Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 252 - Improvement of Low Land and Swamps
Section 12 - Commissioners; Powers and Duties

Section 12. If sections one to seven, inclusive, have been complied with, and payment of the expense of the improvements has been arranged under section nine or ten, the commissioners shall carry out said improvements in such manner as the board may approve. The commissioners may employ suitable persons to perform the work under their direction. So far as may be necessary to effect the improvements as approved by the board, the commissioners may take on behalf of the district, in the manner provided by chapter seventy-nine, lands, easements and rights in lands, if the improvements are for a public use, and may purchase and convey real and personal property both within and beyond the limits of the commonwealth. Any person damaged in his property by any action under this or the following section may recover his damages from the district in the manner provided by said chapter seventy-nine and such damages shall constitute a part of the total expense of the improvements.

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Massachusetts General Laws

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