Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 252 - Improvement of Low Land and Swamps
Section 14 - Expenses; Submission to the Board; Approval; Payment

Section 14. The commissioners shall at least once a month at such time as the board may require submit to it the accounts and vouchers for expenses incurred in meeting the cost of required improvements under sections one to fourteen B, inclusive. Such accounts and vouchers shall be inspected by the board and if it approves the same it shall forward them to the county treasurer or to the state treasurer, as the case may be, for payment from any funds which may be available for the purpose. Expenses for maintenance or for further improvements incurred under the direction of the prudential committee of the district as provided in section fourteen A shall be paid by the district treasurer on presentation by the prudential committee of accounts and vouchers for such expenses; provided, that accounts and vouchers for expenses incurred in connection with further improvements shall be subject to the approval of the board before payment. The commissioners appointed under section fourteen A to make further improvements shall present their accounts and vouchers to the board for approval in the same manner as the commissioners appointed under section five to make the original improvements.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

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