{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-161-78","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, § 78","heading":"Expense of widening; way not presently containing track","body":"Section 78. If application is made for a location in a public way where no street railway tracks are located, and such way is widened under chapter eighty or eighty-two by an order declaring the widening to be necessary for public convenience for the purpose of granting such location of street railway tracks therein, a proportionate share of the expense of such widening may be assessed upon a company accepting a location in the way so widened; but the amount of such assessment, in addition to the amounts assessed on real estate, shall not exceed one half of the total cost of such widening.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 161"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter161/Section78","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:50Z","sha256":"5c04c385c940f98e333cb80632dfedf874eb7315fc13f02a2bd6aac548b3f095","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-161-77","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-161-79"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}