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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 280 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 280
Sale of unbranded or unmarked casks of nails or brads
Status: in_force

Section 280. If a cask, package or quantity of wrought, cut or wire nails or brads, manufactured in the commonwealth or elsewhere and not branded or marked as provided in the preceding section, is offered or exposed for sale within the commonwealth or put on board a vessel or vehicle, unless to be carried out of the commonwealth, it shall be forfeited.

Section 280. If a cask, package or quantity of wrought, cut or wire nails or brads, manufactured in the commonwealth or elsewhere and not branded or marked as provided in the preceding section, is offered or exposed for sale within the commonwealth or put on board a vessel or vehicle, unless to be carried out of the commonwealth, it shall be forfeited.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 38P — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 38P
School psychologists; tenure
Status: in_force

Section 38P. Every school psychologist and supervisor of school psychologists appointed by a school committee and holding certification as a school psychologist from the department of education shall acquire tenure in the school system of the city, town or district in which he is employed, subject to the provisions of sections forty-one, forty-two and forty-three A.

Section 38P. Every school psychologist and supervisor of school psychologists appointed by a school committee and holding certification as a school psychologist from the department of education shall acquire tenure in the school system of the city, town or district in which he is employed, subject to the provisions of sections forty-one, forty-two and forty-three A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 59 / Section 38
Fair cash valuation; classification of assessed valuation; taxable valuation
Status: in_force

Section 38. The assessors of each city and town shall at the time appointed therefor make a fair cash valuation of all the estate, real and personal, subject to taxation therein, and such determination shall be the assessed valuation of such estate. In cities, the assessors may, in any year, divide the city into convenient assessment districts. The assessed valuation of real property subject to taxation under this chapter shall be classified as follows:— Class one, residential; Class two, open; Class three, commercial, and Class four, industrial. The resulting amount shall be the taxable valuation of each class of property to which the assessors shall apply the tax rates applicable to each class as determined under section twenty-three A of chapter fifty-nine of the city or town, to determine the tax due and payable on such property.

Section 38. The assessors of each city and town shall at the time appointed therefor make a fair cash valuation of all the estate, real and personal, subject to taxation therein, and such determination shall be the assessed valuation of such estate. In cities, the assessors may, in any year, divide the city into convenient assessment districts.

The assessed valuation of real property subject to taxation under this chapter shall be classified as follows:—

The resulting amount shall be the taxable valuation of each class of property to which the assessors shall apply the tax rates applicable to each class as determined under section twenty-three A of chapter fifty-nine of the city or town, to determine the tax due and payable on such property.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, sec. 29C — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 217 / Section 29C
Barnstable probate court; deputy assistant registers
Status: in_force

Section 29C. The register of the Barnstable probate court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, designate 3 employees as deputy assistant registers with the same powers as assistant registers and with the approval of the chief justice remove a deputy assistant register. A deputy assistant register shall receive additional compensation of $6,000.

Section 29C. The register of the Barnstable probate court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, designate 3 employees as deputy assistant registers with the same powers as assistant registers and with the approval of the chief justice remove a deputy assistant register. A deputy assistant register shall receive additional compensation of $6,000.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, sec. 12R — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 25 / Section 12R
Department of Public Utilities Unified Carrier Registration Trust Fund
Status: in_force

Section 12R. There shall be a Department of Public Utilities Unified Carrier Registration Trust Fund. The department shall credit to the fund: (i) application fees collected pursuant to section 10 of chapter 159B; and (ii) income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. All amounts credited to the fund shall be held in trust and shall be available for expenditure, without further appropriation, by the department for the regulation of motor carriers pursuant to said chapter 159B. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. Annually, not later than December 1, the department shall issue a report to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and to the chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means on the fund activities including, but not limited to, amounts credited to the fund, amounts expended from the fund and any unexpended balance.

Section 12R. There shall be a Department of Public Utilities Unified Carrier Registration Trust Fund. The department shall credit to the fund: (i) application fees collected pursuant to section 10 of chapter 159B; and (ii) income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. All amounts credited to the fund shall be held in trust and shall be available for expenditure, without further appropriation, by the department for the regulation of motor carriers pursuant to said chapter 159B. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.

Annually, not later than December 1, the department shall issue a report to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and to the chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means on the fund activities including, but not limited to, amounts credited to the fund, amounts expended from the fund and any unexpended balance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 258, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 258 / Section 14
Public employers; satisfaction of liens for past due child support and repayment of public assistance benefits; compliance with statutory provisions as if employers were companies authorized to issue insurance policies
Status: in_force

Section 14. For the purpose of satisfying liens for past due child support, securing repayment of public assistance benefits, and past taxes, a public employer shall comply with sections 24D, 24E, and 24F of chapter 175 and any regulations promulgated thereunder in the same manner as if it were a company authorized to issue policies of insurance pursuant to said chapter 175.

Section 14. For the purpose of satisfying liens for past due child support, securing repayment of public assistance benefits, and past taxes, a public employer shall comply with sections 24D, 24E, and 24F of chapter 175 and any regulations promulgated thereunder in the same manner as if it were a company authorized to issue policies of insurance pursuant to said chapter 175.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21C, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21C / Section 30
Insufficient funds; liability of commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 30. In the event that the monies in the insolvency fund are insufficient to provide for the purposes set forth in section eighteen, no claimant or any other person shall have any right to require the payment of funds or to compel any other action with respect to such occurrence by the commonwealth or by any agency thereof. Neither the commonwealth nor any agency thereof shall be liable for civil damages arising from any action taken in accordance with the provisions of sections fifteen to thirty, inclusive.

Section 30. In the event that the monies in the insolvency fund are insufficient to provide for the purposes set forth in section eighteen, no claimant or any other person shall have any right to require the payment of funds or to compel any other action with respect to such occurrence by the commonwealth or by any agency thereof. Neither the commonwealth nor any agency thereof shall be liable for civil damages arising from any action taken in accordance with the provisions of sections fifteen to thirty, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, sec. 10A — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 240 / Section 10A
Restrictions on land; determination; jurisdiction; petition
Status: in_force

Section 10A. The superior court and the land court shall have concurrent jurisdiction of a civil action by any person or persons claiming an estate of freehold, or an unexpired term of not less than ten years, in land subject to a restriction described in section twenty-six of chapter one hundred and eighty-four, to determine and declare whether and in what manner and to what extent and for the benefit of what land the restriction is then enforceable, whether or not a violation has occurred or is threatened. The complaint shall state the names and addresses, so far as known to the plaintiff or plaintiffs, of the owners of the subject parcels as to which the determination is sought, of the owners of any benefited land and of any persons benefited other than persons interested in benefited land. There shall be filed therewith (1) a certified copy of the instrument or instruments imposing the restriction, or of a representative instrument if there are many and the complaint includes a summary of the remainder, and (2) a plan or sketch showing the approximate locations of the parcels as to which the determination is sought, and the other parcel or parcels, if any, which may have the benefit of the restriction, and the ways, public or open to public use, upon which the respective parcels abut or nearest thereto, and the street numbers, if any, of such parcels.

Section 10A. The superior court and the land court shall have concurrent jurisdiction of a civil action by any person or persons claiming an estate of freehold, or an unexpired term of not less than ten years, in land subject to a restriction described in section twenty-six of chapter one hundred and eighty-four, to determine and declare whether and in what manner and to what extent and for the benefit of what land the restriction is then enforceable, whether or not a violation has occurred or is threatened. The complaint shall state the names and addresses, so far as known to the plaintiff or plaintiffs, of the owners of the subject parcels as to which the determination is sought, of the owners of any benefited land and of any persons benefited other than persons interested in benefited land. There shall be filed therewith (1) a certified copy of the instrument or instruments imposing the restriction, or of a representative instrument if there are many and the complaint includes a summary of the remainder, and (2) a plan or sketch showing the approximate locations of the parcels as to which the determination is sought, and the other parcel or parcels, if any, which may have the benefit of the restriction, and the ways, public or open to public use, upon which the respective parcels abut or nearest thereto, and the street numbers, if any, of such parcels.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 279 / Section 20
Execution of sentence of imprisonment of females sentenced to confinement at hard labor
Status: in_force

Section 20. Subject to the preceding section, a sentence of a female convict of whatever age to confinement at hard labor shall be executed in a jail or house of correction or the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham as the court orders.

Section 20. Subject to the preceding section, a sentence of a female convict of whatever age to confinement at hard labor shall be executed in a jail or house of correction or the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham as the court orders.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 10
Answer; filing; contents
Status: in_force

Section 10. A person summoned as trustee shall file his answer within twenty days after service of the trustee summons upon him, unless the court otherwise directs. The answer shall disclose plainly, fully and particularly what goods, effects or credits, if any, of the defendant were in the hands or possession of the trustee when he was served with process.

Section 10. A person summoned as trustee shall file his answer within twenty days after service of the trustee summons upon him, unless the court otherwise directs. The answer shall disclose plainly, fully and particularly what goods, effects or credits, if any, of the defendant were in the hands or possession of the trustee when he was served with process.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 111 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 111
Decisions of commissioners; appeal
Status: in_force

Section 111. A party aggrieved by a decision or order of the county commissioners in any matter or proceeding arising under section one hundred and nine, or section fifty-nine of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, or by their unreasonable refusal or neglect to announce a decision in any such matter or proceeding for sixty days after the first day fixed for a hearing thereon, may appeal to the department by filing a notice of appeal with the county commissioners within ten days after the decision or order appealed from, or in case of a refusal or neglect to announce a decision, within ten days after the expiration of sixty days from the first day fixed for a hearing thereon. The proceedings before the county commissioners in which the appeal is taken shall thereupon be stayed.

Section 111. A party aggrieved by a decision or order of the county commissioners in any matter or proceeding arising under section one hundred and nine, or section fifty-nine of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, or by their unreasonable refusal or neglect to announce a decision in any such matter or proceeding for sixty days after the first day fixed for a hearing thereon, may appeal to the department by filing a notice of appeal with the county commissioners within ten days after the decision or order appealed from, or in case of a refusal or neglect to announce a decision, within ten days after the expiration of sixty days from the first day fixed for a hearing thereon. The proceedings before the county commissioners in which the appeal is taken shall thereupon be stayed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 101, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 101 / Section 29
Sales by hawkers or pedlers licensed as auctioneers
Status: in_force

Section 29. No hawker or pedler, holding an auctioneer's license, shall sell or expose for sale by public auction any goods, wares or merchandise in any town other than that from whose authorities such license was obtained, nor in any place in such town not expressly described therein.

Section 29. No hawker or pedler, holding an auctioneer's license, shall sell or expose for sale by public auction any goods, wares or merchandise in any town other than that from whose authorities such license was obtained, nor in any place in such town not expressly described therein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 100 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 100
Age-appropriate media literacy skills instruction in schools; use of content from educational diversion program
Status: in_force

Section 100. The department shall encourage school districts to implement instruction in age-appropriate media literacy skills at all grade levels, including in any of the core subjects under section 1D of chapter 69, life skills programming or other subjects, to equip students with the knowledge and skills for accessing, analyzing, evaluating and creating all types of media. The instruction shall use content from the educational diversion program developed under section 36 of chapter 12.

Section 100. The department shall encourage school districts to implement instruction in age-appropriate media literacy skills at all grade levels, including in any of the core subjects under section 1D of chapter 69, life skills programming or other subjects, to equip students with the knowledge and skills for accessing, analyzing, evaluating and creating all types of media. The instruction shall use content from the educational diversion program developed under section 36 of chapter 12.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167 / Section 29
List of claims presented
Status: in_force

Section 29. Upon the expiration of the time fixed for the presentation of claims, the commissioner shall make, in duplicate, a full and complete list of the claims presented, including and specifying such claims as have been rejected by him. One of said lists shall be filed in his office and the other in the office of the clerk of the supreme judicial court. Thereafter the commissioner shall make and file in said offices, at least fifteen days prior to every application to the court for leave to declare a dividend, a supplementary list of the claims presented since the last preceding list was filed, including and specifying such claims as have been rejected by him, and, he shall make and file said list at least once in every six months after the filing of the original list, so long as he remains in possession of the property and business of the bank. Said inventory and lists shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times.

Section 29. Upon the expiration of the time fixed for the presentation of claims, the commissioner shall make, in duplicate, a full and complete list of the claims presented, including and specifying such claims as have been rejected by him. One of said lists shall be filed in his office and the other in the office of the clerk of the supreme judicial court. Thereafter the commissioner shall make and file in said offices, at least fifteen days prior to every application to the court for leave to declare a dividend, a supplementary list of the claims presented since the last preceding list was filed, including and specifying such claims as have been rejected by him, and, he shall make and file said list at least once in every six months after the filing of the original list, so long as he remains in possession of the property and business of the bank. Said inventory and lists shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 54B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 54B
Reinsurance of risks; exceptions
Status: in_force

Section 54B. Any company authorized to transact the kinds of business specified in any one of the first, second, fourth, sixth or twelfth clauses of section forty-seven may, except with respect to policies of life and endowment insurance and contracts for the payment of annuities and pure endowments, reinsure risks of every kind or description and may write any and all kinds of insurance other than the policies and contracts hereinbefore excluded; provided, that it maintains a surplus to policyholders, including any guaranty capital, of not less than one million dollars; and provided, further, that any foreign mutual company which is not permitted by the laws of its domiciliary state to establish or maintain a guaranty capital may transact business under this section provided it maintains a surplus to policyholders of not less than one million, two hundred thousand dollars unimpaired on the basis fixed by sections ten to twelve, inclusive, and has made a deposit in an amount and subject to the conditions specified in subdivision (3)(c) of clause Second of section one hundred and fifty-one.

Section 54B. Any company authorized to transact the kinds of business specified in any one of the first, second, fourth, sixth or twelfth clauses of section forty-seven may, except with respect to policies of life and endowment insurance and contracts for the payment of annuities and pure endowments, reinsure risks of every kind or description and may write any and all kinds of insurance other than the policies and contracts hereinbefore excluded; provided, that it maintains a surplus to policyholders, including any guaranty capital, of not less than one million dollars; and provided, further, that any foreign mutual company which is not permitted by the laws of its domiciliary state to establish or maintain a guaranty capital may transact business under this section provided it maintains a surplus to policyholders of not less than one million, two hundred thousand dollars unimpaired on the basis fixed by sections ten to twelve, inclusive, and has made a deposit in an amount and subject to the conditions specified in subdivision (3)(c) of clause Second of section one hundred and fifty-one.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23B, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23B / Section 8
Employees; staff officers; appointment and removal
Status: in_force

Section 8. The secretary shall appoint and may remove all employees in the executive office and its divisions and agencies. Unless otherwise provided by law, all such appointments and removals shall be made in accordance with chapter thirty-one. From time to time the secretary may, subject to appropriation and regulations pertaining to the employment of consultants, employ such consultants as the secretary may deem necessary. In addition to undersecretaries, department and division heads, and bureau chiefs, the secretary may appoint an executive assistant, a chief counsel and experts on urban affairs, public information and intergovernmental relations, to serve in the executive office, and such other officers, experts and assistants as may be necessary to carry out the work of the office. Any person holding appointment under this paragraph shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one or section nine A of chapter thirty.

Section 8. The secretary shall appoint and may remove all employees in the executive office and its divisions and agencies. Unless otherwise provided by law, all such appointments and removals shall be made in accordance with chapter thirty-one. From time to time the secretary may, subject to appropriation and regulations pertaining to the employment of consultants, employ such consultants as the secretary may deem necessary.

In addition to undersecretaries, department and division heads, and bureau chiefs, the secretary may appoint an executive assistant, a chief counsel and experts on urban affairs, public information and intergovernmental relations, to serve in the executive office, and such other officers, experts and assistants as may be necessary to carry out the work of the office. Any person holding appointment under this paragraph shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one or section nine A of chapter thirty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 224, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 224 / Section 29
Insolvency or bankruptcy; effect
Status: in_force

Section 29. If a person arrested on execution becomes an insolvent debtor under the laws of this commonwealth or a bankrupt under the laws of the United States, he shall be discharged upon his application to a district court in the county where the arrest was made, after such notice as the court shall order.

Section 29. If a person arrested on execution becomes an insolvent debtor under the laws of this commonwealth or a bankrupt under the laws of the United States, he shall be discharged upon his application to a district court in the county where the arrest was made, after such notice as the court shall order.