Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Town of Hudson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 29, 1943PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
The town of Hudson, a manufacturing and residential town with a population exceeding eight thousand, maintains a system of water supply for its inhabitants, under the charge of three commissioners of public works." St. 1883, c. 149. St. 1909, c. 48. On January 31, 1942, at a special session of the General Court, a law was enacted for the declared purpose of protecting the public health during the existing state of war. St. 1942, c. 8. It read as.follows: “If the department of public health determines that, during the existence of the present state of war, it is necessary for a city, town,…
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