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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 58A, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 58A / Section 11
Oaths; witnesses; depositions
Status: in_force

Section 11. Any member of the board, or any employee of the board designated in writing for the purpose by the chairman, may administer oaths, and any member of the board may summon and examine witnesses and require, by subpoena signed by the member, the production of all returns, books, papers, documents, correspondence and other evidence, pertinent to the matter under inquiry, at any designated place of hearing, and may require the taking of a deposition before any person competent to administer oaths, either within or without the commonwealth. In the case of a deposition, the testimony shall be reduced to writing by the person taking the deposition or under his direction and shall then be subscribed by the deponent. Either party may summon witnesses or may require the production of papers in the same manner in which witnesses may be summoned and papers may be required to be produced for the purpose of trials in the superior courts of the commonwealth. Any witness summoned or whose deposition is taken shall receive the same fees and mileage as witnesses in said courts.

Section 11. Any member of the board, or any employee of the board designated in writing for the purpose by the chairman, may administer oaths, and any member of the board may summon and examine witnesses and require, by subpoena signed by the member, the production of all returns, books, papers, documents, correspondence and other evidence, pertinent to the matter under inquiry, at any designated place of hearing, and may require the taking of a deposition before any person competent to administer oaths, either within or without the commonwealth. In the case of a deposition, the testimony shall be reduced to writing by the person taking the deposition or under his direction and shall then be subscribed by the deponent.

Either party may summon witnesses or may require the production of papers in the same manner in which witnesses may be summoned and papers may be required to be produced for the purpose of trials in the superior courts of the commonwealth. Any witness summoned or whose deposition is taken shall receive the same fees and mileage as witnesses in said courts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 45, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 45 / Section 8
Use of parks by military forces
Status: in_force

Section 8. Without the consent of such board no military organization shall camp, parade, review, or perform any military evolution or exercise in, or enter, any park laid out as aforesaid, except in case of riot, insurrection, rebellion or war.

Section 8. Without the consent of such board no military organization shall camp, parade, review, or perform any military evolution or exercise in, or enter, any park laid out as aforesaid, except in case of riot, insurrection, rebellion or war.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 49, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 49 / Section 32
Release of distrained animals; conditions
Status: in_force

Section 32. The pound keeper shall not deliver the beasts to the owner until his fees, the amount so demanded by the distrainor for the damages and charges aforesaid, the expense, if any, of advertising, and all other legal costs and expenses have been paid to him.

Section 32. The pound keeper shall not deliver the beasts to the owner until his fees, the amount so demanded by the distrainor for the damages and charges aforesaid, the expense, if any, of advertising, and all other legal costs and expenses have been paid to him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 11
Payment of price of share
Status: in_force

Section 11. No gas or electric company shall declare any stock or scrip dividend or divide the proceeds of the sale of stock or scrip among its stockholders unless the department approves; nor shall any gas or electric company except as provided in this chapter issue any share of stock to any person unless the par value of the shares so issued or the price thereof as fixed and determined under sections eighteen and nineteen is first paid in cash to its treasurer. The conveyance to such company of real or personal property shall be deemed a sufficient paying in of its original capital stock to such amount as may be approved by the department under the provisions of section fourteen.

Section 11. No gas or electric company shall declare any stock or scrip dividend or divide the proceeds of the sale of stock or scrip among its stockholders unless the department approves; nor shall any gas or electric company except as provided in this chapter issue any share of stock to any person unless the par value of the shares so issued or the price thereof as fixed and determined under sections eighteen and nineteen is first paid in cash to its treasurer. The conveyance to such company of real or personal property shall be deemed a sufficient paying in of its original capital stock to such amount as may be approved by the department under the provisions of section fourteen.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 206, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 206 / Section 5
Property; accounting; profits or losses
Status: in_force

Section 5. An executor or administrator with respect to personal property or a guardian, conservator or trustee with respect to real and personal property shall account for such property at its appraised value, but he shall make no profit by the increase nor sustain any loss by the decrease or destruction of any part thereof without his fault. If he sells any of such property for more than its appraised value, he shall account for the excess; if he sells for less than its appraised value, he shall be allowed for the loss if the court finds that the sale was expedient, and for the interest of all concerned; and he shall not be accountable for a debt inventoried as due to the estate if the court finds that it remains uncollected without his fault.

Section 5. An executor or administrator with respect to personal property or a guardian, conservator or trustee with respect to real and personal property shall account for such property at its appraised value, but he shall make no profit by the increase nor sustain any loss by the decrease or destruction of any part thereof without his fault. If he sells any of such property for more than its appraised value, he shall account for the excess; if he sells for less than its appraised value, he shall be allowed for the loss if the court finds that the sale was expedient, and for the interest of all concerned; and he shall not be accountable for a debt inventoried as due to the estate if the court finds that it remains uncollected without his fault.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 84, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 84 / Section 18
Notice of injury; contents; limitation of action
Status: in_force

Section 18. A person so injured shall, within thirty days thereafter, give to the county, city, town or person by law obliged to keep said way in repair, notice of the name and place of residence of the person injured, and the time, place and cause of said injury or damage; and if the said county, city, town or person does not pay the amount thereof, he may recover the same in an action of tort if brought within three years after the date of such injury or damage. Such notice shall not be invalid or insufficient solely by reason of any inaccuracy in stating the name or place of residence of the person injured, or the time, place or cause of the injury, if it is shown that there was no intention to mislead and that the party entitled to notice was not in fact misled thereby. The words ''place of residence of the person injured'', as used in this and the two following sections, shall include the street and number, if any, of his residence as well as the name of the city or town thereof. Failure to give such notice for such injury or damage sustained by reason of snow or ice shall not be a defense under this section unless the defendant proves that he was prejudiced thereby.

Section 18. A person so injured shall, within thirty days thereafter, give to the county, city, town or person by law obliged to keep said way in repair, notice of the name and place of residence of the person injured, and the time, place and cause of said injury or damage; and if the said county, city, town or person does not pay the amount thereof, he may recover the same in an action of tort if brought within three years after the date of such injury or damage. Such notice shall not be invalid or insufficient solely by reason of any inaccuracy in stating the name or place of residence of the person injured, or the time, place or cause of the injury, if it is shown that there was no intention to mislead and that the party entitled to notice was not in fact misled thereby. The words ''place of residence of the person injured'', as used in this and the two following sections, shall include the street and number, if any, of his residence as well as the name of the city or town thereof. Failure to give such notice for such injury or damage sustained by reason of snow or ice shall not be a defense under this section unless the defendant proves that he was prejudiced thereby.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 74 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 74
Judgment for whole or part of penalty
Status: in_force

Section 74. If the penalty of a recognizance of a party or witness in a criminal prosecution is adjudged forfeited, the court may render judgment, upon such terms as it may order, against the principal or surety, or both, for the whole of the penalty with interest, or, in its discretion, for a part thereof, upon the filing in the case of a certificate of the district attorney or prosecuting officer stating that the interests of justice would be furthered thereby and setting forth specifically the reasons therefor; and no person shall, on behalf of the commonwealth, accept in satisfaction of any such judgment or any new judgment entered on review under section seventy-six any sum less than the full amount thereof.

Section 74. If the penalty of a recognizance of a party or witness in a criminal prosecution is adjudged forfeited, the court may render judgment, upon such terms as it may order, against the principal or surety, or both, for the whole of the penalty with interest, or, in its discretion, for a part thereof, upon the filing in the case of a certificate of the district attorney or prosecuting officer stating that the interests of justice would be furthered thereby and setting forth specifically the reasons therefor; and no person shall, on behalf of the commonwealth, accept in satisfaction of any such judgment or any new judgment entered on review under section seventy-six any sum less than the full amount thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 2W — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 2W
Water Pollution Abatement and Drinking Water Projects Administration Fund
Status: in_force

Section 2W. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Water Pollution Abatement and Drinking Water Projects Administration Fund. There shall be credited to said fund any amounts transferred under sections 5 and 18 of chapter 29C and any income derived from the investment of amounts credited to said fund. Amounts credited to said fund shall be held in an expendable trust and the department of environmental protection shall report monthly all amounts credited to said fund and all expenditures by subsidiary on the Massachusetts management and accounting reporting system, so-called. Said amounts shall be used solely for the administration of section 27A of chapter 21 and section 18 of said chapter 29C.

Section 2W. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Water Pollution Abatement and Drinking Water Projects Administration Fund. There shall be credited to said fund any amounts transferred under sections 5 and 18 of chapter 29C and any income derived from the investment of amounts credited to said fund. Amounts credited to said fund shall be held in an expendable trust and the department of environmental protection shall report monthly all amounts credited to said fund and all expenditures by subsidiary on the Massachusetts management and accounting reporting system, so-called. Said amounts shall be used solely for the administration of section 27A of chapter 21 and section 18 of said chapter 29C.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 206, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 206 / Section 7
Account of guardian or conservator of mentally ill person or a person with an intellectual disability; allowance; condition precedent
Status: in_force

Section 7. No final account or discharge of a guardian of a person with an intellectual disability shall be allowed unless at least seven days' notice has been given to the department of developmental services in the case of a person with an intellectual disability. No account of a guardian of a mentally ill person or a person with an intellectual disability or of a conservator shall be allowed without such notice as the court may order to the United States veterans' bureau or its successor if the ward is entitled to any benefit, estate or income paid or payable by or through said bureau or its successor.

Section 7. No final account or discharge of a guardian of a person with an intellectual disability shall be allowed unless at least seven days' notice has been given to the department of developmental services in the case of a person with an intellectual disability. No account of a guardian of a mentally ill person or a person with an intellectual disability or of a conservator shall be allowed without such notice as the court may order to the United States veterans' bureau or its successor if the ward is entitled to any benefit, estate or income paid or payable by or through said bureau or its successor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, sec. 8B — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 279 / Section 8B
Commission of crime while released on personal recognizance; consecutive sentence
Status: in_force

Section 8B. If a defendant on release subject to the provisions of section fifty-eight of chapter two hundred and seventy-six, commits a crime, the sentence imposed for such a crime shall run consecutively to the earlier sentence for the crime for which he was on release.

Section 8B. If a defendant on release subject to the provisions of section fifty-eight of chapter two hundred and seventy-six, commits a crime, the sentence imposed for such a crime shall run consecutively to the earlier sentence for the crime for which he was on release.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 187, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 187 / Section 3
Notice of intention to prevent acquisition by custom
Status: in_force

Section 3. If a person apprehends that a right of way or other easement in or over his land may be acquired by custom, use or otherwise by any person or class of persons, he may give public notice of his intention to prevent the acquisition of such easement, by causing a copy of such notice to be posted in a conspicuous place upon the premises for six successive days, and such posting shall prevent the acquiring of such easement by use for any length of time thereafter; or he may prevent a particular person or persons from acquiring such easement by causing a copy of such notice to be served upon him or them as provided by law for the service of an original summons in a civil action. Such notice from the agent, guardian or conservator of the owner of land shall have the same effect as a notice from the owner himself. A certificate, by an officer qualified to serve civil process, that such copy has been served or posted by him as above provided, if made upon the original notice and recorded with it, within three months after the service or posting, in the registry of deeds for the county or district in which the land lies, shall be conclusive evidence of such service or posting.

Section 3. If a person apprehends that a right of way or other easement in or over his land may be acquired by custom, use or otherwise by any person or class of persons, he may give public notice of his intention to prevent the acquisition of such easement, by causing a copy of such notice to be posted in a conspicuous place upon the premises for six successive days, and such posting shall prevent the acquiring of such easement by use for any length of time thereafter; or he may prevent a particular person or persons from acquiring such easement by causing a copy of such notice to be served upon him or them as provided by law for the service of an original summons in a civil action. Such notice from the agent, guardian or conservator of the owner of land shall have the same effect as a notice from the owner himself. A certificate, by an officer qualified to serve civil process, that such copy has been served or posted by him as above provided, if made upon the original notice and recorded with it, within three months after the service or posting, in the registry of deeds for the county or district in which the land lies, shall be conclusive evidence of such service or posting.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 241 / Section 3
Land within jurisdiction of probate court in two or more counties
Status: in_force

Section 3. If a case is begun in a probate court and the land is within the jurisdiction of the probate court in 2 or more counties, the court in which proceedings are first begun shall retain jurisdiction thereof, which shall exclude the jurisdiction of probate courts of other counties; but this shall not prevent the probate court in any other county where a part of the common land lies, not included in the original petition, from making partition thereof.

Section 3. If a case is begun in a probate court and the land is within the jurisdiction of the probate court in 2 or more counties, the court in which proceedings are first begun shall retain jurisdiction thereof, which shall exclude the jurisdiction of probate courts of other counties; but this shall not prevent the probate court in any other county where a part of the common land lies, not included in the original petition, from making partition thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 247, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 247 / Section 12
Application of amounts received by creditor
Status: in_force

Section 12. All amounts received by such creditor from the proceeds of the sale of goods attached or taken on execution and afterward returned, or received by him for the value of goods not returned, or recovered from the officer for the insufficiency of the sureties on the bond, shall be applied to the discharge of the judgment recovered by the creditor; and all amounts received as interest or damages for the delay of his execution shall be applied, one half to the sole use of the creditor, and the other half in discharge of the judgment.

Section 12. All amounts received by such creditor from the proceeds of the sale of goods attached or taken on execution and afterward returned, or received by him for the value of goods not returned, or recovered from the officer for the insufficiency of the sureties on the bond, shall be applied to the discharge of the judgment recovered by the creditor; and all amounts received as interest or damages for the delay of his execution shall be applied, one half to the sole use of the creditor, and the other half in discharge of the judgment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 158, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 158 / Section 41
Submission of certificate to secretary; approval; filing; fee
Status: in_force

Section 41. The certificate or copy which is required by section eleven, fifteen, thirty-two, thirty-seven, thirty-nine or forty to be filed shall, before filing, be submitted to the secretary, who shall examine the same; and if it appears to him to be a sufficient compliance in form with the requirements of law, he shall certify his approval thereof by endorsement upon the same; but he shall endorse only the date and fact of submission to his inspection upon the copies of votes of corporations; and upon the payment of the fee provided by section forty-three, the same may be filed in the office of the state secretary; and, upon such filing, the corporation and its officers shall be conclusively held to have complied with the requirements of law in respect to the filing of such certificate or copy, except that it may be shown in evidence that the statements made in such certificate or copy were false, and were known to be so by any officer signing or making oath to the same.

Section 41. The certificate or copy which is required by section eleven, fifteen, thirty-two, thirty-seven, thirty-nine or forty to be filed shall, before filing, be submitted to the secretary, who shall examine the same; and if it appears to him to be a sufficient compliance in form with the requirements of law, he shall certify his approval thereof by endorsement upon the same; but he shall endorse only the date and fact of submission to his inspection upon the copies of votes of corporations; and upon the payment of the fee provided by section forty-three, the same may be filed in the office of the state secretary; and, upon such filing, the corporation and its officers shall be conclusively held to have complied with the requirements of law in respect to the filing of such certificate or copy, except that it may be shown in evidence that the statements made in such certificate or copy were false, and were known to be so by any officer signing or making oath to the same.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23A, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23A / Section 8
Acceptance of gifts and grants
Status: in_force

Section 8. MOBD may accept gifts or grants of money or property from any source, which shall be held in trust for the use of MOBD by the director of MOBD as custodian.

Section 8. MOBD may accept gifts or grants of money or property from any source, which shall be held in trust for the use of MOBD by the director of MOBD as custodian.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209C, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 209C / Section 23
Intermarriage of parents; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Section 23. (a) If, after adjudication of parentage or voluntary acknowledgment of parentage, the parents of the child intermarry, any order or judgments of the court relative to support, custody, visitation and restraint on personal liberty shall be null and void, except as to any support arrearage which is owed to the commonwealth as reimbursement for public assistance and which accrued before the date that the parents intermarry and the court shall have no continuing jurisdiction over the parties under this chapter. (b) If, after proceedings are commenced but before an adjudication of parentage is issued, the parents intermarry, the court may adjudicate parentage hereunder but shall have no other jurisdiction over the child or the parents under this chapter. (c) An action under this chapter may be commenced after the intermarriage of the parents of the child only to determine parentage.

Section 23. (a) If, after adjudication of parentage or voluntary acknowledgment of parentage, the parents of the child intermarry, any order or judgments of the court relative to support, custody, visitation and restraint on personal liberty shall be null and void, except as to any support arrearage which is owed to the commonwealth as reimbursement for public assistance and which accrued before the date that the parents intermarry and the court shall have no continuing jurisdiction over the parties under this chapter.

(b) If, after proceedings are commenced but before an adjudication of parentage is issued, the parents intermarry, the court may adjudicate parentage hereunder but shall have no other jurisdiction over the child or the parents under this chapter.

(c) An action under this chapter may be commenced after the intermarriage of the parents of the child only to determine parentage.