When any 5 or a majority of the proprietors of lands or wharves held in common desire a meeting of the proprietors for the purpose of forming a corporation or for any other purpose, they may make written application signed by them or their agents to any justice of the peace residing in the county in which the lands or wharves are situated. The justice of the peace shall thereupon issue his warrant calling a meeting at the time and place and for the purposes distinctly stated in the application, directed to one of the proprietors, requiring him to give notice thereof.   [PL 1987, c. 736, §8 (AMD).]