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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 92B, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 92B / Section 9
Financial assistance
Status: in_force

Section 9. The corporation may request financial assistance from the commonwealth for any capital projects undertaken at the zoos. Capital projects shall not include routine maintenance and minor repairs. The corporation shall inform the division of capital asset management and maintenance when undertaking any capital construction projects or major renovations costing in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars; provided, however, that the corporation shall not be subject to the provisions of sections thirty-nine A to forty N inclusive, of chapter seven and sections twenty-seven and twenty-seven A to twenty-seven G, inclusive, and sections forty-four A to forty-four J inclusive, of chapter one hundred and forty-nine if funded from sources other than the commonwealth.

Section 9. The corporation may request financial assistance from the commonwealth for any capital projects undertaken at the zoos. Capital projects shall not include routine maintenance and minor repairs. The corporation shall inform the division of capital asset management and maintenance when undertaking any capital construction projects or major renovations costing in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars; provided, however, that the corporation shall not be subject to the provisions of sections thirty-nine A to forty N inclusive, of chapter seven and sections twenty-seven and twenty-seven A to twenty-seven G, inclusive, and sections forty-four A to forty-four J inclusive, of chapter one hundred and forty-nine if funded from sources other than the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 12GG — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 12GG
Lithuanian Independence Day
Status: in_force

Section 12GG. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart February sixteenth as Lithuanian Independence Day, in commemoration of the promulgation of the Declaration of Independence in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen which established Lithuania as a sovereign nation and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 12GG. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart February sixteenth as Lithuanian Independence Day, in commemoration of the promulgation of the Declaration of Independence in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen which established Lithuania as a sovereign nation and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 5
Annual report
Status: in_force

Section 5. The department shall make an annual report, including the number of agents, assistants and scientific experts employed in the various divisions together with their expenses and disbursements, of all investigations made by the department of all cases prosecuted with the results thereof, and any other information advantageous to the public and agricultural industry.

Section 5. The department shall make an annual report, including the number of agents, assistants and scientific experts employed in the various divisions together with their expenses and disbursements, of all investigations made by the department of all cases prosecuted with the results thereof, and any other information advantageous to the public and agricultural industry.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 143, sec. 71 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 143 / Section 71
Violation of statutes or regulations
Status: in_force

Section 71. Any person violating or failing to comply with any provision of sections sixty-two to seventy, inclusive, or of any regulation established thereunder shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

Section 71. Any person violating or failing to comply with any provision of sections sixty-two to seventy, inclusive, or of any regulation established thereunder shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 75 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 75
Regulation by municipal authorities
Status: in_force

Section 75. The aldermen or selectmen may regulate, restrict and control all acts and doings of a corporation subject to this chapter which may in any manner affect the health, safety, convenience or property of the inhabitants of their towns.

Section 75. The aldermen or selectmen may regulate, restrict and control all acts and doings of a corporation subject to this chapter which may in any manner affect the health, safety, convenience or property of the inhabitants of their towns.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 108A, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 108A / Section 14
Liability of partnership for partner's misapplication of money or property
Status: in_force

Section 14. The partnership is bound to make good the loss: (a) Where one partner acting within the scope of his apparent authority receives money or property of a third person and misapplies it; and (b) Where the partnership in the course of its business receives money or property of a third person and the money or property so received is misapplied by any partner while it is in the custody of the partnership.

Section 14. The partnership is bound to make good the loss:

(a) Where one partner acting within the scope of his apparent authority receives money or property of a third person and misapplies it; and

(b) Where the partnership in the course of its business receives money or property of a third person and the money or property so received is misapplied by any partner while it is in the custody of the partnership.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23J, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23J / Section 6
Statewide plan for installation of renewable energy generating facilities
Status: in_force

Section 6. Based on recommendations included in the clean energy study, the center shall, within 100 days of said study's completion, develop a statewide plan for the installation and operation of renewable energy generating facilities on real property owned by the commonwealth. Any renewable energy generating facility sited on state land shall be made available for state and local workforce development and training initiatives.

Section 6. Based on recommendations included in the clean energy study, the center shall, within 100 days of said study's completion, develop a statewide plan for the installation and operation of renewable energy generating facilities on real property owned by the commonwealth. Any renewable energy generating facility sited on state land shall be made available for state and local workforce development and training initiatives.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 36 / Section 29
New or copies of indexes; printing; selling price
Status: in_force

Section 29. A register may, with the consent of the county commissioners, cause a competent person, at the expense of the county, to make copies of the indexes or new indexes to the records, or of any part thereof. Such copies may be printed at county expense and sold at a price not less than the cost of printing, paper and binding.

Section 29. A register may, with the consent of the county commissioners, cause a competent person, at the expense of the county, to make copies of the indexes or new indexes to the records, or of any part thereof. Such copies may be printed at county expense and sold at a price not less than the cost of printing, paper and binding.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 167 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 167
Platform gates
Status: in_force

Section 167. Every passenger, baggage, mail and express car, equipped with platforms, and owned or regularly used on any railroad in the commonwealth shall be provided at each end thereof with platform gates of a pattern approved by the department. A railroad corporation which hauls or uses, or permits to be hauled or used, on its railroad any car in violation of this section shall forfeit one hundred dollars to the use of the commonwealth, and the attorney general or the district attorney for the district where such violation occurred shall bring an action therefor.

Section 167. Every passenger, baggage, mail and express car, equipped with platforms, and owned or regularly used on any railroad in the commonwealth shall be provided at each end thereof with platform gates of a pattern approved by the department. A railroad corporation which hauls or uses, or permits to be hauled or used, on its railroad any car in violation of this section shall forfeit one hundred dollars to the use of the commonwealth, and the attorney general or the district attorney for the district where such violation occurred shall bring an action therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 166 / Section 33
Enforcement of Secs. 30 to 32
Status: in_force

Section 33. The supreme judicial or superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity upon petition of the inspector designated or appointed as aforesaid, to enforce the three preceding sections and to restrain the use or maintenance, or to cause the removal, of any wire, pole or other support erected, maintained or used in violation of said sections.

Section 33. The supreme judicial or superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity upon petition of the inspector designated or appointed as aforesaid, to enforce the three preceding sections and to restrain the use or maintenance, or to cause the removal, of any wire, pole or other support erected, maintained or used in violation of said sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 262 / Section 38
Registers of deeds' enumeration of fees
Status: in_force

Section 38. Except as otherwise provided, the fees of the registers of deeds to be paid when an instrument is recorded shall be as follows: For entering and recording any paper, certifying the same on the original, and indexing it and all other duties pertaining thereto, $50; provided, however, that if the paper includes multiple references to a document or instrument intending or attempting to assign, discharge, release, partially release, subordinate or notice any other document or instrument, each reference shall be separately indexed and separately assessed an additional $50 fee; For recording a declaration of trust, $200; For recording a deed or conveyance, $100; For recording a mortgage, $150; For recording a declaration of homestead, $30; For recording and filing a plan, $50 per sheet; and For all copies of documents, whether copied out of books or generated electronically, $1 per page, and all coin-operated copy machines shall be $.50 per page. Except as otherwise provided, the fees of the registers of deeds to be paid when the instrument is recorded shall be subject to a surcharge under section 8 of chapter 44B.

Section 38. Except as otherwise provided, the fees of the registers of deeds to be paid when an instrument is recorded shall be as follows:

For entering and recording any paper, certifying the same on the original, and indexing it and all other duties pertaining thereto, $50; provided, however, that if the paper includes multiple references to a document or instrument intending or attempting to assign, discharge, release, partially release, subordinate or notice any other document or instrument, each reference shall be separately indexed and separately assessed an additional $50 fee;

For recording a declaration of trust, $200;

For recording a deed or conveyance, $100;

For recording a mortgage, $150;

For recording a declaration of homestead, $30;

For recording and filing a plan, $50 per sheet; and

For all copies of documents, whether copied out of books or generated electronically, $1 per page, and all coin-operated copy machines shall be $.50 per page.

Except as otherwise provided, the fees of the registers of deeds to be paid when the instrument is recorded shall be subject to a surcharge under section 8 of chapter 44B.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 97, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 97 / Section 1
Posts and pillars indicating meridian lines; ownership; accessibility; destruction or injury
Status: in_force

Section 1. The posts or pillars erected pursuant to chapter two hundred and eighty-six of the acts of eighteen hundred and seventy to indicate the true meridian lines shall remain the property of the respective counties in which they are situated, under the care of the county commissioners, and shall be accessible to any surveyor or civil engineer residing in the same county or engaged in surveying therein, for the purpose of testing the variation of the compass for the time being. Whoever wilfully displaces, alters, defaces, destroys or otherwise injures any of the aforesaid posts or the fixtures thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, to be divided between the complainant and the county.

Section 1. The posts or pillars erected pursuant to chapter two hundred and eighty-six of the acts of eighteen hundred and seventy to indicate the true meridian lines shall remain the property of the respective counties in which they are situated, under the care of the county commissioners, and shall be accessible to any surveyor or civil engineer residing in the same county or engaged in surveying therein, for the purpose of testing the variation of the compass for the time being. Whoever wilfully displaces, alters, defaces, destroys or otherwise injures any of the aforesaid posts or the fixtures thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, to be divided between the complainant and the county.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 22
Cross-examination of adverse party; corporation's agent as adverse party
Status: in_force

Section 22. A party who calls the adverse party as a witness shall be allowed to cross-examine him. In case the adverse party is a corporation, an officer or agent thereof, so called as a witness, shall be deemed such an adverse party for the purposes of this section.

Section 22. A party who calls the adverse party as a witness shall be allowed to cross-examine him. In case the adverse party is a corporation, an officer or agent thereof, so called as a witness, shall be deemed such an adverse party for the purposes of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 279 / Section 39
Return of precept to magistrate
Status: in_force

Section 39. The officer serving the precept in a criminal case shall, without charging travel therefor, return it with his doings and fees endorsed thereon to the court or magistrate issuing it, who shall tax, allow and certify the fees as a part of the expenses in the case. In case of commitment, the officer shall leave with the superintendent, jailer or keeper of the prison an attested copy of the precept, with his return thereon, which shall authorize the detention of the person committed.

Section 39. The officer serving the precept in a criminal case shall, without charging travel therefor, return it with his doings and fees endorsed thereon to the court or magistrate issuing it, who shall tax, allow and certify the fees as a part of the expenses in the case. In case of commitment, the officer shall leave with the superintendent, jailer or keeper of the prison an attested copy of the precept, with his return thereon, which shall authorize the detention of the person committed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 53 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 53
Forfeiture and disposition of implements and furniture
Status: in_force

Section 53. All implements of sale and furniture seized under sections forty-two and forty-five shall be forfeited and disposed of in the manner provided for the forfeiture and disposition of alcoholic beverages; but the court may, if it is deemed to be for the interest of the commonwealth, order the destruction or sale of said property by any officer qualified to serve criminal process and the proceeds of a sale thereof shall be paid over to the county; and said officer shall make return of the order for such destruction or sale and his doings thereon to the court issuing the same. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a motor vehicle if seized and held to be an implement of sale as aforesaid, but the disposition of such a motor vehicle shall be governed by the provisions of section fifty.

Section 53. All implements of sale and furniture seized under sections forty-two and forty-five shall be forfeited and disposed of in the manner provided for the forfeiture and disposition of alcoholic beverages; but the court may, if it is deemed to be for the interest of the commonwealth, order the destruction or sale of said property by any officer qualified to serve criminal process and the proceeds of a sale thereof shall be paid over to the county; and said officer shall make return of the order for such destruction or sale and his doings thereon to the court issuing the same. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a motor vehicle if seized and held to be an implement of sale as aforesaid, but the disposition of such a motor vehicle shall be governed by the provisions of section fifty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 101 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 101
Execution of warrant; breaking open houses
Status: in_force

Section 101. The officers, in executing the warrant, may command aid and may break open any house, shop or other place mentioned in the warrant. Whoever, being commanded by said officers to assist in the execution of the warrant, neglects or refuses so to do shall forfeit not more than ten dollars.

Section 101. The officers, in executing the warrant, may command aid and may break open any house, shop or other place mentioned in the warrant. Whoever, being commanded by said officers to assist in the execution of the warrant, neglects or refuses so to do shall forfeit not more than ten dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 6C — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 6C
Return of number plates by repossessor; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 6C. Any person who takes possession of a motor vehicle by foreclosure or subrogation of title shall return the number plates issued for such vehicle to the person in whose name such plates had been issued as owner by the end of the second day following the day on which such possession was taken. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.

Section 6C. Any person who takes possession of a motor vehicle by foreclosure or subrogation of title shall return the number plates issued for such vehicle to the person in whose name such plates had been issued as owner by the end of the second day following the day on which such possession was taken. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 49 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 49
Party designations on ballots prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 49. No ballot used at any annual, biennial or special city election shall have printed thereon any party or political designation or mark, and there shall not be appended to the name of any candidate any such party or political designation or mark, or anything showing how he was nominated or indicating his views or opinions.

Section 49. No ballot used at any annual, biennial or special city election shall have printed thereon any party or political designation or mark, and there shall not be appended to the name of any candidate any such party or political designation or mark, or anything showing how he was nominated or indicating his views or opinions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 141 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 141
Signs protecting a traveled place
Status: in_force

Section 141. The board of aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town where a traveled place is crossed by a railroad at the same level, if of opinion that it is necessary for the better security of the public that boards such as are described in the preceding section should be maintained at such traveled place, may in writing request the railroad corporation to erect and maintain them. If it refuses or neglects so to do, they may apply to the department. If the department, after public notice and a hearing, decides that such erection is necessary for the better security of the public, the corporation shall comply with such decision.

Section 141. The board of aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town where a traveled place is crossed by a railroad at the same level, if of opinion that it is necessary for the better security of the public that boards such as are described in the preceding section should be maintained at such traveled place, may in writing request the railroad corporation to erect and maintain them. If it refuses or neglects so to do, they may apply to the department. If the department, after public notice and a hearing, decides that such erection is necessary for the better security of the public, the corporation shall comply with such decision.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 68, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title XI / Chapter 68 / Section 23
Solicitation disclosures
Status: in_force

Section 23. Solicitations by professional solicitors and solicitations by commercial co-venturers shall contain, at the time of solicitation, the following disclosures: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the charitable organization and a description of how the contributions raised by the solicitation will be utilized for charitable purposes, or if there is no charitable organization, the name, address and telephone number of the professional solicitor or commercial co-venturer and a description of how the contributions raised by the solicitation will be utilized for charitable purposes; (2) a statement that the solicitation is being conducted by a paid fundraiser; and (3) such other disclosures as required by relevant rules and regulations promulgated under section 29. If the solicitation is for advertising, the disclosure shall also include the geographic distribution and the circulation of the publication in which the advertising will appear.

Section 23. Solicitations by professional solicitors and solicitations by commercial co-venturers shall contain, at the time of solicitation, the following disclosures: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the charitable organization and a description of how the contributions raised by the solicitation will be utilized for charitable purposes, or if there is no charitable organization, the name, address and telephone number of the professional solicitor or commercial co-venturer and a description of how the contributions raised by the solicitation will be utilized for charitable purposes; (2) a statement that the solicitation is being conducted by a paid fundraiser; and (3) such other disclosures as required by relevant rules and regulations promulgated under section 29. If the solicitation is for advertising, the disclosure shall also include the geographic distribution and the circulation of the publication in which the advertising will appear.