Outgoing correspondence from the Law Department the attorney general, 1901-1920.

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Outgoing correspondence from the Law Department the attorney general, 1901-1920.

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The Metropolitan Park Commission (1893-1919) and its successor the Metropolitan District Commission, since 1919 has been responsible for oversight of the acquisition, maintenance, policing, and use of the Metropolitan Parks District (Boston and surrounding communities), including maintenance of its roads and sewers. The Law Office maintained correspondence (recorded in letterpress copybooks) with the Attorney General to provide information concerning land taking, right-of-way, title examinations, appraisals, contracts, and personnel issues, as well as for requesting opinions on these issues for pending cases and on other legal questions not answerable by the Law Office.

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