Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 81 § 4
Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session
If county commissioners, aldermen or selectmen adjudge that public necessity and convenience require that the commonwealth lay out and take charge of a new or existing way as a highway in whole or in part, in their county, city or town, they may apply, by a written petition, to the department, requesting that said way be laid out and taken charge of by the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 81, § 4