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2019 Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XXII - Corporations
Chapter 179 - Proprietors of Wharves, Real Estate Lying in Common, and General Fields
- Section 1 - Issuance of Warrant for Meeting Upon Application of Proprietors of Lands, Wharves or Other Real Estate Held in Common to Organize as Corporation
- Section 2 - Notice of Organizational Meeting
- Section 3 - Formation of Corporation; Selection of Officers; Certification of Organization
- Section 4 - Duties of Clerk
- Section 5 - Duties of Treasurer
- Section 6 - Actions by and Against Corporations
- Section 7 - By-Laws; Annexation of Penalties
- Section 8 - Power of Moderator
- Section 9 - Powers of Proprietors at Legal Meeting
- Section 10 - Voting Rights
- Section 11 - Conduct of Business
- Section 12 - Failure of Proprietor to Pay Assessment
- Section 13 - Redemption of Shares
- Section 14 - Sale by Proprietors
- Section 15 - Division of Property; Deposit of Records; Fees
- Section 16 - Termination of Corporation
- Section 17 - Powers After Disposal of Property
- Section 18 - Management of Distinct Lots or Parcels of Land Enclosed and Fenced in One Common Field
- Section 19 - Issuance of Warrant for Meeting Upon Application of Proprietors of Land Comprising Common Field
- Section 20 - Officers
- Section 21 - Field Drivers; Selection; Powers
- Section 22 - Rules as to Pasturing
- Section 23 - Voting Rights; Land Enclosed for One Proprietor's Exclusive Benefit
- Section 24 - Trespass by a Proprietor
- Section 25 - Assessments Upon Proprietors
- Section 26 - Collection of Assessments
- Section 27 - Remedy for Injury to Land Caused by Beasts of Stranger
- Section 28 - Apportionment of Fence Among Proprietors
- Section 29 - Non-Use of Land; Liability for Maintenance or Assessment on Fence
- Section 30 - Expenses of Apportionment and Maintenance
- Section 31 - Repair of Fence by Other Proprietor
- Section 32 - Recovery of Cost of Repairs; Double Damages
- Section 33 - Emergency Repair of Fence; Recovery of Cost of Repairs
- Section 34 - Enclosure by Proprietor of Own Land; Effect on Common Field
- Section 35 - Maintenance of Boundaries Within General Field; Violation
- Section 36 - Jurisdiction of Superior Court; Order to Fence
- Section 37 - Fields Established by Court Order; Management
- Section 38 - Division of General Field; Petition; Committee to Make Division
- Section 39 - Division of General Field; Court Order
- Section 40 - Discontinuance of a Common Field
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