Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 25 (2026)

Underground telegraph, telephone or television lines; regulations

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Section 25. The selectmen may, within their towns, permit telegraph, telephone or television lines to be laid under any public way or place, and may establish reasonable regulations for the erection and maintenance of all lines for the transmission of intelligence by telegraph, telephone or television, or for the transmission of electricity for light, or for heat or power except for the use of street railway companies, by every person having authority to place such structures in or under public ways or places, including all lines owned or used by said towns. Regulations established by a city hereunder shall be made by ordinance.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1976–2005 · leading case: Gillis v. Mass. Cablevision, Inc., 340 N.E.2d 872 (Mass. 1976).

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Gillis v. Mass. Cablevision, Inc., 340 N.E.2d 872 (Mass. 1976). · cites it 2× “" He went on to suggest that State and local authorities might "as a matter of contract, for valid consideration such as a grant of permission to use municipal rights-of-way (see G.L.c. 166, § 25), impose reasonable conditions upon CATV operations which do not conflict with…”

New England Tel. & Tel. Co. v. City of Lowell, 343 N.E.2d 405 (Mass. 1976). “476, § 2, which in general enables cities to “establish reasonable regulations for the erection and maintenance of all lines for the transmission of intelligence by telegraph, telephone or television,” and G.”

Boston Edison Co. v. Town of Bedford, 444 Mass. 775 (Mass. 2005). “166, § 22B (authorizing municipalities to hold public hearings to determine whether public health, safety, convenience, or welfare would be advanced by prohibiting new installation or construction, or progressive removal, of poles); G. L. c. 166, § 25 (authorizing municipalities…”

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