{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-160-63","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, § 63","heading":"Term of lease","body":"Section 63. A railroad corporation shall not lease or contract for the operation of its railroad for a period of more than ninety-nine years without the consent of the general court; but this section shall not render invalid a lease approved by the stockholders of a corporation before July first, eighteen hundred and eighty.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 160"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter160/Section63","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:46Z","sha256":"0b821ff622f235345858473fc4b56e17a81bb938424efa2e7f2626c7935f38cf","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-160-62","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-160-64"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}