{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-111-126","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, § 126","heading":"Location of privy vaults","body":"Section 126. If the city council of a city, or a town having a population of more than one thousand, accepts this section, or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, no privy vault shall be constructed upon premises connected with a common or private sewer or abutting on a public or private street, court or passageway in which there is a common sewer opposite thereto, without permission in writing having first been obtained from the board of health. And if, in the opinion of said board, a privy vault so situated is injurious to the public health, it shall declare the same a nuisance and forbid its continuance, and the three preceding sections shall apply thereto.","path":["Part I","Title XVI","Chapter 111"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter111/Section126","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:42Z","sha256":"aedebd1f5de8b55132d89eab053ed7171a6ec892e79662615a13e2bfd7ddf931","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-111-125a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-111-127"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}