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 Chapter A801. Special Acts

§ A801-1. Special Acts applicable to Town.

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  • The following is an enumeration of acts of the General Court applicable to the Town of Wayland:
    Date Passed By General Court
    Chapter Number
    Title
    Action by Town
    April 10, 1780
    34
    An act for incorporating the easterly pail of the Town of Sudbury, in the County of Middlesex, into a separate town by the name of East Sudbury.
    Petition to General Court February 22, 1779
    March 3, 1786
    57
    An act repealing one clause of an act, passed in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty, entitled, "An act for incorporating the easterly part of the Town of Sudbury, in the County of Middlesex into a separate town, by the name of East Sudbury" and for prescribing the manner in which the bridges and long causeways in the Town of East Sudbury, pointed out in the said act, shall be supported and maintained.
    February 28, 1815
    144
    An act to establish a Ministerial Fund, in the Town of East Sudbury.
    Petition May 2, 1814 STM Art. 8
    February 13, 1816
    101
    An act to incorporate the Proprietors of certain meadows in Sudbury and East Sudbury.
    March 11, 1835
    50
    An act to change the name of East Sudbury.
    Petition February 9, 1835 STM Art. 2
    April 22, 1852
    143
    An act to divide the Commonwealth into Districts for the choice of Representatives in the Congress of the United States.
    March 16, 1854
    84
    An act to incorporate the Middlesex South Agricultural Society.
    March 25, 1858
    86
    An act in further addition to "An act for supplying the City of Boston with pure water."
    Petition February 5, 1859 STM Art. 4
    April 2, 1859
    184
    An act to authorize the City of Boston to raise the dam at the outlet of Lake Cochituate.
    Petition January 15, 1859 STM Art. 4
    April 4, 1860
    211
    An act in relation to the flowage of the meadows on Concord and Sudbury Rivers.
    Petition February 5, 1859 STM Art. 2
    April 9,1861
    154
    An act to suspend "An act in relation to the flowage of the meadows on Concord and Sudbury Rivers."
    April 25, 1862
    140
    An act to repeal "An act in relation to the flowage of the meadows on Concord and Sudbury Rivers."
    February 21, 1868
    26
    An act to incorporate the Wayland and Sudbury Branch Railroad Company.
    May 10, 1869
    260
    An act to incorporate the Massachusetts Central Railroad Company.
    June 21, 1870
    382
    An act to prohibit the taking of black bass in Lake Cochituate.
    April 8, 1872
    177
    An act to authorize the City of Boston to obtain an additional supply of pure water.
    February 28, 1874
    35
    An act to establish the First District Court of Southern Middlesex.
    April 15, 1875
    129
    An act to authorize the Town of Wayland to raise money by taxation for celebrating the centennial anniversary of the battle of Lexington.
    May 1, 1875
    168
    An act to amend Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Seven of the Acts of the Year Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Two, authorizing the City of Boston to obtain an additional supply of pure water.
    May 19, 1875
    228
    An act to preserve the purity of the water of Lake Cochituate.
    March 23, 1878
    80
    An act to supply the Town of Wayland with pure water.
    Acceptance April 30, 1878 STM Art. 13
    March 28, 1882
    123
    An act to authorize the Town of Wayland to raise additional funds to extend and complete its waterworks.
    May 3,1883
    165
    An act relative to the confirmation of proceedings of the Evangelical Religious Society in Wayland.
    May 24,1894
    426
    An act relative to the protection of the public health in the valleys of the Concord and Sudbury Rivers.
    March 21, 1896
    177
    An act to authorize the Town of Wayland to refund a portion of its water fund bonds.
    May 28, 1896
    446
    An act making further provision for the protection of the public health in the valleys of the Concord and Sudbury Rivers.
    April 2, 1897
    231
    An act making further provision for the protection of the public health in the valleys of the Concord and Sudbury Rivers.
    May 11, 1898
    418
    An act relative to the expense of the improvements in the valleys of the Concord and Sudbury Rivers.
    February 7, 1899
    66
    An act to authorize the Town of Wayland to refund a portion of its indebtedness.
    June 8, 1900
    375
    An act relative to the construction of the Metropolitan Water Works.
    April 4, 1901
    253
    An act to authorize the Natick and Cochituate Street Railway Company to transact business as a common carrier of goods and merchandise in the Town of Wayland.
    June 14, 1901
    509
    An act to require the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board to improve the condition of the Cochituate water basin.
    March 13, 1909
    163
    An act to confirm the acts of those persons who have assumed to act as the Trustees of the East Sudbury Ministerial Fund.
    March 13, 1909
    164
    An act to confirm certain acts of the First Parish in Wayland, and to change the name of the First Parish in East Sudbury.
    May 16, 1912
    596
    An act to establish and confirm certain persons as members of the First Parish in Wayland.
    March 28, 1913
    378
    An act relative to the location and construction of the Boston and Western Electric Railroad in the Towns of Weston and Wayland.
    April 3, 1916
    94
    An act to exclude Dudley Pond in the Town of Wayland from the Metropolitan Water System.
    Petition 1907 Art. 21; 1916 ATM Art. 26
    May 28, 1926
    375
    An act making additional provision for the water supply needs of the Metropolitan Water District and other communities which now or hereafter may require water therefrom, and of the City of Worcester.
    March 15, 1927
    111
    An act making an appropriation to be defrayed from the proceeds of bonds to provide further for the water supply needs of the Metropolitan Water District by diverting a supply from the headwaters of the Sudbury River.
    April 10, 1928
    206
    An act relative to certain elections in the Town of Wayland and certain acts and proceedings of said Town and its Board of Water Commissioners.
    Petition 1926 ATM Art. 26; 1928 ATM Art. 35
    February 16, 1934
    42
    An act relative to improvement of brooks, streams and water courses in the Town of Wayland.
    Petition December 27, 1933 STM Art. 3
    February 23, 1934
    49
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to use certain park land for school purposes.
    Petition December 27, 1933 STM Art. 2
    April 2, 1935
    127
    An act relative to the control of Dudley Pond in the Town of Wayland.
    Petition 1935 ATM Art. 27
    March 7, 1938
    74
    An act to authorize the placing of the office of Chief of Police of the Town of Wayland under the Civil Service laws.
    Petition by Selectmen December 20, 1937; not accepted 1939 ATE
    May 16, 1938
    318
    An act relative to the use of Lake Cochituate in the Towns of Framingham and Wayland for boating and fishing.
    Planning Board Report 1937 ATR
    June 28, 1938
    460
    An act authorizing the purchase of lands and the construction of works for improving the distribution of water from the sources of supply to the Metropolitan Water District and more adequately preventing pollution of the sources of water supply of said district.
    August 24, 1938
    501
    An act relative to the purchase of lands and the construction of works for improving the distribution of water from the sources of supply to the Metropolitan Water District and more adequately preventing pollution of the sources of water supply of said district, and relative to the emergency-Public Works Commission.
    May 25, 1943
    327
    An act relative to the use of Lake Cochituate in the Towns of Natick, Framingham and Wayland for bathing purposes.
    Planning Board Report 1937 ATR
    June 8, 1946
    490
    An act authorizing the Department of Public Utilities to permit the operation of motor vehicles for the carriage of passengers for hire over routes between the City of Boston and the Town of Hancock and intermediate points thereon.
    February 18, 1947
    72
    An act providing for the removal from Civil Service of the office of Chief of Police of the Town of Wayland.
    Petition 1946 ATM Art. 15; acceptance 1947 ATE
    May 29, 1947
    474
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to borrow money for school purposes.
    School Committee Report 1945 ATR
    June 20, 1947
    557
    An act authorizing the Metropolitan District Commission to transfer to the Department of Conservation certain reservoirs no longer required for water supply purposes, and providing for the discharge of surplus water into the Sudbury River and the Neponset River.
    May 14, 1948
    314
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to use certain park land for school purposes.
    School Committee Report 1945 ATR
    March 28, 1949
    97
    An act revoking the authority of the Department of Public Utilities to revise the terms of certificates granted for the operation of motor vehicles for the carriage of persons for hire over routes between the City of Boston and the Town of Hancock.
    February 4, 1952
    23
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to use certain park land for school purposes.
    Petition December 19, 1951 STM Art. 3
    February 4, 1952
    24
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to use certain park land for cemetery purposes.
    Petition June 20, 1951 STM Art. 6
    February 15, 1952
    49
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to borrow money for school purposes.
    Petition December 19, 1951 STM Art. 2
    February 5, 1953
    36
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to use certain park land for school purposes.
    School Committee Report 1952 ATR
    July 26, 1956
    562
    An act authorizing the repair of Stone Bridge in the Towns of Wayland and Framingham and the construction of an alternate road and bridge.
    Petition by Department of Public Works August 15, 1956 STM Art. 9
    August 8, 1956
    631
    An act providing for the establishment and development of the Massachusetts Bay Circuit.
    August 15, 1956
    703
    An act authorizing the Water Resources Commission to cooperate with the Federal Government in the development of plans relative to flood control of the Assabet, Concord and Sudbury Rivers.
    February 19, 1957
    88
    An act providing for life tenure for Ernest H. Damon, incumbent of the office of Chief of Police of the Town of Wayland.
    Acceptance 1957 ATE
    May 13, 1957
    355
    An act reimbursing the Towns of Ashland, Framingham, Hopkinton, Natick and Wayland for the loss of taxes on certain land therein owned by the Commonwealth and held for recreational purposes.
    See Acts of 1947, Chapter 557
    March 9, 1960
    170
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to transfer the care, custody, and control of certain park land from the Park Department to the Board of Selectmen, and to use said land for other than park purposes.
    Petition 1957 ATM Art. 19
    September 26, 1960
    669
    An act authorizing the Water Resources Commission to construct reservoirs for flood control and other purposes in the watershed of the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Rivers.
    November 23, 1960
    785
    An act relative to the terms of certain bonds and notes to be issued by the Commonwealth.
    February 24, 1961
    116
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to transfer the care, custody and control of a certain road from the Park Department to the Highway Department of said town.
    May 5, 1961
    426
    An act providing for relocation of certain reservoirs in connection with the flood control project in the watershed of the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Rivers.
    May 27,1961
    579
    An act granting the consent of the Commonwealth to the acquisition by the United States of certain areas in the Sudbury and Concord River Valleys for the purposes of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act and authorizing the Division of Fisheries and Game and the Commissioner of Natural Resources to acquire certain other lands in said areas.
    February 20, 1962 (repealed by Ch. 347 of the Acts of 2008)
    130
    An act providing that the powers and duties of the offices of Tree Warden and Superintendent of Moth Extermination in the Town of Wayland be vested in the Board of Cemetery Commissioners and that such offices be abolished.
    Petition 1962 ATM Art. 14 (4-10-2008 ATM, Art. 5)
    February 6, 1963
    17
    An act extending the time for acceptance of an act providing that the powers and duties of the offices of Tree Warden and Superintendent of Moth Extermination in the Town of Wayland be vested in the Board of Cemetery Commissioners and that such offices be abolished.
    February 18, 1963
    39
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to supply the inhabitants of the Town of Natick with water.
    Petition 1963 ATM Art. 14
    May 27, 1963
    435
    An act authorizing the Water Resources Commission to establish encroachment lines and flood plain zones in the drainage areas of the Sudbury and Concord Rivers.
    June 10, 1964
    494
    An act increasing the amount of money which the Commonwealth may borrow to meet the non-federal cost of certain works of improvements for flood prevention and related purposes in the watershed of the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Rivers.
    July 6, 1964
    705
    An act relative to the terms of certain bonds and notes to be issued by the Commonwealth. Section 6.
    March 24, 1965
    184
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to sell and convey certain park land to the United States.
    Petition 1964 ATM Art. 24; Selectmen's vote June 20, 1966
    March 29, 1965
    207
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to transfer a certain portion of Cochituate Beach from the Park Department to the Cemetery Department of said Town.
    Petition 1964 ATM Art. 33
    December 28, 1965
    815
    An act authorizing the Water Resources Commission to construct additional reservoirs for flood prevention and related purposes in the watershed of the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Rivers.
    May 9, 1966 (repealed by Ch. 347 of the Acts of 2008)
    254
    An act establishing a Park and Recreation Department in the Town of Wayland.
    Petition 1966 ATM Art. 23; Acceptance 1967 ATM Art. 11 (4-10-2008 ATM, Art 5)
    May 16,1966
    281
    An act relative to the terms of certain bonds and notes to be issued by the Commonwealth. Section 6.
    August 16, 1966
    524
    An act authorizing the Metropolitan District Commission to discharge certain amounts of surplus water from its Sudbury reservoir system into the Sudbury River.
    August 29, 1966
    577
    An act authorizing the Water Resources Commission to establish encroachment lines in the drainage area of the Shawsheen River.
    February 27, 1967
    23
    An act authorizing the Sudbury Water District of Sudbury to supply the inhabitants of the Town of Wayland with water.
    August 21, 1970
    723
    An act increasing the amount of money which the Commonwealth may borrow to meet the non-federal cost of certain works of improvement for flood prevention and related purposes in the watershed of the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Rivers.
    May 25, 1972
    307
    An act combining the offices of the Town Treasurer and Tax Collector into the office of Town Treasurer and Collector.
    Petition November 13, 1971 STM Art. 19
    June 3, 1977
    251
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to invest certain trust funds in certain investments and to contract for professional investment advice.
    August 26, 1977
    472
    An act providing that Carl H. Putnam shall, notwithstanding certain maximum age requirements, be eligible for appointment as a regular police officer in the Town of Wayland.
    June 15, 1980
    529
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to see and convey certain conservation land located in said Town.
    September 29, 1981
    416
    An act exempting certain positions in Town of Wayland from the provisions of the Civil Service Law.
    December 27, 1982
    588
    An act authorizing the division of capital planning and operations to sell and convey a certain parcel of land in the Town of Wayland to Edwin W. Marston, Sr. and Catherine A. Marston.
    July 26, 1983
    320
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to transfer and convey certain conservation land held by said Town and to release and cancel a conservation restriction held by the Town.
    Date Passed By General Court
    Chapter Number
    Title
    Action by Town
    June 20, 1990
    44
    An act authorizing the Towns of Wayland and Sudbury to borrow money for the re-construction of a certain bridge.
    December 21, 1990
    59
    An act relative to quarterly taxes in the Town of Wayland.
    December 23, 1992
    283
    An act authorizing Board of Selectmen and Conservation Commission to release a conservation restriction of Northland Residential Corporation.
    September 8, 1994
    137
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to pay an invoice from Mystic Bituminous Corporation in the amount of $12,196.78 and several invoices from R.H. White Corporation in the aggregate amount of $24,024.48.
    Petition August 29, 1994 ATM Art. 19
    August 9, 1996
    316
    An act relative to a certain conservation restriction in the Town of Wayland.
    May 9, 1996 ATM Art. 41
    August 9, 1996
    318
    An act relative to a certain conservation restriction and easement in the Town of Wayland.
    May 4, 1995 ATM Art. 35
    September 4, 1996
    379
    An act relative to reducing the terms of office of the members of the Board of Appeals of the Town of Wayland.
    April 29, 1996 STM Art. 2
    January 6, 1997
    461
    An act establishing the Wayland Wastewater Management District Commission.
    May 6, 1996 ATM Art. 23
    November 17, 1999
    128
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to convey a certain conservation easement.
    May 13, 1998 ATM Art. 41
    July 28, 2000
    154
    An act relative to a certain conservation restriction in the Town of Wayland.
    May 6, 1999 ATM Art. 20
    July 31, 2000
    161
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to grant real estate tax rebates to certain property owners.
    May 8, 2000 ATM Art. 39
    August 3, 2002
    198
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to convey certain park land.
    April 25, 2002 ATM Art. 6
    August 19, 2004
    320
    An act relative to the position of Town Administrator in the Town of Wayland.
    May 3, 2004 ATM Art. 11
    August 9, 2006
    251
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to transfer care and control of certain park land.
    May 1, 2006 ATM Art. 19
    October 6, 2008
    347
    An act authorizing the Town of Wayland to establish a Department of Public Works.
    April 10, 2008 ATM Art. 5
    March 25, 2010
    53
    An act relative to elections in the Town of Wayland
    April 13, 2009 ATM Art. 22
    November 17, 2010
    372
    An act establishing a Postemployment Benefits Trust Fund in the Town of Wayland
    November 12, 2008 STM Art. 10
    January 12, 2017
    413
    An act exempting all police officers in the Police Department of the Town of Wayland from the Civil Service Law
    November 15, 2016 STM, Art. 5