Opinion of the Justices to the Senate

*570To The Honorable the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:

The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court respectfully submit these answers to the questions in an order received on the sixteenth day of April, 1937, a copy whereof is hereto annexed. These questions relate to a proposed statute authorizing the city of Salem to take by eminent domain, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, “the land in said city known as Derby Wharf” and other land in its neighborhood, all located within said city, for the purpose of constituting a memorial to the sailors of Salem. No description of “Derby…