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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, sec. 67B — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62C / Section 67B
Reciprocal agreements with other states for payment of sales and use taxes
Status: in_force

Section 67B. The commissioner may enter into reciprocal agreements with appropriate officials of any other state for the purpose of encouraging vendors in such states to collect and pay over Massachusetts sales and use taxes under chapters sixty-four H and sixty-four I; and, as part of such agreements, the commissioner may waive all or any part of the possible liabilities of such out-of-state vendors for prior periods under said chapters so long as they agree prospectively to collect and pay over Massachusetts sales and use taxes. Any such agreement with such other state is conditional upon such state granting equivalent waivers to vendors located in the commonwealth who do business in such other state.

Section 67B. The commissioner may enter into reciprocal agreements with appropriate officials of any other state for the purpose of encouraging vendors in such states to collect and pay over Massachusetts sales and use taxes under chapters sixty-four H and sixty-four I; and, as part of such agreements, the commissioner may waive all or any part of the possible liabilities of such out-of-state vendors for prior periods under said chapters so long as they agree prospectively to collect and pay over Massachusetts sales and use taxes. Any such agreement with such other state is conditional upon such state granting equivalent waivers to vendors located in the commonwealth who do business in such other state.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 53 — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 53
Veterans of Indian wars employed jointly by two municipalities
Status: in_force

Section 53. A veteran of the Indian wars who is employed jointly by two municipalities, if incapacitated for active duty, may be retired from active service by the joint action of the governing bodies thereof, whether the city council or selectmen, as the case may be, at one half the rate of the average compensation paid to him during the two years immediately preceding his retirement, one half of the said retiring compensation to be paid by each of the municipalities employing him; provided, that no veteran shall be retired under this section unless he has been in the service of the two municipalities, as aforesaid, for a period of not less than ten years preceding the time of his retirement. But a period of employment by either one of said municipalities immediately preceding his employment by both jointly shall be reckoned as a part of the said ten years.

Section 53. A veteran of the Indian wars who is employed jointly by two municipalities, if incapacitated for active duty, may be retired from active service by the joint action of the governing bodies thereof, whether the city council or selectmen, as the case may be, at one half the rate of the average compensation paid to him during the two years immediately preceding his retirement, one half of the said retiring compensation to be paid by each of the municipalities employing him; provided, that no veteran shall be retired under this section unless he has been in the service of the two municipalities, as aforesaid, for a period of not less than ten years preceding the time of his retirement. But a period of employment by either one of said municipalities immediately preceding his employment by both jointly shall be reckoned as a part of the said ten years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 45C — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 45C
Amount of pension payable to person with more than 20 years of service retired under Sec. 44
Status: in_force

Section 45C. In any city or town which has accepted sections forty-four and forty-five A in the manner set forth in section forty-five and which accepts this section in the manner hereinafter provided, the pension payable to a person retired under said section forty-four shall be one half of the highest annual compensation received by him while holding the grade held by him at the time of his retirement if he has completed twenty years of service, and an additional amount equal to one per cent of said annual compensation for each year of service after the first twenty; provided, that the total amount of such pension shall in no case exceed sixty-five per cent of said annual compensation. This section shall take effect in a city having a plan D or plan E charter by the affirmative vote of two thirds of all the members of the city council, and in the case of any other city by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of its charter, and in a town by a majority vote at an annual town meeting.

Section 45C. In any city or town which has accepted sections forty-four and forty-five A in the manner set forth in section forty-five and which accepts this section in the manner hereinafter provided, the pension payable to a person retired under said section forty-four shall be one half of the highest annual compensation received by him while holding the grade held by him at the time of his retirement if he has completed twenty years of service, and an additional amount equal to one per cent of said annual compensation for each year of service after the first twenty; provided, that the total amount of such pension shall in no case exceed sixty-five per cent of said annual compensation.

This section shall take effect in a city having a plan D or plan E charter by the affirmative vote of two thirds of all the members of the city council, and in the case of any other city by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of its charter, and in a town by a majority vote at an annual town meeting.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 262 / Section 31
Appraisers; compensation
Status: in_force

Section 31. The court shall determine the compensation of private persons who perform service required by law, or in the execution of legal process, if no other provision is made therefor.

Section 31. The court shall determine the compensation of private persons who perform service required by law, or in the execution of legal process, if no other provision is made therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 264, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 264 / Section 21
Subversive organizations; destruction or concealment of books; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 21. Whoever destroys or conceals books, records, files, membership lists or funds belonging to an organization which he knows to be a subversive organization shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years or in jail for not more than two and one half years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars; provided, that this section shall not be construed as reducing the penalty now imposed for the violation of any law.

Section 21. Whoever destroys or conceals books, records, files, membership lists or funds belonging to an organization which he knows to be a subversive organization shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years or in jail for not more than two and one half years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars; provided, that this section shall not be construed as reducing the penalty now imposed for the violation of any law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 221 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 221
Fees for enforcement of Sec. 220
Status: in_force

Section 221. Except in Suffolk county, the fees and expenses of officers in the apprehension, trial or commitment of a person arrested or tried for violation of the preceding section shall be paid by the county where the offence was committed.

Section 221. Except in Suffolk county, the fees and expenses of officers in the apprehension, trial or commitment of a person arrested or tried for violation of the preceding section shall be paid by the county where the offence was committed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 198, sec. 10C — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 198 / Section 10C
Voidable preferences; set-off by creditor
Status: in_force

Section 10C. If a creditor has been preferred, and afterwards in good faith gives the debtor further credit without security of any kind for property which becomes a part of the debtor's estate, the amount of such new credit remaining unpaid at the time of his decease may be set off against the amount which would otherwise be recoverable from him.

Section 10C. If a creditor has been preferred, and afterwards in good faith gives the debtor further credit without security of any kind for property which becomes a part of the debtor's estate, the amount of such new credit remaining unpaid at the time of his decease may be set off against the amount which would otherwise be recoverable from him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 35, sec. 39F — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 35 / Section 39F
Effect of certification
Status: in_force

Section 39F. The certification of county notes by the director shall be prima facie evidence of the liability of such county therefor.

Section 39F. The certification of county notes by the director shall be prima facie evidence of the liability of such county therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part I / Title XI / Chapter 67 / Section 33
New or rejuvenated meeting houses; acquisition of funds by selling pews
Status: in_force

Section 33. Such corporation, for the purpose of building a new house, or of altering, enlarging, repairing, rebuilding or removing a house already built, may sell the same or take down any pews therein, the pews taken being first appraised by three or more disinterested persons chosen for that purpose. The pews newly erected shall be sold by the treasurer by public auction to the highest bidder, and bills of sale thereof shall be given. The money arising from such sale shall be applied, so far as necessary, to paying the appraised value of the pews taken down; and the deficiency, if any, shall be paid by the corporation within thirty days after the sale.

Section 33. Such corporation, for the purpose of building a new house, or of altering, enlarging, repairing, rebuilding or removing a house already built, may sell the same or take down any pews therein, the pews taken being first appraised by three or more disinterested persons chosen for that purpose. The pews newly erected shall be sold by the treasurer by public auction to the highest bidder, and bills of sale thereof shall be given. The money arising from such sale shall be applied, so far as necessary, to paying the appraised value of the pews taken down; and the deficiency, if any, shall be paid by the corporation within thirty days after the sale.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 106 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 106
Ice ponds; injury
Status: in_force

Section 106. Whoever wilfully, intentionally and without right or license, cuts, injures, mars or otherwise damages or destroys ice upon waters from which ice is or may be taken as an article of merchandise, whereby the taking thereof is hindered or the value thereof diminished for that purpose, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 106. Whoever wilfully, intentionally and without right or license, cuts, injures, mars or otherwise damages or destroys ice upon waters from which ice is or may be taken as an article of merchandise, whereby the taking thereof is hindered or the value thereof diminished for that purpose, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15C, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15C / Section 8
Conveyance of assets comprising loan funding deposits
Status: in_force

Section 8. When the principal of, interest on and premium, if any, due in connection with bonds of the Authority issued to finance the cost of an education loan financing program or programs, including any refunding bonds issued to refund and refinance such bonds, have been fully paid and retired or when adequate provision has been made to fully pay and retire the same, and all other conditions of the bond resolution authorizing the same have been satisfied and the security interest or lien created by such bond resolution has been released in accordance with the provisions thereof, the Authority shall promptly do such things and execute such deeds and conveyances as are necessary and required to convey any remaining monies, properties and other assets comprising loan funding deposits to the participating institutions for higher education which furnished the same in proportion to the amounts furnished by the respective participating institutions for higher education.

Section 8. When the principal of, interest on and premium, if any, due in connection with bonds of the Authority issued to finance the cost of an education loan financing program or programs, including any refunding bonds issued to refund and refinance such bonds, have been fully paid and retired or when adequate provision has been made to fully pay and retire the same, and all other conditions of the bond resolution authorizing the same have been satisfied and the security interest or lien created by such bond resolution has been released in accordance with the provisions thereof, the Authority shall promptly do such things and execute such deeds and conveyances as are necessary and required to convey any remaining monies, properties and other assets comprising loan funding deposits to the participating institutions for higher education which furnished the same in proportion to the amounts furnished by the respective participating institutions for higher education.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 125 / Section 2
Superintendents and deputies of correctional institutions; appointment; bond
Status: in_force

Section 2. The superintendent and the deputy of each correctional institution of the commonwealth shall be appointed by the commissioner, shall hold office during his pleasure, and shall not be subject to the provisions of sections nine A and nine B of chapter thirty, or chapter thirty-one. Each superintendent shall, before entering on the performance of his official duties, give bond to the commonwealth, in such sum as the comptroller may prescribe, with sureties approved by the commissioner, conditioned faithfully to perform the duties of his office. The approval of the sureties shall be endorsed on the bond, and it shall be filed with the state treasurer.

Section 2. The superintendent and the deputy of each correctional institution of the commonwealth shall be appointed by the commissioner, shall hold office during his pleasure, and shall not be subject to the provisions of sections nine A and nine B of chapter thirty, or chapter thirty-one.

Each superintendent shall, before entering on the performance of his official duties, give bond to the commonwealth, in such sum as the comptroller may prescribe, with sureties approved by the commissioner, conditioned faithfully to perform the duties of his office. The approval of the sureties shall be endorsed on the bond, and it shall be filed with the state treasurer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 67 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 67
Sale of prison-made goods; proceeds
Status: in_force

Section 67. Goods manufactured in any of the institutions named in section fifty-one shall, with the approval of the commissioner, be sold by the superintendent of the correctional institution of the commonwealth, the superintendent or keeper of the jails or houses of correction thereof at not less than the wholesale market price prevailing at the time of sale for goods of the same description and quality. The proceeds of such sales shall be paid by the purchasers to the respective institutions from which the goods are delivered.

Section 67. Goods manufactured in any of the institutions named in section fifty-one shall, with the approval of the commissioner, be sold by the superintendent of the correctional institution of the commonwealth, the superintendent or keeper of the jails or houses of correction thereof at not less than the wholesale market price prevailing at the time of sale for goods of the same description and quality. The proceeds of such sales shall be paid by the purchasers to the respective institutions from which the goods are delivered.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 20
Actions on bonds; employee of permittee; pro rata payment of claims
Status: in_force

Section 20. Action on a bond filed under the preceding section may be brought by any person to whom loss, damage or injury has resulted by reason of such blasting or keeping, and shall be brought in the name of, and for the use and at the cost and expense of, such person; but in no event shall action be brought on the bond for personal injury of an employee of the person receiving the permit. If claims on any bond are established to an amount greater than the penal sum thereof, such claims shall be paid pro rata to the amount of the penal sum, and executions shall issue accordingly.

Section 20. Action on a bond filed under the preceding section may be brought by any person to whom loss, damage or injury has resulted by reason of such blasting or keeping, and shall be brought in the name of, and for the use and at the cost and expense of, such person; but in no event shall action be brought on the bond for personal injury of an employee of the person receiving the permit. If claims on any bond are established to an amount greater than the penal sum thereof, such claims shall be paid pro rata to the amount of the penal sum, and executions shall issue accordingly.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15E, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15E / Section 17
Severability and construction
Status: in_force

Section 17. (a) This compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact shall be enforceable. (b) This compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes. (c) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prohibit the applicability of other interstate compacts to which the states are members.

Section 17. (a) This compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact shall be enforceable.

(b) This compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.

(c) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prohibit the applicability of other interstate compacts to which the states are members.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, sec. 57 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 265 / Section 57
Victim of human trafficking as affirmative defense to charges of common night walking or common streetwalking
Status: in_force

Section 57. In any prosecution or juvenile delinquency proceeding of a person who is a human trafficking victim, as defined by section 20M of chapter 233, it shall be an affirmative defense to charges of engaging in common night walking or common streetwalking in violation of section 53 of chapter 272 and to charges of violating section 26 or 53A of said chapter 272 that, while a human trafficking victim, such person was under duress or coerced into committing the offenses for which such person is being prosecuted or against whom juvenile delinquency proceedings have commenced.

Section 57. In any prosecution or juvenile delinquency proceeding of a person who is a human trafficking victim, as defined by section 20M of chapter 233, it shall be an affirmative defense to charges of engaging in common night walking or common streetwalking in violation of section 53 of chapter 272 and to charges of violating section 26 or 53A of said chapter 272 that, while a human trafficking victim, such person was under duress or coerced into committing the offenses for which such person is being prosecuted or against whom juvenile delinquency proceedings have commenced.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 94F — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 94F
Examination of application and declaration by commissioner; issuance of license to transact business
Status: in_force

Section 94F. The commissioner shall examine the application and declaration and all documents filed in connection therewith; and, if he is satisfied that they comply with the law and that the allegations of fact contained therein are true, he shall issue to the attorney in fact a license to transact business, authorizing him to execute for the subscribers under the name designated, such contracts of reciprocal or inter-insurance as are authorized by this chapter, which license shall be subject to section five; provided, however, that no license for a reciprocal insurance exchange consisting of subscribers who are commercial fishing boat owners shall be issued until the applicant has submitted to the commissioner the standards of risk management to be used in evaluating admissions and policy renewals, and until such standards have been certified by the commissioner as being reasonably calculated to provide a risk low enough to permit the reciprocal insurance exchange to remain solvent.

Section 94F. The commissioner shall examine the application and declaration and all documents filed in connection therewith; and, if he is satisfied that they comply with the law and that the allegations of fact contained therein are true, he shall issue to the attorney in fact a license to transact business, authorizing him to execute for the subscribers under the name designated, such contracts of reciprocal or inter-insurance as are authorized by this chapter, which license shall be subject to section five; provided, however, that no license for a reciprocal insurance exchange consisting of subscribers who are commercial fishing boat owners shall be issued until the applicant has submitted to the commissioner the standards of risk management to be used in evaluating admissions and policy renewals, and until such standards have been certified by the commissioner as being reasonably calculated to provide a risk low enough to permit the reciprocal insurance exchange to remain solvent.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 59 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 59
Auditors; discharge by court
Status: in_force

Section 59. The court may for cause discharge the auditors and appoint others and may recommit the report for revision or further examination to the same or to other auditors.

Section 59. The court may for cause discharge the auditors and appoint others and may recommit the report for revision or further examination to the same or to other auditors.