Engineers shall have and exercise within their district the powers and authority of firewards of towns relating to the extinguishment of fires and the demolition of buildings; and districts shall be liable in the same manner for acts done by such engineers, or by their orders, as towns for acts done by firewards.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, § 75
Engineers; extent of authority; liability of districts
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