Massachusetts Chapter 179 — Proprietors of Wharves, Real Estate Lying in Common, and General Fields
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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 1— Issuance of warrant for meeting upon application of proprietors of lands, wharves or other real estate held in common to organize as corporation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 2— Notice of organizational meeting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 3— Formation of corporation; selection of officers; certification of organization
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 4— Duties of clerk
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 5— Duties of treasurer
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 6— Actions by and against corporations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 7— By-laws; annexation of penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 8— Power of moderator
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 9— Powers of proprietors at legal meeting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 10— Voting rights
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 11— Conduct of business
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 12— Failure of proprietor to pay assessment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 13— Redemption of shares
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 14— Sale by proprietors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 15— Division of property; deposit of records; fees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 16— Termination of corporation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 17— Powers after disposal of property
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 18— Management of distinct lots or parcels of land enclosed and fenced in one common field
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 19— Issuance of warrant for meeting upon application of proprietors of land comprising common field
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 20— Officers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 21— Field drivers; selection; powers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 22— Rules as to pasturing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 23— Voting rights; land enclosed for one proprietor's exclusive benefit
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 24— Trespass by a proprietor
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 25— Assessments upon proprietors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 26— Collection of assessments
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 27— Remedy for injury to land caused by beasts of stranger
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 28— Apportionment of fence among proprietors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 29— Non-use of land; liability for maintenance or assessment on fence
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 30— Expenses of apportionment and maintenance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 31— Repair of fence by other proprietor
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 32— Recovery of cost of repairs; double damages
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 33— Emergency repair of fence; recovery of cost of repairs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 34— Enclosure by proprietor of own land; effect on common field
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 35— Maintenance of boundaries within general field; violation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 36— Jurisdiction of superior court; order to fence
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 37— Fields established by court order; management
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 38— Division of general field; petition; committee to make division
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 39— Division of general field; court order
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 40— Discontinuance of a common field