Chapter 86

Section 1. The aldermen, selectmen or road commissioners shall cause permanent bounds to be erected at the termini and angles of all ways laid out by them. Such bounds shall be of stone, Portland cement or concrete not less than three feet long, two feet of which at least shall b…

Section 2. If buildings or fences have been erected and continued for more than twenty years, fronting upon or against a highway, town way, private way, training field, burying place, landing place, street, lane or alley, or other land appropriated for the general use or convenie…

Section 3. If the boundaries of a public way are known or can be made certain by records or monuments, no length of possession, or occupancy of land within the limits thereof, by the owner or occupant of adjoining land shall give him any title thereto, unless it has been acquired…

Section 4. If such building, fence or other encumbrance is adjudged a nuisance and ordered to be abated, the materials may be sold at auction and the proceeds applied to the payment of the expenses of the prosecution and removal, and, if insufficient, the court may order the rema…

Section 5. Any person may remove gates, rails, bars or fences which are upon or across a public or private way legally laid out, unless they have been placed there to prevent the spread of disease dangerous to the public health, or unless they have been erected or continued by th…

Section 6. Whoever builds or maintains a barbed wire fence within six feet of the ground along a sidewalk located on a public way shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars.

Section 7. The aldermen or selectmen may cause the removal from public ways and places of unused poles, wires, structures or other appliances, at the expense of the owners thereof.