Section 16. An electric railroad company shall not be subject to the following provisions of law relative to railroad corporations contained in chapter one hundred and sixty: so much of section twenty-two as refers to tracks laid longitudinally within the limits of a public way; so much of section forty-one as applies to grain elevators; sections sixty-five to sixty-seven, inclusive, and sections one hundred and thirty-eight, one hundred and fifty-one, one hundred and fifty-two, one hundred and sixty-eight to one hundred and seventy-one, inclusive, and two hundred and twenty-seven; but the department shall prescribe rules and regulations relative to the equipment of cars, the ringing of bells, the sounding of whistles and the giving of signals, for the prevention of accidents.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads
Section 2 - Application to Boynton Bicycle Railway
Section 5 - Content of Agreement of Association; Execution of Agreement
Section 6 - Publication of Agreement
Section 7 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
Section 8 - Fixing of Route; Application to Municipality
Section 10 - Location Upon Public Way or Place
Section 11 - Content of Certificate of Incorporation
Section 12 - Commencement of Construction
Section 13 - Extensions; Date of Completion and Opening for Use
Section 14 - Common Carriers of Baggage and Freight
Section 15 - Statutes Applicable to Electric Railroads
Section 16 - Statutes Not Applicable to Electric Railroad
Section 17 - Elevated Structures, Recovery of Damages for Additional Servitude