WEST KOXBUEY PARK. 47 



The tax bill was paid under protest, as follows: 



Protest. 



Ti-emoiit House, i 

 Boston, Dec. 29, 1883. S 



James W. Rickek, Esq., City Collector. 



Sir: — The undersigned is the owner of a certain 

 parcel of land in AVard 2)3, West Koxbury, being I^o. 

 17, on the park commissioners' plan, containing 170,360 

 feet. This lot was sold in 1872, nearly twelve years 

 ago, at 18 3-1: cents a foot, or $89,317.50, which was 

 assessed in 1874 for |42,900; in 1875 on |37,100; in 

 1876 on $33,300. Since 1876 the valuation has been 

 varied, and in 1881 on $28,600. On the 25th day of 

 May last, the park commissioners took this lot of land, 

 by right of eminent domain, together with anothei" small 

 lot, No. 20, on the same plan, and notified me that the 

 damages were only $18,600, for which I have rendered 

 a bill to the park commissioners, aggregating $93,983.- 

 88. It is unusual for tax payers to complain of low 

 valuations, nor would the writer be an exception, were 

 it not that immediately after reducing this property to a 

 nominal value, the city of Boston authorized it to be 

 seized for park purposes. 



The undersigned therefore, in paying his taxes for the 

 present year, hereby remonstrates and protests against 

 this unjust treatment, as partially described above ; and 

 for the reasons set forth, and foi' others not named, he 

 hereby pays the taxes assessed upon the lands so taken, 

 only to save loss, damage and expense; waiving no 

 right to recover said taxes, and full damages for the 



