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§ 1	Definitions
§ 2	Duties of public works department relative to commonwealth lands and certain islands
§ 2A	Powers as to property acquired, built or improved in Plymouth by Pilgrim tercentenary commission
§ 3	Powers as to Boston harbor
§ 4	Improvement of Boston harbor; access to piers, railroads, etc.
§ 5	Power to take or purchase real property and to build thereon
§ 6	Power to lease piers, etc.; port of Boston fund
§ 7	Equipment of piers, etc.; rules and regulations
§ 8	Acquisition of Apple Island and shore lands by department
§ 9	Plans for utilization of acquired property
§ 9A	Construction or reconstruction of piers and waterfront terminal facilities; written contracts
§ 10	Powers and duties relative to harbors, etc
§ 10A	Temporary moorings of floats or rafts; permits, issuance or refusal; review; public nuisances
§ 10A½	Harbors and inland waters maintenance fund
§ 10C	Docking of commercial vessels; permits; applications; appeal
§ 10D	Scuba divers and skin divers; access to commonwealth tidelands
§ 11	Improvement and preservation of rivers, streams, harbors, etc.
§ 11A	Resource protection, navigational safety and development projects; work agreements with local authorities
§ 12	License for structures in Connecticut, Westfield and Merrimack rivers
§ 12A	License for structures in streams with respect to which expenditures for channel improvement and flood control have been made
§ 13	Licenses for booms in Connecticut river and great ponds
§ 14	License for wharf, pier, dam, sea wall, etc. in or over tide water; conduits or cables under tide water
§ 15	Revocation and expiration of authority or license; exception; mortgageable interest
§ 16	Cessation, determination of authority for non-use
§ 17	Construction of licenses; approval
§ 18	Licenses; notice; hearings; records
§ 18A	Public access to great ponds; petition
§ 19	Restriction on structures in great ponds
§ 19A	Lowering waters of great ponds; penalty
§ 20	Supervision by department of erections under legislative grants
§ 21	Compensation for displacement of tidewater
§ 22	Compensation when title to land is in commonwealth
§ 23	Unauthorized work in public waters; public nuisances
§ 24	Money paid into general fund
§ 25	Powers and duties relative to province lands
§ 26	Exemption of portion of province lands from certain provisions of law
§ 27	Bounds of province lands; regulations
§ 28	Unlawful existing structures; legality
§ 29	Improvement of tidal and non-tidal waters by counties or towns; assumption of liability for improvements
§ 29A	Protection of private property along shores; construction of structures by cities or towns
§ 30	Removal of gravel, sand, stones, etc. from beaches; notice; penalty
§ 30A	Removal of natural barriers preventing erosion by sea; jurisdiction of superior court; penalty
§ 31	Surveys and improvements for preservation of harbors
§ 32	Survey of Connecticut river
§ 33	Improvement of topographical survey of commonwealth; sale of maps
§ 34	Establishment of harbor lines
§ 35	Great ponds; definition
§ 36	Applications to congress for appropriations for harbors
§ 37	Enforcement of stipulations in deeds from commonwealth
§ 38	Removal of wrecks, etc., on shores or in waters
§ 39	Removal of wrecks in tide waters
§ 40	Notice to owner of vessel causing obstruction
§ 41	Removal after notice
§ 42	Liability for expense of removals
§ 43	Sale of vessel or other obstruction
§ 44	Liability of insurer
§ 45	Application to United States for reimbursement
§ 46	License for breaking up and disposing of floating structures
§ 46A	Penalty for violation of sec. 46
§ 47	Application for license; issuance; conditions; bond
§ 48	Completion of work by department; failure to comply with terms of contract
§ 49	Penalty for grounding floating structure within harbor; sinking by accident
§ 49A	Removal of whales, etc., from tidewaters
§ 49B	Removal of dilapidated wharves or piers; notice; revocation of license; liability for cost; lien
§ 50	Foreign corporations engaged in business of wrecking or salvaging; license; bond; penalty
§ 51	Impairment of right, etc., derived from federal government
§ 52	Supervision of transportation and dumping of dredged material in tidewaters; payment of cost; burning and towing of rubbish
§ 53	Terms of license
§ 54	Dumping; notice; inspector; cost of supervision
§ 55	Penalty for violations
§ 56	Application of secs. 52—55 to United States, etc.
§ 57	Jurisdiction of supreme judicial court
§ 58	Arrest without warrant
§ 59	Discharge of petroleum products, refuse or other matter into or on lakes, rivers or tidal waters; penalty; exception; enforcement
§ 59A	Tort liability for discharge or deposit of crude petroleum or products; double damages
§ 59B	Marinas; licensing by division of water pollution control; restrictions; term; renewal; fees
§ 63	Salvage, recovery, etc. of underwater archaeological resources; permits; restrictions; disposition of resources; enforcement; violations; penalties; jurisdiction and venue

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