§ 33 Division of state parks and recreation; reservations; recreational areas water supplies.
§ 34 Division of State Parks and Recreation Trust Fund
§ 34A MetroZoos zoological trust
§ 34B Park ranger program; promulgation and notice of rules and regulations; authority of rangers
§ 34C Blue Hills Reservation Trust Fund
§ 34D Christian A. Herter Park Trust Fund
§ 34E Leo M. Birmingham Parkway Trust Fund
§ 34F Middlesex Fells Reservation Trust Fund
§ 35 Acquisition and maintenance of roadways or boulevards
§ 35A Removal of parked vehicles
§ 36 Liability for defects in boulevards; notice
§ 37 Rules and regulations for government and use of reservations or boulevards; penalty
§ 38 Rules and regulations for Charles river basin; publication; proof of rules
§ 41 Maintenance of accommodations for boating and bathing
§ 42 Locations for common sewers and drains across reservations or boulevards
§ 43 Locations for street railways, electric railroads and public utilities within boulevards and reservations; hearing
§ 44 Notice of hearing on petition for location; rules and regulations
§ 45 Alteration, extension or revocation of locations
§ 46 Record of order; fee
§ 47 Powers and duties of companies operating under Secs. 43 to 46
§ 49 Location of boulevards across railroad lands or locations
§ 50 Notice to railroads of proposed work
§ 51 Place, time and manner of constructing crossing
§ 52 Payment of cost of construction and maintenance of crossings
§ 53 Band concerts
§ 66A Minimum age requirement of lifeguards
§ 67 Agreements for lighting reservations and boulevards; duration; payments upon expiration of contract
§ 68 Quality and price of light; fixing
§ 69 Charles river bridges
§ 70 Injury to Charles river dam
§ 71 Collision with gates of lock of Charles river dam; penalty
§ 74 Licensing of encroachments
§ 75 Appointment of harbor master and assistants; duties
§ 76A Permit to take water from basin; hearing; approval
§ 76B Permits; conditions; violations; revocation
§ 76C Conditions for supplying manufacturing establishments with water
§ 76D Maintenance of water level
§ 76E Laying mains and pipes; borrowing money for expenses
§ 79 Taking or acquisition of lands for reservations
§ 80 Taking or acquisition of land for boulevards
§ 83 Granting or accepting title to interest in land; sale of personal property of park system
§ 84 Abandonment of interests in land
§ 85 Sale of land or interests in land acquired for park or boulevard purposes
§ 86 Reservations and exceptions in takings
§ 87 Transfer of care and control of lands or interests in lands
§ 88 Agreements and contributions for improvement of public ways, bridges or streams
§ 89 Disposition of lost or stolen money or goods
§ 90 Sale of stolen or lost property
§ 91 Notice of sale
§ 92 Sale of perishable lost property
§ 93 Proceeds of sale of lost property
§ 94 Payment of proceeds of sale to owner
§ 95 Permits for encroachments on land
§ 95A Projecting signs, marquees, awnings or devices; permits

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