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General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
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PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT |
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TITLE VII. CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS |
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CHAPTER 49. FENCES, FENCE VIEWERS, POUNDS AND FIELD DRIVERS |
| SECTION 1. Fence viewers; appointment; tenure |
| SECTION 2. Definition of fences |
| SECTION 3. Maintenance of partition fences |
| SECTION 4. Failure to maintain partition fence; proceedings by adjoining occupant |
| SECTION 5. Remedy for repair of deficient fence |
| SECTION 6. Disputes regarding repairs; arbitration |
| SECTION 7. Remedy for repair of deficient fence assigned by fence viewers |
| SECTION 8. Remedy for repairing more than just share of partition fence |
| SECTION 9. Construction and maintenance of fences between lands divided by a river |
| SECTION 10. Fences on lands owned in severalty and occupied in common; construction |
| SECTION 11. Maintenance of fences surrounding land laying common |
| SECTION 12. Purchase of rights in fence |
| SECTION 13. Enclosing of formerly unenclosed land; liability of owner; exception |
| SECTION 14. Boundary disputes |
| SECTION 15. Rebuilding of fence on true boundary; duties of adjoining owners |
| SECTION 16. Fence viewers; jurisdiction where fence is on town boundary |
| SECTION 17. Water fences |
| SECTION 18. Fence viewers; powers |
| SECTION 19. Penalty for misfeasance |
| SECTION 20. Fees |
| SECTION 21. Fences deemed a private nuisance; right of action |
| SECTION 22. Pounds; establishment; appointment of keeper |
| SECTION 23. Pounds; penalty for injuring |
| SECTION 24. Duties of field driver; taking up untended animals |
| SECTION 25. Duties of keeper; impounding of untended animals |
| SECTION 26. Fees of field driver and pound keeper |
| SECTION 27. Payment of fees |
| SECTION 28. Use of premises of field driver for keeping impounded animals; conditions |
| SECTION 29. Remedies for damage done by untended animals |
| SECTION 30. Care of distrained animals |
| SECTION 31. Duties of distrainor |
| SECTION 32. Release of distrained animals; conditions |
| SECTION 33. Notice of impounding |
| SECTION 34. Publication of notice of impounding |
| SECTION 35. Determination of amount of damages in dispute |
| SECTION 36. Procedure for settlement of claim |
| SECTION 37. Sale of animals to satisfy claim |
| SECTION 38. Disposition of proceeds |
| SECTION 39. Escaped or rescued animals; right to retake |
| SECTION 40. Penalty for rescuing distrained animals |
| SECTION 41. Rights of owner in distress proceedings |
| SECTION 42. Repealed, 1963, 185 |