence northwesterly through the centre of said Massachusetts avenue to Albany street, thence northeasterly through the centre of said Albany street to East Dedham street, thence northwesterly through the centre of said East Dedham street to Harrison avenue, thence north-easterly through the centre of said Harrison avenue to Troy street, thence southeasterly through the centre of said Troy street to Albany street, thence northerly through the centre of said Albany street to Broadway, thence northwesterly through the centre of said Broadway to Washington street, thence northwesterly across said Washington street and through the centre of Pleasant street to Piedmont street, thence westerly through the centre of said Piedmont street, to Ferdinand street,* thence northwesterly through the centre of said Ferdinand street to Columbus avenue, thence southwesterly through the centre of Columbus avenue to a point where a line passing along the boundary line between the estates now numbered 352 and 356 on Boylston street and extended south-easterly would meet said point on Columbus avenue, thence from said point northwesterly along said line and between said estates above mentioned to a point in the centre of Boylston street opposite or nearly opposite the westerly boundary of the lot on which the Arlington Street Church now stands, thence easterly through the centre of said Boylston street to Tremont street, thence northerly and northeasterly through the centre of said Tremont street to Park street, thence northwesterly through the centre of said Park street to Beacon street, thence northeasterly through the centre of said Beacon street to Bowdoin street, thence northerly through the centre of said Bowdoin street to Cambridge street, thence westerly through the centre of said Cambridge street to Staniford street, thence northerly through the centre of said Staniford street to Green street, thence northwesterly through the centre of said Green street to Leverett street, thence northwesterly through the centre of said Leverett street to the Charles river at Craigie Bridge, thence north-easterly, easterly, southeasterly, southerly and southwesterly by the said Charles river and the said harbor around the said city proper to the point of beginning at said Congress Street Bridge; meaning to include in said District A the whole of ward six and all those portions of wards seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen and seventeen of the said city, as now established by law, which are situated within the boundary line hereinbefore described.