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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
  3. Title IV CERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES
  4. Chapter 253 MILLS, DAMS AND RESERVOIRS
  5. Section 38 Order of commissioner; compliance; exoneration from criminal liability

Section 38

Section 38: Order of commissioner; compliance; exoneration from criminal liability

Section 38. The order of the commissioner, duly issued under section thirty-five, shall authorize the petitioner to do all acts necessary to be done in compliance therewith; and if it is shown that the petitioner has substantially complied with such order, no indictment shall be maintained for the flowage of, or injury to, the ways mentioned in such order, which may be caused by the dam.