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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 12AA — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 12AA
Iwo Jima Day
Status: in_force

Section 12AA. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for the observance of February nineteenth as Iwo Jima Day, commemorating the extreme heroism and courage of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States who participated in the successful assault of the island of Iwo Jima where ''extraordinary valor was common virtue'', and recommending that said day be observed in appropriate manner by the public.

Section 12AA. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for the observance of February nineteenth as Iwo Jima Day, commemorating the extreme heroism and courage of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States who participated in the successful assault of the island of Iwo Jima where ''extraordinary valor was common virtue'', and recommending that said day be observed in appropriate manner by the public.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203E, sec. 409 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203E / Section 409
Non-charitable trust without ascertainable beneficiary
Status: in_force

Section 409. Non-charitable trust without ascertainable beneficiary. Except as otherwise provided in section 408, or by another general or special law, the following rules shall apply: (1) A trust may be created for a non-charitable purpose without a definite or definitely ascertainable beneficiary or for a non-charitable but otherwise valid purpose to be selected by the trustee. (2) A trust authorized by this section may be enforced by a person appointed in the terms of the trust or, if no person is so appointed, by a person appointed by the court. (3) Property of a trust authorized by this section may be applied only to its intended use, except to the extent the court determines that the value of the trust property exceeds the amount required for the intended use. Property not required for the intended use shall be distributed to the settlor, if then living, otherwise to the settlor's successors in interest, unless the terms of the trust provide otherwise.

Section 409. Non-charitable trust without ascertainable beneficiary.

Except as otherwise provided in section 408, or by another general or special law, the following rules shall apply:

(1) A trust may be created for a non-charitable purpose without a definite or definitely ascertainable beneficiary or for a non-charitable but otherwise valid purpose to be selected by the trustee.

(2) A trust authorized by this section may be enforced by a person appointed in the terms of the trust or, if no person is so appointed, by a person appointed by the court.

(3) Property of a trust authorized by this section may be applied only to its intended use, except to the extent the court determines that the value of the trust property exceeds the amount required for the intended use. Property not required for the intended use shall be distributed to the settlor, if then living, otherwise to the settlor's successors in interest, unless the terms of the trust provide otherwise.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 147, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 147 / Section 33
Issuance and term of license; revocation of license; issuance of license for toughman competition prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 33. The commission may, subject to sections 32 to 47, inclusive, issue licenses to conduct boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts or other unarmed combative sporting events, sparring matches and exhibitions. The license shall be valid only for the date approved by the commission. The commission may revoke the license at any time in the interest of public safety. No license shall be issued for a toughman competition or similar event.

Section 33. The commission may, subject to sections 32 to 47, inclusive, issue licenses to conduct boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts or other unarmed combative sporting events, sparring matches and exhibitions. The license shall be valid only for the date approved by the commission. The commission may revoke the license at any time in the interest of public safety. No license shall be issued for a toughman competition or similar event.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 210, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 210 / Section 1
Nature of adoption; district or juvenile court
Status: in_force

Section 1. A person of full age may petition the probate court in the county where he resides for leave to adopt as his child another person younger than himself, unless such other person is his or her wife or husband. A minor may likewise petition, or join in the petition of his or her wife or husband, for the adoption of a natural child of one of the parties. If the petitioner has a husband or wife living, competent to join in the petition, such husband or wife shall join therein, and upon adoption the child shall in law be the child of both; provided, however, that the prayer of the petition may be granted although the spouse of the petitioner is not a party to the petition if the court finds: (i) the failure of the spouse to join in the petition or to consent to the adoption is excused by reason of prolonged unexplained absence, legal separation, prolonged separation, incapacity or circumstances constituting an unreasonable withholding of consent; (ii) the husband and wife are not in the process of an ongoing divorce; and (iii) the granting of the petition is in the best interests of the child. If a person not an inhabitant of this commonwealth desires to adopt a child residing here, the petition may be made to the probate court in the county where the child resides. The district or juvenile court may, if it appears necessary or convenient, exercise the powers authorized by this chapter, but only in respect to a pending proceeding before such district or juvenile court.

Section 1. A person of full age may petition the probate court in the county where he resides for leave to adopt as his child another person younger than himself, unless such other person is his or her wife or husband. A minor may likewise petition, or join in the petition of his or her wife or husband, for the adoption of a natural child of one of the parties. If the petitioner has a husband or wife living, competent to join in the petition, such husband or wife shall join therein, and upon adoption the child shall in law be the child of both; provided, however, that the prayer of the petition may be granted although the spouse of the petitioner is not a party to the petition if the court finds: (i) the failure of the spouse to join in the petition or to consent to the adoption is excused by reason of prolonged unexplained absence, legal separation, prolonged separation, incapacity or circumstances constituting an unreasonable withholding of consent; (ii) the husband and wife are not in the process of an ongoing divorce; and (iii) the granting of the petition is in the best interests of the child. If a person not an inhabitant of this commonwealth desires to adopt a child residing here, the petition may be made to the probate court in the county where the child resides.

The district or juvenile court may, if it appears necessary or convenient, exercise the powers authorized by this chapter, but only in respect to a pending proceeding before such district or juvenile court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23K, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23K / Section 40
Possession of cheating and swindling device or game; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 40. (a) Whoever possesses a cheating and swindling device or game, with the intent to defraud, cheat or steal, shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years or by a fine not to exceed $10,000, or both, and in the case of a person other than a natural person, by a fine not to exceed $100,000. (b) Possession of a cheating and swindling device or game within a gaming establishment shall constitute prima facie evidence of an intent to defraud, cheat or steal, except possession by a gaming licensee or an employee of a gaming licensee, acting lawfully in furtherance of such person's employment within the gaming establishment, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years or a fine not to exceed $10,000, or both.

Section 40. (a) Whoever possesses a cheating and swindling device or game, with the intent to defraud, cheat or steal, shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years or by a fine not to exceed $10,000, or both, and in the case of a person other than a natural person, by a fine not to exceed $100,000.

(b) Possession of a cheating and swindling device or game within a gaming establishment shall constitute prima facie evidence of an intent to defraud, cheat or steal, except possession by a gaming licensee or an employee of a gaming licensee, acting lawfully in furtherance of such person's employment within the gaming establishment, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years or a fine not to exceed $10,000, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 13, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 13 / Section 23
Board of registration in pharmacy; meetings; officers; secretary's bond
Status: in_force

Section 23. The board shall meet on the first Tuesday of December in each year at such time and place as it may determine, and shall organize by electing a president and secretary, who shall be members of the board, and shall hold their offices for one year. The secretary shall give to the state treasurer a bond, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the governor and council, for the faithful performance of his official duties. The board shall annually hold regular meetings on the first Tuesdays of January, May and October, and additional meetings at such times and places as it shall determine. A member may serve up to 1 year as secretary and up to 1 year as president during any single term.

Section 23. The board shall meet on the first Tuesday of December in each year at such time and place as it may determine, and shall organize by electing a president and secretary, who shall be members of the board, and shall hold their offices for one year. The secretary shall give to the state treasurer a bond, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the governor and council, for the faithful performance of his official duties. The board shall annually hold regular meetings on the first Tuesdays of January, May and October, and additional meetings at such times and places as it shall determine.

A member may serve up to 1 year as secretary and up to 1 year as president during any single term.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 21
Amendments and repeals of ordinances
Status: repealed

Section 21. No ordinance shall be amended or repealed except by an ordinance adopted in accordance with this chapter.

Section 21. No ordinance shall be amended or repealed except by an ordinance adopted in accordance with this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 108A, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 108A / Section 4
Interpretation and construction
Status: in_force

Section 4. (1) The rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed shall have no application to this chapter. (2) The law of estoppel shall apply under this chapter. (3) The law of agency shall apply under this chapter. (4) This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effect its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. (5) This chapter shall not be construed so as to impair the obligations of any contract existing on January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, nor to affect any action or proceedings begun or right accrued before said date.

Section 4. (1) The rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed shall have no application to this chapter.

(2) The law of estoppel shall apply under this chapter.

(3) The law of agency shall apply under this chapter.

(4) This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effect its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.

(5) This chapter shall not be construed so as to impair the obligations of any contract existing on January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, nor to affect any action or proceedings begun or right accrued before said date.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 1C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 1C
Retroactive premium rate increase
Status: in_force

Section 1C. For purposes of this section, retroactive premium rate increase shall mean any premium rate increase based upon an actual approved rate which is assessed to a subscriber after any payment has been made by said subscriber based upon an estimated premium rate for such period of coverage. A nonprofit hospital service corporation governed by this chapter which offers medicare supplemental individual or group coverage shall, in the event of a retroactive premium rate increase for such coverage, allocate such increase among the remaining outstanding premium payments due; provided, however, that no finance charge or additional cost may be charged as a result of such allocation.

Section 1C. For purposes of this section, retroactive premium rate increase shall mean any premium rate increase based upon an actual approved rate which is assessed to a subscriber after any payment has been made by said subscriber based upon an estimated premium rate for such period of coverage.

A nonprofit hospital service corporation governed by this chapter which offers medicare supplemental individual or group coverage shall, in the event of a retroactive premium rate increase for such coverage, allocate such increase among the remaining outstanding premium payments due; provided, however, that no finance charge or additional cost may be charged as a result of such allocation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 267, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 267 / Section 15
Certificates of certain officials of the United States, a state or territory, as evidence
Status: in_force

Section 15. In prosecutions for forging or counterfeiting a note, certificate, bill of credit or other security issued on behalf of the United States, or on behalf of any state or territory, or for uttering, publishing or tendering in payment as true such forged or counterfeit note, certificate, bill of credit or security, or for being possessed thereof with intent to utter or pass the same as true, the certificate under oath of the secretary of the treasury, or of the treasurer of the United States, or of the secretary or treasurer of any state or territory, on whose behalf such note, certificate, bill of credit or security purports to have been issued, shall be admitted as evidence for the purpose of proving the same to be forged or counterfeit.

Section 15. In prosecutions for forging or counterfeiting a note, certificate, bill of credit or other security issued on behalf of the United States, or on behalf of any state or territory, or for uttering, publishing or tendering in payment as true such forged or counterfeit note, certificate, bill of credit or security, or for being possessed thereof with intent to utter or pass the same as true, the certificate under oath of the secretary of the treasury, or of the treasurer of the United States, or of the secretary or treasurer of any state or territory, on whose behalf such note, certificate, bill of credit or security purports to have been issued, shall be admitted as evidence for the purpose of proving the same to be forged or counterfeit.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93A, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93A / Section 7
Failure to appear or to comply with notice
Status: in_force

Section 7. A person upon whom a notice is served pursuant to the provisions of section six shall comply with the terms thereof unless otherwise provided by the order of a court of the commonwealth. Any person who fails to appear, or with intent to avoid, evade, or prevent compliance, in whole or in part, with any civil investigation under this chapter, removes from any place, conceals, withholds, or destroys, mutilates, alters, or by any other means falsifies any documentary material in the possession, custody or control of any person subject to any such notice, or knowingly conceals any relevant information, shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars. The attorney general may file in the superior court of the county in which such person resides or has his principal place of business, or of Suffolk county if such person is a nonresident or has no principal place of business in the commonwealth, and serve upon such person, in the same manner as provided in section six, a petition for an order of such court for the enforcement of this section and section six. Any disobedience of any final order entered under this section by any court shall be punished as a contempt thereof.

Section 7. A person upon whom a notice is served pursuant to the provisions of section six shall comply with the terms thereof unless otherwise provided by the order of a court of the commonwealth. Any person who fails to appear, or with intent to avoid, evade, or prevent compliance, in whole or in part, with any civil investigation under this chapter, removes from any place, conceals, withholds, or destroys, mutilates, alters, or by any other means falsifies any documentary material in the possession, custody or control of any person subject to any such notice, or knowingly conceals any relevant information, shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars.

The attorney general may file in the superior court of the county in which such person resides or has his principal place of business, or of Suffolk county if such person is a nonresident or has no principal place of business in the commonwealth, and serve upon such person, in the same manner as provided in section six, a petition for an order of such court for the enforcement of this section and section six. Any disobedience of any final order entered under this section by any court shall be punished as a contempt thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 86 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 86
Enforcement of lien of co-tenant
Status: in_force

Section 86. Such lien may be enforced in the manner provided in chapter two hundred and fifty-four for enforcing liens on buildings and land under written contracts for the erection, alteration, repair or removal of buildings or structures; but shall be dissolved, unless the person desiring to avail himself thereof, or some one in his behalf, subscribes and makes oath to a certificate setting forth a description, sufficiently accurate for identification, of the property intended to be covered by the lien, the names of the several co-tenants and the interest of each therein, the amount of the tax paid, and the amount due from each co-tenant, and within thirty days after the day of payment of said tax records such certificate in the registry of deeds, and unless a bill in equity to enforce the lien is commenced within sixty days after the date of recording said certificate. Such lien shall have priority over all liens and encumbrances arising after the filing of the certificate required by this section, but shall not be valid against a mortgage actually existing and duly recorded prior to the recording of said certificate, or against any lien existing under section one or section three of chapter two hundred and fifty-four prior to the filing of the certificate. No person except the co-tenant who paid the tax, or a person claiming by, through or under him, shall be made a party plaintiff in a bill brought under this section.

Section 86. Such lien may be enforced in the manner provided in chapter two hundred and fifty-four for enforcing liens on buildings and land under written contracts for the erection, alteration, repair or removal of buildings or structures; but shall be dissolved, unless the person desiring to avail himself thereof, or some one in his behalf, subscribes and makes oath to a certificate setting forth a description, sufficiently accurate for identification, of the property intended to be covered by the lien, the names of the several co-tenants and the interest of each therein, the amount of the tax paid, and the amount due from each co-tenant, and within thirty days after the day of payment of said tax records such certificate in the registry of deeds, and unless a bill in equity to enforce the lien is commenced within sixty days after the date of recording said certificate. Such lien shall have priority over all liens and encumbrances arising after the filing of the certificate required by this section, but shall not be valid against a mortgage actually existing and duly recorded prior to the recording of said certificate, or against any lien existing under section one or section three of chapter two hundred and fifty-four prior to the filing of the certificate. No person except the co-tenant who paid the tax, or a person claiming by, through or under him, shall be made a party plaintiff in a bill brought under this section.