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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 65J — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 65J
Retiring judges; payments for unused vacation allowance and sick leave credit
Status: in_force

Section 65J. Upon retirement, a judge shall be paid an amount equal to the vacation allowance as earned in the vacation year prior to such retirement; provided, however, that no monetary or other allowance has already been awarded for such vacation allowance. Upon retirement, a judge who has accrued unused sick leave credit shall be paid an amount equal to twenty percent of the value of such credit as determined by the rate of compensation received at the time of retirement; provided, however, that such payment for accrued unused sick leave shall not affect the amount of retirement allowance available to such judge.

Section 65J. Upon retirement, a judge shall be paid an amount equal to the vacation allowance as earned in the vacation year prior to such retirement; provided, however, that no monetary or other allowance has already been awarded for such vacation allowance.

Upon retirement, a judge who has accrued unused sick leave credit shall be paid an amount equal to twenty percent of the value of such credit as determined by the rate of compensation received at the time of retirement; provided, however, that such payment for accrued unused sick leave shall not affect the amount of retirement allowance available to such judge.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40G, sec. 4C — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40G / Section 4C
Administration of the Innovation Commercialization Seed Fund
Status: in_force

Section 4C. The center shall administer the Innovation Commercialization Seed Fund established in section 45B of chapter 75.

Section 4C. The center shall administer the Innovation Commercialization Seed Fund established in section 45B of chapter 75.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 53 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 53
Application of Secs. 43 to 52; treatment by registered physician or registered dentist from another state
Status: in_force

Section 53. Nothing in sections forty-three to fifty-two, inclusive, shall apply to treatment by a registered physician not practicing dentistry, in case where he deems treatment necessary for the relief of his patients, or prevent a registered dentist of another state or his assistant from operating at a public clinic under the auspices of a duly organized and reputable dental college or association, or prevent a student of a reputable dental college, incorporated under the laws of this commonwealth and granting degrees in dentistry, from performing operations as part of the regular college course, or prevent the surviving spouse, executor or administrator of a registered dentist who has died, or the spouse of one who is incapacitated, from continuing for not more than three years his business under a registered dentist, or prevent a dental intern registered as provided in section forty-five A from engaging in the practice of dentistry as authorized by said section. A registered dentist shall have the same right to prescribe or buy drugs or medicines for use in the conduct of his practice, as a registered physician of the commonwealth.

Section 53. Nothing in sections forty-three to fifty-two, inclusive, shall apply to treatment by a registered physician not practicing dentistry, in case where he deems treatment necessary for the relief of his patients, or prevent a registered dentist of another state or his assistant from operating at a public clinic under the auspices of a duly organized and reputable dental college or association, or prevent a student of a reputable dental college, incorporated under the laws of this commonwealth and granting degrees in dentistry, from performing operations as part of the regular college course, or prevent the surviving spouse, executor or administrator of a registered dentist who has died, or the spouse of one who is incapacitated, from continuing for not more than three years his business under a registered dentist, or prevent a dental intern registered as provided in section forty-five A from engaging in the practice of dentistry as authorized by said section. A registered dentist shall have the same right to prescribe or buy drugs or medicines for use in the conduct of his practice, as a registered physician of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, sec. 29I — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 217 / Section 29I
Plymouth probate court; deputy assistant registers
Status: in_force

Section 29I. The register of the Plymouth probate and family court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, designate 5 employees as deputy assistant registers with the same powers as assistant registers and with the approval of the chief justice remove a deputy assistant register. The deputy assistant registers shall receive in addition to their salaries as employees, a salary of $6,000 per annum.

Section 29I. The register of the Plymouth probate and family court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, designate 5 employees as deputy assistant registers with the same powers as assistant registers and with the approval of the chief justice remove a deputy assistant register. The deputy assistant registers shall receive in addition to their salaries as employees, a salary of $6,000 per annum.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150C, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150C / Section 16
Appeals
Status: in_force

Section 16. An appeal may be taken from (1) an order denying an application to compel arbitration made under paragraph (a) of section two; (2) an order granting an application to stay arbitration made under paragraph (b) of section two; (3) an order confirming or denying confirmation of an award; (4) an order modifying or correcting an award; (5) an order vacating an award without directing a rehearing; or (6) a judgment or decree entered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Such appeal shall be taken in the manner and to the same extent as from orders or judgments in an action.

Section 16. An appeal may be taken from (1) an order denying an application to compel arbitration made under paragraph (a) of section two; (2) an order granting an application to stay arbitration made under paragraph (b) of section two; (3) an order confirming or denying confirmation of an award; (4) an order modifying or correcting an award; (5) an order vacating an award without directing a rehearing; or (6) a judgment or decree entered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

Such appeal shall be taken in the manner and to the same extent as from orders or judgments in an action.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, sec. 60 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 218 / Section 60
Jurisdiction over offenders; rule making power
Status: in_force

Section 60. Within the territorial limits prescribed in section fifty-seven, the divisions of the juvenile court department shall have and exercise jurisdiction, exclusive of all municipal and district courts, over cases of juvenile offenders under age seventeen and cases of neglected or delinquent children, and over proceedings referred to it under the provisions of section four A of chapter two hundred and eleven. In addition to the powers conferred in section ten of chapter two hundred and eleven B, the chief justice for the juvenile court department may, from time to time, provide procedural forms and make general rules and issue standing orders in reference to practice and procedure for the conducting of business in the juvenile court department, subject to the approval of the supreme judicial court. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, said chief justice may make and promulgate rules providing for the transfer of petitions brought in the Boston court of the Suffolk county division of the juvenile court department under sections thirty-nine E to thirty-nine I of chapter one hundred and nineteen for hearing in other courts of the Suffolk county division of the juvenile court department as may be appropriate.

Section 60. Within the territorial limits prescribed in section fifty-seven, the divisions of the juvenile court department shall have and exercise jurisdiction, exclusive of all municipal and district courts, over cases of juvenile offenders under age seventeen and cases of neglected or delinquent children, and over proceedings referred to it under the provisions of section four A of chapter two hundred and eleven. In addition to the powers conferred in section ten of chapter two hundred and eleven B, the chief justice for the juvenile court department may, from time to time, provide procedural forms and make general rules and issue standing orders in reference to practice and procedure for the conducting of business in the juvenile court department, subject to the approval of the supreme judicial court. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, said chief justice may make and promulgate rules providing for the transfer of petitions brought in the Boston court of the Suffolk county division of the juvenile court department under sections thirty-nine E to thirty-nine I of chapter one hundred and nineteen for hearing in other courts of the Suffolk county division of the juvenile court department as may be appropriate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 11
Quitclaim deed
Status: in_force

Section 11. A deed in substance following the form entitled ''Quitclaim Deed'' shall when duly executed have the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee, his heirs and assigns, to his and their own use, with covenants on the part of the grantor, for himself, his heirs, executors, administrators and successors, with the grantee, his heirs, successors and assigns, that at the time of the delivery of such deed the premises were free from all encumbrances made by him, and that he will, and his heirs, executors and administrators shall, warrant and defend the same to the grantee and his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming by, through or under the grantor, but against none other.

Section 11. A deed in substance following the form entitled ''Quitclaim Deed'' shall when duly executed have the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee, his heirs and assigns, to his and their own use, with covenants on the part of the grantor, for himself, his heirs, executors, administrators and successors, with the grantee, his heirs, successors and assigns, that at the time of the delivery of such deed the premises were free from all encumbrances made by him, and that he will, and his heirs, executors and administrators shall, warrant and defend the same to the grantee and his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming by, through or under the grantor, but against none other.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 91 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 91
Loans for less than $1000; mortgage or pledge
Status: in_force

Section 91. If a loan of less than one thousand dollars is secured by a mortgage or pledge of personal property, the mortgagee or pledgee shall discharge such mortgage and restore such pledge upon payment or tender to him of the amount legally due under the preceding section, and such payment or tender may be made by the debtor or by a person having an interest in the property mortgaged or pledged.

Section 91. If a loan of less than one thousand dollars is secured by a mortgage or pledge of personal property, the mortgagee or pledgee shall discharge such mortgage and restore such pledge upon payment or tender to him of the amount legally due under the preceding section, and such payment or tender may be made by the debtor or by a person having an interest in the property mortgaged or pledged.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 47
Refusal to appear or testify
Status: in_force

Article 47. Refusal to appear or testify. (a) Any person not subject to this code may be punished by the military court in the same manner as a criminal court of the state if the person: (1) has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce books and records before a court-martial or court of inquiry, or before any military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before such a court; (2) has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending a criminal court of the state; and (3) willfully neglects or refuses to appear, or refuses to qualify as a witness or to testify or to produce any evidence which that person may have been legally subpoenaed to produce. (b) The fees and mileage of witnesses shall be advanced or paid out of the appropriations for the compensation of witnesses.

Article 47. Refusal to appear or testify.

(a) Any person not subject to this code may be punished by the military court in the same manner as a criminal court of the state if the person:

(1) has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce books and records before a court-martial or court of inquiry, or before any military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before such a court;

(2) has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending a criminal court of the state; and

(3) willfully neglects or refuses to appear, or refuses to qualify as a witness or to testify or to produce any evidence which that person may have been legally subpoenaed to produce.

(b) The fees and mileage of witnesses shall be advanced or paid out of the appropriations for the compensation of witnesses.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 71 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 71
Annual report
Status: in_force

Section 71. Every planning board shall make a report annually to the city council or to the annual town meeting, giving information regarding the condition of the town and any plans or proposals for its development and estimates of the cost thereof. Every such planning board shall file with the secretary of housing and livable communities a copy of each report made by it.

Section 71. Every planning board shall make a report annually to the city council or to the annual town meeting, giving information regarding the condition of the town and any plans or proposals for its development and estimates of the cost thereof. Every such planning board shall file with the secretary of housing and livable communities a copy of each report made by it.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 252, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 252 / Section 17
Improvements; notice
Status: in_force

Section 17. The commissioners at their first meeting after the filing of the petition shall order notice of the time and place of meeting, to consider the petition, to be published once in each of three successive weeks in a newspaper, if any, published in the county; otherwise, in a newspaper published in an adjacent county. They shall also give notice thereof to the clerk of each town where the land lies.

Section 17. The commissioners at their first meeting after the filing of the petition shall order notice of the time and place of meeting, to consider the petition, to be published once in each of three successive weeks in a newspaper, if any, published in the county; otherwise, in a newspaper published in an adjacent county. They shall also give notice thereof to the clerk of each town where the land lies.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 158, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 158 / Section 18
Management by officers; selection of president
Status: in_force

Section 18. The business of every corporation shall be managed and conducted by a president, a board of not less than three directors, a clerk, treasurer and such other officers and agents as the corporation authorizes for that purpose. The directors shall choose one of their number as president.

Section 18. The business of every corporation shall be managed and conducted by a president, a board of not less than three directors, a clerk, treasurer and such other officers and agents as the corporation authorizes for that purpose. The directors shall choose one of their number as president.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 28
State fire warden; powers and duties; reports
Status: in_force

Section 28. The state fire warden appointed under section five of chapter twenty-one shall aid and advise the forest wardens and their deputies in towns and the municipal officers exercising the functions of forest wardens in cities in preventing and extinguishing forest fires and in enforcing the laws relative thereto. The forester may designate not more than fifteen assistants to aid the warden. The state fire warden shall report annually to the forester upon his work and upon the forest fires occurring in the commonwealth. This report shall be included in the report of the commissioner of environmental management relative to the acts of the forester.

Section 28. The state fire warden appointed under section five of chapter twenty-one shall aid and advise the forest wardens and their deputies in towns and the municipal officers exercising the functions of forest wardens in cities in preventing and extinguishing forest fires and in enforcing the laws relative thereto. The forester may designate not more than fifteen assistants to aid the warden. The state fire warden shall report annually to the forester upon his work and upon the forest fires occurring in the commonwealth. This report shall be included in the report of the commissioner of environmental management relative to the acts of the forester.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255D, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 255D / Section 7
Suspension or revocation of license; grounds
Status: in_force

Section 7. A license may be suspended or revoked by the commissioner on the following grounds: (1) material misstatement in application for license; (2) failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter; (3) defrauding any retail buyer to the buyer's damage; (4) fraudulent misrepresentation, circumvention or concealment by the licensee through whatever subterfuge or device of any of the material particulars or the nature thereof required to be stated or furnished to the retail buyer under this chapter; (5) the existence of any fact or condition which, if it had existed at the time of the original application for such license, clearly would have warranted the commissioner in refusing to issue such license. If a licensee is a partnership, corporation or trust, it shall be sufficient cause for the suspension or revocation of its license if any partner, officer, director or trustee thereof, so acts or fails to act as to constitute cause for suspending or revoking his license if he were licensed as an individual. Each licensee shall be responsible for any acts in violation of this chapter by any of his employees while acting as his agent, if such licensee after actual knowledge of said acts retained the benefits, proceeds, profits or advantages accruing from said acts or otherwise ratified said acts.

Section 7. A license may be suspended or revoked by the commissioner on the following grounds: (1) material misstatement in application for license; (2) failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter; (3) defrauding any retail buyer to the buyer's damage; (4) fraudulent misrepresentation, circumvention or concealment by the licensee through whatever subterfuge or device of any of the material particulars or the nature thereof required to be stated or furnished to the retail buyer under this chapter; (5) the existence of any fact or condition which, if it had existed at the time of the original application for such license, clearly would have warranted the commissioner in refusing to issue such license.

If a licensee is a partnership, corporation or trust, it shall be sufficient cause for the suspension or revocation of its license if any partner, officer, director or trustee thereof, so acts or fails to act as to constitute cause for suspending or revoking his license if he were licensed as an individual. Each licensee shall be responsible for any acts in violation of this chapter by any of his employees while acting as his agent, if such licensee after actual knowledge of said acts retained the benefits, proceeds, profits or advantages accruing from said acts or otherwise ratified said acts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 115 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 115
Legal and standard barrel and crate for cranberries
Status: in_force

Section 115. The legal and standard barrel for cranberries shall measure not less than twenty-five and one fourth inches between the heads, inside; the length of the staves shall be twenty-eight and one half inches; the diameter of the head shall be not less than sixteen and one fourth inches, including the bevelled edge; the outside bulge circumference shall measure not less than fifty-eight and one half inches; the thickness of the staves shall be not greater than four tenths of an inch. The legal and standard crate for cranberries shall measure seven and one half inches, by twelve inches, by twenty-two inches, inside, exclusive of any interior partition or support, and shall have an interior capacity of one thousand nine hundred and eighty cubic inches; but any square or oblong crate or box of different form, but of as great interior capacity, shall be considered a legal and standard crate.

Section 115. The legal and standard barrel for cranberries shall measure not less than twenty-five and one fourth inches between the heads, inside; the length of the staves shall be twenty-eight and one half inches; the diameter of the head shall be not less than sixteen and one fourth inches, including the bevelled edge; the outside bulge circumference shall measure not less than fifty-eight and one half inches; the thickness of the staves shall be not greater than four tenths of an inch. The legal and standard crate for cranberries shall measure seven and one half inches, by twelve inches, by twenty-two inches, inside, exclusive of any interior partition or support, and shall have an interior capacity of one thousand nine hundred and eighty cubic inches; but any square or oblong crate or box of different form, but of as great interior capacity, shall be considered a legal and standard crate.