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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 155 / Section 1
Application of chapter; secretary defined
Status: in_force

Section 1. This chapter, unless expressly limited in its application, shall apply to all corporations created by or organized under the laws of the commonwealth, except incorporated domestic insurance companies, and except corporations subject to chapter 156A or corporations subject to chapter 156B or chapter 156D or chapter 164 or sections 1 through 11D of chapter 165 or chapter 180 except that section 2B of this chapter shall apply to all corporations subject to any of said chapters and except insofar as such provisions are inconsistent with other provisions of law relative to particular corporations or classes of corporations, and the provisions shall apply to all corporations created by or organized under laws other than those of the commonwealth so far as they are made applicable to them by reference in this or any other chapter. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, ''secretary'' or ''state secretary'' means the secretary of the commonwealth.

Section 1. This chapter, unless expressly limited in its application, shall apply to all corporations created by or organized under the laws of the commonwealth, except incorporated domestic insurance companies, and except corporations subject to chapter 156A or corporations subject to chapter 156B or chapter 156D or chapter 164 or sections 1 through 11D of chapter 165 or chapter 180 except that section 2B of this chapter shall apply to all corporations subject to any of said chapters and except insofar as such provisions are inconsistent with other provisions of law relative to particular corporations or classes of corporations, and the provisions shall apply to all corporations created by or organized under laws other than those of the commonwealth so far as they are made applicable to them by reference in this or any other chapter. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, ''secretary'' or ''state secretary'' means the secretary of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 63, sec. 29B — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 63 / Section 29B
Taxation of reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange agents
Status: in_force

Section 29B. Every attorney in fact of a reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange defined in section ninety-four A of chapter one hundred and seventy-five and authorized to transact business in the commonwealth under the provisions of sections ninety-four A to ninety-four M, inclusive, of said chapter, shall be subject to the provisions of sections twenty-two to twenty-nine, inclusive, and section twelve of chapter sixty-two C unless said provisions and their context clearly show that said provisions were not intended to apply to the plan and method of exchanging reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts; provided, that the word ''premiums'' in section twenty-two and section twenty-three shall, with respect to reciprocal or inter-insurance exchanges, mean ''premium deposits''; and provided, further, that in section twenty-four, the word ''premiums'', shall be construed to mean, when applied to reciprocal or inter-insurance exchanges, premium deposits credited or returned to subscribers.

Section 29B. Every attorney in fact of a reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange defined in section ninety-four A of chapter one hundred and seventy-five and authorized to transact business in the commonwealth under the provisions of sections ninety-four A to ninety-four M, inclusive, of said chapter, shall be subject to the provisions of sections twenty-two to twenty-nine, inclusive, and section twelve of chapter sixty-two C unless said provisions and their context clearly show that said provisions were not intended to apply to the plan and method of exchanging reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts; provided, that the word ''premiums'' in section twenty-two and section twenty-three shall, with respect to reciprocal or inter-insurance exchanges, mean ''premium deposits''; and provided, further, that in section twenty-four, the word ''premiums'', shall be construed to mean, when applied to reciprocal or inter-insurance exchanges, premium deposits credited or returned to subscribers.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 46, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 46 / Section 12
Certified copies of birth certificates and death records; transmission to parents or next of kin; exceptions
Status: in_force

Section 12. Except as hereinafter provided, the clerk of a city or town shall forthwith make a certified copy of the record of each birth and death recorded during the preceding month, if the parents of the child born were at the time of said birth residents of any other city or town in the commonwealth, or if the deceased at the time of his death was a resident of any other city or town aforesaid or was a war veteran and was buried in any other city or town aforesaid, and transmit such certified copy to the clerk of the city or town where such parents or deceased person were so resident, setting forth the name of the street and number of the house, if any, where such parents or deceased person so resided and, in the case of a deceased war veteran as aforesaid, to the clerk of the city or town where he was buried, setting forth the cemetery or other place of burial. No birth record of a child born out of wedlock or of a child of abnormal sex shall be so transmitted to any other city or town except with the written authorization of the natural mother at the time of the birth.

Section 12. Except as hereinafter provided, the clerk of a city or town shall forthwith make a certified copy of the record of each birth and death recorded during the preceding month, if the parents of the child born were at the time of said birth residents of any other city or town in the commonwealth, or if the deceased at the time of his death was a resident of any other city or town aforesaid or was a war veteran and was buried in any other city or town aforesaid, and transmit such certified copy to the clerk of the city or town where such parents or deceased person were so resident, setting forth the name of the street and number of the house, if any, where such parents or deceased person so resided and, in the case of a deceased war veteran as aforesaid, to the clerk of the city or town where he was buried, setting forth the cemetery or other place of burial. No birth record of a child born out of wedlock or of a child of abnormal sex shall be so transmitted to any other city or town except with the written authorization of the natural mother at the time of the birth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 69A — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 69A
Plaque reading ''For God and Country''; placement on public school buildings
Status: in_force

Section 69A. On every public school building within the commonwealth there may be placed in a conspicuous location a suitable plaque which shall contain the words ''For God and Country''. Such plaques may be donated by veterans or civic organizations or individuals.

Section 69A. On every public school building within the commonwealth there may be placed in a conspicuous location a suitable plaque which shall contain the words ''For God and Country''. Such plaques may be donated by veterans or civic organizations or individuals.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 100, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 100 / Section 7
Records
Status: in_force

Section 7. The deputy director shall keep on file, in convenient form and open to public inspection, all license applications and copies of licenses issued and shall annually publish a list of names and addresses of all auctioneers licensed by him, and the names of all persons whose licenses have been revoked, suspended or surrendered during the period and the specific time for which such suspension, revocation or surrender became effective.

Section 7. The deputy director shall keep on file, in convenient form and open to public inspection, all license applications and copies of licenses issued and shall annually publish a list of names and addresses of all auctioneers licensed by him, and the names of all persons whose licenses have been revoked, suspended or surrendered during the period and the specific time for which such suspension, revocation or surrender became effective.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 67H — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 67H
Literature on hearing impairments
Status: in_force

Section 67H. The literature required by section sixty-seven F shall describe the following high risk conditions:—(1) Before birth (a) Family history of deafness as indicated by one or more deaf or hard of hearing children in family; (b) Maternal thyroid abnormality; (c) Maternal German measles in the first three months of pregnancy; (d) Maternal influenza or chicken pox in first three months of pregnancy, and (2) Newborn difficulty (a) Mycin drugs administered to infant; (b) Multiple abnormalities of infant, from whatever cause.

Section 67H. The literature required by section sixty-seven F shall describe the following high risk conditions:—(1) Before birth (a) Family history of deafness as indicated by one or more deaf or hard of hearing children in family; (b) Maternal thyroid abnormality; (c) Maternal German measles in the first three months of pregnancy; (d) Maternal influenza or chicken pox in first three months of pregnancy, and (2) Newborn difficulty (a) Mycin drugs administered to infant; (b) Multiple abnormalities of infant, from whatever cause.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44 / Section 14
Liability for lawful debts
Status: in_force

Section 14. Nothing in this chapter shall exempt a city or town from its liability to pay debts contracted for purposes for which it may lawfully expend money.

Section 14. Nothing in this chapter shall exempt a city or town from its liability to pay debts contracted for purposes for which it may lawfully expend money.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, sec. 35 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 121B / Section 35
Contracts for supplementary state financial assistance
Status: in_force

Section 35. The commonwealth, acting by and through the department, may enter into a contract or contracts with a housing authority for supplementary state financial assistance in the form of grants and guarantees as provided in and subject to the limitations of sections thirty-four and thirty-four B with respect to that portion of the development cost of a federally assisted housing project or projects which is not financed by such federal assistance.

Section 35. The commonwealth, acting by and through the department, may enter into a contract or contracts with a housing authority for supplementary state financial assistance in the form of grants and guarantees as provided in and subject to the limitations of sections thirty-four and thirty-four B with respect to that portion of the development cost of a federally assisted housing project or projects which is not financed by such federal assistance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 65I — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 65I
Issuance of licenses or permits for the manufacture or sale of frozen desserts and frozen dessert mix
Status: in_force

Section 65I. The local board of health, if satisfied after inspection that the plant referred to in an application for a license or a permit, as the case may be, is maintained in accordance with the standards of sanitation prescribed in the rules and regulations promulgated by the department, may grant to any suitable applicant therefor a license, or may certify to the department an application for a permit when said local board has been requested by the department to make such an inspection. No license or permit shall be issued if any statement in the application is false or misleading, or if the brand name or any label or advertisement of the frozen dessert or of the frozen dessert mix referred to in the application gives a false indication of its origin, character, composition or place of manufacture, or is otherwise false or misleading in any particular. No person shall engage within the commonwealth in the business of manufacturing frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mix without a license so to do from the board of health of the town where his plant is or is to be located, and no person engaged in the business of manufacturing frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mix without the commonwealth shall sell any such product within the commonwealth without a permit from the department.

Section 65I. The local board of health, if satisfied after inspection that the plant referred to in an application for a license or a permit, as the case may be, is maintained in accordance with the standards of sanitation prescribed in the rules and regulations promulgated by the department, may grant to any suitable applicant therefor a license, or may certify to the department an application for a permit when said local board has been requested by the department to make such an inspection. No license or permit shall be issued if any statement in the application is false or misleading, or if the brand name or any label or advertisement of the frozen dessert or of the frozen dessert mix referred to in the application gives a false indication of its origin, character, composition or place of manufacture, or is otherwise false or misleading in any particular. No person shall engage within the commonwealth in the business of manufacturing frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mix without a license so to do from the board of health of the town where his plant is or is to be located, and no person engaged in the business of manufacturing frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mix without the commonwealth shall sell any such product within the commonwealth without a permit from the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 59A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 59A
Vacancies in office of mayor and council; procedure for filling
Status: in_force

Section 59A. If a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor by death, removal or resignation at any time during the first year of the term ending December thirty-first, the city clerk shall forthwith order an election to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term. If a vacancy occurs during the second year of the term beginning January first, a meeting of the city council shall be called by the city clerk and the city council shall elect by majority vote one of its members as mayor for the remainder of the unexpired term. If the city council fails so to elect at said meeting or within thirty days thereafter, the president of the city council shall become acting mayor, shall exercise all the rights and powers of mayor and shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of his duties. If a vacancy occurs at any time in the office of a councillor elected by and from the qualified voters of the city, such vacancy shall be filled forthwith by a majority vote of all the remaining members of the city council for the remainder of the unexpired term. If a vacancy occurs, before the last six months of the term, in the office of a councillor elected by and from the voters of a ward, the city council shall forthwith order an election to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.

Section 59A. If a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor by death, removal or resignation at any time during the first year of the term ending December thirty-first, the city clerk shall forthwith order an election to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.

If a vacancy occurs during the second year of the term beginning January first, a meeting of the city council shall be called by the city clerk and the city council shall elect by majority vote one of its members as mayor for the remainder of the unexpired term. If the city council fails so to elect at said meeting or within thirty days thereafter, the president of the city council shall become acting mayor, shall exercise all the rights and powers of mayor and shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of his duties.

If a vacancy occurs at any time in the office of a councillor elected by and from the qualified voters of the city, such vacancy shall be filled forthwith by a majority vote of all the remaining members of the city council for the remainder of the unexpired term.

If a vacancy occurs, before the last six months of the term, in the office of a councillor elected by and from the voters of a ward, the city council shall forthwith order an election to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 42
Pension fund for the retirement of teachers
Status: in_force

Section 42. In any city or town, except Boston, which accepted chapter four hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and eight, the pension fund established for the retirement of teachers in the public schools shall be derived from such revenues as may be assigned thereto by the city council of a city or by direct appropriation by a town. The treasurer of the city or town shall be the custodian of the fund and shall make monthly payments therefrom to such persons and of such amounts as shall be certified to him by the school committee.

Section 42. In any city or town, except Boston, which accepted chapter four hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and eight, the pension fund established for the retirement of teachers in the public schools shall be derived from such revenues as may be assigned thereto by the city council of a city or by direct appropriation by a town. The treasurer of the city or town shall be the custodian of the fund and shall make monthly payments therefrom to such persons and of such amounts as shall be certified to him by the school committee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23A, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23A / Section 7
Annual reports
Status: in_force

Section 7. The director of MOBD shall prepare and submit to the governor and the general court an annual report which shall contain the description of organization of MOBD, and such other matters as he deems appropriate. He shall also include in such annual report such information as may be required by the commissioner of administration. He shall from time to time submit such other reports as the commissioner of administration may require.

Section 7. The director of MOBD shall prepare and submit to the governor and the general court an annual report which shall contain the description of organization of MOBD, and such other matters as he deems appropriate. He shall also include in such annual report such information as may be required by the commissioner of administration. He shall from time to time submit such other reports as the commissioner of administration may require.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 99, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 99 / Section 1
Authorization of metric system; carat weight
Status: in_force

Section 1. The weights and measures of the metric system may be employed and used in the commonwealth, and no contract or dealing shall be deemed invalid and no pleading in any court shall be open to objection because the weights or measures are stated therein in terms of the metric system; provided, that the carat weight of two hundred milligrams, and its multiples and subdivisions, shall be the sole legal standard for the buying and selling of diamonds and other precious stones. The metric weights and measures received from the United States and now in the custody of the deputy director of standards may be used as authorized standards, and shall in no case be removed from his custody except when necessary for their preservation or repair.

Section 1. The weights and measures of the metric system may be employed and used in the commonwealth, and no contract or dealing shall be deemed invalid and no pleading in any court shall be open to objection because the weights or measures are stated therein in terms of the metric system; provided, that the carat weight of two hundred milligrams, and its multiples and subdivisions, shall be the sole legal standard for the buying and selling of diamonds and other precious stones. The metric weights and measures received from the United States and now in the custody of the deputy director of standards may be used as authorized standards, and shall in no case be removed from his custody except when necessary for their preservation or repair.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164A, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164A / Section 20
Bonds and notes issued; transfer, income or profit; tax exemption
Status: in_force

Section 20. The bonds and notes issued under this chapter, their transfer and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the commonwealth.

Section 20. The bonds and notes issued under this chapter, their transfer and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 303G — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 303G
Definitions applicable to Secs. 303H to 303L
Status: in_force

Section 303G. As used in this section and sections three hundred and three H to three hundred and three L, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:— ''Anti-freeze'', any substance or preparation intended for use as the cooling medium, or to be added to the cooling liquid, in the cooling system of internal combustion engines to prevent freezing of the cooling liquid or to lower its freezing point. ''Division'', the division of standards in the office of consumer affairs and business regulation.

Section 303G. As used in this section and sections three hundred and three H to three hundred and three L, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:—

''Anti-freeze'', any substance or preparation intended for use as the cooling medium, or to be added to the cooling liquid, in the cooling system of internal combustion engines to prevent freezing of the cooling liquid or to lower its freezing point.

''Division'', the division of standards in the office of consumer affairs and business regulation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 263, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 263 / Section 2
Arrest on false pretense; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 2. An officer who arrests or takes into or detains in custody a person, pretending to have a process if he has none, or pretending to have a different process from that which he has, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.

Section 2. An officer who arrests or takes into or detains in custody a person, pretending to have a process if he has none, or pretending to have a different process from that which he has, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.