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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 263 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 263
Branding casks of lime
Status: in_force

Section 263. Each cask of lime so inspected shall be branded with the word ''inspected'', with the name of the inspector and with the name of the town where it is manufactured.

Section 263. Each cask of lime so inspected shall be branded with the word ''inspected'', with the name of the inspector and with the name of the town where it is manufactured.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 40E — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 40E
Administrative agency
Status: in_force

Section 40E. Any city or town adopting airport approach regulations under section forty A may delegate the duty of administering and enforcing such regulations to any administrative agency under its jurisdiction, or may establish an administrative agency for the purpose. The duties of such administrative agency shall include that of hearing and deciding all applications for permits and variances under section forty D.

Section 40E. Any city or town adopting airport approach regulations under section forty A may delegate the duty of administering and enforcing such regulations to any administrative agency under its jurisdiction, or may establish an administrative agency for the purpose. The duties of such administrative agency shall include that of hearing and deciding all applications for permits and variances under section forty D.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 74 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 74
Detention of offenders; effect on right to vote
Status: in_force

Section 74. If a person at an election refuses to obey the lawful commands of the presiding officer or, by disorderly conduct interrupts or disturbs the proceedings of an election officer, the presiding officer may require any police officer, constable or other person to take him into custody and detain him until after the election; but the presiding officer may at any time order his release. Such order of detention shall not be so enforced as to prevent such person, if a voter at that polling place, from voting.

Section 74. If a person at an election refuses to obey the lawful commands of the presiding officer or, by disorderly conduct interrupts or disturbs the proceedings of an election officer, the presiding officer may require any police officer, constable or other person to take him into custody and detain him until after the election; but the presiding officer may at any time order his release. Such order of detention shall not be so enforced as to prevent such person, if a voter at that polling place, from voting.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 254, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 254 / Section 23
Original owner; death or conveyance of interest; action to enforce lien
Status: in_force

Section 23. If the person for whom the labor or material has been furnished or professional services have been performed dies or conveys away his estate or interest before the commencement of a civil action to enforce a lien, it may be commenced and prosecuted against his heirs or against the persons holding the estate or interest which he had in the land at the time the labor or material was furnished or professional services were performed. If the action was commenced in the lifetime of such person, it may be prosecuted against his executor, administrator, heirs or assigns as if the estate or interest has been mortgaged to secure the debt.

Section 23. If the person for whom the labor or material has been furnished or professional services have been performed dies or conveys away his estate or interest before the commencement of a civil action to enforce a lien, it may be commenced and prosecuted against his heirs or against the persons holding the estate or interest which he had in the land at the time the labor or material was furnished or professional services were performed. If the action was commenced in the lifetime of such person, it may be prosecuted against his executor, administrator, heirs or assigns as if the estate or interest has been mortgaged to secure the debt.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 49 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 49
Depositions
Status: in_force

Article 49. Depositions. (a) At any time after charges have been signed as provided in article 30, any party may take oral or written depositions unless the military judge or summary court-martial officer hearing the case or, if the case is not being heard, an authority competent to convene a court-martial for the trial of those charges forbids it for good cause. (b) The party at whose insistence a deposition is to be taken shall give to every other party reasonable written notice of the time and place for taking the deposition. (c) Depositions may be taken before and authenticated by any military or civil officer authorized by the laws of the state or by the laws of the place where the deposition is taken to administer oaths. (d) A duly authenticated deposition taken upon reasonable notice to the other parties, so far as otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence, may be read in evidence or, in the case of audiotape, videotape, digital image or file or similar material, may be played in evidence before any military court, if it appears: (1) that the witness resides or is beyond the state in which the court is ordered to sit, or beyond 100 miles from the place of trial or hearing; (2) that the witness by reason of death, age, sickness, bodily infirmity, imprisonment, military necessity, non amenability to process or other reasonable cause is unable or refuses to appear and testify in person at the place of trial or hearing; or (3) that the present whereabouts of the witness is unknown.

Article 49. Depositions.

(a) At any time after charges have been signed as provided in article 30, any party may take oral or written depositions unless the military judge or summary court-martial officer hearing the case or, if the case is not being heard, an authority competent to convene a court-martial for the trial of those charges forbids it for good cause.

(b) The party at whose insistence a deposition is to be taken shall give to every other party reasonable written notice of the time and place for taking the deposition.

(c) Depositions may be taken before and authenticated by any military or civil officer authorized by the laws of the state or by the laws of the place where the deposition is taken to administer oaths.

(d) A duly authenticated deposition taken upon reasonable notice to the other parties, so far as otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence, may be read in evidence or, in the case of audiotape, videotape, digital image or file or similar material, may be played in evidence before any military court, if it appears:

(1) that the witness resides or is beyond the state in which the court is ordered to sit, or beyond 100 miles from the place of trial or hearing;

(2) that the witness by reason of death, age, sickness, bodily infirmity, imprisonment, military necessity, non amenability to process or other reasonable cause is unable or refuses to appear and testify in person at the place of trial or hearing; or

(3) that the present whereabouts of the witness is unknown.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 109 / Section 26
Right to vote of general partners
Status: in_force

Section 26. The partnership agreement may grant to all or certain identified general partners the right to vote, on a per capita or any other basis, separately or with all or any class of the limited partners, on any matter.

Section 26. The partnership agreement may grant to all or certain identified general partners the right to vote, on a per capita or any other basis, separately or with all or any class of the limited partners, on any matter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, sec. 10A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 271 / Section 10A
Arrest without warrant
Status: in_force

Section 10A. Any person who is discovered by a police officer in the act of violating section seven, eight, nine, twelve, sixteen, seventeen, seventeen A, eighteen or twenty-two, while such officer is lawfully at or within the place where such violation occurred, may be arrested without a warrant by such police officer, and held in custody, in jail or otherwise, until a complaint be made against him for such offense, unless previously admitted to bail, which complaint shall be made as soon as practicable and in any case within twenty-four hours, Sundays and legal holidays excepted.

Section 10A. Any person who is discovered by a police officer in the act of violating section seven, eight, nine, twelve, sixteen, seventeen, seventeen A, eighteen or twenty-two, while such officer is lawfully at or within the place where such violation occurred, may be arrested without a warrant by such police officer, and held in custody, in jail or otherwise, until a complaint be made against him for such offense, unless previously admitted to bail, which complaint shall be made as soon as practicable and in any case within twenty-four hours, Sundays and legal holidays excepted.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 295L — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 295L
Jurisdiction of superior court; injunctions
Status: in_force

Section 295L. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enjoin the habitual, continued or repeated violation of any provision of sections two hundred and ninety-five A to two hundred and ninety-five J, inclusive, by any retail dealer. Petitions for such relief may be filed by any person injured or damaged by such violation.

Section 295L. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enjoin the habitual, continued or repeated violation of any provision of sections two hundred and ninety-five A to two hundred and ninety-five J, inclusive, by any retail dealer. Petitions for such relief may be filed by any person injured or damaged by such violation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 21
Assessments; default of shareholder
Status: in_force

Section 21. The directors may assess upon all the shares subscribed, but not paid in, such amounts, not in excess of their par value, as they think proper, and may direct the same to be paid to the treasurer, who shall give written notice thereof to the subscribers. If a subscriber fails to pay his assessment for thirty days after such notice, the directors may transfer the rights under such subscription to any person who subscribes for the same and pays the assessments due, or may order the treasurer, after giving notice of the sale, to sell such shares by public auction to the highest bidder, and, upon the payment by him to the company of the unpaid assessments, of interest to the date of sale and of the charges of the sale, the shares shall be transferred to him. If, within thirty days after the sale, the purchaser does not make said payment to the company, the sale shall be cancelled, and the subscriber shall be liable to the company for the unpaid assessments, the interest thereon, and the charges of sale. If the amount so paid by the purchaser to the company is more than the amount for which the shares were sold, the subscriber shall be liable to the purchaser for the deficiency; if it is less, the purchaser shall be liable to the subscriber for the surplus.

Section 21. The directors may assess upon all the shares subscribed, but not paid in, such amounts, not in excess of their par value, as they think proper, and may direct the same to be paid to the treasurer, who shall give written notice thereof to the subscribers. If a subscriber fails to pay his assessment for thirty days after such notice, the directors may transfer the rights under such subscription to any person who subscribes for the same and pays the assessments due, or may order the treasurer, after giving notice of the sale, to sell such shares by public auction to the highest bidder, and, upon the payment by him to the company of the unpaid assessments, of interest to the date of sale and of the charges of the sale, the shares shall be transferred to him. If, within thirty days after the sale, the purchaser does not make said payment to the company, the sale shall be cancelled, and the subscriber shall be liable to the company for the unpaid assessments, the interest thereon, and the charges of sale. If the amount so paid by the purchaser to the company is more than the amount for which the shares were sold, the subscriber shall be liable to the purchaser for the deficiency; if it is less, the purchaser shall be liable to the subscriber for the surplus.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 59 / Section 34
Mortgagors and mortgagees; statements
Status: in_force

Section 34. A mortgagor or mortgagee of real estate may bring in to the assessors of the town where it lies, within the time prescribed by the notice under section twenty-nine, a sworn statement of the amount secured thereon or on each separate parcel thereof, with the name and residence of every holder of an interest therein as mortgagor or mortgagee. If such property is situated in two or more places, or if a recorded mortgage includes two or more estates or parts of an estate as security for one sum, such statement shall include an estimate of the interest of the mortgagee in each estate or part thereof. The assessors shall, from such statement or otherwise, ascertain the proportionate interests of the mortgagor or mortgagee respectively in said estates, and shall assess the same accordingly. If, in any year, such statement is not brought in, the tax for that year on such real estate shall not be invalid merely for the reason that the interest of the mortgagee therein has not been assessed to him.

Section 34. A mortgagor or mortgagee of real estate may bring in to the assessors of the town where it lies, within the time prescribed by the notice under section twenty-nine, a sworn statement of the amount secured thereon or on each separate parcel thereof, with the name and residence of every holder of an interest therein as mortgagor or mortgagee. If such property is situated in two or more places, or if a recorded mortgage includes two or more estates or parts of an estate as security for one sum, such statement shall include an estimate of the interest of the mortgagee in each estate or part thereof. The assessors shall, from such statement or otherwise, ascertain the proportionate interests of the mortgagor or mortgagee respectively in said estates, and shall assess the same accordingly. If, in any year, such statement is not brought in, the tax for that year on such real estate shall not be invalid merely for the reason that the interest of the mortgagee therein has not been assessed to him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 149 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 149
Interference with officers and agents of local boards of health
Status: in_force

Section 149. Whoever prevents, obstructs or interferes with a local board of health, its officers or agents, in the performance of its duties as provided in section one hundred and forty-six, or hinders, obstructs or interferes with any inspection or examination by it or them, or secretes or removes any carcass, meat, fish, vegetables, fruit or provisions of any kind, for the purpose of preventing the inspection or examination of the same under sections one hundred and forty-six, one hundred and fifty to one hundred and fifty-three, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two months, or both.

Section 149. Whoever prevents, obstructs or interferes with a local board of health, its officers or agents, in the performance of its duties as provided in section one hundred and forty-six, or hinders, obstructs or interferes with any inspection or examination by it or them, or secretes or removes any carcass, meat, fish, vegetables, fruit or provisions of any kind, for the purpose of preventing the inspection or examination of the same under sections one hundred and forty-six, one hundred and fifty to one hundred and fifty-three, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two months, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 75 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 75
Employment of inspectors by insurance companies
Status: in_force

Section 75. Every insurance company authorized to insure or to reinsure boilers in the commonwealth shall have in its employ at least one inspector who holds a certificate of competency under section sixty-two and resides in the commonwealth. When an inspector holding such a certificate ceases to be employed by an insurance company, the company shall notify the state fire marshal giving the reasons therefor.

Section 75. Every insurance company authorized to insure or to reinsure boilers in the commonwealth shall have in its employ at least one inspector who holds a certificate of competency under section sixty-two and resides in the commonwealth. When an inspector holding such a certificate ceases to be employed by an insurance company, the company shall notify the state fire marshal giving the reasons therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118 / Section 12
Temporary absences from commonwealth; presumption of abandonment of residency and eligibility for assistance
Status: in_force

Section 12. A temporary absence from the commonwealth which exceeds 30 calendar days or 90 days in aggregate over the course of a calendar year shall create a rebuttable presumption that Massachusetts residency has been abandoned by a recipient of cash assistance under transitional aid to families with dependent children and that the recipient is no longer eligible for assistance. The department shall promulgate regulations in accordance with this section, including, but not limited to, the process by which the temporary absence shall be determined.

Section 12. A temporary absence from the commonwealth which exceeds 30 calendar days or 90 days in aggregate over the course of a calendar year shall create a rebuttable presumption that Massachusetts residency has been abandoned by a recipient of cash assistance under transitional aid to families with dependent children and that the recipient is no longer eligible for assistance. The department shall promulgate regulations in accordance with this section, including, but not limited to, the process by which the temporary absence shall be determined.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 212 / Section 4
Original jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Section 4. The court shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions, except those of which other courts have exclusive original jurisdiction.

Section 4. The court shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions, except those of which other courts have exclusive original jurisdiction.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 101, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 101 / Section 15
Application of provisions of chapter relating to hawkers and peddlers
Status: in_force

Section 15. The provisions of this chapter relating to hawkers and peddlers shall not apply to wholesalers or jobbers selling to dealers only, nor to commercial agents or other persons selling by sample, lists, catalogues or otherwise for future delivery, nor to any dealer regularly engaged in supplying customers with fuel oil for heating or cooking purposes from a fixed place of business within the commonwealth and who does not customarily solicit direct sales from house to house or by means of outcry, sign or signal, nor to any person who peddles only fish obtained by his own labor or that of his family, fruits, vegetables or other farm products raised or produced by himself or his family, nor to persons selling articles for charitable purposes under section thirty-three, nor to persons licensed under section forty of chapter ninety-four with respect to the sale by them of eggs, or milk, skimmed milk, cream, butter, cheese or other milk products, except frozen desserts as defined in section sixty-five G of said chapter ninety-four.

Section 15. The provisions of this chapter relating to hawkers and peddlers shall not apply to wholesalers or jobbers selling to dealers only, nor to commercial agents or other persons selling by sample, lists, catalogues or otherwise for future delivery, nor to any dealer regularly engaged in supplying customers with fuel oil for heating or cooking purposes from a fixed place of business within the commonwealth and who does not customarily solicit direct sales from house to house or by means of outcry, sign or signal, nor to any person who peddles only fish obtained by his own labor or that of his family, fruits, vegetables or other farm products raised or produced by himself or his family, nor to persons selling articles for charitable purposes under section thirty-three, nor to persons licensed under section forty of chapter ninety-four with respect to the sale by them of eggs, or milk, skimmed milk, cream, butter, cheese or other milk products, except frozen desserts as defined in section sixty-five G of said chapter ninety-four.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93B, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93B / Section 12
Franchise agreement renewals; void and unenforceable notice
Status: in_force

Section 12. If a manufacturer or distributor renews its franchise agreements periodically, it shall do so as their contractual periods expire on terms equally available to all of its motor vehicle dealers in the commonwealth unless there is good cause to do otherwise. Any notification provided by a manufacturer or distributor to the effect that the market being served by a motor vehicle dealer is not considered viable in the future shall be void and unenforceable.

Section 12. If a manufacturer or distributor renews its franchise agreements periodically, it shall do so as their contractual periods expire on terms equally available to all of its motor vehicle dealers in the commonwealth unless there is good cause to do otherwise. Any notification provided by a manufacturer or distributor to the effect that the market being served by a motor vehicle dealer is not considered viable in the future shall be void and unenforceable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 200A, sec. 8A — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 200A / Section 8A
Delivery or payment of abandoned property to state treasurer
Status: in_force

Section 8A. (a) A person who has filed a report as provided in section 7 shall, by November 1 or, in the case of life insurance companies and persons holding unclaimed proceeds from demutualization or related reorganization of a life insurance company, May 1, pay or deliver to the treasurer at the time of filing the report all property presumed abandoned specified in the report. [There is no paragraph (b) or (c).]

Section 8A. (a) A person who has filed a report as provided in section 7 shall, by November 1 or, in the case of life insurance companies and persons holding unclaimed proceeds from demutualization or related reorganization of a life insurance company, May 1, pay or deliver to the treasurer at the time of filing the report all property presumed abandoned specified in the report.

[There is no paragraph (b) or (c).]

(d) Payment of any intangible property to the treasurer shall be made at the office of the treasurer in Boston or at such other location as the treasurer by regulation may designate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40Y, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40Y / Section 8
Regulations and enforcement
Status: in_force

Section 8. The department may promulgate regulations for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.

Section 8. The department may promulgate regulations for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.