Section 10. Any corporation doing business under this chapter may purchase electricity from any person, city or town, engaged in its manufacture or distribution or from any street railway company, on such terms and conditions as the department approves, and, with like approval, may make contracts with any corporation having poles, wires, conduits or other structures or appliances within the limits of public ways or on private lands for the purchase or for the use of such poles, wires, conduits or other structures.

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 163 sec. 10

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • department: means the department of public utilities. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 163 sec. 1
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