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2012 Massachusetts General Laws
PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT(Chapters 1 through 182)
TITLE VII CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 49 FENCES, FENCE VIEWERS, POUNDS AND FIELD DRIVERS
- Section 1 Fence viewers; appointment; tenure
- Section 2 Definition of fences
- Section 3 Maintenance of partition fences
- Section 4 Failure to maintain partition fence; proceedings by adjoining occupant
- Section 5 Remedy for repair of deficient fence
- Section 6 Disputes regarding repairs; arbitration
- Section 7 Remedy for repair of deficient fence assigned by fence viewers
- Section 8 Remedy for repairing more than just share of partition fence
- Section 9 Construction and maintenance of fences between lands divided by a river
- Section 10 Fences on lands owned in severalty and occupied in common; construction
- Section 11 Maintenance of fences surrounding land laying common
- Section 12 Purchase of rights in fence
- Section 13 Enclosing of formerly unenclosed land; liability of owner; exception
- Section 14 Boundary disputes
- Section 15 Rebuilding of fence on true boundary; duties of adjoining owners
- Section 16 Fence viewers; jurisdiction where fence is on town boundary
- Section 17 Water fences
- Section 18 Fence viewers; powers
- Section 19 Penalty for misfeasance
- Section 20 Fees
- Section 21 Fences deemed a private nuisance; right of action
- Section 22 Pounds; establishment; appointment of keeper
- Section 23 Pounds; penalty for injuring
- Section 24 Duties of field driver; taking up untended animals
- Section 25 Duties of keeper; impounding of untended animals
- Section 26 Fees of field driver and pound keeper
- Section 27 Payment of fees
- Section 28 Use of premises of field driver for keeping impounded animals; conditions
- Section 29 Remedies for damage done by untended animals
- Section 30 Care of distrained animals
- Section 31 Duties of distrainor
- Section 32 Release of distrained animals; conditions
- Section 33 Notice of impounding
- Section 34 Publication of notice of impounding
- Section 35 Determination of amount of damages in dispute
- Section 36 Procedure for settlement of claim
- Section 37 Sale of animals to satisfy claim
- Section 38 Disposition of proceeds
- Section 39 Escaped or rescued animals; right to retake
- Section 40 Penalty for rescuing distrained animals
- Section 41 Rights of owner in distress proceedings
- Section 42 Repealed, 1963, 185
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