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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 81, sec. 7K — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 81 / Section 7K
Relocation of facilities of public utilities; entry upon lands
Status: in_force

Section 7K. Whenever land or an easement therein is taken by the department by eminent domain for the purpose of relocating certain facilities of a public utility company, as authorized by section seven G, the said public utility company, its authorized agents or employees, after due notice by registered mail to the persons in possession of land so taken, may enter upon any such lands, waters and premises, not including buildings, as said company may deem necessary or convenient for the purpose of relocating its facilities, and such entry shall not be deemed a trespass, nor an entry under any condemnation proceedings which may then be pending.

Section 7K. Whenever land or an easement therein is taken by the department by eminent domain for the purpose of relocating certain facilities of a public utility company, as authorized by section seven G, the said public utility company, its authorized agents or employees, after due notice by registered mail to the persons in possession of land so taken, may enter upon any such lands, waters and premises, not including buildings, as said company may deem necessary or convenient for the purpose of relocating its facilities, and such entry shall not be deemed a trespass, nor an entry under any condemnation proceedings which may then be pending.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 292 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 292
Possession by dealer of incorrectly labeled turpentine, paint or linseed oil
Status: in_force

Section 292. The having in possession, by any person dealing in such articles, of any article or substance designated in section two hundred and eighty-nine or two hundred and ninety-one, and marked or labelled contrary to said sections, shall be prima facie evidence that the same is kept by such person in violation of the provisions thereof.

Section 292. The having in possession, by any person dealing in such articles, of any article or substance designated in section two hundred and eighty-nine or two hundred and ninety-one, and marked or labelled contrary to said sections, shall be prima facie evidence that the same is kept by such person in violation of the provisions thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 130 / Section 37
Lobsters and crabs; licenses
Status: in_force

Section 37. No person, either as principal, agent or employee, shall at any time catch lobsters or edible crabs in, or take them from, the coastal waters or place, set, keep, maintain, supervise, lift, raise or draw in or from the said waters, or cause to be placed, set, kept, maintained, supervised, lifted, raised or drawn in or from the said waters, any pot, trap or other contrivance designed for, or adapted to, the taking of lobsters or edible crabs, unless licensed so to do under section thirty-eight. No person shall at any time take from any waters under the jurisdiction of the commonwealth any lobsters by spearing, dipping or dragging. Nothing in this section or section thirty-eight shall be construed to prohibit or regulate the taking of crabs other than edible crabs solely for bait purposes, or for the taking of edible crabs for use of one's immediate family; provided, that the number of such edible crabs so taken by any one person shall not exceed fifty in one day and such edible crabs shall not be taken by pots or traps.

Section 37. No person, either as principal, agent or employee, shall at any time catch lobsters or edible crabs in, or take them from, the coastal waters or place, set, keep, maintain, supervise, lift, raise or draw in or from the said waters, or cause to be placed, set, kept, maintained, supervised, lifted, raised or drawn in or from the said waters, any pot, trap or other contrivance designed for, or adapted to, the taking of lobsters or edible crabs, unless licensed so to do under section thirty-eight.

No person shall at any time take from any waters under the jurisdiction of the commonwealth any lobsters by spearing, dipping or dragging.

Nothing in this section or section thirty-eight shall be construed to prohibit or regulate the taking of crabs other than edible crabs solely for bait purposes, or for the taking of edible crabs for use of one's immediate family; provided, that the number of such edible crabs so taken by any one person shall not exceed fifty in one day and such edible crabs shall not be taken by pots or traps.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 85J — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 85J
Fraud or deceit in sale of personal property; treble damages
Status: in_force

Section 85J. Whoever, by deceit or fraud, sells personal property shall be liable in tort to a purchaser in treble the amount of damages sustained by him.

Section 85J. Whoever, by deceit or fraud, sells personal property shall be liable in tort to a purchaser in treble the amount of damages sustained by him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 2D — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 2D
Temporary registration plates
Status: in_force

Section 2D. (a) The registrar shall design, issue and regulate the use of temporary registration plates for issuance to and use by the following purchasers of motor vehicles: (i) residents of the commonwealth pending receipt of registration plates issued pursuant to section 2; and (ii) nonresidents of the commonwealth who will be transporting the vehicle to the purchaser's state of residence for registration in that state. Such temporary plates shall be issued to dealers, upon application accompanied by the proper fee, as provided in section 33, for use by purchasers of motor vehicles; provided, however, that said plates shall be valid for not more than 20 days. Prior to the issuance of temporary plates to a purchaser who does not reside in the commonwealth and who intends to transport a vehicle to their state of residence for registration in that state, the purchaser shall furnish to the dealer sufficient proof of: (i) out of state residence; (ii) motor vehicle liability insurance in an amount equal to or greater than the minimum limits set forth in section 34A; and (iii) property damage insurance in an amount equal to or greater than the minimum limit set forth in section 34O. (b) Temporary registration plates issued to nonresidents of the commonwealth who will be transporting the vehicle to the purchaser's state of residence for registration in that state shall not be subject to chapter 60A. (c) The registrar is hereby empowered to issue and enforce regulations for the administration of this section.

Section 2D. (a) The registrar shall design, issue and regulate the use of temporary registration plates for issuance to and use by the following purchasers of motor vehicles: (i) residents of the commonwealth pending receipt of registration plates issued pursuant to section 2; and (ii) nonresidents of the commonwealth who will be transporting the vehicle to the purchaser's state of residence for registration in that state. Such temporary plates shall be issued to dealers, upon application accompanied by the proper fee, as provided in section 33, for use by purchasers of motor vehicles; provided, however, that said plates shall be valid for not more than 20 days. Prior to the issuance of temporary plates to a purchaser who does not reside in the commonwealth and who intends to transport a vehicle to their state of residence for registration in that state, the purchaser shall furnish to the dealer sufficient proof of: (i) out of state residence; (ii) motor vehicle liability insurance in an amount equal to or greater than the minimum limits set forth in section 34A; and (iii) property damage insurance in an amount equal to or greater than the minimum limit set forth in section 34O.

(b) Temporary registration plates issued to nonresidents of the commonwealth who will be transporting the vehicle to the purchaser's state of residence for registration in that state shall not be subject to chapter 60A.

(c) The registrar is hereby empowered to issue and enforce regulations for the administration of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 81DD — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 81DD
Application of law; damages
Status: in_force

Section 81DD. The subdivision control law shall not abridge the powers of the city council, of the selectmen, or any other municipal officer, in regard to public ways in any manner except as herein provided, and shall not authorize the taking of land nor authorize a city or town to lay out or construct any way which may be indicated on any plan of a subdivision until such way has been laid out as a public way in the manner prescribed by law; nor shall action under such law render a city or town liable for damages; provided, however, any person injured in his property by reason of the modification, amendment or rescission of the approval of a plan under section eighty-one W without his consent in writing, or by entry of his land not within the limits of a subdivision as shown on a preliminary or definitive plan submitted by him for approval, may recover the damages so caused under chapter seventy-nine. The modification, amendment or rescission of the approval of a plan shall not entitle any person to damages, unless and to the extent that he shall have changed his position or made expenditures in reliance upon such approval. No damages shall be awarded for the modification, amendment or rescission of the approval of a plan obtained as a result of material misrepresentation of facts, whether willful or otherwise, by the persons submitting the plan.

Section 81DD. The subdivision control law shall not abridge the powers of the city council, of the selectmen, or any other municipal officer, in regard to public ways in any manner except as herein provided, and shall not authorize the taking of land nor authorize a city or town to lay out or construct any way which may be indicated on any plan of a subdivision until such way has been laid out as a public way in the manner prescribed by law; nor shall action under such law render a city or town liable for damages; provided, however, any person injured in his property by reason of the modification, amendment or rescission of the approval of a plan under section eighty-one W without his consent in writing, or by entry of his land not within the limits of a subdivision as shown on a preliminary or definitive plan submitted by him for approval, may recover the damages so caused under chapter seventy-nine. The modification, amendment or rescission of the approval of a plan shall not entitle any person to damages, unless and to the extent that he shall have changed his position or made expenditures in reliance upon such approval. No damages shall be awarded for the modification, amendment or rescission of the approval of a plan obtained as a result of material misrepresentation of facts, whether willful or otherwise, by the persons submitting the plan.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 85A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 85A
Filing copies of existing contracts with affiliated companies
Status: in_force

Section 85A. A gas or electric company that has, prior to the effective date of this section, entered into or shall thereafter enter into any contract with an affiliated company as defined in section eighty-five, for the payment of any fees, salaries, commissions or percentages for services of any kind furnished or rendered, or to be furnished or rendered, to such gas or electric company shall file with the department within ten days after said effective date a copy of any such existing contract and any extension or modification thereof, if in writing, or, if not in writing, a statement of all the terms thereof, and within ten days after the execution of any such contract, or of any extension or modification of any such contract whether or not existing on said effective date, a copy thereof, if in writing, or, if not in writing, a statement setting forth all the terms thereof. A gas or electric company failing to file a copy or statement as required herein shall forfeit five dollars for each day during which such failure continues. All such forfeitures may be recovered by an information in equity brought in the supreme judicial court by the attorney general, at the relation of the department, and when so recovered shall be paid to the commonwealth.

Section 85A. A gas or electric company that has, prior to the effective date of this section, entered into or shall thereafter enter into any contract with an affiliated company as defined in section eighty-five, for the payment of any fees, salaries, commissions or percentages for services of any kind furnished or rendered, or to be furnished or rendered, to such gas or electric company shall file with the department within ten days after said effective date a copy of any such existing contract and any extension or modification thereof, if in writing, or, if not in writing, a statement of all the terms thereof, and within ten days after the execution of any such contract, or of any extension or modification of any such contract whether or not existing on said effective date, a copy thereof, if in writing, or, if not in writing, a statement setting forth all the terms thereof. A gas or electric company failing to file a copy or statement as required herein shall forfeit five dollars for each day during which such failure continues. All such forfeitures may be recovered by an information in equity brought in the supreme judicial court by the attorney general, at the relation of the department, and when so recovered shall be paid to the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 120, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 120 / Section 19
Continued control; later discharge; transfer to appropriate institutions
Status: in_force

Section 19. When an order of the department is confirmed as provided in section eighteen, the control of the department over the person shall continue, subject to the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, unless the person is previously discharged in accordance with section six (e), the department shall discharge the person upon his twenty-first birthday. The department shall have the power, in order to protect children and adolescents, to transfer the custody of any person eighteen years of age or older to the department of correction for placement in an appropriate institution.

Section 19. When an order of the department is confirmed as provided in section eighteen, the control of the department over the person shall continue, subject to the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, unless the person is previously discharged in accordance with section six (e), the department shall discharge the person upon his twenty-first birthday. The department shall have the power, in order to protect children and adolescents, to transfer the custody of any person eighteen years of age or older to the department of correction for placement in an appropriate institution.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 165, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 165 / Section 26
Means of taking water for fire fighting
Status: in_force

Section 26. If the selectmen consider it necessary, for the protection of persons and property in their town against fire, to take water from the conductors or pipes therein of an aqueduct corporation, they may direct the engineers of the fire department to request the corporation to put into such conductors or pipes, in such places as said engineers shall think necessary, connections or conductors for the purpose of attaching hydrants or conducting water into reservoirs. If the corporation refuses or neglects for two weeks after such request to comply therewith, said engineers may make such connections at the cost of the town, using all necessary means for making the same and using reasonable care for the protection of the pipes and works of such corporation.

Section 26. If the selectmen consider it necessary, for the protection of persons and property in their town against fire, to take water from the conductors or pipes therein of an aqueduct corporation, they may direct the engineers of the fire department to request the corporation to put into such conductors or pipes, in such places as said engineers shall think necessary, connections or conductors for the purpose of attaching hydrants or conducting water into reservoirs. If the corporation refuses or neglects for two weeks after such request to comply therewith, said engineers may make such connections at the cost of the town, using all necessary means for making the same and using reasonable care for the protection of the pipes and works of such corporation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 33
Certificates of authority
Status: in_force

Section 33. Whenever, under clause (b) of section thirty or under section forty-one, a certificate of authority is required to be attached, there shall be subjoined or attached to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment a certificate of the secretary of state of the state where the officer taking the acknowledgment resides, under the seal of such state, or a certificate of the clerk of a court of record of such state in the county where said officer resides or where he took such proof or acknowledgment, under the seal of the court, stating that said officer was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, duly authorized thereto in said state, and that said secretary of state or clerk of court is well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believes the signature affixed to such certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.

Section 33. Whenever, under clause (b) of section thirty or under section forty-one, a certificate of authority is required to be attached, there shall be subjoined or attached to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment a certificate of the secretary of state of the state where the officer taking the acknowledgment resides, under the seal of such state, or a certificate of the clerk of a court of record of such state in the county where said officer resides or where he took such proof or acknowledgment, under the seal of the court, stating that said officer was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, duly authorized thereto in said state, and that said secretary of state or clerk of court is well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believes the signature affixed to such certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 111 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 111
Report by single justice
Status: in_force

Section 111. A justice of the superior or land court or the judge of the housing court of the city of Boston, the western division of the housing court department, the northeastern division of the housing court department, the southeastern division of the housing court depart mentor the housing court of the county of Worcester, after verdict or after a finding of the facts by the court, may report the case for determination by the appeals court. If a justice of the superior court is of the opinion that an interlocutory finding or order made by him so affects the merits of the controversy that the matter ought to be determined by the appeals court before any further proceedings in the trial court, he may report such matter to the appeals court, and may stay all further proceedings except such as are necessary to preserve the rights of the parties. A justice of the superior court may, upon request of the parties, in any case where there is agreement as to all the material facts, report the case to the appeals court for determination without making any decision thereon.

Section 111. A justice of the superior or land court or the judge of the housing court of the city of Boston, the western division of the housing court department, the northeastern division of the housing court department, the southeastern division of the housing court depart mentor the housing court of the county of Worcester, after verdict or after a finding of the facts by the court, may report the case for determination by the appeals court.

If a justice of the superior court is of the opinion that an interlocutory finding or order made by him so affects the merits of the controversy that the matter ought to be determined by the appeals court before any further proceedings in the trial court, he may report such matter to the appeals court, and may stay all further proceedings except such as are necessary to preserve the rights of the parties.

A justice of the superior court may, upon request of the parties, in any case where there is agreement as to all the material facts, report the case to the appeals court for determination without making any decision thereon.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 103, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 103 / Section 3
Powers and duties of commissioners
Status: in_force

Section 3. The commissioners, subject to the approval of the trustees of said society, shall formulate rules and regulations for pilotage. The commissioners also, in accordance with such rules and regulations, shall grant commissions as pilots for their districts or for special locations therein, to such persons as they consider competent; provided that for district one such persons shall first be approved by said trustees. The commissioners may, upon satisfactory evidence of his misconduct, carelessness or neglect of duty, suspend any such pilot until the next meeting of said trustees and may thereafter continue such suspension until the close of the next stated meeting of said trustees, but no longer for the same offense. If said trustees decide at either of said meetings that the commission of such pilot ought to be revoked, the commissioners may revoke it at any time after said decision is rendered and before it is reversed. The commissioners shall cause the laws and regulations for pilotage within their district to be duly observed and executed, and shall receive, hear and determine complaints by and against pilots for said district.

Section 3. The commissioners, subject to the approval of the trustees of said society, shall formulate rules and regulations for pilotage. The commissioners also, in accordance with such rules and regulations, shall grant commissions as pilots for their districts or for special locations therein, to such persons as they consider competent; provided that for district one such persons shall first be approved by said trustees. The commissioners may, upon satisfactory evidence of his misconduct, carelessness or neglect of duty, suspend any such pilot until the next meeting of said trustees and may thereafter continue such suspension until the close of the next stated meeting of said trustees, but no longer for the same offense. If said trustees decide at either of said meetings that the commission of such pilot ought to be revoked, the commissioners may revoke it at any time after said decision is rendered and before it is reversed. The commissioners shall cause the laws and regulations for pilotage within their district to be duly observed and executed, and shall receive, hear and determine complaints by and against pilots for said district.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176I, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176I / Section 10
Applications
Status: in_force

Section 10. Any organization which has entered into preferred provider arrangements prior to the effective date of this chapter shall file an application within ninety days of the effective date of this chapter, and may continue to operate until such time as its application may be denied.

Section 10. Any organization which has entered into preferred provider arrangements prior to the effective date of this chapter shall file an application within ninety days of the effective date of this chapter, and may continue to operate until such time as its application may be denied.