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13 §3166. Trustees may hold for use of ministry and schools

§3166. Trustees may hold for use of ministry and schools The corporation may, by gift, grant or otherwise, take and hold for the use of the ministry in their towns, real and personal estate, the annual income of which does not exceed $1,000; and for the use of schools may take and hold estate, the […]

13 §3167. Income to support schools

§3167. Income to support schools All income derived from the ministerial and school lands, and from the rents and profits of real and personal estate held under section 3166, shall be annually applied to the support of public schools in the town or the schooling of resident students and expended like other school money.   […]

13 §3167-A. Expenditure of ministerial funds

§3167-A. Expenditure of ministerial funds A municipality may expend funds held in its ministerial trust for school construction or renovation if the expenditure is approved by the voters of the municipality at an election.   [PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. YY, §1 (NEW); PL 1999, c. 789, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1999, c. 731, […]

13 §3168. Transfer of funds by trustees

§3168. Transfer of funds by trustees The trustees of any ministerial or school fund in this State, incorporated by the legislature of Massachusetts may, by the consent of the town for whose use the fund was established, transfer it to the municipal officers, clerk and treasurer thereof, who are made trustees of the same. The […]

13 §3169. Administration of ministerial and school funds

§3169. Administration of ministerial and school funds The ministerial and school funds now held in trust by any town or by a corporation existing under section 3162 may be turned over to the Treasurer of State to be administered in accordance with the terms and provisions of such trust and those funds must be invested […]

13 §3170. Annual accounting

§3170. Annual accounting At each annual meeting of their town, the trustees shall exhibit an account of their proceedings and a statement of the funds, receipts and expenditures and of the application thereof to said uses.  

13 §3171. Trustees of parish lands

§3171. Trustees of parish lands When ministerial lands are vested in a parish, the assessors, clerk and treasurer, where no other trustees are appointed for that purpose, shall be a corporation and trustees of such ministerial fund with like powers and under like liabilities as the municipal officers, town clerk and treasurer; pay the annual […]