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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 58
Fire chiefs; tenure; removal; conditions
Status: in_force

Section 58. In every town which accepted chapter two hundred and ninety-one of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen or chapter one hundred and forty of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, or in which the provisions of chapter thirty-one were, on April third, nineteen hundred and seventeen, applicable to the chief of the fire department thereof, such chief shall hold his office continuously during good behavior unless incapacitated by physical or mental disability to perform the duties of his position; provided, that in every such city the official having the power of appointment, with the consent of the confirming board, if any, and in every such town, the selectmen, may, for just cause and for reasons specifically assigned by said official or selectmen, remove such chief, first giving him a copy of such reasons and allowing him a reasonable time to answer them in writing. A copy of the reasons, notice and answer, and of the order of removal, shall be filed with the town clerk.

Section 58. In every town which accepted chapter two hundred and ninety-one of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen or chapter one hundred and forty of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, or in which the provisions of chapter thirty-one were, on April third, nineteen hundred and seventeen, applicable to the chief of the fire department thereof, such chief shall hold his office continuously during good behavior unless incapacitated by physical or mental disability to perform the duties of his position; provided, that in every such city the official having the power of appointment, with the consent of the confirming board, if any, and in every such town, the selectmen, may, for just cause and for reasons specifically assigned by said official or selectmen, remove such chief, first giving him a copy of such reasons and allowing him a reasonable time to answer them in writing. A copy of the reasons, notice and answer, and of the order of removal, shall be filed with the town clerk.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175K, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175K / Section 12
Eligibility of compacting states; effectiveness of compact; amendments
Status: in_force

Section 12. (1) A state is eligible to become a compacting state. (2) The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by 2 compacting states; but, the commission shall become effective for purposes of adopting uniform standards for, reviewing, and giving approval or disapproval of, products filed with the commission that satisfy applicable uniform standards only after 26 states are compacting states or, alternatively, by states representing greater than 40 per cent of the premium volume for life insurance, annuity, disability income and long-term care insurance products, based on records of the NAIC for the prior year. Thereafter, it shall become effective and binding as to any other compacting state upon enactment of the compact into law by that state. (3) Amendments to the compact may be proposed by the commission for enactment by the compacting states. An amendment shall not become effective and binding upon the commission and the compacting states unless and until all compacting states enact the amendment into law.

Section 12. (1) A state is eligible to become a compacting state.

(2) The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by 2 compacting states; but, the commission shall become effective for purposes of adopting uniform standards for, reviewing, and giving approval or disapproval of, products filed with the commission that satisfy applicable uniform standards only after 26 states are compacting states or, alternatively, by states representing greater than 40 per cent of the premium volume for life insurance, annuity, disability income and long-term care insurance products, based on records of the NAIC for the prior year. Thereafter, it shall become effective and binding as to any other compacting state upon enactment of the compact into law by that state.

(3) Amendments to the compact may be proposed by the commission for enactment by the compacting states. An amendment shall not become effective and binding upon the commission and the compacting states unless and until all compacting states enact the amendment into law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 14, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 14 / Section 12
Submission of annual or supplementary county budget and quarterly updates to division of local services
Status: in_force

Section 12. Notwithstanding any general or special law or county charter to the contrary, each county government shall submit to the division of local services the annual or supplementary budget of the county and quarterly updates on the county's budget.

Section 12. Notwithstanding any general or special law or county charter to the contrary, each county government shall submit to the division of local services the annual or supplementary budget of the county and quarterly updates on the county's budget.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 43
Glee club song of commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 43. The song ''The Great State of Massachusetts'', words by George A. Wells, and music by J. Earl Bley, shall be the glee club song of the commonwealth.

Section 43. The song ''The Great State of Massachusetts'', words by George A. Wells, and music by J. Earl Bley, shall be the glee club song of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 263A, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 263A / Section 7
Refusal of protective services; revocation of services upon violation of memorandum of understanding
Status: in_force

Section 7. If a witness, after being offered protective services under this chapter, at any time declines to receive such services, the prosecuting officer shall request that the witness make such refusal in writing, or, if the witness refuses to document such refusal of services in writing, the prosecuting officer shall document the refusal and inform the witness protection board forthwith that the witness has declined protective services. If a witness violates the terms of the memorandum of understanding set forth in section 6 or any other condition of receiving witness protection services under this chapter, the prosecuting officer may revoke and terminate all protective services, and shall so advise the witness in writing. The prosecuting officer shall notify the board forthwith of such revocation and grounds therefore.

Section 7. If a witness, after being offered protective services under this chapter, at any time declines to receive such services, the prosecuting officer shall request that the witness make such refusal in writing, or, if the witness refuses to document such refusal of services in writing, the prosecuting officer shall document the refusal and inform the witness protection board forthwith that the witness has declined protective services. If a witness violates the terms of the memorandum of understanding set forth in section 6 or any other condition of receiving witness protection services under this chapter, the prosecuting officer may revoke and terminate all protective services, and shall so advise the witness in writing. The prosecuting officer shall notify the board forthwith of such revocation and grounds therefore.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 53A — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 53A
Objections to nominations; withdrawals by nominees
Status: in_force

Section 53A. When nominations at the state primaries are in apparent conformity with law, they shall be valid unless written objections are made thereto in accordance with the provisions of chapter fifty-five B. A person nominated at such primaries may withdraw his name from nomination by a request signed and duly acknowledged by him and filed with the state secretary within the time prescribed in said chapter fifty-five B for filing objections to such nominations.

Section 53A. When nominations at the state primaries are in apparent conformity with law, they shall be valid unless written objections are made thereto in accordance with the provisions of chapter fifty-five B. A person nominated at such primaries may withdraw his name from nomination by a request signed and duly acknowledged by him and filed with the state secretary within the time prescribed in said chapter fifty-five B for filing objections to such nominations.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 61B, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 61B / Section 5
Revaluation programs; time for application for recreational classification
Status: in_force

Section 5. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, in any tax year for which a city or town has undertaken and completed a program of revaluation of all property in that city or town and the commissioner of revenue has certified that revalued property is assessed by the board of assessors at full and fair cash valuation, applications by landowners for the valuation, assessment and taxation of their lands on the basis of being maintained in recreational use, if filed with the board of assessors by not later than the last day for filing an application for abatement of the tax assessed on the new valuation, shall be deemed to have been timely made for the tax year of the revaluation program. If the application is approved and the lands qualify for valuation, assessment and taxation as lands actively devoted to agricultural, horticultural or agricultural and horticultural use in that tax year, the portion of a tax assessed for that year which is in excess of the tax which would have been assessed on the lands if the application had been timely made and approved, shall be abated.

Section 5. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, in any tax year for which a city or town has undertaken and completed a program of revaluation of all property in that city or town and the commissioner of revenue has certified that revalued property is assessed by the board of assessors at full and fair cash valuation, applications by landowners for the valuation, assessment and taxation of their lands on the basis of being maintained in recreational use, if filed with the board of assessors by not later than the last day for filing an application for abatement of the tax assessed on the new valuation, shall be deemed to have been timely made for the tax year of the revaluation program. If the application is approved and the lands qualify for valuation, assessment and taxation as lands actively devoted to agricultural, horticultural or agricultural and horticultural use in that tax year, the portion of a tax assessed for that year which is in excess of the tax which would have been assessed on the lands if the application had been timely made and approved, shall be abated.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 184 / Section 7
Creation of estate in common, joint tenancy or tenancy by the entirety
Status: in_force

Section 7. A conveyance or devise of land to two or more persons or to husband and wife, except a mortgage or a devise or conveyance in trust, shall create an estate in common and not in joint tenancy, unless it is expressed in such conveyance or devise that the grantees or devisees shall take jointly, or as joint tenants, or in joint tenancy, or to them and the survivor of them, or unless it manifestly appears from the tenor of the instrument that it was intended to create an estate in joint tenancy. A devise of land to a person and his spouse shall, if the instrument creating the devise expressly so states, vest in the devisees a tenancy by the entirety. A conveyance or devise of land to a person and his spouse which expressly states that the grantees or devisees shall take jointly, or as joint tenants, or in joint tenancy, or to them and the survivor of them shall create an estate in joint tenancy and not a tenancy by the entirety. In a conveyance or devise to three or more persons, words creating a joint tenancy shall be construed as applying to all of the grantees, or devisees, regardless of marital status, unless a contrary intent appears from the tenor of the instrument. A conveyance or devise of land to two persons as tenants by the entirety, who are not married to each other, shall create an estate in joint tenancy and not a tenancy in common.

Section 7. A conveyance or devise of land to two or more persons or to husband and wife, except a mortgage or a devise or conveyance in trust, shall create an estate in common and not in joint tenancy, unless it is expressed in such conveyance or devise that the grantees or devisees shall take jointly, or as joint tenants, or in joint tenancy, or to them and the survivor of them, or unless it manifestly appears from the tenor of the instrument that it was intended to create an estate in joint tenancy. A devise of land to a person and his spouse shall, if the instrument creating the devise expressly so states, vest in the devisees a tenancy by the entirety.

A conveyance or devise of land to a person and his spouse which expressly states that the grantees or devisees shall take jointly, or as joint tenants, or in joint tenancy, or to them and the survivor of them shall create an estate in joint tenancy and not a tenancy by the entirety. In a conveyance or devise to three or more persons, words creating a joint tenancy shall be construed as applying to all of the grantees, or devisees, regardless of marital status, unless a contrary intent appears from the tenor of the instrument.

A conveyance or devise of land to two persons as tenants by the entirety, who are not married to each other, shall create an estate in joint tenancy and not a tenancy in common.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 1. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the following meanings: ''Board of aldermen'', or ''selectmen'', includes the board or other authority exercising the powers of a board of aldermen or of selectmen, but nothing in this chapter shall affect the veto power of a mayor of a city. ''Company'', a street railway company. ''Department'', department of public utilities. ''Extension'', any railway constructed by a street railway company in a city or town in addition to that authorized by its original location therein. ''Location'', as applied to a street railway, the grant to a street railway company of the right to construct, maintain and operate a street railway in a public way or place. ''Original'', as applied to a street railway location in a city or town, the first location granted to the company in such city or town. ''Public way'', any way laid out by public authority. ''Street railway'' or ''railway'', a railway, including poles, wires or other appliances and equipment connected therewith, of the class operated by motive power other than steam, and usually constructed upon public ways and places.

Section 1. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the following meanings:

''Board of aldermen'', or ''selectmen'', includes the board or other authority exercising the powers of a board of aldermen or of selectmen, but nothing in this chapter shall affect the veto power of a mayor of a city.

''Company'', a street railway company.

''Department'', department of public utilities.

''Extension'', any railway constructed by a street railway company in a city or town in addition to that authorized by its original location therein.

''Location'', as applied to a street railway, the grant to a street railway company of the right to construct, maintain and operate a street railway in a public way or place.

''Original'', as applied to a street railway location in a city or town, the first location granted to the company in such city or town.

''Public way'', any way laid out by public authority.

''Street railway'' or ''railway'', a railway, including poles, wires or other appliances and equipment connected therewith, of the class operated by motive power other than steam, and usually constructed upon public ways and places.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40B, sec. 4B — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40B / Section 4B
Seals authorized
Status: in_force

Section 4B. Each planning district may have a seal consisting of a circular die bearing the words, ''Commonwealth of Massachusetts, . . . . . . . . . . Regional Planning District, (insert year)'', which seal may be used whenever deemed advisable by the district planning commission on papers and documents issued or executed by the commission or by any officer or employee designated by the commission.

Section 4B. Each planning district may have a seal consisting of a circular die bearing the words, ''Commonwealth of Massachusetts, . . . . . . . . . . Regional Planning District, (insert year)'', which seal may be used whenever deemed advisable by the district planning commission on papers and documents issued or executed by the commission or by any officer or employee designated by the commission.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 8
New trustees; successive services
Status: in_force

Section 8. The plaintiff may at any time insert the names of other trustees in the summons, and cause the summons to be served upon them; and after service upon a trustee, a plaintiff may cause the summons to be again served upon the same trustee in the same manner and with the same effect as if he had not been previously served. A summons served upon a trustee after service upon the defendant shall be again served upon the defendant.

Section 8. The plaintiff may at any time insert the names of other trustees in the summons, and cause the summons to be served upon them; and after service upon a trustee, a plaintiff may cause the summons to be again served upon the same trustee in the same manner and with the same effect as if he had not been previously served. A summons served upon a trustee after service upon the defendant shall be again served upon the defendant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 54 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 54
Additional forces; source
Status: in_force

Section 54. When the entire armed forces of the commonwealth have been ordered out under section 40 or 41 and a further force is required, it may be taken from the unorganized militia, as provided in section fifty-five.

Section 54. When the entire armed forces of the commonwealth have been ordered out under section 40 or 41 and a further force is required, it may be taken from the unorganized militia, as provided in section fifty-five.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 83, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 83 / Section 11
Sewer connections
Status: in_force

Section 11. The board of health of a town may require the owner or occupant of any building upon land abutting on a public or private way, in which there is a common sewer, to connect the same therewith by a sufficient drain, and such owner or occupant who fails to comply with such order shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars.

Section 11. The board of health of a town may require the owner or occupant of any building upon land abutting on a public or private way, in which there is a common sewer, to connect the same therewith by a sufficient drain, and such owner or occupant who fails to comply with such order shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 165, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 165 / Section 15
Corporations organized under earlier law; meetings and records
Status: in_force

Section 15. The proprietors of an aqueduct corporation, which has been organized under chapter one hundred and ten of the Public Statutes or corresponding provisions of earlier laws, may at a legal meeting agree upon the method of calling future meetings of the corporation, and may choose a clerk, who shall be sworn and who shall record in books to be provided and kept by him for that purpose all by-laws, votes and other proceedings of the corporation. Such books shall at all times be subject to the inspection of any person appointed for that purpose by the general court.

Section 15. The proprietors of an aqueduct corporation, which has been organized under chapter one hundred and ten of the Public Statutes or corresponding provisions of earlier laws, may at a legal meeting agree upon the method of calling future meetings of the corporation, and may choose a clerk, who shall be sworn and who shall record in books to be provided and kept by him for that purpose all by-laws, votes and other proceedings of the corporation. Such books shall at all times be subject to the inspection of any person appointed for that purpose by the general court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 1, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 1 / Section 10
Injury to signals, monuments, buildings, of United States; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 10. Whoever wilfully injures, defaces or removes a signal, monument, building or appurtenance erected, used or constructed under the authority of the United States shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars, and be liable in tort to the United States for all damages so sustained.

Section 10. Whoever wilfully injures, defaces or removes a signal, monument, building or appurtenance erected, used or constructed under the authority of the United States shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars, and be liable in tort to the United States for all damages so sustained.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 33
Assistant clerk; duties
Status: in_force

Section 33. Each assistant clerk shall under the direction of the clerk perform any of the duties of the clerk and shall pay over to him all fees and amounts received as such assistant. In the absence or upon the resignation, death or removal of the clerk, the assistant clerk shall perform his duties under the direction of the court until he returns or until a new clerk has qualified, and upon the death, removal or resignation of the clerk, the assistant clerk shall account with, and pay over the money in his hands to, the officer to whom the clerk is by law required to account.

Section 33. Each assistant clerk shall under the direction of the clerk perform any of the duties of the clerk and shall pay over to him all fees and amounts received as such assistant. In the absence or upon the resignation, death or removal of the clerk, the assistant clerk shall perform his duties under the direction of the court until he returns or until a new clerk has qualified, and upon the death, removal or resignation of the clerk, the assistant clerk shall account with, and pay over the money in his hands to, the officer to whom the clerk is by law required to account.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183B, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183B / Section 4
Agreements varying chapter prohibited; waiver of rights
Status: in_force

Section 4. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, provisions of this chapter shall not be varied by agreement, and rights conferred by this chapter shall not be waived. A developer shall not act under a power of attorney, or use any other device, to evade the limitations or prohibitions of this chapter or of the time-share instrument.

Section 4. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, provisions of this chapter shall not be varied by agreement, and rights conferred by this chapter shall not be waived. A developer shall not act under a power of attorney, or use any other device, to evade the limitations or prohibitions of this chapter or of the time-share instrument.