{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-160-3","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, § 3","heading":"Application","body":"Section 3. Railroad corporations established in the commonwealth shall be subject to this chapter and chapter one hundred and fifty-nine which, so far as inconsistent with charters granted since March eleventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, shall be an alteration and amendment thereof; but this section shall not impair the validity of any special power heretofore conferred by charter or other special act upon a particular railroad corporation which had exercised such power before February first, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, or prevent the continued exercise thereof conformably, so far as may be, to this chapter and chapter one hundred and fifty-nine.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 160"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter160/Section3","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:46Z","sha256":"e345b24a035fc151c106efc3f1259da4e11e8567022f40843f703be030903b3a","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-160-2","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-160-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}