Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the public right of use and passage over a portion of Dock lane in the city of Beverly is hereby discontinued and abandoned. That portion is shown as Lot 4 on a plan entitled "Subdivision" Plan of Land Beverly, MA dated March 6, 1996 by Dewsnap Engineering Associates recorded at the Essex county registry of deeds at Plan Book 306 Plan 48.