Scope and Content: As part of their function to care for and supervise the harbors and lands of Massachusetts, the Division of Waterways of the Dept. of Public Works and its predecessors in this function (the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners, to 1916, the Commission on Waterways and Public Lands, 1916-1919, the Division of Waterways and Public Lands of the Dept. of Public Works, 1919-1927, and the Dept. of Public Works as a whole, 1927-1938) issued these permits in response to petitions filed for activities not requiring a full license, such as dredging, dumping materials, taking gravel or sand from beaches, and building fish piers.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date permit granted; after 1919 permits are also numbered
Notes: Permits for 1888-1919 called: Miscellaneous permits
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