Scope and Content: St 1892, c 338 appointed a commission to investigate the condition of roads in Massachusetts, issue a report, and draft a bill providing for the improvement of the highways. This resulted in St 1893, c 476 (rev. St 1894, c 497), which established the Massachusetts Highway Commission, along with a procedure to designate state highways, and funding to be dispersed by the commission. –With St 1900, c 432 and St 1901, c 433 the commission  (replaced by St 1919, c 350, ss 111, 113 with a Division of Highways within the Dept. of Public Works) was directed to assist counties and municipalities in the construction and maintenance of county and town roads even in towns where there were no state highways. St 1909, c 454 relieved certain towns from payment of the cost of repairs to state highways. Various laws directed the use of automobile fees collected by the state to fund highways and roads. St 1921, c 112 was the first to make reference to amending section 34 of MGL c 90, initiating what is still referred to as the Chapter 90 program. St 1925, c 288 further amended the section, making first reference to a so-called highway fund.  The term was used until St 2009, c 25, s 81 substantially changed the section, directing the fees to a Commonwealth Transportation Fund.
Arrangement: Arranged by U.S. Geological Survey quadrangle numbers
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