Selectmen may authorize citizens of the commonwealth to establish and maintain, in their town, poles, wires and other apparatus for telegraphic and telephonic communication, in conformity with this chapter and other laws applicable to telegraph or telephone companies.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 23
Citizens establishing and maintaining lines
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