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