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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 98 / Section 31
Use of seals; imitation or counterfeit seals
Status: in_force

Section 31. The deputy director and town and district sealers shall keep seals for their use. The seal of the deputy director shall bear the letters ''C.M.'' and those of the sealers shall be of a type approved by the deputy director. Any sealer neglecting to keep such a seal shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars, and whoever, without being duly authorized thereto, impersonates a sealer or deputy by the use of a seal or otherwise, or has in his possession an imitation or counterfeit of the seal used by a sealer or deputy shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A.

Section 31. The deputy director and town and district sealers shall keep seals for their use. The seal of the deputy director shall bear the letters ''C.M.'' and those of the sealers shall be of a type approved by the deputy director. Any sealer neglecting to keep such a seal shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars, and whoever, without being duly authorized thereto, impersonates a sealer or deputy by the use of a seal or otherwise, or has in his possession an imitation or counterfeit of the seal used by a sealer or deputy shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12 / Section 5
Civil actions to recover money for commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 5. All civil actions to recover money for the commonwealth may be brought in the name of the commonwealth by the attorney general or by a district attorney.

Section 5. All civil actions to recover money for the commonwealth may be brought in the name of the commonwealth by the attorney general or by a district attorney.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94C / Section 26
Distribution in course of business in violation of Sec. 16 or furnishing false information in application, etc., prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 26. No person who is a registrant shall knowingly or intentionally; (1) distribute a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II in the course of his legitimate business, except pursuant to an order or an order form as required by section sixteen; or (2) furnish false or fraudulent material information in, or omit any material information from, any application, report, record, or other document required to be made, kept, or filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

Section 26. No person who is a registrant shall knowingly or intentionally;

(1) distribute a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II in the course of his legitimate business, except pursuant to an order or an order form as required by section sixteen; or

(2) furnish false or fraudulent material information in, or omit any material information from, any application, report, record, or other document required to be made, kept, or filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 49, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 49 / Section 11
Maintenance of fences surrounding land laying common
Status: in_force

Section 11. If a division of fence between the owners of improved land has been made either by fence viewers or under an agreement in writing between the parties which has been recorded in the office of the clerk of the town, the several occupants of such land and their heirs and assigns shall erect and maintain said fences agreeably to such division; but if a person lays his land common and determines not to improve any part adjoining the fence so divided, and gives six months' notice of his determination to all the occupants of adjoining land, he shall not be required to keep up or maintain said fence during the time that his land lies common and unimproved.

Section 11. If a division of fence between the owners of improved land has been made either by fence viewers or under an agreement in writing between the parties which has been recorded in the office of the clerk of the town, the several occupants of such land and their heirs and assigns shall erect and maintain said fences agreeably to such division; but if a person lays his land common and determines not to improve any part adjoining the fence so divided, and gives six months' notice of his determination to all the occupants of adjoining land, he shall not be required to keep up or maintain said fence during the time that his land lies common and unimproved.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 66A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 66A
Diagnostic pharmaceutical agents; utilization
Status: in_force

Section 66A. Any registered optometrist, qualified by examination for practice under the provisions of section sixty-eight subsequent to January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-four or duly certified in accordance with the provisions of section sixty-eight A may for the purpose of conducting an examination of the eye, and not for therapeutic purposes, utilize the topical application to the eye of diagnostic pharmaceutical agents; provided, however, that mydriatic agents shall not be administered to a person with an iris-fixed pseudophakes. For purposes of this section and sections sixty-eight and sixty-eight A, the term ''diagnostic pharmaceutical agents'' shall mean any topical anesthetic, mydriatic, or cycloplegic drug, except atropine and phenylephrine hydrochloride in ten per cent concentration, suitable for ocular examination procedures. If during the course of examining a patient, the optometrist determines the existence of: (a) ocular pressure greater than twenty-four MM, or (b) any unexplained loss of visual field, or (c) a failure on the part of the individual being examined to achieve 20/40 or better corrected vision in each eye, or (d) signs of disease, the patient shall be referred to a licensed physician, unless such condition has been previously evaluated by a physician or unless the optometrist reports in writing that such referral is not warranted and documents the reasons therefor on the records of such patient.

Section 66A. Any registered optometrist, qualified by examination for practice under the provisions of section sixty-eight subsequent to January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-four or duly certified in accordance with the provisions of section sixty-eight A may for the purpose of conducting an examination of the eye, and not for therapeutic purposes, utilize the topical application to the eye of diagnostic pharmaceutical agents; provided, however, that mydriatic agents shall not be administered to a person with an iris-fixed pseudophakes.

For purposes of this section and sections sixty-eight and sixty-eight A, the term ''diagnostic pharmaceutical agents'' shall mean any topical anesthetic, mydriatic, or cycloplegic drug, except atropine and phenylephrine hydrochloride in ten per cent concentration, suitable for ocular examination procedures.

If during the course of examining a patient, the optometrist determines the existence of: (a) ocular pressure greater than twenty-four MM, or (b) any unexplained loss of visual field, or (c) a failure on the part of the individual being examined to achieve 20/40 or better corrected vision in each eye, or (d) signs of disease, the patient shall be referred to a licensed physician, unless such condition has been previously evaluated by a physician or unless the optometrist reports in writing that such referral is not warranted and documents the reasons therefor on the records of such patient.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 271 / Section 37
Prohibited contracts; price quotations
Status: in_force

Section 37. Whoever shall communicate, receive, exhibit or display in any manner any statement of quotations of prices of any securities or commodities with an intent to make, or offer to make, or to aid in making, or offering to make, any contract prohibited by the preceding section shall be punished as provided therein.

Section 37. Whoever shall communicate, receive, exhibit or display in any manner any statement of quotations of prices of any securities or commodities with an intent to make, or offer to make, or to aid in making, or offering to make, any contract prohibited by the preceding section shall be punished as provided therein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 198, sec. 10B — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 198 / Section 10B
Voidable preferences; action by executor
Status: in_force

Section 10B. If a person shall have procured or suffered a judgment to be entered against him in favor of any person or has made a transfer of any of his property, and if, at the time of the transfer, or of the entry of the judgment, or of the recording or registering of the transfer if by law recording or registering thereof is required, and being within four months before his decease, the person be insolvent and the judgment or transfer then operate as a preference, and the person receiving it or to be benefited thereby, or his agent acting therein, shall then have reasonable cause to believe that the enforcement of such judgment or transfer would effect a preference, it shall be voidable by the executor or administrator of the debtor, and he may recover the property or its value from such person.

Section 10B. If a person shall have procured or suffered a judgment to be entered against him in favor of any person or has made a transfer of any of his property, and if, at the time of the transfer, or of the entry of the judgment, or of the recording or registering of the transfer if by law recording or registering thereof is required, and being within four months before his decease, the person be insolvent and the judgment or transfer then operate as a preference, and the person receiving it or to be benefited thereby, or his agent acting therein, shall then have reasonable cause to believe that the enforcement of such judgment or transfer would effect a preference, it shall be voidable by the executor or administrator of the debtor, and he may recover the property or its value from such person.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161B, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161B / Section 27
Regional transit authority council
Status: in_force

Section 27. There shall be a regional transit authority council for the purposes of coordination and sharing information and best practices in matters of security and public safety planning and preparedness, service delivery, cost savings, and administrative efficiencies. Members of the council shall include the administrator of each authority established under section 14. The secretary shall be chairman of the council and the general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall be a nonvoting member of the council. The council shall meet no less than once each calendar quarter or upon the request, with reasonable notice, of the secretary.

Section 27. There shall be a regional transit authority council for the purposes of coordination and sharing information and best practices in matters of security and public safety planning and preparedness, service delivery, cost savings, and administrative efficiencies. Members of the council shall include the administrator of each authority established under section 14. The secretary shall be chairman of the council and the general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall be a nonvoting member of the council. The council shall meet no less than once each calendar quarter or upon the request, with reasonable notice, of the secretary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 108A, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 108A / Section 33
Effect of dissolution on partner's authority
Status: in_force

Section 33. Except so far as may be necessary to wind up partnership affairs or to complete transactions begun but not then finished, dissolution terminates all authority of any partner to act for the partnership, (1) With respect to the partners, (a) When the dissolution is not by the act, bankruptcy or death of a partner; or (b) When the dissolution is by such act, bankruptcy or death of a partner, in cases where section thirty-four so requires; (2) With respect to persons not partners, as declared in section thirty-five.

Section 33. Except so far as may be necessary to wind up partnership affairs or to complete transactions begun but not then finished, dissolution terminates all authority of any partner to act for the partnership,

(1) With respect to the partners,

(a) When the dissolution is not by the act, bankruptcy or death of a partner; or

(b) When the dissolution is by such act, bankruptcy or death of a partner, in cases where section thirty-four so requires;

(2) With respect to persons not partners, as declared in section thirty-five.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 8
Use of common drinking cup or towel; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 8. In order to prevent the spread of communicable diseases, the department may prohibit in hotels and in such public places, vehicles or buildings as it may designate the providing of a common drinking cup or a common towel, and may establish rules and regulations for this purpose. Whoever violates any such rule or regulation shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.

Section 8. In order to prevent the spread of communicable diseases, the department may prohibit in hotels and in such public places, vehicles or buildings as it may designate the providing of a common drinking cup or a common towel, and may establish rules and regulations for this purpose. Whoever violates any such rule or regulation shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176E, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176E / Section 11
Salaries, compensation or emoluments
Status: in_force

Section 11. Unless each such payment is first authorized by a vote of its board of directors, no dental service corporation shall pay any salary, compensation or emolument to any officer, trustee or director thereof, or any salary, compensation or emolument to any person amounting in any year to more than five thousand dollars. No such corporation shall make any agreement with any of its officers, trustees or employees whereby it agrees that for any services rendered or to be rendered to it, they shall receive any salary, compensation or emolument for a period of more than three years from the date of such agreement.

Section 11. Unless each such payment is first authorized by a vote of its board of directors, no dental service corporation shall pay any salary, compensation or emolument to any officer, trustee or director thereof, or any salary, compensation or emolument to any person amounting in any year to more than five thousand dollars. No such corporation shall make any agreement with any of its officers, trustees or employees whereby it agrees that for any services rendered or to be rendered to it, they shall receive any salary, compensation or emolument for a period of more than three years from the date of such agreement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30B, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30B / Section 17
Writing requirement; invalidation of contracts; forfeiture; civil actions
Status: in_force

Section 17. (a) All contracts in the amount of $10,000 or more shall be in writing, and the governmental body shall make no payment for a supply or service rendered prior to the execution of such contract. (b) Subject to the provisions of section three A of chapter forty, a contract made in violation of this chapter shall not be valid, and the governmental body shall make no payment under such contract. Minor informalities shall not require invalidation of a contract. (c) A person who causes or conspires with another to cause a contract to be solicited or awarded in violation of a provision of this chapter shall forfeit and pay to the appropriate governmental body a sum of not more than two thousand dollars for each violation. In addition, the person shall pay double the amount of damages sustained by the governmental body by reason of the violation, together with the costs of any action. If more than one person participates in the violation, the damages and costs may be apportioned among them. (d) The inspector general shall have authority to institute a civil action to enforce paragraph (c) if authorized by the attorney general.

Section 17. (a) All contracts in the amount of $10,000 or more shall be in writing, and the governmental body shall make no payment for a supply or service rendered prior to the execution of such contract.

(b) Subject to the provisions of section three A of chapter forty, a contract made in violation of this chapter shall not be valid, and the governmental body shall make no payment under such contract. Minor informalities shall not require invalidation of a contract.

(c) A person who causes or conspires with another to cause a contract to be solicited or awarded in violation of a provision of this chapter shall forfeit and pay to the appropriate governmental body a sum of not more than two thousand dollars for each violation. In addition, the person shall pay double the amount of damages sustained by the governmental body by reason of the violation, together with the costs of any action. If more than one person participates in the violation, the damages and costs may be apportioned among them.

(d) The inspector general shall have authority to institute a civil action to enforce paragraph (c) if authorized by the attorney general.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 55 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 55
Cruel and unusual punishments prohibited
Status: in_force

Article 55. Cruel and unusual punishments prohibited. Punishment by flogging or by branding, marking or tattooing on the body or any other cruel or unusual punishment may not be adjudged by a court-martial or inflicted upon any person subject to this code. The use of irons, single or double, except for the purpose of safe custody, is prohibited.

Article 55. Cruel and unusual punishments prohibited.

Punishment by flogging or by branding, marking or tattooing on the body or any other cruel or unusual punishment may not be adjudged by a court-martial or inflicted upon any person subject to this code. The use of irons, single or double, except for the purpose of safe custody, is prohibited.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 5C — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 5C
Comptroller's certification and disposition of consolidated net surplus
Status: in_force

Section 5C. The comptroller shall annually, on or before October 31, certify to the secretary of administration and finance the amount of the consolidated net surplus in the budgetary funds at the close of the preceding fiscal year. Except as otherwise provided by law, the amounts so certified shall be transferred to the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund. This transfer shall be made from the undesignated fund balances in the budgetary funds proportionally from those undesignated fund balances; provided, however, that no such transfer shall cause a deficit in any of those funds. Before certifying the consolidated net surplus under this section, the comptroller shall, to the extent possible, eliminate deficits in any fund contributing to the surplus by transferring positive fund balances from any other fund contributing to the surplus.

Section 5C. The comptroller shall annually, on or before October 31, certify to the secretary of administration and finance the amount of the consolidated net surplus in the budgetary funds at the close of the preceding fiscal year. Except as otherwise provided by law, the amounts so certified shall be transferred to the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund. This transfer shall be made from the undesignated fund balances in the budgetary funds proportionally from those undesignated fund balances; provided, however, that no such transfer shall cause a deficit in any of those funds. Before certifying the consolidated net surplus under this section, the comptroller shall, to the extent possible, eliminate deficits in any fund contributing to the surplus by transferring positive fund balances from any other fund contributing to the surplus.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 8, sec. 16A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 8 / Section 16A
Civil War Nurses' Hall; museum and shrine to Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Massachusetts
Status: in_force

Section 16A. The hall bounded by the Hall of Flags, the governor's staircase, the Doric Hall and the senate staircase on the second floor of the state house shall be designated as Civil War Nurses' Hall and suitable mementos may be displayed there from time to time. A suitable marker shall be erected at this location. A room in the state house shall be preserved and maintained as a museum and shrine to the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Massachusetts, in further recognition of the services of those men who fought to preserve the Union of the States. Said room shall serve as a repository for such mementos, records, relics and historical data relating to the war of the rebellion as may be deposited with the superintendent for that purpose, and shall be used for arranging and preserving a history of persons who served in the army, navy or marine corps during such war in organizations of the commonwealth, or of citizens of the commonwealth who served in the regular army, navy or marine corps of the United States. Said room may be used as a meeting place for the organizations known as the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and any other organizations affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Massachusetts, subject to the approval of the commissioner of administration.

Section 16A. The hall bounded by the Hall of Flags, the governor's staircase, the Doric Hall and the senate staircase on the second floor of the state house shall be designated as Civil War Nurses' Hall and suitable mementos may be displayed there from time to time. A suitable marker shall be erected at this location.

A room in the state house shall be preserved and maintained as a museum and shrine to the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Massachusetts, in further recognition of the services of those men who fought to preserve the Union of the States. Said room shall serve as a repository for such mementos, records, relics and historical data relating to the war of the rebellion as may be deposited with the superintendent for that purpose, and shall be used for arranging and preserving a history of persons who served in the army, navy or marine corps during such war in organizations of the commonwealth, or of citizens of the commonwealth who served in the regular army, navy or marine corps of the United States. Said room may be used as a meeting place for the organizations known as the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and any other organizations affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Massachusetts, subject to the approval of the commissioner of administration.