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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 76A — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 76A
Leave required to be taken pending review of certain court-martial convictions
Status: in_force

Article 76A. Leave required to be taken pending review of certain court-martial convictions. Under regulations prescribed, an accused who has been sentenced by a court-martial may be required to take leave pending completion of action under this article if the sentence, as approved under article 60, includes an unsuspended dismissal or an unsuspended dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge. The accused may be required to begin such leave on the date on which the sentence is approved under said article 60 or at any time after such date and such leave may be continued until the date on which action under this article is completed or may be terminated at any earlier time.

Article 76A. Leave required to be taken pending review of certain court-martial convictions.

Under regulations prescribed, an accused who has been sentenced by a court-martial may be required to take leave pending completion of action under this article if the sentence, as approved under article 60, includes an unsuspended dismissal or an unsuspended dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge. The accused may be required to begin such leave on the date on which the sentence is approved under said article 60 or at any time after such date and such leave may be continued until the date on which action under this article is completed or may be terminated at any earlier time.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 62 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 62
Stolen goods; common receiver
Status: in_force

Section 62. Whoever is convicted of buying, receiving or aiding in the concealment of stolen or embezzled property, knowing it to have been stolen or embezzled, having been before convicted of the like offence, and whoever is convicted at the same sitting of the court of three or more distinct acts of buying, receiving or aiding in the concealment of money, goods or property stolen or embezzled as aforesaid, shall be adjudged a common receiver of stolen or embezzled goods and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years.

Section 62. Whoever is convicted of buying, receiving or aiding in the concealment of stolen or embezzled property, knowing it to have been stolen or embezzled, having been before convicted of the like offence, and whoever is convicted at the same sitting of the court of three or more distinct acts of buying, receiving or aiding in the concealment of money, goods or property stolen or embezzled as aforesaid, shall be adjudged a common receiver of stolen or embezzled goods and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 30
Issuance of certificate of fitness to registered pharmacist; fee; revocation
Status: in_force

Section 30. The board of registration in pharmacy may issue to a registered pharmacist who desires to exercise the authority conferred by section twenty-nine, a certificate of fitness, stating that in the judgment of said board he is a proper person to be intrusted with such authority and that the public good will be promoted by the granting thereof. The board or the local licensing authorities may, after giving a hearing to the parties interested, revoke or suspend such certificate for any cause which they may deem proper, and such revocation or suspension shall revoke or suspend all authority conferred by section twenty-nine. Said certificate of fitness shall expire on December thirty-first of each uneven numbered year, following the date of its issue, and the fee therefor shall be twenty-five dollars for two years, or any part thereof.

Section 30. The board of registration in pharmacy may issue to a registered pharmacist who desires to exercise the authority conferred by section twenty-nine, a certificate of fitness, stating that in the judgment of said board he is a proper person to be intrusted with such authority and that the public good will be promoted by the granting thereof. The board or the local licensing authorities may, after giving a hearing to the parties interested, revoke or suspend such certificate for any cause which they may deem proper, and such revocation or suspension shall revoke or suspend all authority conferred by section twenty-nine. Said certificate of fitness shall expire on December thirty-first of each uneven numbered year, following the date of its issue, and the fee therefor shall be twenty-five dollars for two years, or any part thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 19 / Section 7
State facilities under department control; admission
Status: in_force

Section 7. The state facilities under the control of the department shall be such state hospitals, mental health centers and other mental health facilities as the commissioner from time to time shall designate in the regulations of the department, including any facilities or portions thereof which the department may, subject to appropriation, construct or develop for use as homes or facilities for aging persons who are not mentally ill. Admissions of patients to said facilities or homes for aging persons shall be voluntary and not by commitment and said facilities or homes, although under the supervision and control of said department, shall be deemed to be public medical institutions within the meaning of section two of chapter one hundred and eighteen E.

Section 7. The state facilities under the control of the department shall be such state hospitals, mental health centers and other mental health facilities as the commissioner from time to time shall designate in the regulations of the department, including any facilities or portions thereof which the department may, subject to appropriation, construct or develop for use as homes or facilities for aging persons who are not mentally ill. Admissions of patients to said facilities or homes for aging persons shall be voluntary and not by commitment and said facilities or homes, although under the supervision and control of said department, shall be deemed to be public medical institutions within the meaning of section two of chapter one hundred and eighteen E.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 109 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 109
Notice of householder that person in family or house is infected with dangerous disease
Status: in_force

Section 109. A householder who knows or has cause to believe that a person in his family or house is infected with a disease dangerous to the public health shall forthwith give notice thereof to the board of health of the town where such householder dwells, unless a physician is in attendance. Upon the death, recovery or removal of such person, the householder shall disinfect to the satisfaction of the board such rooms of his house and articles therein as, in the opinion of the board, have been exposed to infection or contagion, but the board may in its discretion, disinfect all such premises as, in its opinion, have been exposed to any disease dangerous to the public health, at the expense of the town, and may employ any proper and competent person to so disinfect. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 109. A householder who knows or has cause to believe that a person in his family or house is infected with a disease dangerous to the public health shall forthwith give notice thereof to the board of health of the town where such householder dwells, unless a physician is in attendance. Upon the death, recovery or removal of such person, the householder shall disinfect to the satisfaction of the board such rooms of his house and articles therein as, in the opinion of the board, have been exposed to infection or contagion, but the board may in its discretion, disinfect all such premises as, in its opinion, have been exposed to any disease dangerous to the public health, at the expense of the town, and may employ any proper and competent person to so disinfect. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 81, sec. 13A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 81 / Section 13A
Highway landscaping; acceptance of gifts of easements
Status: in_force

Section 13A. The department may accept in behalf of the commonwealth from owners of lands included in a strip one hundred feet deep bordering on a state highway voluntary gifts by deed or will of easements in such lands, giving the commonwealth the right to enter thereon at any time and in any manner for the purpose of landscaping such land by removing therefrom or rearranging thereon vegetable growths and surface minerals, by setting out and planting thereon vegetable growths, by depositing thereon minerals, by rearranging the contour of the land when deemed advisable, or by any or all of the foregoing methods. The department may improve lands in which such easements are granted, so as to carry out a comprehensive plan of highway beautification, artistic landscaping and scenic development, to the extent that appropriations are available therefor. Such easements shall be accepted only on the condition that such lands shall remain fully subject to local taxation to the owners of the fee.

Section 13A. The department may accept in behalf of the commonwealth from owners of lands included in a strip one hundred feet deep bordering on a state highway voluntary gifts by deed or will of easements in such lands, giving the commonwealth the right to enter thereon at any time and in any manner for the purpose of landscaping such land by removing therefrom or rearranging thereon vegetable growths and surface minerals, by setting out and planting thereon vegetable growths, by depositing thereon minerals, by rearranging the contour of the land when deemed advisable, or by any or all of the foregoing methods. The department may improve lands in which such easements are granted, so as to carry out a comprehensive plan of highway beautification, artistic landscaping and scenic development, to the extent that appropriations are available therefor.

Such easements shall be accepted only on the condition that such lands shall remain fully subject to local taxation to the owners of the fee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 142, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 142 / Section 12
Additional inspectors; inspector engaging in plumbing or gas fitting work
Status: in_force

Section 12. No inspector of plumbing or inspector of gas fitting shall inspect or approve any plumbing or gas fitting work done by himself, his employer, employee or one employed with him, but in a city or town subject to sections one to sixteen, inclusive, the said inspector of buildings, or the board of health, shall in the manner provided in the preceding section appoint an additional inspector of plumbing or inspector of gas fitting as therein provided, who shall inspect plumbing or gas fitting so done. Said additional inspector may act in the absence or disability of the local inspector and for his services shall receive like compensation. This section shall not apply to any city or town establishing an annual salary for an inspector of plumbing or inspector of gas fitting, and in such city or town an inspector of plumbing or inspector of gas fitting shall not engage or work at the business of plumbing or gas fitting; provided, however such an inspector may perform the work of a journeyman plumber or gas fitter outside the area over which he exercises jurisdiction as an inspector.

Section 12. No inspector of plumbing or inspector of gas fitting shall inspect or approve any plumbing or gas fitting work done by himself, his employer, employee or one employed with him, but in a city or town subject to sections one to sixteen, inclusive, the said inspector of buildings, or the board of health, shall in the manner provided in the preceding section appoint an additional inspector of plumbing or inspector of gas fitting as therein provided, who shall inspect plumbing or gas fitting so done. Said additional inspector may act in the absence or disability of the local inspector and for his services shall receive like compensation.

This section shall not apply to any city or town establishing an annual salary for an inspector of plumbing or inspector of gas fitting, and in such city or town an inspector of plumbing or inspector of gas fitting shall not engage or work at the business of plumbing or gas fitting; provided, however such an inspector may perform the work of a journeyman plumber or gas fitter outside the area over which he exercises jurisdiction as an inspector.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 15
Successive appropriations
Status: in_force

Section 15. An appropriation shall supersede an earlier one made for the same object.

Section 15. An appropriation shall supersede an earlier one made for the same object.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 237 / Section 7
Actual ouster; effect
Status: in_force

Section 7. If the person in possession has actually ousted the plaintiff or withheld from him the possession of the land, he may, at the election of the plaintiff, be considered as a disseisor for the purpose of trying the right, although he claims an estate less than a freehold.

Section 7. If the person in possession has actually ousted the plaintiff or withheld from him the possession of the land, he may, at the election of the plaintiff, be considered as a disseisor for the purpose of trying the right, although he claims an estate less than a freehold.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98, sec. 49 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 98 / Section 49
Annual tests of hay and coal scales
Status: in_force

Section 49. Sealers shall go once a year, and oftener if necessary, to each hay and coal scale and other weighing or measuring device in their towns not easily or conveniently removed, and shall test, adjust and seal or condemn them.

Section 49. Sealers shall go once a year, and oftener if necessary, to each hay and coal scale and other weighing or measuring device in their towns not easily or conveniently removed, and shall test, adjust and seal or condemn them.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 90 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 90
Treasurer as collector; warrants
Status: in_force

Section 90. If a city or town appoints its treasurer as collector of taxes, he may issue his warrants to collect to a deputy collector, returnable in sixty days, requiring him to collect any and all taxes due. Such warrants shall be substantially in the same form and shall confer the same powers as warrants by assessors to collectors.

Section 90. If a city or town appoints its treasurer as collector of taxes, he may issue his warrants to collect to a deputy collector, returnable in sixty days, requiring him to collect any and all taxes due. Such warrants shall be substantially in the same form and shall confer the same powers as warrants by assessors to collectors.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164A, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164A / Section 14
Proceeds of bonds or notes issued and moneys governed by trust agreement or resolution; deposit or investment
Status: in_force

Section 14. Subject to the trust agreement or resolution, the proceeds of bonds or notes issued under this chapter and any other moneys governed by the trust agreement or resolution may be deposited or invested in demand deposits, time deposits or savings deposits in banks which are members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or in obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States of America or by any agency or instrumentality thereof or as may be provided by any other applicable law.

Section 14. Subject to the trust agreement or resolution, the proceeds of bonds or notes issued under this chapter and any other moneys governed by the trust agreement or resolution may be deposited or invested in demand deposits, time deposits or savings deposits in banks which are members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or in obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States of America or by any agency or instrumentality thereof or as may be provided by any other applicable law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 50 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 50
Limit of application of Secs. 45 to 49
Status: in_force

Section 50. For the purposes of the classification authorized by section forty-five the words laborers, workmen and mechanics shall have the same meaning as in sections thirty to thirty-six, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and forty-nine; and sections forty-five to forty-nine, inclusive, of this chapter shall not be construed as placing state employees outside the civil service laws, rules and regulations, nor shall the classification aforesaid take precedence over any rulings of the office of public safety and inspections of the division of occupational licensure, of the department of fire services, of the board of boiler rules, or of the state examiners of electricians, regarding the construction, care and operation of boilers, engines and other apparatus which may be under the charge of such laborers, workmen and mechanics.

Section 50. For the purposes of the classification authorized by section forty-five the words laborers, workmen and mechanics shall have the same meaning as in sections thirty to thirty-six, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and forty-nine; and sections forty-five to forty-nine, inclusive, of this chapter shall not be construed as placing state employees outside the civil service laws, rules and regulations, nor shall the classification aforesaid take precedence over any rulings of the office of public safety and inspections of the division of occupational licensure, of the department of fire services, of the board of boiler rules, or of the state examiners of electricians, regarding the construction, care and operation of boilers, engines and other apparatus which may be under the charge of such laborers, workmen and mechanics.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 36
Dishonorable discharge
Status: in_force

Section 36. A dishonorable discharge shall be given only to carry out the sentence of a court-martial.

Section 36. A dishonorable discharge shall be given only to carry out the sentence of a court-martial.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 7
Investigation of contagious or infectious diseases; notice
Status: in_force

Section 7. If smallpox or any other contagious or infectious disease declared by the department to be dangerous to the public health exists or is likely to exist in any place within the commonwealth, the department shall make an investigation thereof and of the means of preventing the spread of the disease, and shall consult thereon with the local authorities. It shall have co-ordinate powers as a board of health, in every town, with the board of health thereof. It may require the officers in charge of any city or state institution, charitable institution, public or private hospital, dispensary or maternity hospital, or any board of health, or the physicians in any town to give notice of cases of any disease declared by the said department to be dangerous to the public health. Such notice shall be given in such manner as the department may deem advisable. If any such officer, board or physician refuses or neglects to give such notice, he or they shall forfeit not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.

Section 7. If smallpox or any other contagious or infectious disease declared by the department to be dangerous to the public health exists or is likely to exist in any place within the commonwealth, the department shall make an investigation thereof and of the means of preventing the spread of the disease, and shall consult thereon with the local authorities. It shall have co-ordinate powers as a board of health, in every town, with the board of health thereof. It may require the officers in charge of any city or state institution, charitable institution, public or private hospital, dispensary or maternity hospital, or any board of health, or the physicians in any town to give notice of cases of any disease declared by the said department to be dangerous to the public health. Such notice shall be given in such manner as the department may deem advisable. If any such officer, board or physician refuses or neglects to give such notice, he or they shall forfeit not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15IIIIII — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15IIIIII
Gold Star Mothers and Families Day
Status: in_force

Section 15IIIIII. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the last Sunday in September as Gold Star Mothers and Families Day and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people, including prominent display of the Gold Star Flag on the property of the State House.

Section 15IIIIII. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the last Sunday in September as Gold Star Mothers and Families Day and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people, including prominent display of the Gold Star Flag on the property of the State House.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 3
Election of clerks; term
Status: in_force

Section 3. There shall be a clerk for the supreme judicial court for the county of Suffolk, and two clerks for the superior court of said county, one for civil and one for criminal business; and in each of the other counties a clerk of the courts who shall act as clerk of the supreme judicial court, of the superior court and of the county commissioners. All of said officers shall hold office for six years beginning with the first Wednesday of January following their election and until their successors are qualified.

Section 3. There shall be a clerk for the supreme judicial court for the county of Suffolk, and two clerks for the superior court of said county, one for civil and one for criminal business; and in each of the other counties a clerk of the courts who shall act as clerk of the supreme judicial court, of the superior court and of the county commissioners. All of said officers shall hold office for six years beginning with the first Wednesday of January following their election and until their successors are qualified.