{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-67-46","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, § 46","heading":"Powers of corporation","body":"Section 46. Such corporation may receive, hold and manage all real and personal property belonging to such church; may sell and convey the same; and may hold in trust gifts, grants, bequests or devises to such church for the support of public worship and for other religious purposes; but all the property belonging to any one church or parish and held by such corporation shall never exceed one hundred thousand dollars exclusive of the church buildings.","path":["Part I","Title XI","Chapter 67"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXI/Chapter67/Section46","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:21:15Z","sha256":"c5c69f35eaa61fd010e2a0e75d07caf20b6cedf02c9ecd2ad824368691c0a5b5","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-67-45","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-67-47"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}