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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 56 / Section 37
Public officers and employees; initiative and referendum; promotion or opposition for hire
Status: in_force

Section 37. No member of the general court or paid officer or employee of the commonwealth shall promote or oppose, for a valuable consideration other than reimbursement for expenses actually incurred, the acceptance by the voters of any political subdivision of the commonwealth of any law conditioned to take effect therein upon such acceptance, or of any law or proposed law or constitutional amendment submitted under Article XLVIII of the amendments to the constitution, or an expression of opinion by the voters on any question of public policy. Any person taking or giving employment in violation of any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Section 37. No member of the general court or paid officer or employee of the commonwealth shall promote or oppose, for a valuable consideration other than reimbursement for expenses actually incurred, the acceptance by the voters of any political subdivision of the commonwealth of any law conditioned to take effect therein upon such acceptance, or of any law or proposed law or constitutional amendment submitted under Article XLVIII of the amendments to the constitution, or an expression of opinion by the voters on any question of public policy.

Any person taking or giving employment in violation of any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211 / Section 1
Number of justices
Status: in_force

Section 1. The supreme judicial court shall consist of one chief justice and six associate justices.

Section 1. The supreme judicial court shall consist of one chief justice and six associate justices.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, sec. 35 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 129 / Section 35
Driving certain cattle on public ways or roads
Status: in_force

Section 35. Texan, Mexican, Cherokee, Indian or other cattle, which the director has reason to believe may spread contagious disease, shall not be driven on any public way or road, or outside the stockyards connected with any railroad in the commonwealth, contrary to an order of the director, and they shall be kept in different pens from those in which other cattle are kept in all stockyards in the commonwealth. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars.

Section 35. Texan, Mexican, Cherokee, Indian or other cattle, which the director has reason to believe may spread contagious disease, shall not be driven on any public way or road, or outside the stockyards connected with any railroad in the commonwealth, contrary to an order of the director, and they shall be kept in different pens from those in which other cattle are kept in all stockyards in the commonwealth. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 65C, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 65C / Section 7
Discharge of executor's personal liability
Status: in_force

Section 7. If the executor makes a written application, accompanied by a copy of the final determination of federal estate tax liability, to the commissioner for determination of the amount of the tax and discharge from personal liability therefor, the commissioner, as soon as possible, and in any event within one year after the making of such application, or, if the application is made before the return is filed, then within one year after the return is filed, shall notify the executor of the amount of the tax. The executor, on payment of the amount of which he is notified, shall be discharged from personal liability for any deficiency in tax thereafter found to be due, and shall be entitled to a receipt or writing showing such discharge.

Section 7. If the executor makes a written application, accompanied by a copy of the final determination of federal estate tax liability, to the commissioner for determination of the amount of the tax and discharge from personal liability therefor, the commissioner, as soon as possible, and in any event within one year after the making of such application, or, if the application is made before the return is filed, then within one year after the return is filed, shall notify the executor of the amount of the tax. The executor, on payment of the amount of which he is notified, shall be discharged from personal liability for any deficiency in tax thereafter found to be due, and shall be entitled to a receipt or writing showing such discharge.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 217 / Section 19
Register; reports to division of public charities
Status: in_force

Section 19. Whenever any instrument creating or increasing an estate or fund for benevolent, charitable, humane or philanthropic purposes is filed for record in a registry of probate, the register shall forthwith send to the division of public charities established by section eight B of chapter twelve a statement setting forth the book and page in the registry where the instrument is recorded, with the name, if any, of the estate or fund, and further stating by whom said estate or fund has been created or increased, and by whom it is to be administered.

Section 19. Whenever any instrument creating or increasing an estate or fund for benevolent, charitable, humane or philanthropic purposes is filed for record in a registry of probate, the register shall forthwith send to the division of public charities established by section eight B of chapter twelve a statement setting forth the book and page in the registry where the instrument is recorded, with the name, if any, of the estate or fund, and further stating by whom said estate or fund has been created or increased, and by whom it is to be administered.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 46, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 46 / Section 25
Disposition of fines and forfeitures
Status: in_force

Section 25. All fines and forfeitures recovered under this chapter shall, except as provided in sections twenty-four and twenty-seven, accrue to the benefit of the town where the required return should have been made.

Section 25. All fines and forfeitures recovered under this chapter shall, except as provided in sections twenty-four and twenty-seven, accrue to the benefit of the town where the required return should have been made.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 4
Estimates for purposes not covered by Sec. 3; review; public hearing
Status: in_force

Section 4. Every officer having charge of any state agency who, in the officer's annual reports or otherwise, recommends or petitions for the expenditure of money by the commonwealth from any source of revenue, including expenditures to be met by assessments or from bond revenues or trust funds, for any purpose not covered by the estimates required to be submitted under section 3, shall, annually, on or before a date set by the secretary of administration and finance, submit detailed estimates thereof to the budget director, together with any other information required by said budget director. Such estimates and other information relating to such state agency before being submitted to the budget director, shall first be submitted to the appropriate secretary, if any, on or before a date set by the secretary; said secretary shall review the same and make such additions, deletions and modifications as the secretary deems appropriate; provided, however, that prior to making any such additions, deletions or modifications, said secretary shall conduct public hearings, for which he shall give at least 5 days public notice, on all items for which the secretary shall submit to the governor a recommendation for an appropriation of $1,000,000 or more.

Section 4. Every officer having charge of any state agency who, in the officer's annual reports or otherwise, recommends or petitions for the expenditure of money by the commonwealth from any source of revenue, including expenditures to be met by assessments or from bond revenues or trust funds, for any purpose not covered by the estimates required to be submitted under section 3, shall, annually, on or before a date set by the secretary of administration and finance, submit detailed estimates thereof to the budget director, together with any other information required by said budget director. Such estimates and other information relating to such state agency before being submitted to the budget director, shall first be submitted to the appropriate secretary, if any, on or before a date set by the secretary; said secretary shall review the same and make such additions, deletions and modifications as the secretary deems appropriate; provided, however, that prior to making any such additions, deletions or modifications, said secretary shall conduct public hearings, for which he shall give at least 5 days public notice, on all items for which the secretary shall submit to the governor a recommendation for an appropriation of $1,000,000 or more.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 52, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 52 / Section 7
Disposition of funds upon redivision of city into wards
Status: in_force

Section 7. Upon the redivision of a city into wards the treasurer of each ward committee of a ward affected by such redivision shall, before the termination of office of the members thereof, pay over to the treasurer of the city committee representing the same political party such funds of the ward committee as he has in his possession after paying all bills. In the statements required under section seventeen of chapter fifty-five, the treasurer of the ward committee making such payment shall report it as a disbursement and the treasurer of the city committee receiving it shall report it as a receipt.

Section 7. Upon the redivision of a city into wards the treasurer of each ward committee of a ward affected by such redivision shall, before the termination of office of the members thereof, pay over to the treasurer of the city committee representing the same political party such funds of the ward committee as he has in his possession after paying all bills. In the statements required under section seventeen of chapter fifty-five, the treasurer of the ward committee making such payment shall report it as a disbursement and the treasurer of the city committee receiving it shall report it as a receipt.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, sec. 46 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 271 / Section 46
Discarded containers originally used for refrigerative purposes; removal of doors
Status: in_force

Section 46. Whoever fails to remove the door or doors from a container originally used for refrigerative purposes before discarding it, or setting it aside for failure to use such container, or before keeping it out of doors for sale or any other purpose in a place accessible to unattended children, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.

Section 46. Whoever fails to remove the door or doors from a container originally used for refrigerative purposes before discarding it, or setting it aside for failure to use such container, or before keeping it out of doors for sale or any other purpose in a place accessible to unattended children, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 7
Receipt of federal funds for state-operated veterans' homes
Status: in_force

Section 7. He shall receive from the United States all sums of money paid for the benefit of state-operated veterans' homes under authority of any act of congress, and such funds shall, subject to appropriation, be available for expenditure for the maintenance of said institutions.

Section 7. He shall receive from the United States all sums of money paid for the benefit of state-operated veterans' homes under authority of any act of congress, and such funds shall, subject to appropriation, be available for expenditure for the maintenance of said institutions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64H, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64H / Section 29
Service of notices
Status: in_force

Section 29. Any notice authorized or required under the provisions of this chapter may be served personally or may be given by mailing the same, postage prepaid, to the person for whom it is intended, addressed to such person at his address as it appears in the records of the commissioner.

Section 29. Any notice authorized or required under the provisions of this chapter may be served personally or may be given by mailing the same, postage prepaid, to the person for whom it is intended, addressed to such person at his address as it appears in the records of the commissioner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151A, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151A / Section 51
Requisition from trust fund; transfer to commissioner
Status: in_force

Section 51. The state treasurer shall from time to time requisition from said Unemployment Trust Fund such amounts, not exceeding the amounts standing to the commonwealth's account therein, as the commissioner deems necessary for the payment of benefits for a reasonable future period, and transfer such moneys to the commissioner.

Section 51. The state treasurer shall from time to time requisition from said Unemployment Trust Fund such amounts, not exceeding the amounts standing to the commonwealth's account therein, as the commissioner deems necessary for the payment of benefits for a reasonable future period, and transfer such moneys to the commissioner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 184 / Section 6
Interpretation of words importing want or failure of issue
Status: in_force

Section 6. In a limitation of real or personal property by deed, will or other instrument in writing, executed after April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, the words ''die without issue'', or ''die without leaving issue'', or ''have no issue'', or ''die without heirs of the body'', or other words importing either a want or failure of issue of any person in his lifetime or at the time of his death, or an indefinite failure of his issue, shall, unless a contrary intention clearly appears by the instrument creating such limitation, mean a want or failure of issue in the lifetime or at the time of the death of such person, and not an indefinite failure of his issue.

Section 6. In a limitation of real or personal property by deed, will or other instrument in writing, executed after April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, the words ''die without issue'', or ''die without leaving issue'', or ''have no issue'', or ''die without heirs of the body'', or other words importing either a want or failure of issue of any person in his lifetime or at the time of his death, or an indefinite failure of his issue, shall, unless a contrary intention clearly appears by the instrument creating such limitation, mean a want or failure of issue in the lifetime or at the time of the death of such person, and not an indefinite failure of his issue.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 122, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 122 / Section 3
Board of trustees; powers and duties; appointment of superintendent
Status: in_force

Section 3. The trustees of the Tewksbury hospital, in this chapter called the trustees, shall hold meetings monthly at the hospital. One trustee shall visit the hospital at least once a week. The commissioner of the department, with the approval of the public health council, shall appoint a superintendent thereof, who may be the medical director. No member of the board of trustees shall be employed at the hospital.

Section 3. The trustees of the Tewksbury hospital, in this chapter called the trustees, shall hold meetings monthly at the hospital. One trustee shall visit the hospital at least once a week. The commissioner of the department, with the approval of the public health council, shall appoint a superintendent thereof, who may be the medical director. No member of the board of trustees shall be employed at the hospital.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 105, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 105 / Section 6
Publication of notice of revocation of license
Status: in_force

Section 6. The commissioner shall, at the expense of each warehouseman, give notice of his license and qualification, of the amount of the bond given by him and of any discontinuance of his license and shall, at the expense of any surety on his bond proceeding under section two A, give notice of the revocation of his license, by publishing such notice once in each week for three successive weeks in some newspaper published in the city or town where the warehouse is located.

Section 6. The commissioner shall, at the expense of each warehouseman, give notice of his license and qualification, of the amount of the bond given by him and of any discontinuance of his license and shall, at the expense of any surety on his bond proceeding under section two A, give notice of the revocation of his license, by publishing such notice once in each week for three successive weeks in some newspaper published in the city or town where the warehouse is located.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 120, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 120 / Section 24
Expenditure of gifts
Status: in_force

Section 24. The department may expend any money given for the purpose in erecting houses or other buildings on the land of the commonwealth at Lancaster, for increasing the accommodation and facilities of the industrial school, if the plans therefor are first approved by the bureau of building construction.

Section 24. The department may expend any money given for the purpose in erecting houses or other buildings on the land of the commonwealth at Lancaster, for increasing the accommodation and facilities of the industrial school, if the plans therefor are first approved by the bureau of building construction.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15MMMMM — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15MMMMM
Polish American Congress Day
Status: in_force

Section 15MMMMM. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart October thirtieth as Polish American Congress Day, in recognition of the capacity of the Polish American Congress established in 1944 to represent the domestic and international concerns of Americans of Polish descent at both the state and federal levels of government in the United States, and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15MMMMM. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart October thirtieth as Polish American Congress Day, in recognition of the capacity of the Polish American Congress established in 1944 to represent the domestic and international concerns of Americans of Polish descent at both the state and federal levels of government in the United States, and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268, sec. 6B — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 268 / Section 6B
Process servers; false statements; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 6B. Any process server who returns to the court a writ or other official instrument of process on which he has willfully falsified either the fact that service has been made, or the fact that a particular kind of service has been made, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.

Section 6B. Any process server who returns to the court a writ or other official instrument of process on which he has willfully falsified either the fact that service has been made, or the fact that a particular kind of service has been made, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90B, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90B / Section 28
Suspension or revocation of registration; hearing
Status: in_force

Section 28. The director may suspend or revoke the registration of a snow vehicle or a recreation vehicle, after a hearing, for good cause which shall include, but not be limited to:— (1) nonownership by the applicant; (2) the failure of said vehicle to meet equipment standards after the owner has received notice to comply with the standards; (3) operation of such vehicle improperly or in such a manner as to cause damage to any property or death or injury to any person, or that the registrant has allowed or permitted such vehicle to be so operated.

Section 28. The director may suspend or revoke the registration of a snow vehicle or a recreation vehicle, after a hearing, for good cause which shall include, but not be limited to:—

(1) nonownership by the applicant;

(2) the failure of said vehicle to meet equipment standards after the owner has received notice to comply with the standards;

(3) operation of such vehicle improperly or in such a manner as to cause damage to any property or death or injury to any person, or that the registrant has allowed or permitted such vehicle to be so operated.