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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 35, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 35 / Section 4
Salaries; source of payment
Status: in_force

Section 4. The salaries of county treasurers shall be payable by their respective counties.

Section 4. The salaries of county treasurers shall be payable by their respective counties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 4
Towns; power to contract; purposes
Status: in_force

Section 4. A city or town may make contracts for the exercise of its corporate powers, on such terms and conditions as are authorized by the town meeting in a town, the town council in a town without a town meeting, the city council in a city with the approval of the mayor or the city council in a Plan D or Plan E city with the approval of the manager, or as otherwise authorized in accordance with a duly adopted charter. A city or town may not contract for any purpose, on any terms, or under any conditions inconsistent with any applicable provision of any general or special law.

Section 4. A city or town may make contracts for the exercise of its corporate powers, on such terms and conditions as are authorized by the town meeting in a town, the town council in a town without a town meeting, the city council in a city with the approval of the mayor or the city council in a Plan D or Plan E city with the approval of the manager, or as otherwise authorized in accordance with a duly adopted charter. A city or town may not contract for any purpose, on any terms, or under any conditions inconsistent with any applicable provision of any general or special law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 119A, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 119A / Section 9
Child support trust fund
Status: in_force

Section 9. There is hereby established, separate and apart from all the public monies or funds of the commonwealth, a child support trust fund, which shall be administered by the IV–D agency without liability on the part of the commonwealth beyond the amounts credited to and earned by the fund. The fund shall consist of all child support payments from or on behalf of individual obligors paid to the commonwealth pursuant to this chapter, all fees charged and collected by the IV–D agency for its services, all penalties assessed and collected by the IV–D agency, all incentive payments made by the federal government for child support activities, and all interest or other earnings from monies in the fund. All monies in the fund shall be pooled and available for support payments, refunds, and other payments authorized by this chapter; but, the federal incentive payments shall be expended only as authorized by Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act.

Section 9. There is hereby established, separate and apart from all the public monies or funds of the commonwealth, a child support trust fund, which shall be administered by the IV–D agency without liability on the part of the commonwealth beyond the amounts credited to and earned by the fund.

The fund shall consist of all child support payments from or on behalf of individual obligors paid to the commonwealth pursuant to this chapter, all fees charged and collected by the IV–D agency for its services, all penalties assessed and collected by the IV–D agency, all incentive payments made by the federal government for child support activities, and all interest or other earnings from monies in the fund.

All monies in the fund shall be pooled and available for support payments, refunds, and other payments authorized by this chapter; but, the federal incentive payments shall be expended only as authorized by Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 183D — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 183D
Minimum or cover charge
Status: in_force

Section 183D. No innholder, common victualler or person owning, managing or controlling a cafe, restaurant, or other eating or drinking establishment shall require any person to pay a minimum charge or cover charge unless a sign is conspicuously posted at every entrance to any dining room or rooms where such charge is required, in letters no less than one inch in height, stating that a minimum charge or cover charge shall be charged and also stating the amount of charge; provided, however, that no such innholder, common victualler or person owning, managing or controlling a cafe, restaurant or other eating or drinking establishment shall require a person under thirteen years of age to pay a minimum charge or cover charge. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.

Section 183D. No innholder, common victualler or person owning, managing or controlling a cafe, restaurant, or other eating or drinking establishment shall require any person to pay a minimum charge or cover charge unless a sign is conspicuously posted at every entrance to any dining room or rooms where such charge is required, in letters no less than one inch in height, stating that a minimum charge or cover charge shall be charged and also stating the amount of charge; provided, however, that no such innholder, common victualler or person owning, managing or controlling a cafe, restaurant or other eating or drinking establishment shall require a person under thirteen years of age to pay a minimum charge or cover charge. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 17B — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 17B
Trust funds; receipt, disbursement and investment
Status: in_force

Section 17B. The state treasurer may receive the principal of any funds given or bequeathed to the commonwealth or to any department, office, commission, board or institution where there is no specific statutory authority to receive said fund; provided, however, that acceptance of said fund shall be subject to the approval of the governor. Upon request of the agency the state treasurer shall, subject to appropriation, expend the income of the fund, and such parts of the principal as may be subject to the control of the agency, in such manner as the agency may direct, subject to any condition affecting the administration thereof. Such funds shall be invested safely by the state treasurer, and he shall be responsible for the faithful management of the same to the same extent that he is responsible for other funds held by him.

Section 17B. The state treasurer may receive the principal of any funds given or bequeathed to the commonwealth or to any department, office, commission, board or institution where there is no specific statutory authority to receive said fund; provided, however, that acceptance of said fund shall be subject to the approval of the governor. Upon request of the agency the state treasurer shall, subject to appropriation, expend the income of the fund, and such parts of the principal as may be subject to the control of the agency, in such manner as the agency may direct, subject to any condition affecting the administration thereof. Such funds shall be invested safely by the state treasurer, and he shall be responsible for the faithful management of the same to the same extent that he is responsible for other funds held by him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 244 / Section 33
Survival of right of redemption
Status: in_force

Section 33. If the person entitled to redeem a mortgaged estate dies, his heirs, devisees, executor or administrator may make a tender or commence or prosecute a suit for redemption which the deceased might have made, commenced or prosecuted.

Section 33. If the person entitled to redeem a mortgaged estate dies, his heirs, devisees, executor or administrator may make a tender or commence or prosecute a suit for redemption which the deceased might have made, commenced or prosecuted.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 200, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 200 / Section 5
Receiver; appointment; bond
Status: in_force

Section 5. The absentee or any person who claims an interest in any property of the absentee within the jurisdiction of the commonwealth may appear and show cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted. The court may after hearing dismiss the petition, or it may appoint a receiver of such property. In making such appointment the court may give preference to anyone who would under the law of the commonwealth be entitled to administer the estate of such absentee if he were deceased or to any person who is found by the court to have been at the date of such disappearance or absconding an agent of such absentee and in possession of a substantial portion of such property. If a receiver is appointed the court shall find and record the date of the disappearance or absconding of the absentee; and such receiver shall give bond to the judge of probate and his successors in office in such sum and with such condition as the court orders, with a company named in section one hundred and five of chapter one hundred and seventy-five and approved by the court as surety thereon.

Section 5. The absentee or any person who claims an interest in any property of the absentee within the jurisdiction of the commonwealth may appear and show cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted. The court may after hearing dismiss the petition, or it may appoint a receiver of such property. In making such appointment the court may give preference to anyone who would under the law of the commonwealth be entitled to administer the estate of such absentee if he were deceased or to any person who is found by the court to have been at the date of such disappearance or absconding an agent of such absentee and in possession of a substantial portion of such property. If a receiver is appointed the court shall find and record the date of the disappearance or absconding of the absentee; and such receiver shall give bond to the judge of probate and his successors in office in such sum and with such condition as the court orders, with a company named in section one hundred and five of chapter one hundred and seventy-five and approved by the court as surety thereon.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 5
Corporation or trustees operating railroad of another
Status: in_force

Section 5. If a railroad which has been laid out and constructed by one corporation is lawfully maintained and operated by another corporation, the latter corporation shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter and chapter one hundred and fifty-nine respecting or arising from the maintenance and operation of such railroad, as if such railroad had been laid out and constructed by it. If a railroad is lawfully maintained and operated by trustees, they shall in like manner be subject to the provisions of law respecting or arising from the maintenance and operation of such railroad which apply to the corporation for whose stockholders or creditors they are trustees.

Section 5. If a railroad which has been laid out and constructed by one corporation is lawfully maintained and operated by another corporation, the latter corporation shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter and chapter one hundred and fifty-nine respecting or arising from the maintenance and operation of such railroad, as if such railroad had been laid out and constructed by it. If a railroad is lawfully maintained and operated by trustees, they shall in like manner be subject to the provisions of law respecting or arising from the maintenance and operation of such railroad which apply to the corporation for whose stockholders or creditors they are trustees.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 107 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 107
Special service railway cars and rates; working men's rates; children's rates; veterans' rates; free passes to public officials
Status: in_force

Section 107. A company may provide cars for special service, and may make special rates therefor; and may make special rates for working men and working women on week days between the hours of five and seven in the morning and five and seven in the evening, for children attending school, and for veterans of World War II attending schools or other institutions of learning under authority of any provision of the G.I. Bill of Rights, so called, as amended. A company shall not give free tickets or passes to any state, county, city or town official, or to any person in the employ of the commonwealth or of any county, city or town, except policemen, firemen and letter carriers in uniform; but it may give them to a director of the company or to any person who is connected with it in any executive capacity. A company which violates any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 107. A company may provide cars for special service, and may make special rates therefor; and may make special rates for working men and working women on week days between the hours of five and seven in the morning and five and seven in the evening, for children attending school, and for veterans of World War II attending schools or other institutions of learning under authority of any provision of the G.I. Bill of Rights, so called, as amended.

A company shall not give free tickets or passes to any state, county, city or town official, or to any person in the employ of the commonwealth or of any county, city or town, except policemen, firemen and letter carriers in uniform; but it may give them to a director of the company or to any person who is connected with it in any executive capacity. A company which violates any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 118 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 118
Discrimination against treatment of venereal diseases
Status: in_force

Section 118. No discrimination shall be made against the treatment of venereal diseases, as defined under section six, in any general hospital supported by taxation in any city or town where special hospitals, other than hospitals connected with penal institutions, are not provided for the treatment of such diseases at public expense; but any such hospital may establish a separate ward for their treatment.

Section 118. No discrimination shall be made against the treatment of venereal diseases, as defined under section six, in any general hospital supported by taxation in any city or town where special hospitals, other than hospitals connected with penal institutions, are not provided for the treatment of such diseases at public expense; but any such hospital may establish a separate ward for their treatment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 9
Enforcement of rules and regulations; seizures; notice; hearing before director; appeals
Status: in_force

Section 9. The director of standards shall prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary to enforce the two preceding sections, including reasonable tolerances or variations within which all weights shall be kept; provided, that such tolerances or variations shall not exceed one ounce per pound under the standard unit or marked weight. The said director, and under his direction the local sealers of weights and measures, shall cause this section to be enforced. They may seize without warrant any bread which they may deem necessary to be used as evidence of violation of law, giving a receipt therefor, and such bread shall be returned to the owner or forfeited as the court may direct. Before any prosecution is begun under this section by any inspector of standards, the parties concerned shall be notified and given an opportunity to be heard before the director. Before any prosecution is begun under this section by any sealer or deputy sealer of weights and measures, the parties concerned shall be notified and given an opportunity to be heard before the sealer and shall have the right of appeal to the director of standards; provided, that such appeal is filed with said director in writing within five days from the finding of the local sealer. When such appeal has been entered no prosecution shall be begun until the charges have been reviewed by said director.

Section 9. The director of standards shall prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary to enforce the two preceding sections, including reasonable tolerances or variations within which all weights shall be kept; provided, that such tolerances or variations shall not exceed one ounce per pound under the standard unit or marked weight. The said director, and under his direction the local sealers of weights and measures, shall cause this section to be enforced. They may seize without warrant any bread which they may deem necessary to be used as evidence of violation of law, giving a receipt therefor, and such bread shall be returned to the owner or forfeited as the court may direct. Before any prosecution is begun under this section by any inspector of standards, the parties concerned shall be notified and given an opportunity to be heard before the director. Before any prosecution is begun under this section by any sealer or deputy sealer of weights and measures, the parties concerned shall be notified and given an opportunity to be heard before the sealer and shall have the right of appeal to the director of standards; provided, that such appeal is filed with said director in writing within five days from the finding of the local sealer. When such appeal has been entered no prosecution shall be begun until the charges have been reviewed by said director.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 91, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 91 / Section 23
Unauthorized work in public waters; public nuisances
Status: in_force

Section 23. Every erection made and all work done within tide water, or within the waters of a great pond or outlet thereof, or on or within the banks of the Connecticut river, or the Merrimack river, below high water mark, not authorized by the general court or by the department, or made or done in a manner not sanctioned by the department, if a license is required as hereinbefore provided, shall be considered a public nuisance. Whoever creates such nuisance, (a) shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each day such nuisance occurs or continues, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment; or (b), shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each day such nuisance occurs or continues. The attorney general or the district attorneys within their respective districts shall, at the request of the department, institute proceedings to enjoin or abate such nuisance, or to restrain the removal of material from any bar or breakwater of any harbor.

Section 23. Every erection made and all work done within tide water, or within the waters of a great pond or outlet thereof, or on or within the banks of the Connecticut river, or the Merrimack river, below high water mark, not authorized by the general court or by the department, or made or done in a manner not sanctioned by the department, if a license is required as hereinbefore provided, shall be considered a public nuisance. Whoever creates such nuisance, (a) shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each day such nuisance occurs or continues, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment; or (b), shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each day such nuisance occurs or continues. The attorney general or the district attorneys within their respective districts shall, at the request of the department, institute proceedings to enjoin or abate such nuisance, or to restrain the removal of material from any bar or breakwater of any harbor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15UUU — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15UUU
Home Composting Recognition Week
Status: in_force

Section 15UUU. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second week in October as Home Composting Recognition Week, recognizing the benefits to the environment by the reduction of solid waste and recommending that said week be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15UUU. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second week in October as Home Composting Recognition Week, recognizing the benefits to the environment by the reduction of solid waste and recommending that said week be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 214 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 214
Violations; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 214. A railroad corporation which refuses or neglects to receive, forward or deliver milk by the can over its railroad or any portion thereof at the tariff rate therefor, as provided in the preceding section, shall forfeit to the person tendering the same five dollars for every can of milk which it so refuses to receive or neglects to forward and deliver at the said tariff rate.

Section 214. A railroad corporation which refuses or neglects to receive, forward or deliver milk by the can over its railroad or any portion thereof at the tariff rate therefor, as provided in the preceding section, shall forfeit to the person tendering the same five dollars for every can of milk which it so refuses to receive or neglects to forward and deliver at the said tariff rate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 12XX — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 12XX
Candle Safety Day
Status: in_force

Section 12XX. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second Monday in December as Candle Safety Day to promote the safe use of candles in the commonwealth and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 12XX. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second Monday in December as Candle Safety Day to promote the safe use of candles in the commonwealth and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, sec. 2A — MA Code / Part III / Title V / Chapter 260 / Section 2A
Tort, contract to recover for personal injuries, and replevin actions
Status: in_force

Section 2A. Except as otherwise provided, actions of tort, actions of contract to recover for personal injuries, and actions of replevin, shall be commenced only within three years next after the cause of action accrues.

Section 2A. Except as otherwise provided, actions of tort, actions of contract to recover for personal injuries, and actions of replevin, shall be commenced only within three years next after the cause of action accrues.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 13
Bond of town clerk
Status: in_force

Section 13. Every town clerk shall, within ten days after his election and thereafter, at intervals of not more than one year, so long as he continues to hold said office, give bond to the town for the faithful performance of his duties, in a form approved by the commissioner of revenue and in such sum, not less than the amount established by said commissioner, as shall be fixed by the selectmen. If he does not give bond as herein required the selectmen may declare the office vacant and fill the vacancy in the manner prescribed in section fourteen.

Section 13. Every town clerk shall, within ten days after his election and thereafter, at intervals of not more than one year, so long as he continues to hold said office, give bond to the town for the faithful performance of his duties, in a form approved by the commissioner of revenue and in such sum, not less than the amount established by said commissioner, as shall be fixed by the selectmen. If he does not give bond as herein required the selectmen may declare the office vacant and fill the vacancy in the manner prescribed in section fourteen.