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2020 Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XVI - Public Health
Chapter 114 - Cemeteries and Burials
Section 35 - Lands to Be Used for Burial; Approval
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MA Gen L ch 114 § 35 (2020)
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Section 35. No land other than that so used and appropriated on April tenth, nineteen hundred and eight, shall be used for the purpose of burial if it be so situated that surface water or ground drainage therefrom may enter any stream, pond, reservoir, well, filter gallery or other water used as a source of public water supply, or any tributary of a source so used, or any aqueduct or other works used in connection therewith, until a plan and description of the lands proposed for such use have been submitted to, and approved in writing by the department of environmental protection.
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