Upon written application of five or more proprietors of lands, wharves or other real estate held in common to a justice of the peace, stating that they intend to organize themselves as a corporation, he shall issue his warrant to one of the applicants, directing him to call a meeting of all the proprietors and expressing in the warrant the time, place, occasion and purpose of the meeting.
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
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