City of Lawrence v. Commissioners of Public Works

On December 15, 1944, the department of public works by a vote of two out of the three commissioners purported to grant to "Colonial Beacon Oil Company a license to lay and maintain a four inch pipe line across the bed of Merrimack River between the towns of Andover and Dracut at a distance stated at the hearing before the commissioners to be about four miles above the intake of the water supply system of the city of Lawrence. The department assumed to act under the authority of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 91, § 12, which authorizes it to license and to pre-' scribe the terms of construction of…