GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS

CHAPTER 166. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES, AND LINES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICITY.

FINANCES OF TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.

Chapter 166, Section 1. Telephone and telegraph companies; subscription and payment for stock; filing of statement.

Chapter 166, Section 2. Debt limitation.

Chapter 166, Section 3. Liability of president and treasurer for wilful neglect or omission.

Chapter 166, Section 4. Issue of stock, bonds, coupon notes and other evidences of indebtedness.

Chapter 166, Section 5. Enforcement of orders of department relating to stocks and bonds.

Chapter 166, Section 6. Improper issue; penalty.

Chapter 166, Section 7. Increase of capital stock; shareholders' rights to new shares.

Chapter 166, Section 8. Shares authorized to be sold at auction; place of sale.

Chapter 166, Section 9. Issue of stock or scrip before payment for shares at par.

Chapter 166, Section 10. Effect of issue of stock or scrip before payment for shares; liability of directors.

RETURNS.

Chapter 166, Section 11. Annual return.

Chapter 166, Section 12. Failure to make annual return; penalty.

Chapter 166, Section 12A. Condensed return of business and financial condition.

TELEPHONE COMPANIES.

Chapter 166, Section 13. Telephone companies; connections with exchanges; equal facilities for all companies.

Chapter 166, Section 14. Connections with exchanges; equal facilities for applicants for telephone service; cost of extensions.

Chapter 166, Section 14A. Enhanced 911 telephone service; public service answering points; public phones.

Chapter 166, Section 15. Equal facilities for those connecting with exchange; enforcement.

Chapter 166, Section 15A. Entitlement to hand sets as station equipment.

Chapter 166, Section 15B. Sales and transfers to similar corporations.

Chapter 166, Section 15C. Emergency calls; refusal to yield party line; misrepresentation of emergency.

Chapter 166, Section 15D. Energized cables in excavations endangering telephone company employees; notice to electric company; precautionary cooperation.

Chapter 166, Section 15E. Definitions; required equipment and services for disabled subscribers; advisory committee on disabled persons' accessibility to telephone service.

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.

Chapter 166, Section 16. Telegraph companies; receipt and transmission of despatches.

Chapter 166, Section 17. Rates to other telegraph companies or by mail.

Chapter 166, Section 18. Violations; penalties.

Chapter 166, Section 19. Liability for negligent transmission; claim; exceptions.

Chapter 166, Section 20. Indication of time filed and received on addressee's copy.

CONSTRUCTION OF LINES FOR TRANSMITTING ELECTRICITY.

Chapter 166, Section 21. Location of construction of electric transmission lines.

Chapter 166, Section 21A. Coming into close proximity to high voltage lines.

Chapter 166, Section 21B. Protection of overhead high voltage lines.

Chapter 166, Section 21C. Warnings; operation of equipment near high voltage lines.

Chapter 166, Section 21D. Warning signs; size; posting.

Chapter 166, Section 21E. Notification of operation near high voltage lines.

Chapter 166, Section 21F. Exemptions; definitions.

Chapter 166, Section 21G. Violations; penalties; liability.

Chapter 166, Section 22. Consent of municipal officers to construct or alter lines.

Chapter 166, Section 22A. Definitions.

Chapter 166, Section 22B. Program for prohibition or removal of overhead wires.

Chapter 166, Section 22C. Prohibition and removal of overhead wires; fines and penalties.

Chapter 166, Section 22D. Removal of overhead wires; sequence; replacement; fines and penalties.

Chapter 166, Section 22E. Cooperative agreements to remove overhead wires.

Chapter 166, Section 22F. Notice of hearing or ordinance to remove overhead wires.

Chapter 166, Section 22G. Emergency erection of overhead wires.

Chapter 166, Section 22H. Underground construction; responsibility of utility.

Chapter 166, Section 22I. Underground construction; customer service facilities.

Chapter 166, Section 22J. Removal of municipal equipment from poles.

Chapter 166, Section 22K. Extension of time for removal.

Chapter 166, Section 22L. Rate differential; adoption of removal ordinance.

Chapter 166, Section 22M. Billing surcharge; adoption of removal ordinance.

Chapter 166, Section 22N. Effective date of adopting ordinance.

Chapter 166, Section 23. Citizens establishing and maintaining lines.

Chapter 166, Section 24. Construction of lines for private use; privileges of town; protection of lines.

Chapter 166, Section 25. Underground telegraph, telephone or television lines; regulations.

Chapter 166, Section 25A. Attachments; regulation by department of public utilities.

Chapter 166, Section 26. Violation of regulations.

Chapter 166, Section 27. Approval by department of ordinances or regulations of municipality.

Chapter 166, Section 28. Approval by department of location; public hearing; place of hearing; determination; fees.

DAMAGES.

Chapter 166, Section 29. Persons entitled to damages.

POLES AND WIRES.

Chapter 166, Section 30. Regulations concerning wires.

Chapter 166, Section 31. Fixtures supporting wires or cables; marking to show ownership.

Chapter 166, Section 32. Municipal inspector of wires; appointment; qualifications; powers and duties; liability for removal of wires.

Chapter 166, Section 32A. Inspector of wires working as electrician; inspection by assistant inspector.

Chapter 166, Section 33. Enforcement of secs. 30—32.

Chapter 166, Section 34. Poles and other structures used to support lines; protection of employees and public.

Chapter 166, Section 35. Use of poles and other fixtures for communication without consent of owner.

Chapter 166, Section 36. Marking name of corporation maintaining or operating on poles or other fixtures.

Chapter 166, Section 37. Prescriptive easements.

Chapter 166, Section 38. Intentional injury or destruction of property; penalty.

Chapter 166, Section 39. Temporary removal of wires; refusal of company to act.

Chapter 166, Section 40. Removal of wires without notice; penalty.

Chapter 166, Section 41. Removal of wires without notice; exception.

Chapter 166, Section 42. Liability of telegraph company for injury caused by poles, wires or other apparatus.

Chapter 166, Section 42A. Telecommunication service; fraud; penalty.

Chapter 166, Section 42B. Fraudulently avoiding charges for telecommunication service; use of equipment, etc.; penalties.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Chapter 166, Section 43. Owners and associations subject to chapter.

Chapter 166, Section 44. Service observing; interception.


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