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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 28
Sale of alcoholic beverage to churches, religious societies, hospitals, homes for aged people and to manufacturers of food products
Status: in_force

Section 28. The holder of a license under section 18, 19, 19B, 19C or 19D may sell those alcoholic beverages which such licensees are authorized to sell to churches and religious societies, educational institutions licensed under section fourteen, incorporated hospitals and homes for aged people whose real or personal property is exempt from taxation under the laws of the commonwealth, and to manufacturers of food products, including ice cream, for use only in connection with the manufacture of such products, and to manufacturers of drugs and chemicals for use only in the manufacture or preparation of articles mentioned in section thirty-five of chapter one hundred and twelve, in such quantities and subject to such restrictions as the commission may by regulation prescribe. The holder of such a license may also sell and deliver such beverages to any person on any federal or state military or naval reservation authorized by the commanding officer thereof to purchase and receive the same.

Section 28. The holder of a license under section 18, 19, 19B, 19C or 19D may sell those alcoholic beverages which such licensees are authorized to sell to churches and religious societies, educational institutions licensed under section fourteen, incorporated hospitals and homes for aged people whose real or personal property is exempt from taxation under the laws of the commonwealth, and to manufacturers of food products, including ice cream, for use only in connection with the manufacture of such products, and to manufacturers of drugs and chemicals for use only in the manufacture or preparation of articles mentioned in section thirty-five of chapter one hundred and twelve, in such quantities and subject to such restrictions as the commission may by regulation prescribe. The holder of such a license may also sell and deliver such beverages to any person on any federal or state military or naval reservation authorized by the commanding officer thereof to purchase and receive the same.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 206, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 206 / Section 12
Realty held in mortgage or on execution; manner of sale
Status: in_force

Section 12. Real estate held by an executor or administrator in mortgage, or taken on execution by him, may, at any time before the right of redemption is foreclosed, be sold subject to such right, in the same manner as personal property of a person deceased; and after such right has been foreclosed, it may be sold in the same manner as real estate of which the deceased died seized.

Section 12. Real estate held by an executor or administrator in mortgage, or taken on execution by him, may, at any time before the right of redemption is foreclosed, be sold subject to such right, in the same manner as personal property of a person deceased; and after such right has been foreclosed, it may be sold in the same manner as real estate of which the deceased died seized.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 54 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 54
Deposits or other security for proposals by bidders
Status: in_force

Section 54. The state treasurer may require each bidder submitting a proposal under section 53, as a condition precedent to the consideration of such bidder's proposal, to submit a good faith deposit or otherwise secure such bidder's proposal, in such manner and amount as the state treasurer shall determine to be appropriate.

Section 54. The state treasurer may require each bidder submitting a proposal under section 53, as a condition precedent to the consideration of such bidder's proposal, to submit a good faith deposit or otherwise secure such bidder's proposal, in such manner and amount as the state treasurer shall determine to be appropriate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 1B — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 1B
Districts; power to sue and be sued; insurance; defense of civil actions
Status: in_force

Section 1B. A district may sue and be sued by its name to the same extent and upon the same conditions as a city or town. Districts shall have the power and authority to assess member cities and towns for the purpose of paying a proper charge to effect insurance for payment of damages or for the purpose of paying a proper charge for payment of damages incurred pursuant to chapter two hundred and fifty-eight, and shall have the power and authority to defend civil actions brought against them pursuant to said chapter.

Section 1B. A district may sue and be sued by its name to the same extent and upon the same conditions as a city or town.

Districts shall have the power and authority to assess member cities and towns for the purpose of paying a proper charge to effect insurance for payment of damages or for the purpose of paying a proper charge for payment of damages incurred pursuant to chapter two hundred and fifty-eight, and shall have the power and authority to defend civil actions brought against them pursuant to said chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 42A — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 42A
Questions submitted to voters; designation
Status: in_force

Section 42A. The state secretary and the city or town clerks shall cause each question appearing upon ballots prepared by them to be designated as follows: Questions submitted to the people under Article XLVIII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth shall appear first in order upon the ballot numbered consecutively, and the first such question so appearing shall be designated by the numeral 1; additional questions shall follow numbered so that all questions appearing upon such ballot shall be numbered consecutively; provided, however, that the fair, concise summary of any measure submitted to the voters under the provisions of said Article XLVIII shall be accompanied on the ballot by the one sentence statement describing the effect of a yes or no vote, prepared as required in section 53. The questions required to be placed upon the official ballot at a biennial state election by section eleven of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight shall be numbered as a single question having three parts, and the questions required to be placed upon the official ballot at such an election by section fourteen of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight A shall be numbered as a single question having two parts.

Section 42A. The state secretary and the city or town clerks shall cause each question appearing upon ballots prepared by them to be designated as follows: Questions submitted to the people under Article XLVIII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth shall appear first in order upon the ballot numbered consecutively, and the first such question so appearing shall be designated by the numeral 1; additional questions shall follow numbered so that all questions appearing upon such ballot shall be numbered consecutively; provided, however, that the fair, concise summary of any measure submitted to the voters under the provisions of said Article XLVIII shall be accompanied on the ballot by the one sentence statement describing the effect of a yes or no vote, prepared as required in section 53. The questions required to be placed upon the official ballot at a biennial state election by section eleven of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight shall be numbered as a single question having three parts, and the questions required to be placed upon the official ballot at such an election by section fourteen of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight A shall be numbered as a single question having two parts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 179 / Section 38
Division of general field; petition; committee to make division
Status: in_force

Section 38. Three or more proprietors of lots in a general field lying within one general fence or enclosure may, by a written petition to the proprietors of such field at a meeting of said proprietors legally warned for the purpose, request to have their lots, either alone or jointly with any other lots in such field, divided from the remainder of the field in order to be enclosed by one common fence and occupied by them as an entire field separately from the other proprietors. If the majority of proprietors in interest present at such meeting withhold or refuse their assent to such division, the superior court may, upon like application, appoint five disinterested and suitable persons within the county where the general field is situated, to be a committee to make the division, if they deem it expedient, and to assign to each field its proportion of the partition fence which by reason of such division should be kept up and maintained by the proprietors of the said general fields respectively.

Section 38. Three or more proprietors of lots in a general field lying within one general fence or enclosure may, by a written petition to the proprietors of such field at a meeting of said proprietors legally warned for the purpose, request to have their lots, either alone or jointly with any other lots in such field, divided from the remainder of the field in order to be enclosed by one common fence and occupied by them as an entire field separately from the other proprietors. If the majority of proprietors in interest present at such meeting withhold or refuse their assent to such division, the superior court may, upon like application, appoint five disinterested and suitable persons within the county where the general field is situated, to be a committee to make the division, if they deem it expedient, and to assign to each field its proportion of the partition fence which by reason of such division should be kept up and maintained by the proprietors of the said general fields respectively.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 195 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 195
Posting of notices relative to statutes
Status: in_force

Section 195. The aldermen of such cities and the selectmen of such towns shall cause to be posted in the immediate vicinity of such ponds notices stating that sections one hundred and ninety-four to one hundred and ninety-six, inclusive, have been accepted by the city or town.

Section 195. The aldermen of such cities and the selectmen of such towns shall cause to be posted in the immediate vicinity of such ponds notices stating that sections one hundred and ninety-four to one hundred and ninety-six, inclusive, have been accepted by the city or town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 252, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 252 / Section 19
Benefits; duty of commissioner to assess
Status: in_force

Section 19. The commissioners shall assess the amount awarded as damages upon the persons for whose use the improvements are to be made, in proportion to the benefit to be received by each; but no person shall be assessed an amount greater than the benefit to be received by him. The provisions of chapter eighty relative to the abatement and collection of betterments shall apply to assessments made under this section.

Section 19. The commissioners shall assess the amount awarded as damages upon the persons for whose use the improvements are to be made, in proportion to the benefit to be received by each; but no person shall be assessed an amount greater than the benefit to be received by him. The provisions of chapter eighty relative to the abatement and collection of betterments shall apply to assessments made under this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 65 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 65
Acceptance of written memorandum as evidence of insurance
Status: in_force

Section 65. Any mortgagee doing business in the commonwealth who makes in excess of five mortgage loans per year shall accept a written memorandum of a preliminary contract of insurance pursuant to section ninety-eight of chapter one hundred and seventy-five as evidence of insurance from any duly licensed agent, broker or insurance company; provided, however, that a contract for insurance for a term of not less than one year is issued within thirty days of said memorandum, or in the event of the cancellation of said memorandum, the mortgagee shall be provided with prior written notification thereof.

Section 65. Any mortgagee doing business in the commonwealth who makes in excess of five mortgage loans per year shall accept a written memorandum of a preliminary contract of insurance pursuant to section ninety-eight of chapter one hundred and seventy-five as evidence of insurance from any duly licensed agent, broker or insurance company; provided, however, that a contract for insurance for a term of not less than one year is issued within thirty days of said memorandum, or in the event of the cancellation of said memorandum, the mortgagee shall be provided with prior written notification thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 134, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 134 / Section 2
Stray beasts; report of finding
Status: in_force

Section 2. Except as otherwise provided in chapter one hundred and thirty-three, any person who takes up a stray beast shall report, post or advertise the finding thereof, in the manner provided in the preceding section, giving a description of the color and the natural and artificial marks of such beast; otherwise he shall not be entitled to compensation for any expenses which he may incur relative thereto.

Section 2. Except as otherwise provided in chapter one hundred and thirty-three, any person who takes up a stray beast shall report, post or advertise the finding thereof, in the manner provided in the preceding section, giving a description of the color and the natural and artificial marks of such beast; otherwise he shall not be entitled to compensation for any expenses which he may incur relative thereto.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159B, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159B / Section 16
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 16. The department may establish from time to time such reasonable rules and regulations consistent with this chapter as may be necessary to carry out its administration thereof.

Section 16. The department may establish from time to time such reasonable rules and regulations consistent with this chapter as may be necessary to carry out its administration thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 70 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 70
Recording of certificate of registration in optometry by city or town clerk; fees; display of certificate
Status: in_force

Section 70. Every person to whom a certificate of registration has been granted shall cause the same to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the city or town where he principally carries on the practice of optometry; and if he removes his principal office from one city or town to another in the commonwealth, he shall, before engaging in practice in such other city or town, notify the board in writing of the place where he is to engage in practice, and obtain from the clerk of the city or town where his certificate is recorded a certified copy thereof and file the same with the clerk of such other city or town. The fee for recording such certificate or issuing a certified copy thereof shall be as provided by clause (57) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two. Every registered optometrist shall display his certificate of registration in a conspicuous place in the principal office wherein he practices optometry, and shall, whenever so required, exhibit it to said board or its authorized representative; and whenever practicing optometry outside of or away from his principal office or place of business, he shall deliver to each customer or person fitted with glasses by him a memorandum of purchase, containing his signature, home post office address and the number of his certificate of registration, together with a specification of the lenses and frames or mountings furnished and the price charged therefor.

Section 70. Every person to whom a certificate of registration has been granted shall cause the same to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the city or town where he principally carries on the practice of optometry; and if he removes his principal office from one city or town to another in the commonwealth, he shall, before engaging in practice in such other city or town, notify the board in writing of the place where he is to engage in practice, and obtain from the clerk of the city or town where his certificate is recorded a certified copy thereof and file the same with the clerk of such other city or town. The fee for recording such certificate or issuing a certified copy thereof shall be as provided by clause (57) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two. Every registered optometrist shall display his certificate of registration in a conspicuous place in the principal office wherein he practices optometry, and shall, whenever so required, exhibit it to said board or its authorized representative; and whenever practicing optometry outside of or away from his principal office or place of business, he shall deliver to each customer or person fitted with glasses by him a memorandum of purchase, containing his signature, home post office address and the number of his certificate of registration, together with a specification of the lenses and frames or mountings furnished and the price charged therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, sec. 14C — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 129 / Section 14C
Hog cholera; slaughtering of hogs; payment to owners
Status: in_force

Section 14C. All hogs which are affected with, or have been exposed to, hog cholera, shall be quarantined and appraised by an appraiser of the division of animal health in the department of food and agriculture, hereinafter called the division, or an appraiser appointed by the United States Department of Agriculture, animal health division. Any such hogs as the director of the division may determine shall be slaughtered and their carcasses shall be disposed of in such manner as said director may determine. The commonwealth shall pay to the owner of such hogs so slaughtered one half of their value as determined by said appraisal, but not to exceed fifty dollars for a purebred and forty dollars for a grade, said payment to be made from the amounts appropriated therefor; provided, however, that if the federal government undertakes to pay part of the cost of any hogs destroyed, as provided in this section, the payment by the commonwealth shall be limited to the difference between the payment authorized by the federal government and the payment hereinbefore provided. No payment shall be made as herein provided unless the director has determined that the owner or his representative has not, in the opinion of the director, by wilful act or neglect, contributed to the spread of hog cholera. All determinations of value made under this act shall be at fair market value.

Section 14C. All hogs which are affected with, or have been exposed to, hog cholera, shall be quarantined and appraised by an appraiser of the division of animal health in the department of food and agriculture, hereinafter called the division, or an appraiser appointed by the United States Department of Agriculture, animal health division. Any such hogs as the director of the division may determine shall be slaughtered and their carcasses shall be disposed of in such manner as said director may determine. The commonwealth shall pay to the owner of such hogs so slaughtered one half of their value as determined by said appraisal, but not to exceed fifty dollars for a purebred and forty dollars for a grade, said payment to be made from the amounts appropriated therefor; provided, however, that if the federal government undertakes to pay part of the cost of any hogs destroyed, as provided in this section, the payment by the commonwealth shall be limited to the difference between the payment authorized by the federal government and the payment hereinbefore provided. No payment shall be made as herein provided unless the director has determined that the owner or his representative has not, in the opinion of the director, by wilful act or neglect, contributed to the spread of hog cholera. All determinations of value made under this act shall be at fair market value.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164A, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164A / Section 22
Bonds and notes; issuance authorized
Status: in_force

Section 22. Bonds and notes may be issued under this chapter without the consent of any department, division, commission or agency of the commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof and without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions or things which are specifically required therefor by this chapter. The provisions of this chapter authorizing the issue of bonds and notes shall not be deemed to preclude the issue of bonds and notes under any other authority.

Section 22. Bonds and notes may be issued under this chapter without the consent of any department, division, commission or agency of the commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof and without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions or things which are specifically required therefor by this chapter. The provisions of this chapter authorizing the issue of bonds and notes shall not be deemed to preclude the issue of bonds and notes under any other authority.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15OOOOO — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15OOOOO
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day
Status: in_force

Section 15OOOOO. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting aside the fourth Saturday of September as Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day, recommending its observance by the public in honoring the contributions of Eunice Kennedy Shriver on behalf of all disabled individuals, including her creation of the Special Olympics, through which she created a welcoming atmosphere where individual differences were celebrated, human dignity respected and spirits challenged among the citizens of the commonwealth and the world and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15OOOOO. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting aside the fourth Saturday of September as Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day, recommending its observance by the public in honoring the contributions of Eunice Kennedy Shriver on behalf of all disabled individuals, including her creation of the Special Olympics, through which she created a welcoming atmosphere where individual differences were celebrated, human dignity respected and spirits challenged among the citizens of the commonwealth and the world and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 82 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 82
Pipefitting examining and licensing rules; classification of pipefitter licenses
Status: in_force

Section 82. The bureau shall adopt regulations for the examining and licensing of fire sprinkler contractors, pipefitters, refrigeration technicians and sprinkler fitters, including the classification of pipefitter licenses, which shall include, but not be limited to, pipefitter welder, process piping and apprentice.

Section 82. The bureau shall adopt regulations for the examining and licensing of fire sprinkler contractors, pipefitters, refrigeration technicians and sprinkler fitters, including the classification of pipefitter licenses, which shall include, but not be limited to, pipefitter welder, process piping and apprentice.