Massachusetts General Laws
Title XV - Regulation of Trade
Chapter 102 - Shipping and Seamen, Harbors and Harbor Masters

Section 1 - Boarding Vessels Without Leave or Authority - Section 1. Whoever, not being a pilot or public officer,...

Section 1a - Boarding Vessels Without Permission; Penalty; Exceptions - Section 1A. Except as provided in section one, whoever, not...

Section 2 - Exemption of Seamen or Mariners From Arrest on Debt; Liens - Section 2. A seaman or mariner who has shipped or...

Section 3 - Jurisdiction of Courts; Recovery of Penalties - Section 3. If any offence mentioned in sections one and...

Section 4 - Harbor Limits - Section 4. For the purposes of sections one, two and...

Section 6 - Weighers of Lighters or Other Vessels Transporting Stones, Gravel or Sand; Appointment - Section 6. The mayor of a city and the selectmen...

Section 7 - Marking of Vessels Transporting Stone, Gravel or Sand; Specifications - Section 7. Every lighter or other vessel employed in transporting...

Section 8 - Duties of Weighers - Section 8. Each weigher, upon request, shall furnish the requisite...

Section 9 - Tonnage of Vessel; Deduction - Section 9. In taking the tonnage of every such vessel,...

Section 10 - Regulations on Board During Weighing - Section 10. Every person on board such vessel, who does...

Section 11 - Annual Examination of Marks; Certification - Section 11. Such vessels shall have their marks examined annually...

Section 12 - Fees of Weighers - Section 12. Each weigher shall receive from the owner or...

Section 13 - Penalties for Failure to Weigh, Mark or Examine Vessel - Section 13. Every owner or master of any such vessel...

Section 14 - Ordinances or By-Laws Regulating Marking or Weighing of Lighters and Other Vessels - Section 14. Towns may establish ordinances or by-laws regulating the...

Section 17 - Illegal Deposit of Substances or Things Injuring or Obstructing Navigation - Section 17. Whoever wilfully and without lawful authority or license...

Section 18 - Passing Warp or Line Across Channel or Dock - Section 18. No warp or line shall be passed across...

Section 19 - Harbor Masters; Assistant Harbor Masters; Appointment - Section 19. The mayor of a city, except Boston, or...

Section 19a - Initial Course of Study for Harbormasters; In-Service Training - Section 19A. (a) A person who receives an appointment as...

Section 20 - Powers and Duties of Assistants - Section 20. Such assistants shall be subject to the direction...

Section 21 - Powers of Harbor Masters - Section 21. The master of a vessel within a harbor...

Section 22 - Permit to Unload Lumber in Stream or Channel - Section 22. The master of a vessel, before unloading lumber...

Section 23 - Order to Vessel to Brace Topsail Yards, Etc. - Section 23. A vessel lying in a harbor or at...

Section 24 - Removal of Vessel Lying in Harbor - Section 24. A harbor master may, at the expense of...

Section 25 - Removal of Vessel Lying at Wharf - Section 25. If the master or other person in charge...

Section 26 - Stationing of Vessels - Section 26. A harbor master may regulate and station all...

Section 27 - Report of Violations - Section 27. Harbor masters shall report to the department of...

Section 28 - Penalties - Section 28. Whoever violates any of the provisions of the...