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Massachusetts Statutes

§ 20 — Method of acquisition

Massachusetts § 20
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title VIICITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS
Ch. 45PUBLIC PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 45, § 20 (2026).

Text

Section 20. If a city or town has determined to take land for a public domain as provided by the preceding section, the aldermen or the selectmen shall within ten days adopt an order for the taking of such land in fee by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine.

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