Section 6. Whoever builds or maintains a barbed wire fence within six feet of the ground along a sidewalk located on a public way shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XIV - Public Ways and Works
Chapter 86 - Boundaries of Highways and Other Public Places, and Encroachments Thereon
Section 1 - Erection of Monuments
Section 2 - Buildings or Fences as Boundaries
Section 3 - Encroachment on Public Ways
Section 4 - Removal of Encroachments
Section 5 - Removal of Gates, Rails, Bars or Fences Upon or Across Ways
Section 6 - Barbed Wire Fences
Section 7 - Removal of Unused Poles, Structures, Etc. From Public Ways