Section 1. 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.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 179 - Proprietors of Wharves, Real Estate Lying in Common, and General Fields
Section 2 - Notice of Organizational Meeting
Section 3 - Formation of Corporation; Selection of Officers; Certification of Organization
Section 5 - Duties of Treasurer
Section 6 - Actions by and Against Corporations
Section 7 - By-Laws; Annexation of Penalties
Section 8 - Power of Moderator
Section 9 - Powers of Proprietors at Legal Meeting
Section 11 - Conduct of Business
Section 12 - Failure of Proprietor to Pay Assessment
Section 13 - Redemption of Shares
Section 14 - Sale by Proprietors
Section 15 - Division of Property; Deposit of Records; Fees
Section 16 - Termination of Corporation
Section 17 - Powers After Disposal of Property
Section 18 - Management of Distinct Lots or Parcels of Land Enclosed and Fenced in One Common Field
Section 21 - Field Drivers; Selection; Powers
Section 22 - Rules as to Pasturing
Section 23 - Voting Rights; Land Enclosed for One Proprietor's Exclusive Benefit
Section 24 - Trespass by a Proprietor
Section 25 - Assessments Upon Proprietors
Section 26 - Collection of Assessments
Section 27 - Remedy for Injury to Land Caused by Beasts of Stranger
Section 28 - Apportionment of Fence Among Proprietors
Section 29 - Non-Use of Land; Liability for Maintenance or Assessment on Fence
Section 30 - Expenses of Apportionment and Maintenance
Section 31 - Repair of Fence by Other Proprietor
Section 32 - Recovery of Cost of Repairs; Double Damages
Section 33 - Emergency Repair of Fence; Recovery of Cost of Repairs
Section 34 - Enclosure by Proprietor of Own Land; Effect on Common Field
Section 35 - Maintenance of Boundaries Within General Field; Violation
Section 36 - Jurisdiction of Superior Court; Order to Fence
Section 37 - Fields Established by Court Order; Management
Section 38 - Division of General Field; Petition; Committee to Make Division