If the water is conveyed through another town, pipes may be laid through any public ways therein which the board of aldermen or selectmen thereof may designate; and the town laying such pipes shall be liable for damages caused thereby.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 39
Conveying water through another town; liability for damages
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