Massachusetts Appeals Court September 18, 1998, No. 97-P-0814 (Commissioners of Hampden County v. Town of Agawam)

Greenberg, J.

On July 14, 1988, the effective date of St. 1988, c. 119, the Legislature “authorized and directed” the plaintiff county commissioners “to convey to the city known as the town of Agawam . . . five described parcels of land, presently used for agricultural and environmental purposes.” For six years the commissioners failed to execute a deed as contemplated by the statute.