Section 15. The plane rectangular coordinates of a point on the earth's surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of said system, shall consist of two distances, expressed in feet and decimals of a foot. One of these distances, to be known as the ''X coordinate'', shall give the position in an east-west direction; the other to be known as the ''Y coordinate'', shall give the position in a north-south direction. Such coordinates shall be referred to the appropriate origin as defined in section sixteen, and shall be made to depend upon and conform to the plane rectangular coordinates of the triangulation and traverse stations of the former United States Coast and Geodetic Survey within the commonwealth, as these coordinates had been determined by said survey.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XV - Regulation of Trade
Chapter 97 - Surveying of Land
Section 2 - Annual Adjustment and Verification of Compass; Record
Section 3 - Use of Measuring Devices
Section 7 - Failure to Adjust Compass
Section 8 - Massachusetts Coordinate System Nad, 1983; Mainland and Island Zones
Section 9 - Zones, Designation
Section 10 - Coordinates, Definition
Section 11 - Conversion of Meters to United States Survey Feet
Section 12 - Massachusetts Coordinate System Nad, 1983; Definition
Section 13 - Limitation on Use of Name of System
Section 14 - Coordinate System Nad, 1927; Continued Use
Section 15 - Coordinates; Location of Points on Earth's Surface
Section 16 - Coordinate System Nad, 1927; Definition
Section 17 - Use of System in Describing Locations of Survey Stations or Land Boundary Points