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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 279 / Section 12
Recognizance of husband convicted of assault upon wife
Status: in_force

Section 12. Except as provided in section twenty-eight of chapter two hundred and eighteen and in section twenty of chapter two hundred and nineteen, if a husband is convicted of an assault upon his wife, the court may, in addition to the other penalties imposed, or in lieu thereof, order him to recognize with surety or sureties to keep the peace for any term of not more than two years, and may at any time revoke such order or reduce the amount required or order that the recognizance be taken without surety.

Section 12. Except as provided in section twenty-eight of chapter two hundred and eighteen and in section twenty of chapter two hundred and nineteen, if a husband is convicted of an assault upon his wife, the court may, in addition to the other penalties imposed, or in lieu thereof, order him to recognize with surety or sureties to keep the peace for any term of not more than two years, and may at any time revoke such order or reduce the amount required or order that the recognizance be taken without surety.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 30
Forgery, alteration, etc. of lottery tickets; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 30. Whoever, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes or counterfeits a state lottery ticket or share shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years or in a jail for not more than two years, or by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 30. Whoever, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes or counterfeits a state lottery ticket or share shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years or in a jail for not more than two years, or by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 59 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 59
Payments by mortgagors or mortgagees
Status: in_force

Section 59. If a tax on land is assessed to a mortgagor and mortgagee separately, any part thereof remaining unpaid on October first following its assessment may be paid by either party. If a mortgagee pays a tax, interest or costs thereon which by law or by the terms of the mortgage was payable by the mortgagor, the amount so paid shall be added to the mortgage debt. If it is by law or by the terms of the mortgage payable by the mortgagee, and is paid by the mortgagor, the amount so paid shall be deducted from the mortgage debt unless the parties have, in writing, otherwise agreed.

Section 59. If a tax on land is assessed to a mortgagor and mortgagee separately, any part thereof remaining unpaid on October first following its assessment may be paid by either party. If a mortgagee pays a tax, interest or costs thereon which by law or by the terms of the mortgage was payable by the mortgagor, the amount so paid shall be added to the mortgage debt. If it is by law or by the terms of the mortgage payable by the mortgagee, and is paid by the mortgagor, the amount so paid shall be deducted from the mortgage debt unless the parties have, in writing, otherwise agreed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 1B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 1B
Medicare supplemental group coverage; medical assistance recipients
Status: in_force

Section 1B. A nonprofit hospital service corporation governed by this chapter shall offer medicare supplemental group coverage to that group of medical assistance recipients designated from time to time by the department of public welfare. Such coverage shall be provided at a rate based on the projected experience of said group of recipients.

Section 1B. A nonprofit hospital service corporation governed by this chapter shall offer medicare supplemental group coverage to that group of medical assistance recipients designated from time to time by the department of public welfare. Such coverage shall be provided at a rate based on the projected experience of said group of recipients.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150B, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150B / Section 8
Fees, expenses and facilities for moderators and members of commissions and boards
Status: in_force

Section 8. Any person appointed by the governor to serve as a moderator or as a member of a special commission or as an impartial member of an emergency board or any person selected as an impartial member of an emergency board under the provisions of this act, shall receive a per diem fee of fifty dollars plus reasonable and necessary expenses. The director of the department of labor relations is authorized and directed to arrange for any facilities required by such boards or moderators including the place for the hearing and stenographic transcripts of the hearing and the commonwealth shall pay for the same upon the certification of the director.

Section 8. Any person appointed by the governor to serve as a moderator or as a member of a special commission or as an impartial member of an emergency board or any person selected as an impartial member of an emergency board under the provisions of this act, shall receive a per diem fee of fifty dollars plus reasonable and necessary expenses. The director of the department of labor relations is authorized and directed to arrange for any facilities required by such boards or moderators including the place for the hearing and stenographic transcripts of the hearing and the commonwealth shall pay for the same upon the certification of the director.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6A, sec. 106 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6A / Section 106
Secretary of veterans' services; duties
Status: in_force

Section 106. The secretary shall manage and control all state-operated veterans' homes in the commonwealth, and all property, real and personal, belonging to the commonwealth and occupied or used by such homes.

Section 106. The secretary shall manage and control all state-operated veterans' homes in the commonwealth, and all property, real and personal, belonging to the commonwealth and occupied or used by such homes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 86 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 86
Property used for scientific experiments or investigations or for propagation
Status: in_force

Section 86. A person shall not without right enter in or upon any building or other structure, or any area of land, flats or water, set apart and used by or under authority of the director for conducting scientific experiments or investigations or for propagation, or fish in waters so set apart and used, after the director has caused printed notices of such occupation and use and the purposes thereof to be placed in a conspicuous position upon any such building or other structure or adjacent to any such area of land, flats or water, and shall not injure or deface any such building or other structure or any notice posted as aforesaid, or injure or destroy any property used in such experiments or investigations or for such purposes, or otherwise interfere therewith.

Section 86. A person shall not without right enter in or upon any building or other structure, or any area of land, flats or water, set apart and used by or under authority of the director for conducting scientific experiments or investigations or for propagation, or fish in waters so set apart and used, after the director has caused printed notices of such occupation and use and the purposes thereof to be placed in a conspicuous position upon any such building or other structure or adjacent to any such area of land, flats or water, and shall not injure or deface any such building or other structure or any notice posted as aforesaid, or injure or destroy any property used in such experiments or investigations or for such purposes, or otherwise interfere therewith.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 61B, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 61B / Section 11
Continuance of classification
Status: in_force

Section 11. Continuance of land valuation, assessment and taxation under the provisions of this chapter shall depend upon continuance of such land in recreational use and compliance with other requirements of this chapter and not upon continuance in the same owner of title to such land. Liability to roll-back taxes, determined pursuant to section eight shall attach when such land no longer qualifies as recreational land actively and shall be the obligation of the then owner of the land. For purposes relating to roll-back taxes such qualification shall depend on the actual use of such land for the previous 5 years, and not on the filing of application under section three for any year.

Section 11. Continuance of land valuation, assessment and taxation under the provisions of this chapter shall depend upon continuance of such land in recreational use and compliance with other requirements of this chapter and not upon continuance in the same owner of title to such land. Liability to roll-back taxes, determined pursuant to section eight shall attach when such land no longer qualifies as recreational land actively and shall be the obligation of the then owner of the land. For purposes relating to roll-back taxes such qualification shall depend on the actual use of such land for the previous 5 years, and not on the filing of application under section three for any year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150B, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150B / Section 5
Relief against violations of statutes; injunction
Status: in_force

Section 5. (a) No person, other than the commonwealth as provided in subsection (b) hereof and except as provided in subsection (c) of section four, shall be entitled to legal or equitable relief in any court of the commonwealth as a result of a violation of any provision of this chapter. (b) The superior court in an action by the commonwealth shall have jurisdiction to restrain and enjoin violations of this chapter and such jurisdiction shall not be limited by the provisions concerning labor disputes contained in section twenty C of chapter one hundred and forty-nine, sections one and six of chapter two hundred and fourteen, and sections thirteen A and thirteen B of chapter two hundred and twenty; provided that such actions shall be brought by direction of the governor and not otherwise.

Section 5. (a) No person, other than the commonwealth as provided in subsection (b) hereof and except as provided in subsection (c) of section four, shall be entitled to legal or equitable relief in any court of the commonwealth as a result of a violation of any provision of this chapter.

(b) The superior court in an action by the commonwealth shall have jurisdiction to restrain and enjoin violations of this chapter and such jurisdiction shall not be limited by the provisions concerning labor disputes contained in section twenty C of chapter one hundred and forty-nine, sections one and six of chapter two hundred and fourteen, and sections thirteen A and thirteen B of chapter two hundred and twenty; provided that such actions shall be brought by direction of the governor and not otherwise.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 199 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 199
Free passes or reduced rates for public officials
Status: in_force

Section 199. Any person who, being governor, lieutenant governor, member of the council, member or member-elect of the general court, justice of the supreme judicial court, justice of the superior court, judge of probate, justice of a district court or a county commissioner, who requests, for himself or another, accepts or uses any free pass upon a railroad, or any ticket entitling him to transportation upon a railroad, for which he has paid a less price than is demanded of the public generally, and an officer, agent or employee of a railroad corporation who issues, delivers or offers to any person hereinbefore mentioned or to or for any other person at the request, solicitation or procurement of any such person, except as otherwise provided by the following section or section fifteen of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, a free pass or any ticket entitling him to transportation at a less rate of fare than is demanded of the public generally, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.

Section 199. Any person who, being governor, lieutenant governor, member of the council, member or member-elect of the general court, justice of the supreme judicial court, justice of the superior court, judge of probate, justice of a district court or a county commissioner, who requests, for himself or another, accepts or uses any free pass upon a railroad, or any ticket entitling him to transportation upon a railroad, for which he has paid a less price than is demanded of the public generally, and an officer, agent or employee of a railroad corporation who issues, delivers or offers to any person hereinbefore mentioned or to or for any other person at the request, solicitation or procurement of any such person, except as otherwise provided by the following section or section fifteen of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, a free pass or any ticket entitling him to transportation at a less rate of fare than is demanded of the public generally, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 244 / Section 7
Discharge or release on satisfaction of execution
Status: in_force

Section 7. If, after an execution on a judgment for possession has been levied, the amount due on the mortgage and costs are paid in full, the mortgagee, his executor, administrator or assigns shall, at the expense of the mortgagor, enter on the margin of the record of the execution an acknowledgment of satisfaction or make to the mortgagor a deed of release, which shall be recorded with notes of reference to the execution discharged thereby.

Section 7. If, after an execution on a judgment for possession has been levied, the amount due on the mortgage and costs are paid in full, the mortgagee, his executor, administrator or assigns shall, at the expense of the mortgagor, enter on the margin of the record of the execution an acknowledgment of satisfaction or make to the mortgagor a deed of release, which shall be recorded with notes of reference to the execution discharged thereby.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 180, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 180 / Section 26
Change of location by certain corporations
Status: in_force

Section 26. No corporation organized under general laws for the purpose of fostering, encouraging or engaging in athletic exercises or for the establishment and maintenance of places for reading rooms, libraries or social meetings, or organized under this chapter for the purpose of maintaining grounds suitable for exhibitions and trials of the speed or strength of horses, shall change its location from the town where it is located to another town within the commonwealth, nor change its location within any town, until written consent therefor has been obtained from the police commissioner in Boston, the aldermen in any other city or the selectmen in the town where the corporation proposes to acquire a new location. Such consent shall not take effect until a copy thereof, duly attested by the clerk or secretary of the board or officer consenting thereto, has been filed in the office of the state secretary. A change of location by a corporation contrary to this section shall be sufficient cause for the revocation of its charter by the state secretary.

Section 26. No corporation organized under general laws for the purpose of fostering, encouraging or engaging in athletic exercises or for the establishment and maintenance of places for reading rooms, libraries or social meetings, or organized under this chapter for the purpose of maintaining grounds suitable for exhibitions and trials of the speed or strength of horses, shall change its location from the town where it is located to another town within the commonwealth, nor change its location within any town, until written consent therefor has been obtained from the police commissioner in Boston, the aldermen in any other city or the selectmen in the town where the corporation proposes to acquire a new location. Such consent shall not take effect until a copy thereof, duly attested by the clerk or secretary of the board or officer consenting thereto, has been filed in the office of the state secretary. A change of location by a corporation contrary to this section shall be sufficient cause for the revocation of its charter by the state secretary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 218 / Section 7
Oaths; power to administer
Status: in_force

Section 7. Justices and special justices of district courts may, in or out of court, administer oaths in all cases in which an oath is required, unless otherwise expressly provided.

Section 7. Justices and special justices of district courts may, in or out of court, administer oaths in all cases in which an oath is required, unless otherwise expressly provided.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161B, sec. 9A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161B / Section 9A
Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority; assessment upon member cities and towns
Status: in_force

Section 9A. If in any year the commonwealth shall be called upon to pay any amount on account of the net cost of service of the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority, the total amount of such net cost of service may be assessed in whole or in part upon the cities and towns which are members of such Authority on the basis of the total passenger miles and the number of trips attributable to the residents of cities and towns within said Authority. Any such assessment formula shall be subject to the approval of the secretary and the advisory board of the Authority. Such determination shall be made by said Authority in accordance with sound accounting practice and guidelines developed in consultation with the department. Amounts assessed under this section shall be the most recently audited regional transit authority assessment available on January 1 of each year and shall be used to calculate the upcoming fiscal year's estimated cherry sheet assessments.

Section 9A. If in any year the commonwealth shall be called upon to pay any amount on account of the net cost of service of the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority, the total amount of such net cost of service may be assessed in whole or in part upon the cities and towns which are members of such Authority on the basis of the total passenger miles and the number of trips attributable to the residents of cities and towns within said Authority. Any such assessment formula shall be subject to the approval of the secretary and the advisory board of the Authority.

Such determination shall be made by said Authority in accordance with sound accounting practice and guidelines developed in consultation with the department. Amounts assessed under this section shall be the most recently audited regional transit authority assessment available on January 1 of each year and shall be used to calculate the upcoming fiscal year's estimated cherry sheet assessments.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 36 / Section 38
Clerical assistants; compensation
Status: in_force

Section 38. Registers shall annually be allowed for clerical assistance in their respective registries, to be paid by their respective counties, such amounts as shall be approved by the county commissioners.

Section 38. Registers shall annually be allowed for clerical assistance in their respective registries, to be paid by their respective counties, such amounts as shall be approved by the county commissioners.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 72 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 72
Interest rate; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 72. The authorities which issue such licenses may fix the rate of interest which such pawnbrokers may receive on loans, and may fix different rates which may be received for different amounts of money lent; and no licensed pawnbroker shall charge or receive a greater rate of interest than that so fixed. Any such pawnbroker who violates any provision of this or the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.

Section 72. The authorities which issue such licenses may fix the rate of interest which such pawnbrokers may receive on loans, and may fix different rates which may be received for different amounts of money lent; and no licensed pawnbroker shall charge or receive a greater rate of interest than that so fixed. Any such pawnbroker who violates any provision of this or the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 275, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 275 / Section 17
Right of surety to surrender principal; discharge from liability; new recognizance
Status: in_force

Section 17. A surety in a recognizance to keep the peace, or for good behavior, or both, shall have the same authority and right to take and surrender his principal as if he were bail for him in a civil cause; and after such surrender shall be discharged from all liability for any act of the principal subsequent to such surrender which would be a breach of the condition of the recognizance. The person so surrendered may recognize anew with sufficient sureties for the residue of the term, and shall thereupon be discharged.

Section 17. A surety in a recognizance to keep the peace, or for good behavior, or both, shall have the same authority and right to take and surrender his principal as if he were bail for him in a civil cause; and after such surrender shall be discharged from all liability for any act of the principal subsequent to such surrender which would be a breach of the condition of the recognizance. The person so surrendered may recognize anew with sufficient sureties for the residue of the term, and shall thereupon be discharged.