RUSSELL SAGE
FOUNDATION

CARRYING OUT
THE CITY PLAN

THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION
OF AMERICAN LAW IN THE
EXECUTION OF CITY PLANS

BY

FLAVEL SHURTLEFF

OF THE BOSTON BAR

IN COLLABORATION WITH

FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED

FELLOW AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTS

NEW YORK

SURVEY ASSOCIATES, INC.

MCMXIV

205026

Copyright, 1914, by the RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION

PRESS OF WM. F. FELL CO.
PHILADELPHIA

III. The Distribution of the Cost of Land Acquirement

52

IV. Excess Condemnation

103

V. The Use of the Police Power in the Execution of a

City Plan

138

VI. The Work of Administrative Agencies in the

Execution of a City Plan.

168

APPENDICES

A. Legislation and Decisions.

B. Extracts from Report on English and Continental

Systems of Taking Land for Public Purposes

INDEX

211

308

335