Massachusetts Statutes

Section 26. The clerk shall issue his warrant to the collector, requiring him to collect all amounts so assessed and to pay them over to the clerk or other proper officer according to the orders of the proprietors. The collector shall collect said amounts in the same manner as co…

Section 27. A proprietor injured in his lands by the beasts of a stranger shall have the same remedy therefor as if his land had been enclosed and used separately.

Section 28. The whole fence enclosing such general field shall, so far as found convenient, be apportioned among the proprietors according to the number of acres held and cultivated or otherwise used by each; and the part to be maintained by each proprietor shall be apportioned t…

Section 29. A proprietor shall not, so long as he declines to cultivate his land or use it for pasturing, for the growth of wood or otherwise, be required to maintain any part of the fence or to pay any assessment on account of his land.

Section 3. At such meeting, by vote of a majority in number and interest of all of the proprietors, they may organize themselves as a corporation under this chapter; and they may thereupon choose a clerk, treasurer, collector and such committees and other officers as they deem ne…

Section 30. The expense of apportioning the fence and also of making and maintaining such part thereof as cannot be conveniently and justly apportioned to any one proprietor shall be borne by all the proprietors liable to be assessed in proportion to their respective interests; a…

Section 31. If the part of the fence apportioned to a proprietor becomes deficient and he does not repair it within three days after notice of such deficiency has been given to him by a fence viewer of the town, it may be repaired by any other proprietor. Two or more fence viewer…

Section 32. The person making such repairs may demand of the proprietor bound to make them, or of the tenant holding under him, double the cost of the repairs and of the fees of the fence viewers so ascertained; and if they are not paid within one month after notice and demand, h…

Section 33. If a part of the fence is suddenly blown down or carried away by a flood or tempest at a time when the crops of grain or grass in the field are thereby exposed to immediate destruction or injury, the proprietor to whom such part of the fence was assigned shall repair …

Section 34. A proprietor may enclose his land at his own expense; and, so long as he keeps it enclosed with a sufficient fence, may cultivate and use it as he thinks fit; and during such period, so far as such enclosed land is concerned, he shall neither be assessed for any expen…

Section 35. Every proprietor of land lying unfenced in a general field shall once in every two years, if requested by the owner of the adjoining land, run lines with such owner between their lots and make and keep up the boundaries between them by sufficient bound stones, at thei…

Section 36. If it is for the interest of the proprietors of five or more parcels of land to enclose them in one common field, the superior court for the county where the land or any part of it lies may, upon the application of a majority in interest of the proprietors, after noti…

Section 37. After a common or general field is so established by an order of the court, the further proceedings in relation thereto shall be the same as are provided when a field is so enclosed by the consent of the proprietors; and the proprietors shall be entitled to the privil…

Section 38. Three or more proprietors of lots in a general field lying within one general fence or enclosure may, by a written petition to the proprietors of such field at a meeting of said proprietors legally warned for the purpose, request to have their lots, either alone or jo…

Section 39. The committee shall, as soon as may be after their appointment, make return of their doings under their hands to the court; and after its acceptance by the court, the fields so divided shall be deemed separate general fields and the proprietors of the field set off, a…

Section 4. The clerk shall be sworn, and shall record all votes, orders and proceedings of the proprietors in books which he shall keep for that purpose until they are delivered to the town clerk as hereinafter provided.

Section 40. A majority in interest of the proprietors of a common field, whether established by consent or by order of court, may discontinue it at a legal meeting warned for the purpose; but the discontinuance shall not take effect until the expiration of six months after such v…

Section 5. The treasurer shall demand and receive all money due or belonging to the proprietors, shall sue for and recover in his own name to their use all fines and penalties incurred under sections seven and eight, shall pay out all money in his hands according to the order of …

Section 6. Such proprietors may sue and be sued as a body corporate; and an action brought by the corporation for trespass on the common property may be pleaded in abatement or answered in bar of an action for the same trespass brought by any of the proprietors in his individual …

Section 7. They may make by-laws consistent with law for the orderly conducting of their business, with penalties for the breach thereof not exceeding three dollars for each offence; but by-laws with penalties annexed shall be approved by the county commissioners for the county w…

Section 8. The moderator of a meeting of the proprietors shall have the same power as the moderator of a town meeting, except the power of confining a person or causing him to be removed from the meeting. Whoever resists or disobeys his orders shall be subject to the pecuniary pe…

Section 9. The proprietors may, at a legal meeting, exercise any of the powers granted to them in this chapter; but no business shall be acted on unless set forth in the notice for the meeting.

Section 1. This chapter shall apply to all corporations whenever established, except so far as such application may be inconsistent with provisions still in force of any special acts of incorporation, enacted before March eleventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and not subject…

Section 10. (a) Any two or more corporations as defined in section two and any such corporation and any other corporations organized under other laws of the commonwealth, if such other laws permit, may consolidate to form a new corporation, or may merge into a single corporation …

Section 10A. (a) Any one or more corporations as defined in section two may consolidate or merge with one or more other corporations organized under the laws of any other state or states of the United States, if the laws of such other state or states permit. The constituent corpo…

Section 10B. Any consolidation or merger carried out in the manner specified in section ten or ten A shall have the effect set forth in section eighty of chapter one hundred and fifty-six B and the articles of merger or articles of consolidation, as the case may be, may thereafte…

Section 10C. Every corporation shall, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, be subject to sections six, eight, ten, eleven, fourteen, thirty-two, thirty-five, thirty-seven, thirty-eight A, forty-three, forty-nine, fifty-five, fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty-eight, fifty-nin…

Section 11. A corporation which does not constitute a public charity and which desires to close its affairs may, unless otherwise provided in its articles of organization, by the vote of a majority of its members legally qualified to vote in meetings of the corporation, authorize…

Section 11A. (a) A charitable corporation constituting a public charity organized under any general or special law, which desires to voluntarily windup and close its affairs, may authorize its dissolution in accordance with this section. This section shall constitute the sole met…

Section 11B. If any charitable corporation described in section eleven A fails to comply for two consecutive years with the provisions of section eight F of chapter twelve requiring the filing of annual financial reports with the office of the attorney general, or if the attorney…

Section 11C. Filing fees for the following shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven: (a) For filing articles of organization required by section three. (b) For filing articles of amendment required …

Section 13. A corporation organized under this chapter for medical purposes shall not confer degrees, or issue diplomas or certificates conferring or purporting to confer degrees, unless specially authorized thereto by the general court. An officer, agent or servant of such corpo…

Section 14. Corporations formed under this chapter for encouraging the raising of choice breeds of horses may establish and maintain grounds suitable for exhibitions and trials of the speed or strength of horses; may arrange for and advertise such exhibitions and trials upon such…

Section 15. Corporations may be formed under this chapter for improving the condition of any employees in any one or more trades or employments, either relative to their employment or to the promotion of education, temperance, morality or social intercourse among them, or for pay…

Section 16. The state secretary shall not endorse his approval upon the certificate of organization of any such corporation, unless satisfied that the purposes thereof are lawful, that its by-laws are consistent with law and conform to the requirements of the two following sectio…

Section 17. The by-laws shall contain clear and distinct provisions relative to the election, admission and expulsion of members; the titles, duties, powers and tenure of the officers of the corporation and their election and removal; the number of members required for a quorum; …

Section 17A. Deductions on payroll schedules may be made from the salary of an employee of an amount that the employee may specify in writing to that employee's employer or its representative under chapter 150E or to an employer made subject to chapter 150A by chapter 760 of the …

Section 17B. Deductions on pay-roll schedules may be made from the salary of any town, county or state employee of any amount which such employee may specify in writing to the officer, or the head of the department, board or commission, by whom or which he is employed, for the pa…

Section 17D. With the approval of a school committee deductions may be made from the salary of a school teacher of any amount which such teacher may specify in writing to the city, town or district school committee by which he is employed for the payment of premiums for income pr…

Section 17F. Deductions on payroll schedules may be made from the salary of any state employee of any amount which such employee may specify in writing to the officer, or the head of the department, board or commission, by whom or which he is employed, for the payment of a contri…

Section 17H. Deductions on pay-roll schedules may be made from the salary of any state, county or municipal or other public employee of an amount which such employee may specify in writing to any state, county, municipal or other public officer, or the head of the state, county, …

Section 17I. A single deduction on payroll schedules shall be made from the salary of any school teacher in an amount which such teacher may specify in writing to the city, town or district school committee by which he is employed; provided, however, that no specific deduction sh…

Section 17J. Deductions on payroll schedules may be made from the salary of any state, county, municipal or other public employee of an amount which such employee may specify in writing to any state, county or municipal officer, or public department head, board, commission or age…

Section 17K. Deductions on payroll schedules may be made from the salary of a state employee for the payment of the cost of near-site parking fees for state employees whose work location lacks adequate public transportation, for on-site state employer-provided child care fees and…

Section 17L. Deductions on payroll schedules may be made from the salary of a state, county, municipal or other public employee of an amount which such employee may specify in writing to any state, county or municipal officer or public department head, board, commission or agency…

Section 17M. A deduction on a payroll schedule may be made from the salary of an employee of the department of state police in the amount of $3 per pay period for the payment of a contribution to Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center, Inc. A deduction under this s…