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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 32
Superintendent of schools; election; appointment of other school employees.
Status: in_force

Section 32. The school committee shall elect a superintendent of schools annually, except as provided in section forty-one of chapter seventy-one, and may, under chapter thirty-one, appoint, suspend or remove at pleasure such subordinate officers or assistants, including janitors of school buildings, as it may deem necessary for the proper discharge of its duties and the conduct of its business; it shall define their terms of service and their duties, and shall fix their compensation. No member of the school committee shall, while a member thereof, hold any other office or position in the school department the salary or compensation for which is payable out of the city treasury. The committee shall organize annually on the first Monday in January, and shall elect one of its members as vice chairman, who shall preside at all meetings of the committee at which the mayor is not present.

Section 32. The school committee shall elect a superintendent of schools annually, except as provided in section forty-one of chapter seventy-one, and may, under chapter thirty-one, appoint, suspend or remove at pleasure such subordinate officers or assistants, including janitors of school buildings, as it may deem necessary for the proper discharge of its duties and the conduct of its business; it shall define their terms of service and their duties, and shall fix their compensation. No member of the school committee shall, while a member thereof, hold any other office or position in the school department the salary or compensation for which is payable out of the city treasury. The committee shall organize annually on the first Monday in January, and shall elect one of its members as vice chairman, who shall preside at all meetings of the committee at which the mayor is not present.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 4
Flag of governor; design
Status: in_force

Section 4. The flag of the governor shall conform to the design of the flag of the commonwealth, except that the field of the flag of the governor shall be triangular in shape.

Section 4. The flag of the governor shall conform to the design of the flag of the commonwealth, except that the field of the flag of the governor shall be triangular in shape.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276A, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276A / Section 2
Jurisdiction of court
Status: in_force

Section 2. The district courts, and in Boston, the municipal court of the city of Boston, shall have jurisdiction to divert to a program, as defined in section one, any person who is charged with an offense or offenses against the commonwealth for which a term of imprisonment may be imposed and over which the district courts may exercise final jurisdiction and who has not previously been convicted of a violation of any law of the commonwealth or of any other state or of the United States in any criminal court proceeding after having reached the age of 18 years, except for traffic violations for which no term of imprisonment may have been imposed, who does not have any outstanding warrants, continuances, appeals or criminal cases pending before any courts of the commonwealth or any other state or of the United States, and who has received a recommendation from a program that he would, in light of the capacities of and guidelines governing it, benefit from participation in said program.

Section 2. The district courts, and in Boston, the municipal court of the city of Boston, shall have jurisdiction to divert to a program, as defined in section one, any person who is charged with an offense or offenses against the commonwealth for which a term of imprisonment may be imposed and over which the district courts may exercise final jurisdiction and who has not previously been convicted of a violation of any law of the commonwealth or of any other state or of the United States in any criminal court proceeding after having reached the age of 18 years, except for traffic violations for which no term of imprisonment may have been imposed, who does not have any outstanding warrants, continuances, appeals or criminal cases pending before any courts of the commonwealth or any other state or of the United States, and who has received a recommendation from a program that he would, in light of the capacities of and guidelines governing it, benefit from participation in said program.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 35PP — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 35PP
Salisbury Beach Preservation Trust Fund
Status: in_force

Section 35PP. (a) There shall be established the Salisbury Beach Preservation Trust Fund to be used, without further appropriation, for the long-term preservation and maintenance of Salisbury Beach. Any balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund, but shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to become deficient at any point during a fiscal year. (b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of conservation and recreation shall impose a surcharge of $3 upon each fee charged and collected from admission into, camping and parking in the Salisbury Beach Reservation. The additional monies collected from the surcharge shall be deposited into the fund.

Section 35PP. (a) There shall be established the Salisbury Beach Preservation Trust Fund to be used, without further appropriation, for the long-term preservation and maintenance of Salisbury Beach. Any balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund, but shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to become deficient at any point during a fiscal year.

(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of conservation and recreation shall impose a surcharge of $3 upon each fee charged and collected from admission into, camping and parking in the Salisbury Beach Reservation. The additional monies collected from the surcharge shall be deposited into the fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, sec. 33A — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 51 / Section 33A
Online completion of affidavit of registration
Status: in_force

Section 33A. The state secretary shall create and maintain a secure online portal allowing a person to complete an affidavit of registration online. The registration shall be transmitted by the state secretary to the appropriate local registrar. The online affidavit shall use the person's signature from the registry of motor vehicles records and the registrar of motor vehicles shall make appropriate provisions to facilitate the electronic transfer of the image of the signature to the central voter registry. If the person's signature cannot be found using the online affidavit of registration form, the person shall be so informed and given the option to print the affidavit of registration, append the person's signature and mail or hand deliver the signed affidavit directly to the appropriate registrar of voters. The registrars shall certify the receipt of each completed affidavit of registration and shall notify the person of the disposition of the affidavit. Nothing in this section shall be construed to change any registration deadline or qualification of voting. The state secretary shall make the online portal accessible in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and such additional languages as the state secretary deems necessary or required by law.

Section 33A. The state secretary shall create and maintain a secure online portal allowing a person to complete an affidavit of registration online. The registration shall be transmitted by the state secretary to the appropriate local registrar. The online affidavit shall use the person's signature from the registry of motor vehicles records and the registrar of motor vehicles shall make appropriate provisions to facilitate the electronic transfer of the image of the signature to the central voter registry. If the person's signature cannot be found using the online affidavit of registration form, the person shall be so informed and given the option to print the affidavit of registration, append the person's signature and mail or hand deliver the signed affidavit directly to the appropriate registrar of voters. The registrars shall certify the receipt of each completed affidavit of registration and shall notify the person of the disposition of the affidavit. Nothing in this section shall be construed to change any registration deadline or qualification of voting. The state secretary shall make the online portal accessible in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and such additional languages as the state secretary deems necessary or required by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 93 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 93
Expenses of care and destruction of fighting animals
Status: in_force

Section 93. The necessary expenses incurred in the care and destruction of such birds, dogs and other animals may be allowed and paid in the same manner as expenses in criminal prosecutions.

Section 93. The necessary expenses incurred in the care and destruction of such birds, dogs and other animals may be allowed and paid in the same manner as expenses in criminal prosecutions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 84, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 84 / Section 15
Personal injuries or property damage from defective ways
Status: in_force

Section 15. If a person sustains bodily injury or damage in his property by reason of a defect or a want of repair or a want of a sufficient railing in or upon a way, and such injury or damage might have been prevented, or such defect or want of repair or want of railing might have been remedied by reasonable care and diligence on the part of the county, city, town or person by law obliged to repair the same, he may, if such county, city, town or person had or, by the exercise of proper care and diligence, might have had reasonable notice of the defect or want of repair or want of a sufficient railing, recover damages therefor from such county, city, town or person; but he shall not recover from a county, city, town or local water and sewer commission more than one fifth of one per cent of its state valuation last preceding the commencement of the action nor more than five thousand dollars; nor shall a county, city or town be liable for an injury or damage sustained upon a way laid out and established in the manner prescribed by statute until after an entry has been made for the purpose of constructing the way, or during the construction and repairing thereof, provided that the way shall have been closed, or other sufficient means taken to caution the public against entering thereon. No action shall be maintained under this section by a person the combined weight of whose carriage or vehicle and load exceeds six tons.

Section 15. If a person sustains bodily injury or damage in his property by reason of a defect or a want of repair or a want of a sufficient railing in or upon a way, and such injury or damage might have been prevented, or such defect or want of repair or want of railing might have been remedied by reasonable care and diligence on the part of the county, city, town or person by law obliged to repair the same, he may, if such county, city, town or person had or, by the exercise of proper care and diligence, might have had reasonable notice of the defect or want of repair or want of a sufficient railing, recover damages therefor from such county, city, town or person; but he shall not recover from a county, city, town or local water and sewer commission more than one fifth of one per cent of its state valuation last preceding the commencement of the action nor more than five thousand dollars; nor shall a county, city or town be liable for an injury or damage sustained upon a way laid out and established in the manner prescribed by statute until after an entry has been made for the purpose of constructing the way, or during the construction and repairing thereof, provided that the way shall have been closed, or other sufficient means taken to caution the public against entering thereon. No action shall be maintained under this section by a person the combined weight of whose carriage or vehicle and load exceeds six tons.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 20E — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 20E
Discharge; recommitment; bail
Status: in_force

Section 20E. If the accused has not been arrested under warrant of the governor at the expiration of the time specified in such warrant, bond or undertaking, such court or justice may discharge him or may recommit him for a further period of sixty days, or may again take bail for his appearance and surrender, as provided in the preceding section, but within a period not to exceed sixty days following the date of such new bond or undertaking.

Section 20E. If the accused has not been arrested under warrant of the governor at the expiration of the time specified in such warrant, bond or undertaking, such court or justice may discharge him or may recommit him for a further period of sixty days, or may again take bail for his appearance and surrender, as provided in the preceding section, but within a period not to exceed sixty days following the date of such new bond or undertaking.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 100T — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 100T
Notice of sealed and expunged records to Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Department of Justice
Status: in_force

Section 100T. Upon sealing a record pursuant to section 100A or section 100B or upon receipt of an order of expungement pursuant to section 100F, section 100G, section 100H or section 100K the commissioner of the department shall notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Department of Justice of said sealing or expungement and shall request said Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Department of Justice seal or expunge the record.

Section 100T. Upon sealing a record pursuant to section 100A or section 100B or upon receipt of an order of expungement pursuant to section 100F, section 100G, section 100H or section 100K the commissioner of the department shall notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Department of Justice of said sealing or expungement and shall request said Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Department of Justice seal or expunge the record.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 144 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 144
Release of railroad or municipality from duty to provide signs
Status: in_force

Section 144. When it appears that the placing of the signs prescribed by section one hundred and forty or section one hundred and forty-two or by both of said sections, is impracticable or unnecessary, the department, on petition, may release the railroad corporation or the county, city or town, as the case may be, from compliance with said section or sections.

Section 144. When it appears that the placing of the signs prescribed by section one hundred and forty or section one hundred and forty-two or by both of said sections, is impracticable or unnecessary, the department, on petition, may release the railroad corporation or the county, city or town, as the case may be, from compliance with said section or sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 51
Donut of commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 51. The Boston Cream Donut shall be the official donut of the commonwealth.

Section 51. The Boston Cream Donut shall be the official donut of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 72D — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 72D
Nursing homes, etc.; telephone access
Status: in_force

Section 72D. Every nursing home, rest home, and long-term care facility shall provide telephone access for the use of the residents. Telephones shall be located so as to assure privacy during usage, for use by wheelchair residents, and shall be equipped for sound amplification. The department shall promulgate regulations under this section and may allow in such regulations extensions of time and waivers for certain homes and long-term care facilities which the department shall find to be in hardship if the provisions of this section are implemented forthwith.

Section 72D. Every nursing home, rest home, and long-term care facility shall provide telephone access for the use of the residents. Telephones shall be located so as to assure privacy during usage, for use by wheelchair residents, and shall be equipped for sound amplification. The department shall promulgate regulations under this section and may allow in such regulations extensions of time and waivers for certain homes and long-term care facilities which the department shall find to be in hardship if the provisions of this section are implemented forthwith.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 42
Oaths or affirmations
Status: in_force

Article 42. Oaths or Affirmations. (a) Before performing their respective duties, military judges, general and special courts-martial members, trial counsel, defense counsel, reporters and interpreters shall take an oath or affirmation in the presence of the accused to perform their duties faithfully. The form of the oath or affirmation, the time and place of the taking thereof, the manner of recording the same and whether the oath or affirmation shall be taken for all cases in which these duties are to be performed or for a particular case shall be as prescribed in regulation or as provided by law. These regulations may provide that an oath or affirmation to perform faithfully the duties as a military judge, trial counsel or defense counsel may be taken at any time by any judge advocate or other person certified or designated to be qualified or competent for the duty, and if such an oath or affirmation is taken, it need not again be taken at the time the judge advocate or other person is detailed to that duty. (b) Each witness before a court-martial shall be examined under oath or affirmation.

Article 42. Oaths or Affirmations.

(a) Before performing their respective duties, military judges, general and special courts-martial members, trial counsel, defense counsel, reporters and interpreters shall take an oath or affirmation in the presence of the accused to perform their duties faithfully. The form of the oath or affirmation, the time and place of the taking thereof, the manner of recording the same and whether the oath or affirmation shall be taken for all cases in which these duties are to be performed or for a particular case shall be as prescribed in regulation or as provided by law. These regulations may provide that an oath or affirmation to perform faithfully the duties as a military judge, trial counsel or defense counsel may be taken at any time by any judge advocate or other person certified or designated to be qualified or competent for the duty, and if such an oath or affirmation is taken, it need not again be taken at the time the judge advocate or other person is detailed to that duty.

(b) Each witness before a court-martial shall be examined under oath or affirmation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 42, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 42 / Section 4
Boundary monuments; erection
Status: in_force

Section 4. The selectmen of contiguous towns shall, at the joint and equal expense of such towns, erect permanent stone monuments at every angle of their respective boundary lines and wherever a highway crosses such lines, unless such monument, two feet high from the ground, already exists or unless such lines are bounded by the sea or by a permanent stream. The monuments shall be well set in the ground, at least four feet high from its surface, and shall have the initial letters of the respective names of such towns legibly cut thereon.

Section 4. The selectmen of contiguous towns shall, at the joint and equal expense of such towns, erect permanent stone monuments at every angle of their respective boundary lines and wherever a highway crosses such lines, unless such monument, two feet high from the ground, already exists or unless such lines are bounded by the sea or by a permanent stream. The monuments shall be well set in the ground, at least four feet high from its surface, and shall have the initial letters of the respective names of such towns legibly cut thereon.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, sec. 4A — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 262 / Section 4A
Clerks of superior court department
Status: in_force

Section 4A. The fees of clerks of court of the superior court department of the trial court shall be as follows: for the entry in the superior court department of the trial court of a complaint, third-party complaint, petition or other action and for the filing of a motion to intervene as plaintiff, $240; for the filing of a petition to the county commissioners, $30, except that no fee shall be required from a municipality filing a petition to the county commissioners for the county in which it is located; and for the issuance of an injunction or restraining order, $90. The clerk shall collect, for every civil case, a $20 security fee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no fee shall be paid for the entry of a complaint, petition or other action by the commonwealth and no fee shall be charged to the commonwealth for the issuance of an injunction or restraining order, but if the commonwealth prevails in the action, the fees shall be taxed against the other party.

Section 4A. The fees of clerks of court of the superior court department of the trial court shall be as follows:

for the entry in the superior court department of the trial court of a complaint, third-party complaint, petition or other action and for the filing of a motion to intervene as plaintiff, $240;

for the filing of a petition to the county commissioners, $30, except that no fee shall be required from a municipality filing a petition to the county commissioners for the county in which it is located; and

for the issuance of an injunction or restraining order, $90.

The clerk shall collect, for every civil case, a $20 security fee.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no fee shall be paid for the entry of a complaint, petition or other action by the commonwealth and no fee shall be charged to the commonwealth for the issuance of an injunction or restraining order, but if the commonwealth prevails in the action, the fees shall be taxed against the other party.