Notices of changes of town boundaries, 1893-1997.

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Notices of changes of town boundaries, 1893-1997.

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Pursuant to MGLA c 42, s 10, county commissioners are authorized to grant permission for removing, covering up, or obliterating boundary markers so long as they make provision for preserving the exact location of the original boundary or mark by proper witness marks or other designation and measurement. Full description and designation of such witness marks and monuments are recorded in the office of the town clerk of the contiguous towns and copies transmitted to the state secretary. Notices of changes of town boundaries are the copies transmitted to the secretary, bearing the signatures of county commissioners.

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