General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES |
TITLE IV. CERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES |
CHAPTER 252. IMPROVEMENT OF LOW LAND AND SWAMPS |
SECTION 1. General provisions |
SECTION 2. State reclamation and mosquito control board |
SECTION 3. Board; investigations; reports |
SECTION 4. Board; power to employ engineers, etc.; expenses |
SECTION 4A. Proceedings under Secs. 1 to 14C; parties; petition; notice |
SECTION 5. Petition to the board; investigation; appointment and compensation of district commissioners |
SECTION 5A. Improvements; undertaking without forming district; commissioners; powers; mosquito control |
SECTION 5B. Mosquito breeding areas; designation as public nuisance; control programs |
SECTION 6. Reclamation district; formation |
SECTION 6A. Reclamation district; liability insurance |
SECTION 7. Surveys and investigations; expense of improvements; hearings; recording of improvements |
SECTION 8. Expenses; contribution by state |
SECTION 9. Meeting; choosing method of financing; bonds |
SECTION 10. Financing; power of district to adopt alternative methods |
SECTION 11. Assessments; collections |
SECTION 12. Commissioners; powers and duties |
SECTION 13. Erection of temporary dams; aggrieved parties; notice; appeal |
SECTION 14. Expenses; submission to the board; approval; payment |
SECTION 14A. Reclamation districts; further improvements; procedure |
SECTION 14B. Additional water power or supply; prescriptive rights; necessity of vote before development |
SECTION 14C. Injury to improvements; penalty; damages |
SECTION 14D. Personnel decisions by mosquito control projects and mosquito control districts |
SECTION 15. General provisions |
SECTION 16. Petition; security |
SECTION 17. Notice |
SECTION 18. Laying out; taking; damages |
SECTION 19. Benefits; duty of commissioner to assess |
SECTION 20. Repairs |
SECTION 21. Petition to mayor and aldermen or selectmen |
SECTION 22. Fees |
SECTION 23. Appeal |
SECTION 24. Establishment; proceedings |