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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 94 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 94
Registration of notices in insolvency and copies of decrees in bankruptcy
Status: in_force

Section 94. Such notices in insolvency and copies of decrees in bankruptcy as are required in the case of unregistered land to be recorded, shall, if the debtor owns registered land, be filed with the assistant recorder and registered. An assignee in insolvency or trustee in bankruptcy shall be entitled to the entry of a new certificate of registered land of the debtor or bankrupt upon presenting and filing a certified copy of the assignment in insolvency or decree of adjudication in bankruptcy; but the new certificate shall state that it is entered to him as assignee in insolvency or trustee in bankruptcy.

Section 94. Such notices in insolvency and copies of decrees in bankruptcy as are required in the case of unregistered land to be recorded, shall, if the debtor owns registered land, be filed with the assistant recorder and registered.

An assignee in insolvency or trustee in bankruptcy shall be entitled to the entry of a new certificate of registered land of the debtor or bankrupt upon presenting and filing a certified copy of the assignment in insolvency or decree of adjudication in bankruptcy; but the new certificate shall state that it is entered to him as assignee in insolvency or trustee in bankruptcy.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 264, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 264 / Section 17
Subversive organizations; prohibition
Status: in_force

Section 17. A subversive organization is hereby declared to be unlawful.

Section 17. A subversive organization is hereby declared to be unlawful.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164A, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164A / Section 23
Zoning regulations; exemption of facilities used by electric utilities
Status: in_force

Section 23. For the purposes of section ten of chapter forty A, an electric power facility located within the commonwealth and used or to be used by one or more domestic or foreign electric utilities pursuant to authority set forth in this chapter shall be considered a building, structure or land used or to be used by a public service corporation and each such utility shall be considered a public service corporation.

Section 23. For the purposes of section ten of chapter forty A, an electric power facility located within the commonwealth and used or to be used by one or more domestic or foreign electric utilities pursuant to authority set forth in this chapter shall be considered a building, structure or land used or to be used by a public service corporation and each such utility shall be considered a public service corporation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 14M — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 14M
Distribution and redemption of trading stamps; printing; minimum value
Status: in_force

Section 14M. No trading stamp company shall distribute trading stamps in the commonwealth or shall redeem trading stamps issued therein, unless each such stamp has legibly printed upon its face in cents or any fraction thereof a cash value as determined by said company. The said company shall, at the option of the rightful holder of such stamps, redeem the stamps in cash when duly presented for redemption in a number having an aggregate cash value of not less than twenty-five cents.

Section 14M. No trading stamp company shall distribute trading stamps in the commonwealth or shall redeem trading stamps issued therein, unless each such stamp has legibly printed upon its face in cents or any fraction thereof a cash value as determined by said company. The said company shall, at the option of the rightful holder of such stamps, redeem the stamps in cash when duly presented for redemption in a number having an aggregate cash value of not less than twenty-five cents.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 120, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 120 / Section 8
Bond and accounts of superintendents; accounting to commissioner of youth services
Status: in_force

Section 8. Each superintendent shall before entering upon his duties give bond to the commonwealth, with sureties approved by the governor and council, in such sum as the comptroller may prescribe, conditioned that he shall faithfully perform all his duties and account for all money received by him as superintendent. The bond shall be filed in the office of the state treasurer. Each superintendent shall have charge of all the property of the institution within the precincts thereof. He shall keep accounts of all his receipts and expenditures, and of all property intrusted to him, showing the income and expenses of the institution; and shall account to the commissioner of youth services, in such manner as said commissioner may require, for all money received by him. His books and all documents relative to the school shall at all times be open to the inspection of the commissioner of youth services.

Section 8. Each superintendent shall before entering upon his duties give bond to the commonwealth, with sureties approved by the governor and council, in such sum as the comptroller may prescribe, conditioned that he shall faithfully perform all his duties and account for all money received by him as superintendent. The bond shall be filed in the office of the state treasurer. Each superintendent shall have charge of all the property of the institution within the precincts thereof. He shall keep accounts of all his receipts and expenditures, and of all property intrusted to him, showing the income and expenses of the institution; and shall account to the commissioner of youth services, in such manner as said commissioner may require, for all money received by him. His books and all documents relative to the school shall at all times be open to the inspection of the commissioner of youth services.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 52, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 52 / Section 6
Vacancies
Status: in_force

Section 6. A vacancy in the office of chairman, secretary or treasurer or in any other office, notice of the filling of which must be filed under the provisions of section five, of a city, ward or town committee or in the membership of a ward or town committee shall be filled by such committee from among the enrolled members of the party resident in such city, ward or town, and a statement of any such change shall be filed as in the case of the officers and members first chosen. If any member shall change his residence from the city, ward or town in which he was chosen to fill said vacancy, he shall cease to be a member at the end of the calendar year during which said residence is changed.

Section 6. A vacancy in the office of chairman, secretary or treasurer or in any other office, notice of the filling of which must be filed under the provisions of section five, of a city, ward or town committee or in the membership of a ward or town committee shall be filled by such committee from among the enrolled members of the party resident in such city, ward or town, and a statement of any such change shall be filed as in the case of the officers and members first chosen. If any member shall change his residence from the city, ward or town in which he was chosen to fill said vacancy, he shall cease to be a member at the end of the calendar year during which said residence is changed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 116 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 116
Payment of reasonable expenses; chronically nonresident person defined
Status: in_force

Section 116. Reasonable expenses incurred by boards of health or by the commonwealth in making the provision required by law for persons infected with smallpox or other disease dangerous to the public health, other than tuberculosis, shall be paid by such persons, or, if such person is a minor, by his parents, if he or they are able to pay; otherwise, by the town where he has a residence upon the approval of the bill by the board of health of such town or by the department of public health of such town or by the department of public health when such person is determined to be a chronically nonresident person. For the purposes of this section the term ''chronically nonresident person'' means a person who evidences by his past conduct an inability or unwillingness to establish and maintain a residency with any degree of permanency and whose instability and general living standards in exposing himself and others to infection makes him a special problem for control in the commonwealth of smallpox or other disease dangerous to the public health.

Section 116. Reasonable expenses incurred by boards of health or by the commonwealth in making the provision required by law for persons infected with smallpox or other disease dangerous to the public health, other than tuberculosis, shall be paid by such persons, or, if such person is a minor, by his parents, if he or they are able to pay; otherwise, by the town where he has a residence upon the approval of the bill by the board of health of such town or by the department of public health of such town or by the department of public health when such person is determined to be a chronically nonresident person.

For the purposes of this section the term ''chronically nonresident person'' means a person who evidences by his past conduct an inability or unwillingness to establish and maintain a residency with any degree of permanency and whose instability and general living standards in exposing himself and others to infection makes him a special problem for control in the commonwealth of smallpox or other disease dangerous to the public health.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 35, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 35 / Section 15
Accounts; form and contents
Status: in_force

Section 15. The treasurer shall keep a full and accurate account stating when, from or to whom, and on what account money has been received or paid. Except in Suffolk county, his books shall be kept in the form prescribed by the director of accounts.

Section 15. The treasurer shall keep a full and accurate account stating when, from or to whom, and on what account money has been received or paid. Except in Suffolk county, his books shall be kept in the form prescribed by the director of accounts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 253, sec. 53 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 253 / Section 53
Notice
Status: in_force

Section 53. The notice shall be served by an officer qualified to serve civil process by delivering an attested copy thereof to each proprietor, or by leaving such copy at his last and usual place of abode, not less than seven nor more than thirty days before the day appointed for the meeting, and such officer's return, specifying the persons on whom he has served the notice and the time and manner of the service on each, shall be sufficient evidence thereof.

Section 53. The notice shall be served by an officer qualified to serve civil process by delivering an attested copy thereof to each proprietor, or by leaving such copy at his last and usual place of abode, not less than seven nor more than thirty days before the day appointed for the meeting, and such officer's return, specifying the persons on whom he has served the notice and the time and manner of the service on each, shall be sufficient evidence thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 274, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 274 / Section 4
Accessories after fact; punishment; relationship as defence; cross-examination; impeachment
Status: in_force

Section 4. Whoever, after the commission of a felony, harbors, conceals, maintains or assists the principal felon or accessory before the fact, or gives such offender any other aid, knowing that he has committed a felony or has been accessory thereto before the fact, with intent that he shall avoid or escape detention, arrest, trial or punishment, shall be an accessory after the fact, and, except as otherwise provided, be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than seven years or in jail for not more than two and one half years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. The fact that the defendant is the husband or wife, or by consanguinity, affinity or adoption, the parent or grandparent, child or grandchild, brother or sister of the offender, shall be a defence to a prosecution under this section. If such a defendant testifies solely as to the existence of such relationship, he shall not be subject to cross examination on any other subject matter, nor shall his criminal record, if any, except for perjury or subornation of perjury, be admissible to impeach his credibility.

Section 4. Whoever, after the commission of a felony, harbors, conceals, maintains or assists the principal felon or accessory before the fact, or gives such offender any other aid, knowing that he has committed a felony or has been accessory thereto before the fact, with intent that he shall avoid or escape detention, arrest, trial or punishment, shall be an accessory after the fact, and, except as otherwise provided, be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than seven years or in jail for not more than two and one half years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. The fact that the defendant is the husband or wife, or by consanguinity, affinity or adoption, the parent or grandparent, child or grandchild, brother or sister of the offender, shall be a defence to a prosecution under this section. If such a defendant testifies solely as to the existence of such relationship, he shall not be subject to cross examination on any other subject matter, nor shall his criminal record, if any, except for perjury or subornation of perjury, be admissible to impeach his credibility.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 42C — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 42C
Deadline for ballot questions
Status: in_force

Section 42C. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary establishing a later time, the state secretary shall not print on the biennial state election ballot any question to the voters for which he receives final written notice after the sixtieth day before said election. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary establishing a later time, a city or town clerk shall not print on a city or town election ballot any question to the voters for which he receives final written notice after the thirty-fifth day before such election.

Section 42C. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary establishing a later time, the state secretary shall not print on the biennial state election ballot any question to the voters for which he receives final written notice after the sixtieth day before said election. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary establishing a later time, a city or town clerk shall not print on a city or town election ballot any question to the voters for which he receives final written notice after the thirty-fifth day before such election.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 44
Sinking fund commissioners; election; tenure; appointment of secretary and treasurer
Status: in_force

Section 44. A city or town having a sinking fund as provided in section forty-seven of chapter forty-four shall elect each year for terms of three years the number of sinking fund commissioners equal to the number whose term then expires. In towns they shall be elected by ballot at town meeting, and in cities by concurrent vote of both branches of the city council. In case of a vacancy the remaining member or members shall exercise the powers of the board until the vacancy is filled. The city or town treasurer shall not be eligible as a commissioner, and the acceptance by a commissioner of the office of treasurer shall render his former office vacant. The foregoing provisions as to the mode of electing commissioners shall not apply to boards of sinking fund commissioners which were established before the thirteenth day of June in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five. The commissioners shall choose a treasurer, who may be the city or town treasurer; and if the city or town treasurer is chosen his bond shall apply to and include duties performed as treasurer of the sinking fund. If any other person is chosen treasurer he shall give a bond, with sureties, to the satisfaction of the commissioners, for the proper performance of his official duties. The commissioners may also choose a secretary.

Section 44. A city or town having a sinking fund as provided in section forty-seven of chapter forty-four shall elect each year for terms of three years the number of sinking fund commissioners equal to the number whose term then expires. In towns they shall be elected by ballot at town meeting, and in cities by concurrent vote of both branches of the city council. In case of a vacancy the remaining member or members shall exercise the powers of the board until the vacancy is filled. The city or town treasurer shall not be eligible as a commissioner, and the acceptance by a commissioner of the office of treasurer shall render his former office vacant. The foregoing provisions as to the mode of electing commissioners shall not apply to boards of sinking fund commissioners which were established before the thirteenth day of June in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five. The commissioners shall choose a treasurer, who may be the city or town treasurer; and if the city or town treasurer is chosen his bond shall apply to and include duties performed as treasurer of the sinking fund. If any other person is chosen treasurer he shall give a bond, with sureties, to the satisfaction of the commissioners, for the proper performance of his official duties. The commissioners may also choose a secretary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 97, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 97 / Section 15
Coordinates; location of points on earth's surface
Status: in_force

Section 15. The plane rectangular coordinates of a point on the earth's surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of said system, shall consist of two distances, expressed in feet and decimals of a foot. One of these distances, to be known as the ''X coordinate'', shall give the position in an east-west direction; the other to be known as the ''Y coordinate'', shall give the position in a north-south direction. Such coordinates shall be referred to the appropriate origin as defined in section sixteen, and shall be made to depend upon and conform to the plane rectangular coordinates of the triangulation and traverse stations of the former United States Coast and Geodetic Survey within the commonwealth, as these coordinates had been determined by said survey.

Section 15. The plane rectangular coordinates of a point on the earth's surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of said system, shall consist of two distances, expressed in feet and decimals of a foot. One of these distances, to be known as the ''X coordinate'', shall give the position in an east-west direction; the other to be known as the ''Y coordinate'', shall give the position in a north-south direction. Such coordinates shall be referred to the appropriate origin as defined in section sixteen, and shall be made to depend upon and conform to the plane rectangular coordinates of the triangulation and traverse stations of the former United States Coast and Geodetic Survey within the commonwealth, as these coordinates had been determined by said survey.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 170, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 170 / Section 23
Exemption of cooperative banks employees retirement association property and funds from taxation, operation of law relating to insolvency, attachment and execution; assignment of rights
Status: in_force

Section 23. The property of the retirement association, the portion of the wages or salary of any employee deducted or to be deducted under sections 21 and 22, the right of an employee to an annuity or pension, and all of the employee's rights in the funds of the retirement association, shall be exempt from taxation and from the operation of any law relating to insolvency, and shall not be attached or taken on execution or other process to satisfy any debt or liability of the retirement association, a participating bank or any employee member of the retirement association. No assignment of any right in or to said funds or of any pension or annuity payable under section 21 shall be valid, except that deferred annuity contracts purchased by a participating bank on account of past service of eligible employees may be assigned to such bank prior to actual retirement. Nothing in this section shall prevent an employee's annuity or pension from being attached, taken on execution, assigned, or subject to other process to satisfy a support order under chapter 208, 209 or 273.

Section 23. The property of the retirement association, the portion of the wages or salary of any employee deducted or to be deducted under sections 21 and 22, the right of an employee to an annuity or pension, and all of the employee's rights in the funds of the retirement association, shall be exempt from taxation and from the operation of any law relating to insolvency, and shall not be attached or taken on execution or other process to satisfy any debt or liability of the retirement association, a participating bank or any employee member of the retirement association. No assignment of any right in or to said funds or of any pension or annuity payable under section 21 shall be valid, except that deferred annuity contracts purchased by a participating bank on account of past service of eligible employees may be assigned to such bank prior to actual retirement.

Nothing in this section shall prevent an employee's annuity or pension from being attached, taken on execution, assigned, or subject to other process to satisfy a support order under chapter 208, 209 or 273.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 13, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 13 / Section 18
Board of registration in optometry; compensation and reimbursement of expenses
Status: in_force

Section 18. The members of the board shall serve without compensation shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses reasonably incurred in the performances of their duties as members or on behalf of the board.

Section 18. The members of the board shall serve without compensation shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses reasonably incurred in the performances of their duties as members or on behalf of the board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 171, sec. 8E — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 171 / Section 8E
Registration of foreign credit union or out-of-state federal credit union operating a branch in the commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 8E. Each foreign credit union or out-of-state federal credit union that operates a branch in the commonwealth shall register with the commissioner on forms prescribed by the commissioner which shall include information regarding the financial condition, operations and management of the credit union and other related matters the commissioner may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out this chapter. The commissioner, from time to time, may require reports under oath to keep informed as to whether this chapter and the rules and regulations established thereunder have been complied with.

Section 8E. Each foreign credit union or out-of-state federal credit union that operates a branch in the commonwealth shall register with the commissioner on forms prescribed by the commissioner which shall include information regarding the financial condition, operations and management of the credit union and other related matters the commissioner may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out this chapter.

The commissioner, from time to time, may require reports under oath to keep informed as to whether this chapter and the rules and regulations established thereunder have been complied with.