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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 74, sec. 45 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 74 / Section 45
Insurance
Status: in_force

Section 45. The board of trustees of said college and of said institute may insure the buildings of said institutes and their contents in such amount as it deems sufficient.

Section 45. The board of trustees of said college and of said institute may insure the buildings of said institutes and their contents in such amount as it deems sufficient.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 205, sec. 19A — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 205 / Section 19A
Joint control of trust estates; agreements between fiduciaries and sureties; authorization
Status: in_force

Section 19A. Any receiver, assignee, guardian, conservator, trustee, executor, administrator or other fiduciary, or party from whom a bond is required, may agree and arrange with his sureties for the deposit for safekeeping of any or all moneys, assets, and other property for which he is or may be responsible with a bank, savings bank, safe deposit or trust company authorized by law to do business as such in the commonwealth, or to deposit such moneys on paid-up shares and accounts of and in a co-operative bank or to invest such moneys in the purchase of share accounts or in savings deposits accounts of a federal savings and loan association or to invest such moneys in the purchase of share accounts of a savings and loan association located in the commonwealth, and in such manner as to prevent the withdrawal or alienation of such money, assets or other property or any part thereof, without the written consent of such sureties, or an order of the court in which said bond is filed, or of a judge thereof, made on such notice to such sureties as the court or judge may direct.

Section 19A. Any receiver, assignee, guardian, conservator, trustee, executor, administrator or other fiduciary, or party from whom a bond is required, may agree and arrange with his sureties for the deposit for safekeeping of any or all moneys, assets, and other property for which he is or may be responsible with a bank, savings bank, safe deposit or trust company authorized by law to do business as such in the commonwealth, or to deposit such moneys on paid-up shares and accounts of and in a co-operative bank or to invest such moneys in the purchase of share accounts or in savings deposits accounts of a federal savings and loan association or to invest such moneys in the purchase of share accounts of a savings and loan association located in the commonwealth, and in such manner as to prevent the withdrawal or alienation of such money, assets or other property or any part thereof, without the written consent of such sureties, or an order of the court in which said bond is filed, or of a judge thereof, made on such notice to such sureties as the court or judge may direct.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203E, sec. 1007 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203E / Section 1007
Event affecting administration or distribution
Status: in_force

Section 1007. Event affecting administration or distribution If the happening of an event or change of status, including, but not limited to: birth, adoption, marriage, divorce, performance of educational requirements or death affects the administration or distribution of a trust, a trustee who has exercised reasonable care to ascertain the happening of the event or change of status shall not be liable for a loss resulting from the trustee's lack of knowledge.

Section 1007. Event affecting administration or distribution

If the happening of an event or change of status, including, but not limited to: birth, adoption, marriage, divorce, performance of educational requirements or death affects the administration or distribution of a trust, a trustee who has exercised reasonable care to ascertain the happening of the event or change of status shall not be liable for a loss resulting from the trustee's lack of knowledge.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203C, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203C / Section 2
Trustees managing trust assets; duty to comply with prudent investor rule
Status: in_force

Section 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a trustee who invests and manages trust assets shall owe a duty to the beneficiaries of a trust to comply with the prudent investor rule set forth in this chapter. (b) The prudent investor rule may be expanded, restricted, eliminated or otherwise altered by the provisions of a trust. A trustee shall not be liable to a beneficiary to the extent that the trustee acted in reasonable reliance on the provisions of the trust.

Section 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a trustee who invests and manages trust assets shall owe a duty to the beneficiaries of a trust to comply with the prudent investor rule set forth in this chapter.

(b) The prudent investor rule may be expanded, restricted, eliminated or otherwise altered by the provisions of a trust. A trustee shall not be liable to a beneficiary to the extent that the trustee acted in reasonable reliance on the provisions of the trust.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15T — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15T
Kalevala Day
Status: in_force

Section 15T. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the twenty-eighth day of February as Kalevala Day in commemoration of the Knights and Ladies of Kalevala, an organization dedicated to spreading an awareness of the cultural achievement of the Finnish people and Americans of Finnish heritage, and of their contribution to the development of the commonwealth and the nation and recommending that said day be observed by the people in an appropriate manner.

Section 15T. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the twenty-eighth day of February as Kalevala Day in commemoration of the Knights and Ladies of Kalevala, an organization dedicated to spreading an awareness of the cultural achievement of the Finnish people and Americans of Finnish heritage, and of their contribution to the development of the commonwealth and the nation and recommending that said day be observed by the people in an appropriate manner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 265 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 265
Quality of lime and casks
Status: in_force

Section 265. No stone lime manufactured within the commonwealth shall be sold or exposed for sale, or shipped on board a vessel in casks, unless it is well burnt and pure, in good and sufficient new casks containing either one hundred and eighty or two hundred and eighty pounds each, made of well seasoned heads and staves, with ten good and sufficient hoops on each cask, well driven and sufficiently secured with nails or pins.

Section 265. No stone lime manufactured within the commonwealth shall be sold or exposed for sale, or shipped on board a vessel in casks, unless it is well burnt and pure, in good and sufficient new casks containing either one hundred and eighty or two hundred and eighty pounds each, made of well seasoned heads and staves, with ten good and sufficient hoops on each cask, well driven and sufficiently secured with nails or pins.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 40
Guardian or next friend exercising employee's rights
Status: in_force

Section 40. If an injured employee is mentally incompetent or is a minor when any right or privilege accrues to him, his guardian or next friend may in his behalf claim and exercise such right or privilege.

Section 40. If an injured employee is mentally incompetent or is a minor when any right or privilege accrues to him, his guardian or next friend may in his behalf claim and exercise such right or privilege.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 194, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 194 / Section 8
Death, resignation or removal of public administrator
Status: in_force

Section 8. Upon the death, resignation or removal of a public administrator, the probate court shall issue a warrant to some other public administrator in the same county, upon his application therefor, requiring him to examine the accounts of such public administrator relative to the estates on which he has taken out letters of administration, and to return to the probate court a statement of all of such estates as are not fully administered and of the balance of each estate remaining in the hands of such public administrator at the time of his death, resignation or removal. And thereupon the court shall issue to the public administrator making the return, upon his giving the requisite bond, letters of administration upon such of said estates as are not already administered, although the personal property remaining may not amount to twenty dollars.

Section 8. Upon the death, resignation or removal of a public administrator, the probate court shall issue a warrant to some other public administrator in the same county, upon his application therefor, requiring him to examine the accounts of such public administrator relative to the estates on which he has taken out letters of administration, and to return to the probate court a statement of all of such estates as are not fully administered and of the balance of each estate remaining in the hands of such public administrator at the time of his death, resignation or removal. And thereupon the court shall issue to the public administrator making the return, upon his giving the requisite bond, letters of administration upon such of said estates as are not already administered, although the personal property remaining may not amount to twenty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 237 / Section 41
Time for bringing action; limitation
Status: in_force

Section 41. The remainderman or reversioner, or those claiming under him, shall be deemed disseized at the determination of the life estate, and the civil action under section thirty-nine and all other remedies by action or entry for the recovery of the land shall be barred as in other cases of disseisin, and the limitation of three years provided for the redemption of a mortgage shall not apply.

Section 41. The remainderman or reversioner, or those claiming under him, shall be deemed disseized at the determination of the life estate, and the civil action under section thirty-nine and all other remedies by action or entry for the recovery of the land shall be barred as in other cases of disseisin, and the limitation of three years provided for the redemption of a mortgage shall not apply.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 119, sec. 69 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 119 / Section 69
Information and reports of superintendents of schools and teachers
Status: in_force

Section 69. The superintendent of the public schools in any town, any teacher therein, and any person in charge of a private school, or any teacher therein, shall furnish to any court from time to time any information and reports requested by any justice thereof relating to the attendance, conduct and standing of any pupil enrolled in such school, if said pupil is at the time awaiting examination or trial by the court or is under the supervision of the court.

Section 69. The superintendent of the public schools in any town, any teacher therein, and any person in charge of a private school, or any teacher therein, shall furnish to any court from time to time any information and reports requested by any justice thereof relating to the attendance, conduct and standing of any pupil enrolled in such school, if said pupil is at the time awaiting examination or trial by the court or is under the supervision of the court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64C, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64C / Section 31
Redemption of unused or mutilated stamps, etc.
Status: in_force

Section 31. The commissioner shall redeem any unused or mutilated but identifiable stamps that any stamper may present for redemption; provided, that they were originally lawfully purchased by the stamper who presents them for redemption. Such redemption shall be made at the face value thereof less allowances made for compensation. The commissioner may prescribe necessary rules and regulations for redemptions under this section. If the commissioner is satisfied that a stamper is entitled to a redemption he shall issue to him stamps of equivalent value to cover the mutilated stamps or he may order a refund equal to the actual amount paid for said unused or mutilated stamps, and shall certify said amount to the comptroller, whereupon the state treasurer shall pay the amount of such refund without any appropriation therefor by the general court.

Section 31. The commissioner shall redeem any unused or mutilated but identifiable stamps that any stamper may present for redemption; provided, that they were originally lawfully purchased by the stamper who presents them for redemption. Such redemption shall be made at the face value thereof less allowances made for compensation. The commissioner may prescribe necessary rules and regulations for redemptions under this section. If the commissioner is satisfied that a stamper is entitled to a redemption he shall issue to him stamps of equivalent value to cover the mutilated stamps or he may order a refund equal to the actual amount paid for said unused or mutilated stamps, and shall certify said amount to the comptroller, whereupon the state treasurer shall pay the amount of such refund without any appropriation therefor by the general court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 194 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 194
Prohibition of business of renting of boats or bathing suits without a license
Status: in_force

Section 194. Cities and towns which accept this and the two following sections or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws by a vote of the city council or of the town at a town meeting called for the purpose may prohibit any person from carrying on the business of renting boats or bathing suits, for use upon or in so much of the waters of any great pond as is situated within the town, without first obtaining a license so to do from the aldermen or selectmen.

Section 194. Cities and towns which accept this and the two following sections or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws by a vote of the city council or of the town at a town meeting called for the purpose may prohibit any person from carrying on the business of renting boats or bathing suits, for use upon or in so much of the waters of any great pond as is situated within the town, without first obtaining a license so to do from the aldermen or selectmen.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 208 / Section 25
Divorce for adultery of wife; legitimacy of issue
Status: in_force

Section 25. A divorce for adultery committed by the wife shall not affect the legitimacy of the issue of the marriage, but such legitimacy, if questioned, shall be tried and determined according to the course of the common law.

Section 25. A divorce for adultery committed by the wife shall not affect the legitimacy of the issue of the marriage, but such legitimacy, if questioned, shall be tried and determined according to the course of the common law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 142A, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 142A / Section 16
Promulgation of rules and regulations by director
Status: in_force

Section 16. The director shall be responsible for the implementation of the provisions of this chapter and the promulgation of such rules and regulations as he shall deem necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter. Prior to the adoption, amendment or repeal of any regulation, the director shall give notice and hold a public hearing in accordance with the requirements of chapter thirty A.

Section 16. The director shall be responsible for the implementation of the provisions of this chapter and the promulgation of such rules and regulations as he shall deem necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter. Prior to the adoption, amendment or repeal of any regulation, the director shall give notice and hold a public hearing in accordance with the requirements of chapter thirty A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 87 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 87
Applicability of Secs. 85 and 86 to weighers, etc., of particular commodities
Status: in_force

Section 87. The two preceding sections shall not affect the provisions of law for the appointment of weighers, measurers or surveyors of particular commodities.

Section 87. The two preceding sections shall not affect the provisions of law for the appointment of weighers, measurers or surveyors of particular commodities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 78, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 78 / Section 34
Employment contracts for library employees
Status: in_force

Section 34. The board of trustees of a free public library in any city or town, or in the absence of such board, the city or town official possessing the appointive powers of such board shall, except in the case of those employees subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty E, execute a written employment contract with an employee of said library outlining the basic conditions of employment, including but not limited to the establishment of a probationary period and the procedure for dismissal during this period and the establishment of a procedure which specifies the cause for dismissal after the completion of such probationary period.

Section 34. The board of trustees of a free public library in any city or town, or in the absence of such board, the city or town official possessing the appointive powers of such board shall, except in the case of those employees subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty E, execute a written employment contract with an employee of said library outlining the basic conditions of employment, including but not limited to the establishment of a probationary period and the procedure for dismissal during this period and the establishment of a procedure which specifies the cause for dismissal after the completion of such probationary period.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 147, sec. 13C — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 147 / Section 13C
Reserve police forces in towns; appointments from civil service eligible list
Status: in_force

Section 13C. In any town which has accepted section thirteen A, or has a reserve police force under authority of special law, and accepts this section, no person shall, after the date of acceptance of this section, be appointed to the reserve police force thereof unless appointments to such force are subject to chapter thirty-one and the name of such person shall have been placed, on or before said date, on an eligible list established under chapter thirty-one and the rules made thereunder for such appointments.

Section 13C. In any town which has accepted section thirteen A, or has a reserve police force under authority of special law, and accepts this section, no person shall, after the date of acceptance of this section, be appointed to the reserve police force thereof unless appointments to such force are subject to chapter thirty-one and the name of such person shall have been placed, on or before said date, on an eligible list established under chapter thirty-one and the rules made thereunder for such appointments.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 215, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 215 / Section 14
Interlocutory judgments and decrees; revision on appeal from final judgments or decrees
Status: in_force

Section 14. Interlocutory judgments and decrees not appealed from shall be open to revision upon appeals from final judgments and decrees so far only as it appears to the appeals court or supreme judicial court that such final judgments and decrees are erroneously affected thereby.

Section 14. Interlocutory judgments and decrees not appealed from shall be open to revision upon appeals from final judgments and decrees so far only as it appears to the appeals court or supreme judicial court that such final judgments and decrees are erroneously affected thereby.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 62D — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 62D
Permit applications; time for agency determination
Status: in_force

Section 62D. Agencies shall act on permit applications within ninety days following issue of notice of availability of the final environmental impact report, within ninety days following issue of notice of the determination that a report is not required, or ninety days following the permit application, whichever is latest, unless otherwise provided by law.

Section 62D. Agencies shall act on permit applications within ninety days following issue of notice of availability of the final environmental impact report, within ninety days following issue of notice of the determination that a report is not required, or ninety days following the permit application, whichever is latest, unless otherwise provided by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 227, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 227 / Section 2
Counterclaims
Status: in_force

Section 2. If an action is brought by a person not an inhabitant of the commonwealth or who cannot be found herein to be served with process, he shall be held to answer to any counterclaim brought against him by the defendant or defendants, if there be more than one, in the former action.

Section 2. If an action is brought by a person not an inhabitant of the commonwealth or who cannot be found herein to be served with process, he shall be held to answer to any counterclaim brought against him by the defendant or defendants, if there be more than one, in the former action.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 147, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 147 / Section 12
Number of members
Status: in_force

Section 12. The number of members of such reserve force shall not exceed five in cities in which the number of members of the regular force does not exceed fifteen. If the number of members of the regular force exceeds fifteen, one member may be added to the reserve force for every three of the regular force above fifteen and not above thirty; one for every five of the regular force above thirty and not above eighty; and one for every ten of the regular force above eighty.

Section 12. The number of members of such reserve force shall not exceed five in cities in which the number of members of the regular force does not exceed fifteen. If the number of members of the regular force exceeds fifteen, one member may be added to the reserve force for every three of the regular force above fifteen and not above thirty; one for every five of the regular force above thirty and not above eighty; and one for every ten of the regular force above eighty.