Section 4. Such boards may connect any public park or way, under their control, with any part of the city or town for which they are appointed by taking over any connecting ways, or part thereof leading to such park, and may accept and add to such park any way or part thereof, adjoining and parallel with any boundary line of the same; but the consent of the public authorities having control of such way, and the written consent of a majority of the owners of land abutting thereon, shall first be obtained. They shall have the same power and control over such ways as they have over parks, and a town may invest them with the control, improvement and maintenance of any of the ways thereof for the purpose of carrying out this section. If any such way or part thereof shall pass from the control of any such board, the power and authority over the same shall revert to the public authorities having control of ways in the town in which such way is located.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts
Chapter 45 - Public Parks, Playgrounds and the Public Domain
Section 2 - Board of Park Commissioners; Membership; Tenure; Vacancies; Removals
Section 3 - Acquisition of Property for Parks
Section 4 - Connecting Ways; Extent of Power of Eminent Domain
Section 5 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Park Commissioners
Section 5a - Leasing of Concessions; Bids
Section 6 - Funds Received for Betterments; Disposition
Section 7 - Erection of Buildings in Parks
Section 8 - Use of Parks by Military Forces
Section 9 - Annual Reports of Park Commissioners
Section 11 - Restrictions on Height of Buildings on Parkways
Section 12 - Authorization for Improvement of Open Spaces
Section 13 - Trespassing in Parks; Destruction of Park Property; Penalty
Section 14 - Playgrounds; Acquisition; Use; Management
Section 15 - Playgrounds for Minors
Section 16 - Procedure for Accepting Law Requiring Playgrounds for Minors
Section 17 - Temporary Playgrounds
Section 17a - Use of Streets for Recreation or Playground Purposes
Section 18 - Persons Entitled to Use Playgrounds
Section 18a - Chain Link Metal Basketball Nets Prohibited
Section 19 - Acquisition of Property; Use
Section 20 - Method of Acquisition
Section 21 - City or Town Forests; Management
Section 22 - Buildings; Erection; Lease
Section 23 - Limitation on Use of Funds
Section 23a - Petition for Shore Reservation
Section 23b - Submission of Plans and Estimates of Cost of Shore Reservation
Section 23c - Taking or Acquisition of Land for Establishment of Shore Reservation
Section 24 - Penalty for Violation of Rules and Regulations Made Under Authority of Chapter
Section 25 - Posting of Emergency Numbers at Ice Skating Facilities