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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 35, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 35 / Section 2
Assistant treasurer; bond; duties
Status: in_force

Section 2. In any county, except Suffolk and Nantucket, the county treasurer may appoint an assistant in his office, who has served therein for at least one year, as assistant treasurer, removable at his pleasure. The assistant treasurer shall give bond, and the provisions of the second sentence of section three shall apply to such bond. If the treasurer is unable to act, the assistant treasurer shall perform his duties. If both the treasurer and the assistant treasurer are unable to act, the county commissioners may appoint a temporary treasurer, who shall hold office until the treasurer or assistant treasurer is able to resume his duties. The temporary treasurer shall give bond, and the provisions of the second sentence of section three shall apply to such bond.

Section 2. In any county, except Suffolk and Nantucket, the county treasurer may appoint an assistant in his office, who has served therein for at least one year, as assistant treasurer, removable at his pleasure. The assistant treasurer shall give bond, and the provisions of the second sentence of section three shall apply to such bond.

If the treasurer is unable to act, the assistant treasurer shall perform his duties. If both the treasurer and the assistant treasurer are unable to act, the county commissioners may appoint a temporary treasurer, who shall hold office until the treasurer or assistant treasurer is able to resume his duties. The temporary treasurer shall give bond, and the provisions of the second sentence of section three shall apply to such bond.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 12LL — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 12LL
Social Security Day
Status: in_force

Section 12LL. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fourteenth day of August as Social Security Day in recognition of the contribution of the Social Security system to the dignity and well-being of Americans of all ages and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 12LL. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fourteenth day of August as Social Security Day in recognition of the contribution of the Social Security system to the dignity and well-being of Americans of all ages and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 34
Designation of each class of preferred; record of proceeding creating class; content of certificate
Status: in_force

Section 34. Each class of preferred stock issued under sections thirty-two to thirty-five, inclusive, shall be designated by a name approved by the department to distinguish it from all other classes of stock of the company. A certified copy of the vote creating, and of the order of the department approving, the creation of any class of preferred stock shall be filed in the office of the department and in the office of the commissioner of revenue. Every certificate of stock issued by such company after the approval by the department of the creation by it of preferred stock shall contain a reference to all votes creating preferred stock and a brief description of the respective preferences, rights and restrictions of each class of such stock.

Section 34. Each class of preferred stock issued under sections thirty-two to thirty-five, inclusive, shall be designated by a name approved by the department to distinguish it from all other classes of stock of the company. A certified copy of the vote creating, and of the order of the department approving, the creation of any class of preferred stock shall be filed in the office of the department and in the office of the commissioner of revenue. Every certificate of stock issued by such company after the approval by the department of the creation by it of preferred stock shall contain a reference to all votes creating preferred stock and a brief description of the respective preferences, rights and restrictions of each class of such stock.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, sec. 12G — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 269 / Section 12G
Intentional or reckless discharge of a firearm that strikes a dwelling or other building; punishment; exceptions
Status: in_force

Section 12G. Whoever by intentional or reckless discharge of a firearm, as defined in section 121 of chapter 140, strikes a dwelling or other building in use shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years or in state prison for not more than 5 years or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or both such imprisonment and fine. This section shall not apply to persons acting in the lawful defense of life or property or any law enforcement officer acting in the discharge of their duties. This section shall not apply for dwellings or buildings within the property of: (a) persons using underground or indoor target or test ranges with the consent of the owner or legal occupant thereof; (b) persons using outdoor skeet, trap, target or test ranges with the consent of the owner or legal occupant of the land on which the range is established; or (c) persons using shooting galleries, licensed and defined in section 56A of chapter 140. Nothing in this section shall exempt any persons from compliance with noise control laws, ordinances or by-laws in effect or from the prohibitions of section 58 of chapter 131.

Section 12G. Whoever by intentional or reckless discharge of a firearm, as defined in section 121 of chapter 140, strikes a dwelling or other building in use shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years or in state prison for not more than 5 years or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or both such imprisonment and fine. This section shall not apply to persons acting in the lawful defense of life or property or any law enforcement officer acting in the discharge of their duties. This section shall not apply for dwellings or buildings within the property of: (a) persons using underground or indoor target or test ranges with the consent of the owner or legal occupant thereof; (b) persons using outdoor skeet, trap, target or test ranges with the consent of the owner or legal occupant of the land on which the range is established; or (c) persons using shooting galleries, licensed and defined in section 56A of chapter 140. Nothing in this section shall exempt any persons from compliance with noise control laws, ordinances or by-laws in effect or from the prohibitions of section 58 of chapter 131.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 16
Failure or refusal to execute certificate
Status: in_force

Section 16. (a) If a person required to execute a certificate required by this chapter fails or refuses to do so, any other person who is adversely affected by the failure or refusal may petition the superior court department of the trial court to direct the execution of the certificate. If the court finds that the execution of the certificate is proper and that any person so designated has failed or refused to execute the certificate, it shall order the state secretary to record an appropriate certificate. (b) If a person required to execute an operating agreement or amendment thereto fails or refuses to do so, any person who is adversely affected by the failure or refusal may petition the superior court department of the trial court to direct the execution of the operating agreement or amendment thereto. If the court finds that the operating agreement or amendment thereto should be executed and that any person required to execute the operating agreement or amendment thereto has failed or refused to do so, it shall enter an order granting appropriate relief.

Section 16. (a) If a person required to execute a certificate required by this chapter fails or refuses to do so, any other person who is adversely affected by the failure or refusal may petition the superior court department of the trial court to direct the execution of the certificate. If the court finds that the execution of the certificate is proper and that any person so designated has failed or refused to execute the certificate, it shall order the state secretary to record an appropriate certificate.

(b) If a person required to execute an operating agreement or amendment thereto fails or refuses to do so, any person who is adversely affected by the failure or refusal may petition the superior court department of the trial court to direct the execution of the operating agreement or amendment thereto. If the court finds that the operating agreement or amendment thereto should be executed and that any person required to execute the operating agreement or amendment thereto has failed or refused to do so, it shall enter an order granting appropriate relief.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 113 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 113
Preparing ballots, etc.; procedure
Status: in_force

Section 113. The provisions of sections five, six and seven of chapter fifty-four A and so much of section eight thereof as relates to the order of polling places by which ballots are to be counted shall apply with respect to municipal elections in a city adopting this plan.

Section 113. The provisions of sections five, six and seven of chapter fifty-four A and so much of section eight thereof as relates to the order of polling places by which ballots are to be counted shall apply with respect to municipal elections in a city adopting this plan.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 190B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 190B
Mass marketed life or health insurance; reasonableness of charges; findings; orders; review
Status: in_force

Section 190B. No mass marketed life or health insurance may continue to be sold or offered to persons in the commonwealth if the commissioner finds that the total charges for the insurance to the persons insured are unreasonable in relation to the benefits provided. Any such finding shall be made after hearing after not less than thirty days' written notice to the insurer. The commissioner shall make findings in writing, including the reasons therefore, and may issue an order directing the insurer to cease selling or offering to sell such insurance. Such order shall continue in effect until the total charges for the insurance are found to be reasonable in relation to the benefits. Any person or company aggrieved by any order of the commissioner under this paragraph may, within twenty days from the filing of a memorandum thereof in his office, file a petition in the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county for a review of such order. The order of the commissioner shall remain in full force and effect pending the final decision of the court unless the court or a justice thereof after notice to the commissioner shall by a special order otherwise direct. The court shall have jurisdiction to annul or affirm such order and shall review all questions in accordance with the standards for review provided in paragraph (7) of section fourteen of chapter thirty A and may make any appropriate order or decree.

Section 190B. No mass marketed life or health insurance may continue to be sold or offered to persons in the commonwealth if the commissioner finds that the total charges for the insurance to the persons insured are unreasonable in relation to the benefits provided. Any such finding shall be made after hearing after not less than thirty days' written notice to the insurer. The commissioner shall make findings in writing, including the reasons therefore, and may issue an order directing the insurer to cease selling or offering to sell such insurance. Such order shall continue in effect until the total charges for the insurance are found to be reasonable in relation to the benefits. Any person or company aggrieved by any order of the commissioner under this paragraph may, within twenty days from the filing of a memorandum thereof in his office, file a petition in the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county for a review of such order. The order of the commissioner shall remain in full force and effect pending the final decision of the court unless the court or a justice thereof after notice to the commissioner shall by a special order otherwise direct. The court shall have jurisdiction to annul or affirm such order and shall review all questions in accordance with the standards for review provided in paragraph (7) of section fourteen of chapter thirty A and may make any appropriate order or decree.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 135 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 135
Prosecutions; necessity of neglect to make changes; notice; liability of corporate officer
Status: in_force

Section 135. A criminal prosecution shall not be begun against a person for a violation of any provision of sections one hundred and thirty-three or one hundred and thirty-four unless he has, after receiving notice from the attorney general of the changes necessary to comply with said sections, neglected to make such changes. A notice shall be sufficient under this section if given to one member of a firm, or to the clerk, cashier, secretary, agent or any other officer having charge of the business of a corporation, or to its attorney, or, in the case of a foreign corporation, to the officer or person having charge of any such industrial establishment or railroad establishment; and such officer or person shall be personally liable for the amount of any fine if a judgment against the corporation is unsatisfied.

Section 135. A criminal prosecution shall not be begun against a person for a violation of any provision of sections one hundred and thirty-three or one hundred and thirty-four unless he has, after receiving notice from the attorney general of the changes necessary to comply with said sections, neglected to make such changes. A notice shall be sufficient under this section if given to one member of a firm, or to the clerk, cashier, secretary, agent or any other officer having charge of the business of a corporation, or to its attorney, or, in the case of a foreign corporation, to the officer or person having charge of any such industrial establishment or railroad establishment; and such officer or person shall be personally liable for the amount of any fine if a judgment against the corporation is unsatisfied.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 224, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 224 / Section 25
Debtors of commonwealth; examination
Status: in_force

Section 25. If he represents to the jailer that he desires to be examined relative to his property and ability to pay, the jailer shall notify the proper court. The court shall thereupon appoint a time and place for the examination of the debtor and notify the district attorney for the district by a notice, which shall be served by giving to him personally, or by leaving at his usual place of abode, thirty days at least before the time appointed for the examination, an attested copy thereof.

Section 25. If he represents to the jailer that he desires to be examined relative to his property and ability to pay, the jailer shall notify the proper court. The court shall thereupon appoint a time and place for the examination of the debtor and notify the district attorney for the district by a notice, which shall be served by giving to him personally, or by leaving at his usual place of abode, thirty days at least before the time appointed for the examination, an attested copy thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 49, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 49 / Section 30
Care of distrained animals
Status: in_force

Section 30. Beasts so distrained shall be impounded in the pound or in some suitable place under the immediate care and inspection of the distrainor, and he shall furnish them with suitable food and water while they remain impounded.

Section 30. Beasts so distrained shall be impounded in the pound or in some suitable place under the immediate care and inspection of the distrainor, and he shall furnish them with suitable food and water while they remain impounded.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 262 / Section 44
Copies
Status: in_force

Section 44. The department of public utilities or the department of telecommunications and cable may charge a fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for copies of official documents and orders relating to common and contract carriers. Other public officers required by law to furnish copies of records or other papers shall receive fees for such copies at the same rate as is provided in paragraph (a) of section ten of chapter sixty-six, unless otherwise provided.

Section 44. The department of public utilities or the department of telecommunications and cable may charge a fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for copies of official documents and orders relating to common and contract carriers. Other public officers required by law to furnish copies of records or other papers shall receive fees for such copies at the same rate as is provided in paragraph (a) of section ten of chapter sixty-six, unless otherwise provided.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 2A — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 2A
Issuance of writs of venire facias for special grand jury
Status: in_force

Section 2A. The clerk of the courts in any county, or in Suffolk county the clerk of the superior court for criminal business, shall, upon written request of the attorney general accompanied by a certificate that public necessity requires such action, signed by the chief justice of the superior court, issue writs of venire facias for forty-five veniremen of whom the court shall select twenty-three for service as a special grand jury to hear, consider and report on such matters as the attorney general may present. Said jurors shall serve for a period of six months, unless sooner discharged by the attorney general or by the said chief justice, and shall be drawn, summoned and returned in the same manner, and shall have the same powers and receive the same compensation, as grand jurors summoned for service under sections one and two, and the provisions of sections three to fourteen, so far as apt, shall apply to such jurors. In Middlesex county, the clerk of the courts shall send a letter of venire to the jury commissioner as set forth in section twelve of chapter two hundred and thirty-four A.

Section 2A. The clerk of the courts in any county, or in Suffolk county the clerk of the superior court for criminal business, shall, upon written request of the attorney general accompanied by a certificate that public necessity requires such action, signed by the chief justice of the superior court, issue writs of venire facias for forty-five veniremen of whom the court shall select twenty-three for service as a special grand jury to hear, consider and report on such matters as the attorney general may present. Said jurors shall serve for a period of six months, unless sooner discharged by the attorney general or by the said chief justice, and shall be drawn, summoned and returned in the same manner, and shall have the same powers and receive the same compensation, as grand jurors summoned for service under sections one and two, and the provisions of sections three to fourteen, so far as apt, shall apply to such jurors. In Middlesex county, the clerk of the courts shall send a letter of venire to the jury commissioner as set forth in section twelve of chapter two hundred and thirty-four A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 78, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 78 / Section 23
Board meetings; quorum
Status: in_force

Section 23. The board shall hold at least four regular meetings each year for the purpose of granting certificates. A quorum for said purpose shall consist of three members.

Section 23. The board shall hold at least four regular meetings each year for the purpose of granting certificates. A quorum for said purpose shall consist of three members.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203E, sec. 703 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203E / Section 703
Co-trustees
Status: in_force

Section 703. Co-trustees (a) Co-trustees who are unable to reach a unanimous decision may act by majority decision. (b) If a vacancy occurs in a co-trusteeship, the remaining co-trustees may act for the trust. (c) A co-trustee shall participate in the performance of a trustee's function unless the co-trustee is unavailable to perform the function because of absence, illness, disqualification under other laws or other temporary incapacity or the co-trustee has properly delegated the performance of the function to another trustee. (d) If a co-trustee is unavailable to perform duties because of absence, illness, disqualification under other laws or other temporary incapacity and prompt action is necessary to achieve the purposes of the trust or to avoid injury to the trust property, the remaining co-trustee or a majority of the remaining co-trustees may act for the trust. (e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f), a trustee who does not join in an action of another trustee shall not be liable for the action. (f) Each trustee shall exercise reasonable care to: (1) prevent a co-trustee from committing a breach of trust; and (2) compel a co-trustee to redress a breach of trust.

Section 703. Co-trustees

(a) Co-trustees who are unable to reach a unanimous decision may act by majority decision.

(b) If a vacancy occurs in a co-trusteeship, the remaining co-trustees may act for the trust.

(c) A co-trustee shall participate in the performance of a trustee's function unless the co-trustee is unavailable to perform the function because of absence, illness, disqualification under other laws or other temporary incapacity or the co-trustee has properly delegated the performance of the function to another trustee.

(d) If a co-trustee is unavailable to perform duties because of absence, illness, disqualification under other laws or other temporary incapacity and prompt action is necessary to achieve the purposes of the trust or to avoid injury to the trust property, the remaining co-trustee or a majority of the remaining co-trustees may act for the trust.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f), a trustee who does not join in an action of another trustee shall not be liable for the action.

(f) Each trustee shall exercise reasonable care to:

(1) prevent a co-trustee from committing a breach of trust; and

(2) compel a co-trustee to redress a breach of trust.