Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 252, § 8: Expenses; contribution by state

Section 8. Should the board be of the opinion that a part of the expense of the improvements made under sections one to fourteen B, inclusive, should be paid by the commonwealth for the benefit of the public health of said commonwealth as a whole it shall estimate the amount which in its opinion should be so paid and shall include the same in its estimates under section four of chapter twenty-nine.