Reference maps, 1847-[ongoing] (bulk 1916-[ongoing]).

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Reference maps, 1847-[ongoing] (bulk 1916-[ongoing]).

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The Division of Wetlands and Waterways through its waterways regulation and enforcement programs administers the rights of the Commonwealth in tidelands, rivers, streams, harbors, and great ponds. It licenses construction on waterfront properties and in waterways under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth. Series was created by the division and its predecessors and other agencies to provide a visual key to license numbers.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Massachusetts. Division of Wetlands and Waterways.

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State oversight and regulatory functions relating to waterways of the Commonwealth have been exercised successively by the following: the Board of Harbor Commissioners (1866-1879); the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners (1879-1916) and the Directors of the Port of Boston (1911-1916); the Commission on Waterways and Public Lands in the Dept. of Public Works (1919-1927); the Dept. of Public Works as a whole (1927-1938); the Division of Waterways, within that department (1938-1974) and within t...

Massachusetts. Division of Waterways and Public Lands

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Massachusetts. Dept. of Public Works.

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Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners of Massachusetts

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The Topographical Survey Commission was created in Massachusetts per Resolves 1884, c 72, and during its existence had a mandate to carry out two projects: preparation of a contour topographical map of the state in conjunction with the U.S. Geological Survey, and with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1884-1887) to produce a town boundary survey (the determination by triangulation of boundary lines of cities and towns) starting in 1885. Additional legislation was initiated to auth...

Massachusetts. Commission on Waterways and Public Lands

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Massachusetts. Board of Harbor Commissioners

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The Board of Harbor Commissioners was created by chapter 149 of the acts of 1866 to provide general care and supervision over all the harbors, tidewaters, and flats in Massachusetts except for Back Bay lands in Boston, which remained under the charge of the Commissioners on Public Lands (St 1861, c 89). The board was comprised of five members appointed by the governor. They were required to keep account of their actual services and expenses and to submit an annual report...

Massachusetts. Division of Waterways

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In 1916 the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners and the Directors of the Port of Boston were abolished and responsibility for the general care and supervision of the harbors, flats, tidewaters, including Boston Harbor, and the rivers and great ponds of Massachusetts was transferred to the Commission on Waterways and Public Lands (St 1916, c 288). With the reorganization of government agencies in 1919, however, the commission was abolished and its duties transferred to a Division ...

Massachusetts. Directors of the Port of Boston.

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