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§ 173 — Women or children in smoking cars

Massachusetts § 173
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XXIICORPORATIONS
Ch. 160RAILROADS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, § 173 (2026).

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Section 173. A railroad corporation shall not require women or children to ride in smoking cars. For a violation of this section the corporation, or any officer or employee thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.

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