No order, approval, request or advice of the commissioner shall impair the legal duties and obligations of the owners of reservoirs, reservoir dams or mill dams or their liability for the consequences of their illegal acts or of the neglect or mismanagement of their servants or agents.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 253, § 49
Acts of commissioner; effect on liability of owners
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