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PART III
COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
(Chapters 211 through 262)
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CERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES
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CHAPTER 252
IMPROVEMENT OF LOW LAND AND SWAMPS
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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
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