Massachusetts Statutes
§ 18 — Assessments on pews and property of members; liability of members for parish debts
Massachusetts § 18
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XICERTAIN RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE MATTERS
Ch. 67PARISHES AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES
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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, § 18 (2026).
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Section 18. No parish or religious society shall assess taxes on the polls or estates of its members; but pews may be assessed as heretofore. No member of any territorial or other parish shall, as such, be personally liable for any debt or obligation of the parish incurred after April sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.
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