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Code · Massachusetts · Part I — ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT · Title XIV — PUBLIC WAYS AND WORKS · Chapter 85

Section 3A: Approval of name for way other than public way in city or town

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Section 3A. No way in any city or town which is open for public use but has not become a public way shall be given a name unless the same is first approved by its board of survey, or, if there is no such board, its board of aldermen or board of selectmen.
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