Massachusetts Statutes

§ 9 — Ditches by side of ways

Massachusetts § 9
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XIVPUBLIC WAYS AND WORKS
Ch. 84REPAIR OF WAYS AND BRIDGES

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 84, § 9 (2026).

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Section 9. A surveyor or road commissioner may cause a watercourse occasioned by the wash of a way to be conveyed by the side of the way; but the aldermen or selectmen, upon complaint of a person whose building has been incommoded or whose business has been obstructed thereby, may, after a view, order the surveyor or road commissioner to make alterations in such work.

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