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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110H, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 110H / Section 6
Effective term; renewal
Status: in_force

Section 6. (a) A registration of mark hereunder shall be effective for a term of 5 years from the date of registration and, upon application filed within 6 months before the expiration of the term, in a manner complying with the requirements of the secretary, the registration may be renewed for a like term from the end of the expiring term. A renewal fee, payable to the secretary, shall accompany the application for renewal of the registration. (b) A registration may be renewed for successive periods of 5 years in like manner. (c) A registration in force on the date on which this chapter shall become effective shall continue in full force and effect for the unexpired term thereof and may be renewed by filing an application for renewal with the secretary complying with the requirements of the secretary and paying the renewal fee therefor within 6 months before the expiration of the registration. (d) All applications for renewal under this chapter, whether of registrations made under this chapter or of registrations effected under any prior act, shall include a verified statement that the mark has been and is still in use and include a specimen showing actual use of the mark on or in connection with the goods or services.

Section 6. (a) A registration of mark hereunder shall be effective for a term of 5 years from the date of registration and, upon application filed within 6 months before the expiration of the term, in a manner complying with the requirements of the secretary, the registration may be renewed for a like term from the end of the expiring term. A renewal fee, payable to the secretary, shall accompany the application for renewal of the registration.

(b) A registration may be renewed for successive periods of 5 years in like manner.

(c) A registration in force on the date on which this chapter shall become effective shall continue in full force and effect for the unexpired term thereof and may be renewed by filing an application for renewal with the secretary complying with the requirements of the secretary and paying the renewal fee therefor within 6 months before the expiration of the registration.

(d) All applications for renewal under this chapter, whether of registrations made under this chapter or of registrations effected under any prior act, shall include a verified statement that the mark has been and is still in use and include a specimen showing actual use of the mark on or in connection with the goods or services.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 2
Incorporators; directors; certificate of organization; commissioner's examination report
Status: in_force

Section 2. Persons desiring to form such a non-profit hospital service corporation shall incorporate as provided in section three of chapter one hundred and eighty. The board of directors of each such corporation shall consist of thirty-one members, three of whom shall be officers or agents of contributing employers who are not identified with a hospital as officers, directors or employees, and two of whom shall be representatives of labor. The said directors shall be elected for terms of three years. Every certificate of organization of a corporation subject to this chapter filed under said chapter one hundred and eighty shall have endorsed thereon or attached thereto the consent of the commissioner of insurance. The recommendations and criticisms of the latest report of each examination made by the commissioner of insurance shall be read at the next annual or special meeting of every non-profit hospital service corporation, and at the next meeting of the board of directors and thereafter a copy thereof shall be filed at the home office of the corporation and shall be made available for inspection by any member upon request.

Section 2. Persons desiring to form such a non-profit hospital service corporation shall incorporate as provided in section three of chapter one hundred and eighty.

The board of directors of each such corporation shall consist of thirty-one members, three of whom shall be officers or agents of contributing employers who are not identified with a hospital as officers, directors or employees, and two of whom shall be representatives of labor. The said directors shall be elected for terms of three years.

Every certificate of organization of a corporation subject to this chapter filed under said chapter one hundred and eighty shall have endorsed thereon or attached thereto the consent of the commissioner of insurance. The recommendations and criticisms of the latest report of each examination made by the commissioner of insurance shall be read at the next annual or special meeting of every non-profit hospital service corporation, and at the next meeting of the board of directors and thereafter a copy thereof shall be filed at the home office of the corporation and shall be made available for inspection by any member upon request.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15A / Section 34
Benchmark study of public higher education system
Status: in_force

Section 34. It is hereby declared the policy of the commonwealth to provide and ensure an accurate and objective study of the public system of higher education in order to fulfill the goals and purposes of this chapter. Subject to appropriation a benchmark study of the public system of higher education shall be undertaken to determine the strengths and weaknesses of said system and to propose strategies and directions for the board of higher education and the system as a whole to take in order to fulfill its mission more effectively. Said benchmark study shall be conducted by a panel of nationally recognized objective experts in the field of higher education whose members shall be selected by the council, through the consultation with the joint committee on education, the arts and humanities, and the ways and means committees of the house and senate. Said benchmark study shall be filed with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives no later than December first, nineteen hundred and ninety-nine, and shall be made available to the public. The aforementioned study shall be conducted at least every seven years, subject to appropriation.

Section 34. It is hereby declared the policy of the commonwealth to provide and ensure an accurate and objective study of the public system of higher education in order to fulfill the goals and purposes of this chapter. Subject to appropriation a benchmark study of the public system of higher education shall be undertaken to determine the strengths and weaknesses of said system and to propose strategies and directions for the board of higher education and the system as a whole to take in order to fulfill its mission more effectively. Said benchmark study shall be conducted by a panel of nationally recognized objective experts in the field of higher education whose members shall be selected by the council, through the consultation with the joint committee on education, the arts and humanities, and the ways and means committees of the house and senate. Said benchmark study shall be filed with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives no later than December first, nineteen hundred and ninety-nine, and shall be made available to the public.

The aforementioned study shall be conducted at least every seven years, subject to appropriation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 51 / Section 12
Posting of penalty sections
Status: in_force

Section 12. In all registration agencies and other government offices where voter registration is conducted, there shall be posted in a conspicuous place a legible copy of sections seven, eight and nine of chapter fifty-six. The provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of registrations under section forty-two A.

Section 12. In all registration agencies and other government offices where voter registration is conducted, there shall be posted in a conspicuous place a legible copy of sections seven, eight and nine of chapter fifty-six. The provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of registrations under section forty-two A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 217 / Section 28
Suffolk county; clerk to administer oaths in probate proceedings
Status: in_force

Section 28. The first justice of the Suffolk county court may, subject to the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, appoint a clerk who may administer the oaths required in probate proceedings that are not prescribed by law to be administered by the judge or register and shall perform such clerical and other duties as may be required by the first justice. The clerk may be removed by the first justice, with the approval of the chief justice. The register of probate may designate 6 employees as deputy assistant registers with the same powers as assistant registers and may revoke such designation at will. A deputy assistant register shall receive as additional compensation an amount equal to 15 per cent of the annual salary of the Suffolk county register of probate. The register may designate 6 employees as associate deputy registers who shall have the powers of assistant registers and receive as additional compensation an amount equal to 7.5 per cent of the salary paid to the register. The register may revoke any such designation at will.

Section 28. The first justice of the Suffolk county court may, subject to the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, appoint a clerk who may administer the oaths required in probate proceedings that are not prescribed by law to be administered by the judge or register and shall perform such clerical and other duties as may be required by the first justice. The clerk may be removed by the first justice, with the approval of the chief justice. The register of probate may designate 6 employees as deputy assistant registers with the same powers as assistant registers and may revoke such designation at will. A deputy assistant register shall receive as additional compensation an amount equal to 15 per cent of the annual salary of the Suffolk county register of probate. The register may designate 6 employees as associate deputy registers who shall have the powers of assistant registers and receive as additional compensation an amount equal to 7.5 per cent of the salary paid to the register. The register may revoke any such designation at will.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 28
Regulations to prevent fire hazards and fires
Status: in_force

Section 28. The board shall make such rules and regulations, and the head of the fire department shall make such orders or rules not inconsistent therewith, as may be necessary to promulgate a comprehensive fire safety code for the following purposes: (1) to prevent or remedy any condition in or about any building, structure or other premises or any ship or vessel which may tend to become a fire hazard or to cause a fire. (2) to provide adequate safety requirements for the protection of the public in the event of a fire in or about any building, structure or other premises or any ship or vessel, including the regulation of fire drills for theaters, schools, hospitals and elderly housing complexes. (3) to provide for the safe storage, use, handling and manufacturing of corrosive liquids, oxidizing materials, toxic materials or poisonous gases.

Section 28. The board shall make such rules and regulations, and the head of the fire department shall make such orders or rules not inconsistent therewith, as may be necessary to promulgate a comprehensive fire safety code for the following purposes:

(1) to prevent or remedy any condition in or about any building, structure or other premises or any ship or vessel which may tend to become a fire hazard or to cause a fire.

(2) to provide adequate safety requirements for the protection of the public in the event of a fire in or about any building, structure or other premises or any ship or vessel, including the regulation of fire drills for theaters, schools, hospitals and elderly housing complexes.

(3) to provide for the safe storage, use, handling and manufacturing of corrosive liquids, oxidizing materials, toxic materials or poisonous gases.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93A, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93A / Section 8
Habitual violation of injunctions
Status: in_force

Section 8. Upon petition by the attorney general, the court may for habitual violation of injunctions issued pursuant to section four order the dissolution, or suspension or forfeiture of franchise of any corporation or the right of any individual or foreign corporation to do business in the commonwealth.

Section 8. Upon petition by the attorney general, the court may for habitual violation of injunctions issued pursuant to section four order the dissolution, or suspension or forfeiture of franchise of any corporation or the right of any individual or foreign corporation to do business in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 68 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 68
Appointment of selling agents; removal
Status: in_force

Section 68. In the correctional institutions of the commonwealth the commissioner, and in jails and houses of correction the superintendent or keeper, with the approval of the commissioner, may appoint agents who under such regulations as the commissioner shall establish shall sell, subject to the provisions of section sixty-seven, goods and services produced therein. Any such agent may be removed at the pleasure of the officers by whom he was appointed.

Section 68. In the correctional institutions of the commonwealth the commissioner, and in jails and houses of correction the superintendent or keeper, with the approval of the commissioner, may appoint agents who under such regulations as the commissioner shall establish shall sell, subject to the provisions of section sixty-seven, goods and services produced therein. Any such agent may be removed at the pleasure of the officers by whom he was appointed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, sec. 38G — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 59 / Section 38G
Testimony under oath concerning written return filed under Sec. 38F
Status: in_force

Section 38G. A board of assessors may require testimony under oath of a taxpayer relative to his written return filed under section thirty-eight F and may also require testimony under oath of any applicant for abatement under section fifty-nine.

Section 38G. A board of assessors may require testimony under oath of a taxpayer relative to his written return filed under section thirty-eight F and may also require testimony under oath of any applicant for abatement under section fifty-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 70D — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 70D
Itemized statement of charges; effect of failure to furnish
Status: in_force

Section 70D. Upon receipt of a written request mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, from any person notified of such lien in accordance with the provisions of section seventy B, such hospital shall within ten days after receipt of such request furnish such person with a certified itemized statement of all charges of such hospital in reference to such injured person as provided in section seventy A, or if such injured person has not been discharged from said hospital at the time such request is received, then such statement shall be so furnished within ten days after such person has been discharged from said hospital. If such hospital fails to comply with the provisions of this section, such lien shall be dissolved and no person shall be held liable under the provisions of section seventy C for the amount thereof.

Section 70D. Upon receipt of a written request mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, from any person notified of such lien in accordance with the provisions of section seventy B, such hospital shall within ten days after receipt of such request furnish such person with a certified itemized statement of all charges of such hospital in reference to such injured person as provided in section seventy A, or if such injured person has not been discharged from said hospital at the time such request is received, then such statement shall be so furnished within ten days after such person has been discharged from said hospital.

If such hospital fails to comply with the provisions of this section, such lien shall be dissolved and no person shall be held liable under the provisions of section seventy C for the amount thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 184 / Section 10
Acts of owner of precedent estate upon expectant estate; effect
Status: in_force

Section 10. No expectant estate shall be defeated or barred by an alienation or other act of the owner of the precedent estate, nor by the destruction of such precedent estate by disseisin, forfeiture, surrender or merger.

Section 10. No expectant estate shall be defeated or barred by an alienation or other act of the owner of the precedent estate, nor by the destruction of such precedent estate by disseisin, forfeiture, surrender or merger.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 80A, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 80A / Section 7
Hearing; judgment
Status: in_force

Section 7. If any person in his answer denies the right of the petitioner to make the improvement or to take or damage his property, or to levy an assessment thereon, or impugns the validity or regularity of the proceedings, the court shall forthwith hear and determine the issue thus raised, and may order the petition dismissed or may enter an order establishing the right of the petitioner to take the real estate, or interest therein, described in the order for the purpose therein stated and to assess betterments as therein set forth, or may enter such other order as law and justice may require. If the court does not order the petition dismissed, and one or more of the respondents allege exceptions or appeal to the supreme judicial court or the matter is reported to the supreme judicial court, further proceedings shall not be stayed unless the justice who heard and determined the matter so directs. If no such issue is raised by any person in his answer, the court shall, on motion of the petitioner, enter an order establishing the right of the petitioner to take the real estate, or interest therein, described in the order for the purpose therein stated and to assess betterments as therein set forth. An order under this section establishing the right of the petitioner to take property or to assess betterments shall be final and conclusive as to the validity of the proceedings up to the date of the adoption of such order.

Section 7. If any person in his answer denies the right of the petitioner to make the improvement or to take or damage his property, or to levy an assessment thereon, or impugns the validity or regularity of the proceedings, the court shall forthwith hear and determine the issue thus raised, and may order the petition dismissed or may enter an order establishing the right of the petitioner to take the real estate, or interest therein, described in the order for the purpose therein stated and to assess betterments as therein set forth, or may enter such other order as law and justice may require. If the court does not order the petition dismissed, and one or more of the respondents allege exceptions or appeal to the supreme judicial court or the matter is reported to the supreme judicial court, further proceedings shall not be stayed unless the justice who heard and determined the matter so directs. If no such issue is raised by any person in his answer, the court shall, on motion of the petitioner, enter an order establishing the right of the petitioner to take the real estate, or interest therein, described in the order for the purpose therein stated and to assess betterments as therein set forth. An order under this section establishing the right of the petitioner to take property or to assess betterments shall be final and conclusive as to the validity of the proceedings up to the date of the adoption of such order.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 36 / Section 15
Method of recording documents; microphotographs
Status: in_force

Section 15. He shall record all instruments upon the pages of the record books in fair and legible handwriting or in print, and in continuous successive lines, and shall note on the record, before attesting the same, all erasures and interlineations and the value of any stamp affixed thereto pursuant to federal law, and the cancellation thereof, and he shall make duplicate microphotographic process copies of all books in his registry in which deeds, certificates of title and other instruments have been recorded or entered.

Section 15. He shall record all instruments upon the pages of the record books in fair and legible handwriting or in print, and in continuous successive lines, and shall note on the record, before attesting the same, all erasures and interlineations and the value of any stamp affixed thereto pursuant to federal law, and the cancellation thereof, and he shall make duplicate microphotographic process copies of all books in his registry in which deeds, certificates of title and other instruments have been recorded or entered.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 13
Words of inheritance
Status: in_force

Section 13. In a conveyance or reservation of real estate the terms ''heirs'', ''assigns'' or other technical words of inheritance shall not be necessary to convey or reserve an estate in fee. A deed or reservation of real estate shall be construed to convey or reserve an estate in fee simple, unless a different intention clearly appears in the deed.

Section 13. In a conveyance or reservation of real estate the terms ''heirs'', ''assigns'' or other technical words of inheritance shall not be necessary to convey or reserve an estate in fee. A deed or reservation of real estate shall be construed to convey or reserve an estate in fee simple, unless a different intention clearly appears in the deed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 107, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 107 / Section 13
Certification of protest by notary; prima facie evidence
Status: in_force

Section 13. The protest of a bill of exchange, promissory note or order for the payment of money certified by a notary public under his hand and official seal shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in such protest, and of the giving of notice to the drawer or endorser.

Section 13. The protest of a bill of exchange, promissory note or order for the payment of money certified by a notary public under his hand and official seal shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in such protest, and of the giving of notice to the drawer or endorser.