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Chapter 84

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 84

Repair of Ways and Bridges

1Repair of highways and town ways at expense of towns 2Repair of bridge by two or more towns; repair of drawbridge 3Enforcement of order for repair 4Warrants against delinquent towns 5Appropriation for construction, repair, and maintenance of highway through two or more towns 5ARemoval of snow or ice; equipment and employees 6Sanding of tarred ways 7Duties of surveyors of highways and road commissioners 7ANotice of repair, construction or reconstruction of road or highway 8Fences, gates or bars to prevent spread of disease; removal 9Ditches by side of ways 10Entry upon land to secure and protect public way; damages 11State aid for keeping highway open in winter 11AMaintenance of highways constructed or improved in whole or in part by county 12Meeting of proprietors and occupants of private way or bridge; warrant; clerk and surveyor 13Refusal or neglect of proprietor or occupant to comply with vote 14Financing repairs 15Personal injuries or property damage from defective ways 16Damage caused by excessive load 17Injury or damage caused by snow or ice 18Notice of injury; contents; limitation of action 19Service of notice 20Omissions in notice; notice of insufficiency 21Notice to owner of private property 22Neglect to repair way; penalty 23Dedicated ways 24Damage from defects in dedicated ways 25Repairs made on way within six years of injury 26Liability of abutting lot owner 27Excavations abutting public way; liability of owners 27AErection of barriers at excavations abutting public ways; duty of owner; penalty