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