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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175E, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175E / Section 11
Information guide
Status: in_force

Section 11. The commissioner may once in each calendar year establish rules by which the companies shall produce an information guide which outlines in language prescribed or approved by the commissioner the various choices of coverage available to insureds and an approximation of differences in cost among various types of coverage and among competing carriers. Each company shall bear full responsibility for assuring that a copy of such information guide is forwarded to every person insured or solicited for insurance by that company or its agents.

Section 11. The commissioner may once in each calendar year establish rules by which the companies shall produce an information guide which outlines in language prescribed or approved by the commissioner the various choices of coverage available to insureds and an approximation of differences in cost among various types of coverage and among competing carriers. Each company shall bear full responsibility for assuring that a copy of such information guide is forwarded to every person insured or solicited for insurance by that company or its agents.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 49, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 49 / Section 24
Duties of field driver; taking up untended animals
Status: in_force

Section 24. Every field driver shall take up horses, mules, asses, neat cattle, sheep, goats or swine going at large in the public ways, or on common and unimproved land within his town and not under the care of a keeper; and any other inhabitant of the town may take up such cattle or beasts so going at large on Sunday, and for taking up such beasts on said day the field driver or such other inhabitant of the town may in tort recover for each beast the same fees which the field driver is entitled to receive for taking up like beasts.

Section 24. Every field driver shall take up horses, mules, asses, neat cattle, sheep, goats or swine going at large in the public ways, or on common and unimproved land within his town and not under the care of a keeper; and any other inhabitant of the town may take up such cattle or beasts so going at large on Sunday, and for taking up such beasts on said day the field driver or such other inhabitant of the town may in tort recover for each beast the same fees which the field driver is entitled to receive for taking up like beasts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 61A, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 61A / Section 5
Contiguous land under one ownership within more than one city or town
Status: in_force

Section 5. Where contiguous land in agricultural, horticultural or agricultural and horticultural uses under one ownership is located in more than one city or town, compliance with the five-acre minimum area requirements of section four shall be determined on the basis of the entire area of such land and not on the basis of the land area which falls within the bounds of any particular city or town.

Section 5. Where contiguous land in agricultural, horticultural or agricultural and horticultural uses under one ownership is located in more than one city or town, compliance with the five-acre minimum area requirements of section four shall be determined on the basis of the entire area of such land and not on the basis of the land area which falls within the bounds of any particular city or town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 206, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 206 / Section 13
Realty held in mortgage or on execution; disposition
Status: in_force

Section 13. If real estate so held by an executor or administrator in mortgage or on execution is not redeemed or sold as before provided, it shall be assigned and distributed to the same persons and in the same proportions as if it had been part of the personal property of the deceased; and if upon such distribution the property comes to two or more persons, the probate court may cause partition thereof to be made.

Section 13. If real estate so held by an executor or administrator in mortgage or on execution is not redeemed or sold as before provided, it shall be assigned and distributed to the same persons and in the same proportions as if it had been part of the personal property of the deceased; and if upon such distribution the property comes to two or more persons, the probate court may cause partition thereof to be made.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 107 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 107
Surety bonds; status
Status: in_force

Section 107. The bonds on which such company becomes surety shall not be deemed insurance contracts as defined in section two, but the company shall otherwise be subject to this chapter so far as applicable, and insurance agents and brokers shall in respect to such bonds be subject to all the provisions of this chapter applying to them in respect to insurance contracts.

Section 107. The bonds on which such company becomes surety shall not be deemed insurance contracts as defined in section two, but the company shall otherwise be subject to this chapter so far as applicable, and insurance agents and brokers shall in respect to such bonds be subject to all the provisions of this chapter applying to them in respect to insurance contracts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 88 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 88
Calling of caucuses
Status: in_force

Section 88. All caucuses for the election of caucus officers, or for the nomination of candidates for any city of town office in any city or town wherein the laws relating to primaries have not been adopted, held by a political party which has adopted the provisions of law for the use of official ballots, shall be called and held as provided in sections eighty-nine to one hundred and sixteen, inclusive.

Section 88. All caucuses for the election of caucus officers, or for the nomination of candidates for any city of town office in any city or town wherein the laws relating to primaries have not been adopted, held by a political party which has adopted the provisions of law for the use of official ballots, shall be called and held as provided in sections eighty-nine to one hundred and sixteen, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 215, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 215 / Section 37
Docket and index; manner of keeping; public inspection
Status: in_force

Section 37. Each register shall keep a docket of all cases and matters in his court, and shall enter therein every case or matter by its appropriate title and number, brief memoranda of all proceedings had and papers filed therein, the dates of such proceedings or filing of such papers, and references to the places in which the proceedings or papers are recorded, if there is a record thereof. He shall also keep a separate alphabetical index of all such cases and matters which shall refer both to said docket and to the files of the court, and a separate alphabetical index of all public administrators seeking appointment or appointed to administer any estates, with the names of such estates. Such docket and indexes shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.

Section 37. Each register shall keep a docket of all cases and matters in his court, and shall enter therein every case or matter by its appropriate title and number, brief memoranda of all proceedings had and papers filed therein, the dates of such proceedings or filing of such papers, and references to the places in which the proceedings or papers are recorded, if there is a record thereof. He shall also keep a separate alphabetical index of all such cases and matters which shall refer both to said docket and to the files of the court, and a separate alphabetical index of all public administrators seeking appointment or appointed to administer any estates, with the names of such estates. Such docket and indexes shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 162, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 162 / Section 1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 1. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the ''department'' means the department of public utilities. An ''interested party'', in any proceeding under this chapter before the department, the board of aldermen of any city or the selectmen of any town, shall include any person whose land is to be taken or whose estate abuts upon any highway through which the electric railroad is to pass, and any railroad corporation or street railway company having a location in any city or town included within the proposed route of the electric railroad company.

Section 1. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the ''department'' means the department of public utilities. An ''interested party'', in any proceeding under this chapter before the department, the board of aldermen of any city or the selectmen of any town, shall include any person whose land is to be taken or whose estate abuts upon any highway through which the electric railroad is to pass, and any railroad corporation or street railway company having a location in any city or town included within the proposed route of the electric railroad company.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 9, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 9 / Section 12
Books and records of Maine lands; custody
Status: in_force

Section 12. He shall have the custody of the books of records of grants and conveyances of land formerly held by the commonwealth situated in the state of Maine, and of all other books and records relative thereto.

Section 12. He shall have the custody of the books of records of grants and conveyances of land formerly held by the commonwealth situated in the state of Maine, and of all other books and records relative thereto.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 247, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 247 / Section 15
Approval of sureties; proceedings
Status: in_force

Section 15. If such sureties are to be approved by a justice of a district court or by a master in chancery, the officer who serves the writ shall give written notice to the defendant or to the person from whose custody the property has been taken, stating the time and place of hearing thereon and the names and residences of the proposed sureties, allowing not less than one hour before the time appointed for the hearing and at the rate of one hour additional for each mile of travel.

Section 15. If such sureties are to be approved by a justice of a district court or by a master in chancery, the officer who serves the writ shall give written notice to the defendant or to the person from whose custody the property has been taken, stating the time and place of hearing thereon and the names and residences of the proposed sureties, allowing not less than one hour before the time appointed for the hearing and at the rate of one hour additional for each mile of travel.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 65O — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 65O
Manufacture or sale of nonconforming or adulterated frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 65O. Frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mix shall be deemed to be adulterated: First. If containing any preservative, mineral or other substance or compound deleterious to health; provided, that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the use of harmless coloring matter when not used for fraudulent purposes; or Second. If made in whole or in part from, or containing frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mix for any reason unfit for food. No person shall manufacture, sell or exchange, or offer or expose for sale or exchange, or deliver, or attempt to deliver, or have in his possession with intent so to do, any frozen dessert or frozen dessert mix not conforming to the regulations adopted by the department under section sixty-five U, or manufactured, sold, exchanged and/or delivered in violation of any provision of section sixty-five N, or adulterated within the meaning of this section.

Section 65O. Frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mix shall be deemed to be adulterated:

First. If containing any preservative, mineral or other substance or compound deleterious to health; provided, that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the use of harmless coloring matter when not used for fraudulent purposes; or

Second. If made in whole or in part from, or containing frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mix for any reason unfit for food.

No person shall manufacture, sell or exchange, or offer or expose for sale or exchange, or deliver, or attempt to deliver, or have in his possession with intent so to do, any frozen dessert or frozen dessert mix not conforming to the regulations adopted by the department under section sixty-five U, or manufactured, sold, exchanged and/or delivered in violation of any provision of section sixty-five N, or adulterated within the meaning of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 32
Treatment of prisoners
Status: in_force

Section 32. The superintendents of the institutions under the supervision of the department of correction shall treat the prisoners with the kindness which their obedience, industry and good conduct merit.

Section 32. The superintendents of the institutions under the supervision of the department of correction shall treat the prisoners with the kindness which their obedience, industry and good conduct merit.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 80A, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 80A / Section 2
Order of intention; contents
Status: in_force

Section 2. The board, having first complied with all the preliminary requirements prescribed by law, shall adopt an order of intention to take, which shall contain a description of the property to be taken sufficiently accurate for identification, and shall state the interest therein to be taken and the purpose for which such property is to be taken, and, if betterments are to be assessed therefor, shall so state; otherwise, it shall state that no betterments are to be assessed. In case there are trees upon land so to be taken, or structures affixed thereto, the order shall state whether the same are to be included in the taking, and, if they are not to be so included, shall allow the owner a reasonable time after the taking becomes absolute to remove the same, to be specified in the order.

Section 2. The board, having first complied with all the preliminary requirements prescribed by law, shall adopt an order of intention to take, which shall contain a description of the property to be taken sufficiently accurate for identification, and shall state the interest therein to be taken and the purpose for which such property is to be taken, and, if betterments are to be assessed therefor, shall so state; otherwise, it shall state that no betterments are to be assessed. In case there are trees upon land so to be taken, or structures affixed thereto, the order shall state whether the same are to be included in the taking, and, if they are not to be so included, shall allow the owner a reasonable time after the taking becomes absolute to remove the same, to be specified in the order.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 244 / Section 38
Foreclosure
Status: in_force

Section 38. If the condition of such mortgage is not duly performed, the state treasurer may cause an entry for breach of condition to be made in the name and behalf of the commonwealth by himself or a person whom he appoints, or he may bring an action in the name of the commonwealth to recover possession of the land mortgaged; and possession obtained by entry or by action shall have the same effect in foreclosing the right of redemption as a similar possession by any other mortgagee.

Section 38. If the condition of such mortgage is not duly performed, the state treasurer may cause an entry for breach of condition to be made in the name and behalf of the commonwealth by himself or a person whom he appoints, or he may bring an action in the name of the commonwealth to recover possession of the land mortgaged; and possession obtained by entry or by action shall have the same effect in foreclosing the right of redemption as a similar possession by any other mortgagee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 17
Questions of fact; trial
Status: in_force

Section 17. A question of fact arising upon such additional allegations may be tried and determined by the court, or it may be submitted to a jury in such manner as the court orders.

Section 17. A question of fact arising upon such additional allegations may be tried and determined by the court, or it may be submitted to a jury in such manner as the court orders.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90D, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90D / Section 16
Dealers; assignment and warranty of title; record of transactions
Status: reserved

Section 16. (a) If a dealer buys a vehicle and holds it for resale and procures the certificate of title from the owner or the lienholder after delivery to him of the vehicle, he need not send the certificate to the registrar but, upon transferring the vehicle to another person other than by the creation of a security interest, shall promptly execute the assignment and warranty of title by a dealer, showing the names and addresses of the transferee and of any lienholder holding a security interest created or reserved at the time of the resale and the date of his security agreement, in the spaces provided therefor on the certificate or as the registrar prescribes, and mail or deliver the certificate to the registrar or transferee with the transferee's application for a new certificate. (b) Every dealer shall maintain for five years a record in such form as the registrar shall prescribe of every vehicle bought, sold or exchanged by him, or received by him for sale or exchange, which shall be open to inspection by the registrar, his agents or by any police officer during reasonable business hours.

Section 16. (a) If a dealer buys a vehicle and holds it for resale and procures the certificate of title from the owner or the lienholder after delivery to him of the vehicle, he need not send the certificate to the registrar but, upon transferring the vehicle to another person other than by the creation of a security interest, shall promptly execute the assignment and warranty of title by a dealer, showing the names and addresses of the transferee and of any lienholder holding a security interest created or reserved at the time of the resale and the date of his security agreement, in the spaces provided therefor on the certificate or as the registrar prescribes, and mail or deliver the certificate to the registrar or transferee with the transferee's application for a new certificate.

(b) Every dealer shall maintain for five years a record in such form as the registrar shall prescribe of every vehicle bought, sold or exchanged by him, or received by him for sale or exchange, which shall be open to inspection by the registrar, his agents or by any police officer during reasonable business hours.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 20
Safety appliances for, and inspection of, heating boilers
Status: in_force

Section 20. Boilers and their appurtenances used exclusively for heating purposes, which are not required by this chapter to be inspected, shall be provided with such safety appliances as shall be prescribed by the board, and the division shall inspect such boilers upon application of the owner.

Section 20. Boilers and their appurtenances used exclusively for heating purposes, which are not required by this chapter to be inspected, shall be provided with such safety appliances as shall be prescribed by the board, and the division shall inspect such boilers upon application of the owner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 98 / Section 27
Use of unsealed weighing or measuring devices
Status: in_force

Section 27. Whoever sells or, if by the custom of trade such weighing or measuring devices are provided by the buyer, buys, by any weighing or measuring device which has not been sealed according to law shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars to the use of the person suing therefor.

Section 27. Whoever sells or, if by the custom of trade such weighing or measuring devices are provided by the buyer, buys, by any weighing or measuring device which has not been sealed according to law shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars to the use of the person suing therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 89 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 89
Perishable property; appraisal and sale; proceedings
Status: in_force

Section 89. Upon such application, the attaching officer shall give notice to all the other parties or their attorneys, prepare a schedule of the goods and cause three disinterested persons acquainted with the nature and value of such goods to be appointed and sworn before a magistrate or the attaching officer to the faithful performance of their duty as appraisers.

Section 89. Upon such application, the attaching officer shall give notice to all the other parties or their attorneys, prepare a schedule of the goods and cause three disinterested persons acquainted with the nature and value of such goods to be appointed and sworn before a magistrate or the attaching officer to the faithful performance of their duty as appraisers.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, sec. 101A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 130 / Section 101A
Gray seal; protection
Status: in_force

Section 101A. No person shall wilfully detain, hunt, kill or injure a gray seal (halichoerus gryphus), also called a Nantucket horsehead. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars.

Section 101A. No person shall wilfully detain, hunt, kill or injure a gray seal (halichoerus gryphus), also called a Nantucket horsehead. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 240 / Section 14
Jurisdiction; hearings; decrees; costs
Status: in_force

Section 14. Upon service of such notice, the court shall have jurisdiction of all persons made respondents to the petition in the manner above provided, and shall, upon a hearing, make a decree determining the validity, nature or extent of any such possible condition or other encumbrance, which shall be effectual to exclude all the respondents from any claim thereunder contrary to such determination, and shall have the same effect as a release by such respondents of such claims. The court may award costs in its discretion.

Section 14. Upon service of such notice, the court shall have jurisdiction of all persons made respondents to the petition in the manner above provided, and shall, upon a hearing, make a decree determining the validity, nature or extent of any such possible condition or other encumbrance, which shall be effectual to exclude all the respondents from any claim thereunder contrary to such determination, and shall have the same effect as a release by such respondents of such claims. The court may award costs in its discretion.