[70] Acts of Massachusetts, 1891, Chapter 323, Sections 14, 15.

[71] Acts of Massachusetts, 1902, Chapter 521, Section 14.

[72] Acts of Massachusetts, 1913, Chapter 536, gives the street commissioners discretion and removes the limit of 50 per cent.

[73] Acts of Massachusetts, 1902, Chapter 521, Section 1.

[74] This restriction was removed by Acts of Massachusetts, 1913, Chapter 536.

[75] Charter of St. Louis, 1901, Act VI, Section 1.

[76] Acts of Massachusetts, 1913, Chapter 536, removes both limitations on the discretion of the Boston street commissioners in the special case covered by the act.

[77] Fifteen petitions for reduction of assessment are pending and no payments have been made.

[78] Thirteen petitions for reduction of assessments and two writs of certiorari are pending. The latter question the validity of the assessment.

[79] Acts of 1912, Chapter 537, compels the street commissioners to reduce this assessment. See Appendix, p. 268, for the text of act.