Massachusetts § 16 Improvements; petition; security

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 16 — Improvements; petition; security

Massachusetts § 16

Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

Title IVCERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES

Ch. 252IMPROVEMENT OF LOW LAND AND SWAMPS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 252, § 16 (2026).

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Section 16. A party desiring to make such improvements shall file a petition therefor with the county commissioners for the county where the greater part of the land lies, setting forth the names of the persons interested, if known to the petitioner, and also in detail the nature of the proposed improvement and the situation of the adjoining land. The petitioner shall give such county security satisfactory to the commissioners that he will indemnify such county from all damages and charges which it is obliged to pay by reason thereof.

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Section 16. A party desiring to make such improvements shall file a petition therefor with the county commissioners for the county where the greater part of the land lies, setting forth the names of the persons interested, if known to the petitioner, and also in detail the nature of the proposed improvement and the situation of the adjoining land. The petitioner shall give such county security satisfactory to the commissioners that he will indemnify such county from all damages and charges which it is obliged to pay by reason thereof.

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