Massachusetts Chapter 166 — Telephone and Telegraph Companies, and Lines for the Transmission of Electricity

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 1— Telephone and telegraph companies; subscription and payment for stock; filing of statement
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 2— Debt limitation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 3— Liability of president and treasurer for wilful neglect or omission
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 4— Issue of stock, bonds, coupon notes and other evidences of indebtedness
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 5— Enforcement of orders of department relating to stocks and bonds
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 6— Improper issue; penalty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 7— Increase of capital stock; shareholders' rights to new shares
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 8— Shares authorized to be sold at auction; place of sale
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 9— Issue of stock or scrip before payment for shares at par
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 10— Effect of issue of stock or scrip before payment for shares; liability of directors
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 11— Annual return
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 12— Failure to make annual return; penalty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 12A— Condensed return of business and financial condition
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 13— Telephone companies; connections with exchanges; equal facilities for all companies; definition of ''person'' or ''company''
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 14— Connections with exchanges; equal facilities for applicants for telephone service; cost of extensions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 14A— Enhanced 911 service
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 15— Equal facilities for those connecting with exchange; enforcement
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 15A— Entitlement to hand sets as station equipment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 15B— Sales and transfers to similar corporations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 15C— Emergency calls; refusal to yield party line; misrepresentation of emergency
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 15D— Energized cables in excavations endangering telephone company employees; notice to electric company; precautionary cooperation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 15E— Definitions; required equipment and services for subscribers with disabilities; advisory committee on accessibility to telephone service for persons with disabilities
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 16— Receipt and transmission of despatches
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 17— Rates to other telegraph companies or by mail
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 18— Violations; penalties
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 19— Liability for negligent transmission; claim; exceptions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 20— Indication of time filed and received on addressee's copy
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 21— Location of construction of electric transmission lines
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 21A— Coming into close proximity to high voltage lines
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 21B— Protection of overhead high voltage lines
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 21C— Warnings; operation of equipment near high voltage lines
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 21D— Warning signs; size; posting
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 21E— Notification of operation near high voltage lines
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 21F— Exemptions; definitions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 21G— Violations; penalties; liability
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22— Consent of municipal officers to construct or alter lines
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22A— Definitions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22B— Program for prohibition or removal of overhead wires
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22C— Prohibition and removal of overhead wires; fines and penalties
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22D— Removal of overhead wires; sequence; replacement; fines and penalties
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22E— Cooperative agreements to remove overhead wires
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22F— Notice of hearing or ordinance to remove overhead wires
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22G— Emergency erection of overhead wires
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22H— Underground construction; responsibility of utility
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22I— Underground construction; customer service facilities
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22J— Removal of municipal equipment from poles
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22K— Extension of time for removal
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22L— Rate differential; adoption of removal ordinance
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22M— Billing surcharge; adoption of removal ordinance
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22N— Effective date of adopting ordinance
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 23— Citizens establishing and maintaining lines
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 24— Construction of lines for private use; privileges of town; protection of lines
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 25— Underground telegraph, telephone or television lines; regulations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 25A— Attachments; authority to regulate
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 26— Violation of regulations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 27— Approval by department of ordinances or regulations of municipality
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 28— Approval by department of location; public hearing; place of hearing; determination; fees
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 29— Persons entitled to damages
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 30— Regulations concerning wires
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 31— Fixtures supporting wires or cables; marking to show ownership
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 32— Municipal inspector of wires; appointment; qualifications; powers and duties; liability for removal of wires
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 32A— Inspector of wires working as electrician; inspection by assistant inspector
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 33— Enforcement of Secs. 30 to 32
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 34— Poles and other structures used to support lines; protection of employees and public
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 35— Use of poles and other fixtures for communication without consent of owner
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 36— Marking name of corporation maintaining or operating on poles or other fixtures
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 37— Prescriptive easements
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 38— Intentional injury or destruction of property; penalty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 39— Temporary removal of wires; refusal of company to act
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 40— Removal of wires without notice; penalty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 41— Removal of wires without notice; exception
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 42— Liability of telegraph company for injury caused by poles, wires or other apparatus
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 42A— Telecommunication service; fraud; penalty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 42B— Fraudulently avoiding charges for telecommunication service; use of equipment, etc.; penalties
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 43— Owners and associations subject to chapter
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 44— Service observing; interception