GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS

CHAPTER 168. SAVINGS BANKS.

Chapter 168, Section 1. Definitions.

Chapter 168, Section 2. Powers.

Chapter 168, Section 3. Application of this chapter and chapters 167C—167G.

Chapter 168, Section 4. Agreement to form savings bank; subscribers.

Chapter 168, Section 5. Notice and application to board of bank incorporation; certificate; hearing; special guaranty fund.

Chapter 168, Section 6. First meeting of subscribers.

Chapter 168, Section 7. Articles; certificate of incorporation.

Chapter 168, Section 8. Meetings of corporators, board of trustees, and board of investment; location.

Chapter 168, Section 9. Corporators.

Chapter 168, Section 9A. Annual and special meetings.

Chapter 168, Section 10. Board of trustees.

Chapter 168, Section 11. Meetings of board of trustees.

Chapter 168, Section 12. Board of investment.

Chapter 168, Section 13. Officers.

Chapter 168, Section 14. Election of officers and trustees.

Chapter 168, Section 15. Notice to persons elected; list of names of officers and trustees.

Chapter 168, Section 16. Auditing committee; other committees.

Chapter 168, Section 17. Amendment of by-laws; copies of by-laws and amendments.

Chapter 168, Section 18. Bond of officers and employees.

Chapter 168, Section 19. Loans or extensions of credit to officers or trustees.

Chapter 168, Section 20. Annual report to commissioner of loan or extension of credit to officers, directors, trustees or principal shareholders.

Chapter 168, Section 21. Duties of treasurer under other provisions of law.

Chapter 168, Section 22. Misconduct of officer, director, trustee or employee.

Chapter 168, Section 23. Fee, brokerage, commission, gift or other consideration for or on account of loan.

Chapter 168, Section 23A. Penalties.

Chapter 168, Section 24. Wrongful payment or authorization of payment of interest.

Chapter 168, Section 25. Examination and audit.

Chapter 168, Section 26. Report to commissioner; posting balance sheet.

Chapter 168, Section 27. Surplus accounts.

Chapter 168, Section 27A. Reserve balances.

Chapter 168, Section 28. Report to trustees by auditing committee.

Chapter 168, Section 29. Payment of interest.

Chapter 168, Section 30--32. Repealed, 1983, 590, Sec. 11.

Chapter 168, Section 33. Liquidation and dissolution.

Chapter 168, Section 34. Merger or consolidation of savings banks.

Chapter 168, Section 34A. Merger or consolidation of savings bank and co-operative bank.

Chapter 168, Section 34B. Merger or consolidation of savings bank and thrift institution.

Chapter 168, Section 34C. Conversion of savings bank to stockholder owned form of corporation.

Chapter 168, Section 34D. Consolidation or merger of converted stock corporations into single state or federally-chartered stock corporations.

Chapter 168, Section 34E. Conversion of savings bank to stockholder owned form of corporation.

Chapter 168, Section 34F. Merger or consolidation of corporations and credit unions into single savings bank.

Chapter 168, Section 35. Advance, loan upon or purchase of bank assets or stock.

Chapter 168, Section 35A. Limitations on approval of merger or consolidation.

Chapter 168, Section 36. Surrender of charter to accept federal savings bank charter; excess insurance.

Chapter 168, Section 37. Conversion of savings bank to federal savings and loan association.

Chapter 168, Section 38. Conversion of federal savings and loan association or federal savings bank to savings bank.

Chapter 168, Section 39. Savings banks employees retirement association.

Chapter 168, Section 40. By-laws of association.

Chapter 168, Section 41. Association property, etc.; tax exemption, attachment, execution or assignment.

Chapter 168, Section 42. Savings banks employees benefit association.

Chapter 168, Section 43. By-laws of benefit association; filing; report to commissioner.

Chapter 168, Section 44. Exemption of property of benefit association.


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