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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 4
Reservation of exclusive right to name
Status: reserved

Section 4. (a) The exclusive right to the use of a name may be reserved by: (1) any person intending to organize a limited liability company under this chapter and to adopt such name; (2) any domestic limited liability company or any foreign limited liability company registered in the commonwealth which, in either case, intends to adopt such name; (3) any foreign limited liability company intending to register in the commonwealth and adopt such name; and (4) any person intending to organize a foreign limited liability company and intending to have it register in the commonwealth and adopt such name. (b) The reservation of a specified name shall be made by filing with the state secretary, an application, executed by the applicant, specifying the name to be reserved and the name and address of the applicant. If the state secretary finds that the name is available for use by a domestic or foreign limited liability company, he shall reserve the name for the exclusive use of the applicant for a period of 60 days. The state secretary may extend the reservation for an additional 60 days upon written request of the applicant. The right to the exclusive use of a reserved name may be transferred to any other person by filing in the office of the state secretary a notice of the transfer, executed by the applicant for whom the name was reserved, specifying the name to be transferred and the name and address of the transferee.

Section 4. (a) The exclusive right to the use of a name may be reserved by:

(1) any person intending to organize a limited liability company under this chapter and to adopt such name;

(2) any domestic limited liability company or any foreign limited liability company registered in the commonwealth which, in either case, intends to adopt such name;

(3) any foreign limited liability company intending to register in the commonwealth and adopt such name; and

(4) any person intending to organize a foreign limited liability company and intending to have it register in the commonwealth and adopt such name.

(b) The reservation of a specified name shall be made by filing with the state secretary, an application, executed by the applicant, specifying the name to be reserved and the name and address of the applicant. If the state secretary finds that the name is available for use by a domestic or foreign limited liability company, he shall reserve the name for the exclusive use of the applicant for a period of 60 days. The state secretary may extend the reservation for an additional 60 days upon written request of the applicant. The right to the exclusive use of a reserved name may be transferred to any other person by filing in the office of the state secretary a notice of the transfer, executed by the applicant for whom the name was reserved, specifying the name to be transferred and the name and address of the transferee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203D, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203D / Section 27
Transfers from income to principal for depreciation
Status: in_force

Section 27. (a) A trustee may transfer to principal a reasonable amount of the net cash receipts from a principal asset that is subject to depreciation, but may not transfer any amount for depreciation: (1) of that portion of real property used or available for use by a beneficiary as a residence or of tangible personal property held or made available for the personal use or enjoyment of a beneficiary; (2) during the administration of a decedent's estate; or (3) under this section if the trustee is accounting under section 12 for the business or activity in which the asset is used. (b) An amount transferred to principal need not be held as a separate fund.

Section 27. (a) A trustee may transfer to principal a reasonable amount of the net cash receipts from a principal asset that is subject to depreciation, but may not transfer any amount for depreciation:

(1) of that portion of real property used or available for use by a beneficiary as a residence or of tangible personal property held or made available for the personal use or enjoyment of a beneficiary;

(2) during the administration of a decedent's estate; or

(3) under this section if the trustee is accounting under section 12 for the business or activity in which the asset is used.

(b) An amount transferred to principal need not be held as a separate fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 27
Inspections
Status: in_force

Section 27. The department may, either through its members or responsible agents, engineers, inspectors or examiners duly authorized by it, enter upon any premises occupied by any carrier subject to its jurisdiction for any purpose consistent with this chapter. It may inspect the property, equipment, buildings, plants, factories, power houses, ducts, conduits and offices of any such carrier. It may, in connection with such inspection, have performed for it such service of the kind rendered by the carrier as it may reasonably require, including passage upon any locomotive, car, vessel or vehicle while in service, and, upon reasonable notice, the use of an inspection locomotive, car, vessel or vehicle whenever that is necessary, in the opinion of the department, for a physical inspection of all or any of the lines and stations of any such carrier.

Section 27. The department may, either through its members or responsible agents, engineers, inspectors or examiners duly authorized by it, enter upon any premises occupied by any carrier subject to its jurisdiction for any purpose consistent with this chapter. It may inspect the property, equipment, buildings, plants, factories, power houses, ducts, conduits and offices of any such carrier. It may, in connection with such inspection, have performed for it such service of the kind rendered by the carrier as it may reasonably require, including passage upon any locomotive, car, vessel or vehicle while in service, and, upon reasonable notice, the use of an inspection locomotive, car, vessel or vehicle whenever that is necessary, in the opinion of the department, for a physical inspection of all or any of the lines and stations of any such carrier.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44, sec. 53J — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44 / Section 53J
Reservation of revenues from betterments or special assessments to repay debt issued in connection to such improvements
Status: reserved

Section 53J. Notwithstanding sections 53 and 53F1/2, in any city, town or district that borrows money to pay for improvements for which betterments or special assessments are assessed, revenues from such betterments and assessments, including interest charged thereon, shall be reserved for appropriation for the payment of debt issued in connection with such improvements. Any such revenues received by the treasurer shall be kept separate from all other monies of such city, town or district. Interest earned on the revenues shall remain with and become part of such revenues available for appropriation. No appropriations from the revenues for payments of principal and interest on such debt issue for any fiscal year shall exceed the same percentage of the principal and interest payment due in such year as the percentage of project costs for which the betterments or special assessments are assessed. Any surplus remaining after such debt is repaid shall belong to any enterprise fund established under section 53F1/2 that the improvement for which the betterments or special assessments are assessed is part of, or, if no such enterprise fund is established, to the general fund of such city, town or district.

Section 53J. Notwithstanding sections 53 and 53F1/2, in any city, town or district that borrows money to pay for improvements for which betterments or special assessments are assessed, revenues from such betterments and assessments, including interest charged thereon, shall be reserved for appropriation for the payment of debt issued in connection with such improvements. Any such revenues received by the treasurer shall be kept separate from all other monies of such city, town or district. Interest earned on the revenues shall remain with and become part of such revenues available for appropriation. No appropriations from the revenues for payments of principal and interest on such debt issue for any fiscal year shall exceed the same percentage of the principal and interest payment due in such year as the percentage of project costs for which the betterments or special assessments are assessed. Any surplus remaining after such debt is repaid shall belong to any enterprise fund established under section 53F1/2 that the improvement for which the betterments or special assessments are assessed is part of, or, if no such enterprise fund is established, to the general fund of such city, town or district.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 36 / Section 3
Oath of office; bond
Status: in_force

Section 3. Each register of deeds shall be sworn before the county commissioners, or in Suffolk county before the city council of Boston, and prior to being sworn, and thereafter, at intervals of not more than one year, so long as he continues to hold such office, shall give bond to the county, in such sum as the commissioners or said council, respectively, shall approve, conditioned to perform faithfully his own official duties, with a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth, as surety.

Section 3. Each register of deeds shall be sworn before the county commissioners, or in Suffolk county before the city council of Boston, and prior to being sworn, and thereafter, at intervals of not more than one year, so long as he continues to hold such office, shall give bond to the county, in such sum as the commissioners or said council, respectively, shall approve, conditioned to perform faithfully his own official duties, with a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth, as surety.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176D, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176D / Section 5
Investigation of insurance business
Status: in_force

Section 5. The commissioner shall have the power to examine and investigate into the affairs of every person engaged in the business of insurance in this commonwealth in order to determine whether such person has been or is engaged in any unfair method of competition or in any unfair or deceptive act or practice prohibited by section two.

Section 5. The commissioner shall have the power to examine and investigate into the affairs of every person engaged in the business of insurance in this commonwealth in order to determine whether such person has been or is engaged in any unfair method of competition or in any unfair or deceptive act or practice prohibited by section two.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167J, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167J / Section 6
Penalty for violations of Secs. 5 or 10
Status: in_force

Section 6. Whoever violates section 5 or section 10 shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 6. Whoever violates section 5 or section 10 shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167D, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167D / Section 8
Collateral or security for deposit of money received
Status: in_force

Section 8. No bank shall give collateral or other security for a deposit of money received in its banking department, except that such bank may make such a deposit of securities or satisfy any provision as may be required by the laws of the United States or the rules and regulations of any department, agency or instrumentality thereof as security for deposits of funds made by the United States or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof with such bank and may give such collateral or other security for deposits of public or other funds as may be required by any public authority making such deposits or controlling the terms upon which they may be made and except as provided in section 8 of chapter 167G.

Section 8. No bank shall give collateral or other security for a deposit of money received in its banking department, except that such bank may make such a deposit of securities or satisfy any provision as may be required by the laws of the United States or the rules and regulations of any department, agency or instrumentality thereof as security for deposits of funds made by the United States or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof with such bank and may give such collateral or other security for deposits of public or other funds as may be required by any public authority making such deposits or controlling the terms upon which they may be made and except as provided in section 8 of chapter 167G.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 261, sec. 27B — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 261 / Section 27B
Affidavit of indigency; waiver, substitution or state payment of fees or costs; supplementary affidavits
Status: in_force

Section 27B. Upon or after commencing or answering to any civil, criminal or juvenile proceeding or appeal in any court, including but not limited to civil actions, proceedings for divorce or separate support, summary and supplementary processes, and proceedings upon petitions to vacate, for review or, upon appeal in a criminal case, any party may file with the clerk an affidavit of indigency and request for waiver, substitution or payment by the commonwealth of fees and costs upon a form prescribed by the chief justice of the supreme judicial court and in accordance with the standards set forth in sections twenty-seven C to twenty-seven F, inclusive, and sworn to under oath by the affiant. An indigent party may subsequently file one or more supplementary affidavits requesting the waiver, substitution or payment by the commonwealth of fees and costs not previously granted at any time while the case is still pending in the original court or elsewhere.

Section 27B. Upon or after commencing or answering to any civil, criminal or juvenile proceeding or appeal in any court, including but not limited to civil actions, proceedings for divorce or separate support, summary and supplementary processes, and proceedings upon petitions to vacate, for review or, upon appeal in a criminal case, any party may file with the clerk an affidavit of indigency and request for waiver, substitution or payment by the commonwealth of fees and costs upon a form prescribed by the chief justice of the supreme judicial court and in accordance with the standards set forth in sections twenty-seven C to twenty-seven F, inclusive, and sworn to under oath by the affiant.

An indigent party may subsequently file one or more supplementary affidavits requesting the waiver, substitution or payment by the commonwealth of fees and costs not previously granted at any time while the case is still pending in the original court or elsewhere.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 207 / Section 18
Care and maintenance of children after judgment of nullity of marriage; power of court
Status: in_force

Section 18. Upon or after a judgment of nullity, the court shall have like power to make orders relative to the care, custody and maintenance of the minor children of the parties as upon a judgment of divorce.

Section 18. Upon or after a judgment of nullity, the court shall have like power to make orders relative to the care, custody and maintenance of the minor children of the parties as upon a judgment of divorce.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 241 / Section 9
Persons not personally served; absent, incompetent or undetermined parties
Status: in_force

Section 9. If any party named in the petition has not been served personally with the citation and has not appeared, or is a minor or under other disability and has no guardian or other legal representative within the commonwealth, or if any person whose name is unknown, or who is unascertained or not in being, appears by the record in the case to have an estate, vested or contingent, as a co-tenant of the land of which partition is sought, the court shall appoint a suitable person to act for him in the proceedings.

Section 9. If any party named in the petition has not been served personally with the citation and has not appeared, or is a minor or under other disability and has no guardian or other legal representative within the commonwealth, or if any person whose name is unknown, or who is unascertained or not in being, appears by the record in the case to have an estate, vested or contingent, as a co-tenant of the land of which partition is sought, the court shall appoint a suitable person to act for him in the proceedings.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 76, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 76 / Section 9
High school tuition of children under control of department of public welfare, etc.
Status: in_force

Section 9. If a city or town where a school age child is placed or kept under section seven does not maintain a public high school offering four years of instruction, said school age child may, subject to section six of chapter seventy-one, attend the public high school of another city, town or regional school district, but the commonwealth shall under section seven reimburse the city or town where he is so placed or kept, for tuition paid by it on his account. Said reimbursement shall be based on appropriate documentation filed by the superintendent of schools of said city or town, as required by the commissioner of education.

Section 9. If a city or town where a school age child is placed or kept under section seven does not maintain a public high school offering four years of instruction, said school age child may, subject to section six of chapter seventy-one, attend the public high school of another city, town or regional school district, but the commonwealth shall under section seven reimburse the city or town where he is so placed or kept, for tuition paid by it on his account.

Said reimbursement shall be based on appropriate documentation filed by the superintendent of schools of said city or town, as required by the commissioner of education.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 130 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 130
Election results; superseding of city charter provisions; election of organization members; commencement of term
Status: in_force

Section 130. If a majority of the total number of votes cast at a regular city election for and against the adoption of a plan of city council organization or school committee organization proposed under section one hundred and twenty-nine shall be in favor of adoption of either or both such organizations, each such plan shall supersede the provisions of the city charter theretofore existing and of the general and special laws relating to such city and inconsistent with such plan or plans, but not, however, until the city council members or school committee members provided for in such plan, as the case may be, shall have been duly elected and their terms of office shall have begun. The said city council members or school committee members provided for under the plan so adopted shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter relating to such plan, and their terms of office shall begin at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the first Monday of January following their election. In those cities in which the mayor serves as an ex officio member of the school committee and which subsequently adopt a new plan of school committee organization under the provisions of these sections, the mayor shall continue to serve as an ex officio member of said school committee.

Section 130. If a majority of the total number of votes cast at a regular city election for and against the adoption of a plan of city council organization or school committee organization proposed under section one hundred and twenty-nine shall be in favor of adoption of either or both such organizations, each such plan shall supersede the provisions of the city charter theretofore existing and of the general and special laws relating to such city and inconsistent with such plan or plans, but not, however, until the city council members or school committee members provided for in such plan, as the case may be, shall have been duly elected and their terms of office shall have begun. The said city council members or school committee members provided for under the plan so adopted shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter relating to such plan, and their terms of office shall begin at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the first Monday of January following their election. In those cities in which the mayor serves as an ex officio member of the school committee and which subsequently adopt a new plan of school committee organization under the provisions of these sections, the mayor shall continue to serve as an ex officio member of said school committee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 28
Narrow gauge railroads; paid-up capital stock
Status: in_force

Section 28. A corporation which has a railroad of the gauge of three feet shall not begin running its trains, until its paid-up capital stock is equal to one half of its cost, including equipment.

Section 28. A corporation which has a railroad of the gauge of three feet shall not begin running its trains, until its paid-up capital stock is equal to one half of its cost, including equipment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62 / Section 42
Liability of fiduciaries
Status: in_force

Section 42. Executors, administrators, trustees or other fiduciaries shall be personally liable for any tax under this chapter which is assessed on income received by them and may be allowed in their accounts for the amounts paid by them.

Section 42. Executors, administrators, trustees or other fiduciaries shall be personally liable for any tax under this chapter which is assessed on income received by them and may be allowed in their accounts for the amounts paid by them.