Massachusetts § 26 - Exemption of portion of province lands from certain provisions of law
Full text of Massachusetts Massachusetts General Laws § 26 — Exemption of portion of province lands from certain provisions of law, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 26. Exemption of portion of province lands from certain provisions of law
Section 26. Section two of this chapter, chapter two hundred and sixty-one of the acts of eighteen hundred and fifty-four, chapter one hundred and forty-four of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-six, so much of section one of chapter eleven of the province laws of seventeen hundred and twenty-seven as is contained in the following words ''saving always the right and title of this province to the said lands which is to be in no wise prejudiced'', and all other acts or parts of acts which refer to the province lands at Provincetown, except the act incorporating said town, shall not apply to that portion of said province lands lying east and south of the line fixed in the preceding section.
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Section 26 ("Exemption of portion of province lands from certain provisions of law") is part of the Massachusetts General Laws, the codified statutory law of Massachusetts. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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