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Section 1Definitions
Section 2Duties of public works department relative to commonwealth lands
Section 2APowers as to property acquired, built or improved in Plymouth by Pilgrim tercentenary commission
Section 3Powers as to Boston harbor
Section 4Improvement of Boston harbor; access to piers, railroads, etc.
Section 5Power to take or purchase real property
Section 5ARepealed, 1966, 621, Sec. 1
Section 6Power to lease piers, etc.; Port of Boston Fund
Section 7Piers, etc.; freight loading equipment; rules and regulations
Section 8Acquisition of Apple Island and shore lands
Section 9Utilization plans for acquired property
Section 9AConstruction or reconstruction of piers and waterfront terminal facilities; written contracts
Section 10Powers and duties relative to harbors, etc.
Section 10ATemporary moorings of floats or rafts; permits, issuance or refusal; review; public nuisances
Section 10A1/2Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 239
Section 10BRepealed, 1977, 363A, Sec. 64
Section 10CDocking of commercial vessels; permits; applications; appeal
Section 10DScuba divers and skin divers; access to Commonwealth tidelands
Section 11Improvement and preservation of rivers, streams, harbors, etc.
Section 11AResource protection, navigational safety and development projects; work agreements with local authorities
Section 12License for structures in Connecticut, Westfield and Merrimack rivers
Section 12ALicense for structures in rivers or streams where expenditures for channel improvement and flood control already made
Section 13Licenses for booms in Connecticut river and structures in great ponds
Section 14License for structures in or over tide water; conduits or cables under tide water; private or commonwealth tidelands
Section 15Revocation and expiration of authority or license; exception; mortgageable interest
Section 16Cessation, determination of authority or license for non-use
Section 17Construction of licenses; approval
Section 18Application for license; notice; hearings; records
Section 18APublic access to great ponds; petition
Section 18BSecretary as administrator of tidelands; duties; public benefit review and public benefit determination; appointment of public information officer
Section 18CNoncommercial small-scale docks, piers and similar structures accessory to residential use; issuance of general license; applicability of other laws to projects subject to general license
Section 19Restriction on structures in great ponds
Section 19ALowering waters of great ponds; penalty
Section 20Supervision by department of erections under legislative grants
Section 21Compensation for displacement of tidewater
Section 22Compensation when title to land is in Commonwealth
Section 23Unauthorized work in public waters; public nuisances
Section 24Money paid into General Fund
Section 25Supervision of province lands
Section 26Exemption of portion of province lands from certain provisions of law
Section 27Bounds of province lands; regulations
Section 28Unlawful existing structures
Section 29Improvement of tidal and non-tidal waters by counties or towns; assumption of liability for improvements
Section 29AProtection of private property along shores; construction of structures by cities or towns
Section 30Removal of gravel, sand, stones, etc. from beaches; notice; penalty
Section 30ARemoval of natural barriers preventing erosion by sea; jurisdiction of superior court; penalty
Section 31Surveys and improvements for preservation of harbors
Section 32Survey of Connecticut river
Section 33Improvement of topographical survey of commonwealth; sale of maps
Section 34Establishment of harbor lines
Section 35Great ponds; definition
Section 36Applications to congress for appropriations for harbors
Section 37Enforcement of stipulations in deeds from commonwealth
Section 38Definitions applicable to Secs. 38 to 48
Section 39Willful abandonment of vessel on public lands or shores of the commonwealth
Section 40Application for title to abandoned vessel; priority of claims; prerequisites to filing; notice to owner or lienholder
Section 41Failure of owner or lienholder to claim vessel; application for title by claimant
Section 42Granting of title to claimant
Section 43Removal, destruction or sale of vessel by claimant after receipt of title
Section 43ARemoval of obstructing vessel by department; department as claimant
Section 43BPenalty for willful abandonment of vessel; exceptions
Section 43CFraudulent claim to abandoned vessel; penalty
Section 43DRules and regulations relating to Secs. 38 to 43C
Section 44Liability of insurer
Section 45Application to federal government for reimbursement
Section 46License for breaking up and disposing of floating structures
Section 46AViolations of Sec. 46; penalty
Section 47Application for license; issuance; conditions; bond
Section 48Failure to comply with terms of license; completion of work by department
Section 49Repealed, 2010, 309, Sec. 3
Section 49ARemoval of whales or other mammals from tidewaters
Section 49BRemoval of dilapidated or unsafe wharves or piers; notice; revocation of license; liability for cost; lien
Section 50Foreign corporations engaged in business of wrecking or salvaging; license; bond; penalty
Section 51Impairment of right or authority derived from federal government
Section 52Supervision of transportation and dumping of dredged material in tidewaters; payment of cost; burning and towing of rubbish
Section 53Terms of license
Section 54Dumping; notice; inspector; cost of supervision
Section 55Penalty for violating Secs. 52 to 54
Section 56Application of Secs. 52 to 55 to federal government and its agents
Section 57Jurisdiction of supreme judicial court
Section 58Arrest without warrant
Section 59Discharge of petroleum products, refuse or other matter into or on lakes, rivers or tidal waters; penalty; exception; enforcement
Section 59ATort liability for discharge or deposit of crude petroleum or products; double damages
Section 59BMarinas; licensing by division of water pollution control; restrictions; term; renewal; fees
Section 60 to 62Repealed, 1968, 501, Sec. 2
Section 63Salvage, recovery, etc. of underwater archaeological resources; permits; restrictions; disposition of resources; enforcement; violations; penalties; jurisdiction and venue