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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156 / Section 25
Board of directors; powers
Status: in_force

Section 25. The board of directors may exercise all the powers of the corporation, except such as are conferred by law, or by the by-laws of the corporation, upon the stockholders.

Section 25. The board of directors may exercise all the powers of the corporation, except such as are conferred by law, or by the by-laws of the corporation, upon the stockholders.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 22E — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 22E
Refusal to issue, renew or execute motor vehicle liability policy or bond
Status: in_force

Section 22E. No insurance company, and no officer or agent thereof in its behalf, shall refuse to issue, renew or execute as surety a motor vehicle liability policy or bond, or any other insurance based on the ownership or operation of a motor vehicle because of age, sex, race, occupation, marital status, or principal place of garaging of the vehicle. A particular company may make a general reduction in volume of automobile insurance in the commonwealth if such a reduction is determined by the commissioner not to be an attempt to circumvent the purposes of this section and that the company's refusal to write motor vehicle liability policies or bonds is not contrary to the public interest by disrupting the market for said insurance in the commonwealth. Any company which does not intend to issue a renewal policy shall give written notice of its intent not to issue a policy for the ensuing policy period in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and thirteen F and such notice shall specify the reasons for such nonrenewal.

Section 22E. No insurance company, and no officer or agent thereof in its behalf, shall refuse to issue, renew or execute as surety a motor vehicle liability policy or bond, or any other insurance based on the ownership or operation of a motor vehicle because of age, sex, race, occupation, marital status, or principal place of garaging of the vehicle. A particular company may make a general reduction in volume of automobile insurance in the commonwealth if such a reduction is determined by the commissioner not to be an attempt to circumvent the purposes of this section and that the company's refusal to write motor vehicle liability policies or bonds is not contrary to the public interest by disrupting the market for said insurance in the commonwealth. Any company which does not intend to issue a renewal policy shall give written notice of its intent not to issue a policy for the ensuing policy period in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and thirteen F and such notice shall specify the reasons for such nonrenewal.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 247, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 247 / Section 3
Amount of bond; appraisal of property
Status: in_force

Section 3. The writ shall require that the bond be given for double the value of the beasts but shall not express the amount for which it shall be given. If the parties do not agree as to the value of the beasts, it shall be ascertained by three disinterested appraisers, who shall be appointed and sworn by the officer, and the penalty of the bond shall be double the value ascertained by such appraisers or by a majority of them.

Section 3. The writ shall require that the bond be given for double the value of the beasts but shall not express the amount for which it shall be given. If the parties do not agree as to the value of the beasts, it shall be ascertained by three disinterested appraisers, who shall be appointed and sworn by the officer, and the penalty of the bond shall be double the value ascertained by such appraisers or by a majority of them.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 91, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 91 / Section 12
License for structures in Connecticut, Westfield and Merrimack rivers
Status: in_force

Section 12. The department may license and prescribe the terms for the construction or extension of a dam, road, bridge, or other structure, or the filling of land, the driving of piles, or the making of excavations, in, over, or upon the waters below high water mark of the Connecticut river or of that part of the Westfield river, in the towns of West Springfield and Agawam, lying between the confluence of said river with the Connecticut river and the bridge across said river at Suffield street in the said town of Agawam, and in, over and upon the waters of the non-tidal part of the Merrimack river below high water mark; and the provisions of this chapter shall apply to all such licenses. Every erection made, and all work done on or within the banks of the Connecticut river, of said part of the Westfield river or of said part of the Merrimack river, below high water mark, not authorized by the general court or by the department, or made or done in a manner not sanctioned by the department, without a license as hereinbefore provided, shall be considered a public nuisance. The attorney general and the district attorneys within their respective districts shall, at the request of the department, institute proceedings to enjoin or abate any such nuisance. This section and any such license shall not impair the legal rights or remedies of any person.

Section 12. The department may license and prescribe the terms for the construction or extension of a dam, road, bridge, or other structure, or the filling of land, the driving of piles, or the making of excavations, in, over, or upon the waters below high water mark of the Connecticut river or of that part of the Westfield river, in the towns of West Springfield and Agawam, lying between the confluence of said river with the Connecticut river and the bridge across said river at Suffield street in the said town of Agawam, and in, over and upon the waters of the non-tidal part of the Merrimack river below high water mark; and the provisions of this chapter shall apply to all such licenses. Every erection made, and all work done on or within the banks of the Connecticut river, of said part of the Westfield river or of said part of the Merrimack river, below high water mark, not authorized by the general court or by the department, or made or done in a manner not sanctioned by the department, without a license as hereinbefore provided, shall be considered a public nuisance. The attorney general and the district attorneys within their respective districts shall, at the request of the department, institute proceedings to enjoin or abate any such nuisance. This section and any such license shall not impair the legal rights or remedies of any person.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, sec. 24B — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 265 / Section 24B
Assault of child; intent to commit rape; weapons; punishment
Status: in_force

Section 24B. Whoever assaults a child under sixteen with intent to commit a rape, as defined in section thirty-nine of chapter two hundred and seventy-seven, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years; and whoever over the age of eighteen commits a subsequent such offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years but not less than five years. Whoever commits any offense described in this section while being armed with a firearm, as defined in section 121 of chapter 140, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years, but not less than ten years. Whoever over the age of 18 commits a second or subsequent such offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years, but not less than 15 years.

Section 24B. Whoever assaults a child under sixteen with intent to commit a rape, as defined in section thirty-nine of chapter two hundred and seventy-seven, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years; and whoever over the age of eighteen commits a subsequent such offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years but not less than five years.

Whoever commits any offense described in this section while being armed with a firearm, as defined in section 121 of chapter 140, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years, but not less than ten years. Whoever over the age of 18 commits a second or subsequent such offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years, but not less than 15 years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 74, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 74 / Section 34
Bristol school; special courses of instruction
Status: in_force

Section 34. The trustees of the Bristol county agricultural school may, with the approval of the commissioner, permit pupils with limited educational preparation to enter for a special course in horticulture, fruit growing or dairy farming. Said trustees may from time to time provide instruction in such of the types of vocational education described in sections one to twenty-two, inclusive, as they may deem advisable and as the commissioner may approve, in addition to the instruction authorized herein and in sections thirty-five, thirty-six and thirty-seven.

Section 34. The trustees of the Bristol county agricultural school may, with the approval of the commissioner, permit pupils with limited educational preparation to enter for a special course in horticulture, fruit growing or dairy farming. Said trustees may from time to time provide instruction in such of the types of vocational education described in sections one to twenty-two, inclusive, as they may deem advisable and as the commissioner may approve, in addition to the instruction authorized herein and in sections thirty-five, thirty-six and thirty-seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 29B — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 29B
Contracts with organizations providing social, etc., services
Status: in_force

Section 29B. The secretary of administration and finance shall make, and may from time to time amend, rules and regulations governing the procurement and administration of contracts with organizations providing social, rehabilitative, health or special education services. Such rules and regulations shall not be subject to chapter 30A. No person employed by an organization providing social, rehabilitative, health or special education services as defined above shall directly or indirectly supervise a temporary or permanent employee of the commonwealth. Such contracts shall not be written or used by any department, office, agency, board, commission or institution of the commonwealth to procure full or part-time personal services or equipment to be used by such department, office, agency, board, commission or institution, or any goods or services not required in the direct provision by the contractor of social, rehabilitative, health, or special education services to populations being served by the contracting department, office, agency, board, commission or institution.

Section 29B. The secretary of administration and finance shall make, and may from time to time amend, rules and regulations governing the procurement and administration of contracts with organizations providing social, rehabilitative, health or special education services. Such rules and regulations shall not be subject to chapter 30A. No person employed by an organization providing social, rehabilitative, health or special education services as defined above shall directly or indirectly supervise a temporary or permanent employee of the commonwealth. Such contracts shall not be written or used by any department, office, agency, board, commission or institution of the commonwealth to procure full or part-time personal services or equipment to be used by such department, office, agency, board, commission or institution, or any goods or services not required in the direct provision by the contractor of social, rehabilitative, health, or special education services to populations being served by the contracting department, office, agency, board, commission or institution.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 115 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 115
Devices and means to prevent injury to eyes; order; compliance; violation of statute
Status: in_force

Section 115. If it appears to an inspector that in any industrial establishment, from the nature of the work or the machinery used in connection therewith, or from other circumstances, there is danger of injury to the eyes of employees engaged in such work, and that the danger of injury may be decreased or prevented by any mechanical device or other practicable means, he shall, if the attorney general so directs, order in writing that such device or other means shall be provided therein; and the proprietors and managers of the industrial establishment shall comply with the order. Violations of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars for each week during which the violation continues, but a criminal prosecution for such violation shall not be begun unless a person has for four weeks after the receipt of a written order from an inspector neglected to comply therewith.

Section 115. If it appears to an inspector that in any industrial establishment, from the nature of the work or the machinery used in connection therewith, or from other circumstances, there is danger of injury to the eyes of employees engaged in such work, and that the danger of injury may be decreased or prevented by any mechanical device or other practicable means, he shall, if the attorney general so directs, order in writing that such device or other means shall be provided therein; and the proprietors and managers of the industrial establishment shall comply with the order. Violations of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars for each week during which the violation continues, but a criminal prosecution for such violation shall not be begun unless a person has for four weeks after the receipt of a written order from an inspector neglected to comply therewith.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 56 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 56
Recorder's duties relating to indexes and records
Status: in_force

Section 56. The recorder, under the direction of the court, shall make and keep indexes of all complaints and of all judgments of registration, and shall also index and classify all papers and instruments filed in his office relating to complaints and to registered titles. The recorder shall also, under the direction of the court, cause forms of indexes and registration and entry books to be prepared for the use of the assistant recorders. The court shall prepare and adopt convenient forms of certificates of title and shall also adopt general forms of memoranda to be used by the assistant recorders in registering the common forms of conveyance and other instruments to express briefly their effect.

Section 56. The recorder, under the direction of the court, shall make and keep indexes of all complaints and of all judgments of registration, and shall also index and classify all papers and instruments filed in his office relating to complaints and to registered titles. The recorder shall also, under the direction of the court, cause forms of indexes and registration and entry books to be prepared for the use of the assistant recorders. The court shall prepare and adopt convenient forms of certificates of title and shall also adopt general forms of memoranda to be used by the assistant recorders in registering the common forms of conveyance and other instruments to express briefly their effect.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 69A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 69A
Purchase, sale and distribution of natural gas by municipality
Status: in_force

Section 69A. Any city or town which maintains or operates a municipal lighting plant which includes a gas plant may purchase, sell and distribute natural gas, and the provisions of sections thirty-four to sixty-nine, inclusive, so far as apt, shall apply to the purchase, sale and distribution by such city or town of natural gas. Every such city or town purchasing, selling and distributing natural gas shall have all the powers and be subject to all the liabilities of said sections, including the authority to borrow money for the establishment, extension or enlargement of a plant and providing facilities for the purchase, sale and distribution of natural gas.

Section 69A. Any city or town which maintains or operates a municipal lighting plant which includes a gas plant may purchase, sell and distribute natural gas, and the provisions of sections thirty-four to sixty-nine, inclusive, so far as apt, shall apply to the purchase, sale and distribution by such city or town of natural gas. Every such city or town purchasing, selling and distributing natural gas shall have all the powers and be subject to all the liabilities of said sections, including the authority to borrow money for the establishment, extension or enlargement of a plant and providing facilities for the purchase, sale and distribution of natural gas.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164A, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164A / Section 24
Transmission lines of electric utilities; petition for authority to construct, use or take rights of way by eminent domain authorized
Status: in_force

Section 24. Lines for transmission of electricity which are electric power facilities, as defined in section one, shall, irrespective of the destination of the electricity to be transmitted thereover, be lines for the transmission of electricity for which an electric utility may petition under section seventy-two of chapter one hundred sixty-four for authority to construct and use, or continue to use, or to take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine lands, or rights-of-way or widenings thereof.

Section 24. Lines for transmission of electricity which are electric power facilities, as defined in section one, shall, irrespective of the destination of the electricity to be transmitted thereover, be lines for the transmission of electricity for which an electric utility may petition under section seventy-two of chapter one hundred sixty-four for authority to construct and use, or continue to use, or to take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine lands, or rights-of-way or widenings thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part I / Title XI / Chapter 67 / Section 40
Methodist Episcopal churches; organization
Status: in_force

Section 40. The trustees of any society of the United Methodist Church, or of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, appointed according to the Discipline or usages thereof, respectively, or as such society chooses, may organize and become a corporation with the powers and duties prescribed by chapter one hundred and fifty-five, subject, however, to account to the charge conference of such society according to the aforesaid Discipline and usages.

Section 40. The trustees of any society of the United Methodist Church, or of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, appointed according to the Discipline or usages thereof, respectively, or as such society chooses, may organize and become a corporation with the powers and duties prescribed by chapter one hundred and fifty-five, subject, however, to account to the charge conference of such society according to the aforesaid Discipline and usages.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 46 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 46
Insolvent domestic companies; preference of claims for unpaid losses
Status: in_force

Section 46. When any domestic company becomes insolvent, or is unable to pay in full its liabilities as set forth in sections ten, eleven and twelve, claims for unpaid losses under its policies, other than life or endowment policies or annuity or pure endowment contracts, shall, in the distribution of its assets, whether liquidation is effected by a receiver or otherwise, be deemed and treated as preferred over claims for return premiums on cancelled or unexpired policies. Nothing in this section shall impair the obligation now or hereafter imposed by law upon the officers of a mutual company, other than a life company, to make assessments on its members to pay its incurred losses and expenses.

Section 46. When any domestic company becomes insolvent, or is unable to pay in full its liabilities as set forth in sections ten, eleven and twelve, claims for unpaid losses under its policies, other than life or endowment policies or annuity or pure endowment contracts, shall, in the distribution of its assets, whether liquidation is effected by a receiver or otherwise, be deemed and treated as preferred over claims for return premiums on cancelled or unexpired policies. Nothing in this section shall impair the obligation now or hereafter imposed by law upon the officers of a mutual company, other than a life company, to make assessments on its members to pay its incurred losses and expenses.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 15
Disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

Section 15. The proceeds of such sale, after deducting reasonable charges and expenses incurred in the storage and sale of such property, shall be applied to the discharge of the lien of such innholder thereon for the board, lodging and other charges of such guest, and any proceeds remaining thereafter shall be paid to the commonwealth.

Section 15. The proceeds of such sale, after deducting reasonable charges and expenses incurred in the storage and sale of such property, shall be applied to the discharge of the lien of such innholder thereon for the board, lodging and other charges of such guest, and any proceeds remaining thereafter shall be paid to the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 253, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 253 / Section 32
Reversal of judgment for plaintiff; new action; time limit
Status: in_force

Section 32. If a judgment for the plaintiff is reversed for error, the plaintiff, or any person claiming under him, may commence a new action for the same cause within one year after the reversal of the judgment, and recover all damages sustained during the three years last preceding or at any time after the commencement of the original action.

Section 32. If a judgment for the plaintiff is reversed for error, the plaintiff, or any person claiming under him, may commence a new action for the same cause within one year after the reversal of the judgment, and recover all damages sustained during the three years last preceding or at any time after the commencement of the original action.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15FFF — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15FFF
Official State Crier and Greeter of the Commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 15FFF. The governor shall appoint a person to be titled as the Official State Crier and Greeter of the Commonwealth. Said crier and greeter shall be subject to the jurisdiction and control of the division of tourism. The director of said division shall establish the official duties of said crier and greeter, and said position shall be coterminous with the governor. Said crier and greeter, subject to the approval of the director and to such funds as may be so appropriated, may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses as previously determined and realized in the conduct of his official duties.

Section 15FFF. The governor shall appoint a person to be titled as the Official State Crier and Greeter of the Commonwealth. Said crier and greeter shall be subject to the jurisdiction and control of the division of tourism. The director of said division shall establish the official duties of said crier and greeter, and said position shall be coterminous with the governor. Said crier and greeter, subject to the approval of the director and to such funds as may be so appropriated, may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses as previously determined and realized in the conduct of his official duties.