Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 102 - Shipping and Seamen, Harbors and Harbor Masters
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 marking and weighing of lighters and other vessels employed in transporting stones, gravel, sand or other ballast; the inspection and weighing of such ballast; and the appointment and compensation of weighers, markers, inspectors and other officers necessary to carry such ordinances or by-laws into effect; and may affix penalties for breaches thereof not exceeding those named in sections ten and thirteen.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title XV - Regulation of Trade

Chapter 102 - Shipping and Seamen, Harbors and Harbor Masters

Section 1 - Boarding Vessels Without Leave or Authority

Section 1a - Boarding Vessels Without Permission; Penalty; Exceptions

Section 2 - Exemption of Seamen or Mariners From Arrest on Debt; Liens

Section 3 - Jurisdiction of Courts; Recovery of Penalties

Section 4 - Harbor Limits

Section 6 - Weighers of Lighters or Other Vessels Transporting Stones, Gravel or Sand; Appointment

Section 7 - Marking of Vessels Transporting Stone, Gravel or Sand; Specifications

Section 8 - Duties of Weighers

Section 9 - Tonnage of Vessel; Deduction

Section 10 - Regulations on Board During Weighing

Section 11 - Annual Examination of Marks; Certification

Section 12 - Fees of Weighers

Section 13 - Penalties for Failure to Weigh, Mark or Examine Vessel

Section 14 - Ordinances or By-Laws Regulating Marking or Weighing of Lighters and Other Vessels

Section 17 - Illegal Deposit of Substances or Things Injuring or Obstructing Navigation

Section 18 - Passing Warp or Line Across Channel or Dock

Section 19 - Harbor Masters; Assistant Harbor Masters; Appointment

Section 19a - Initial Course of Study for Harbormasters; In-Service Training

Section 20 - Powers and Duties of Assistants

Section 21 - Powers of Harbor Masters

Section 22 - Permit to Unload Lumber in Stream or Channel

Section 23 - Order to Vessel to Brace Topsail Yards, Etc.

Section 24 - Removal of Vessel Lying in Harbor

Section 25 - Removal of Vessel Lying at Wharf

Section 26 - Stationing of Vessels

Section 27 - Report of Violations

Section 28 - Penalties