{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-40-5","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 5","heading":"Appropriation of money for exercise of corporate powers","body":"Section 5. A town may at any town meeting appropriate money for the exercise of any of its corporate powers; provided, however, that a town shall not appropriate or expend money for any purpose, on any terms, or under any conditions inconsistent with any applicable provision of any general or special law.","path":["Part I","Title VII","Chapter 40"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter40/Section5","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:29Z","sha256":"90b486e0486f822847366a09307214ca2e0ce7fe35a0fdb295d8f31b47670a8f","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-40-4b1-2","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-40-5a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}