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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 182 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 182
Entertainment without license; exceptions
Status: in_force

Section 182. Whoever offers to view, sets up, sets on foot, maintains, carries on, publishes or otherwise assists in or promotes any such exhibition, show or amusement without such license shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars for each day in violation; and whoever commits a second such offense shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars for each day in violation; and whoever commits a third such offense shall be punished by a fine of five hundred dollars for each day in violation; and whoever commits a fourth such offense shall be punished by a fine of one thousand dollars a day for the next five days in violation and whoever commits a fifth or subsequent such offense shall be punished by a fine of five thousand dollars for each day in violation. This and the preceding section shall not apply to public entertainments by religious societies in their usual places of worship for a religious or charitable purpose, or to entertainments given in school buildings by or for the benefit of the pupils thereof and under the supervision of the principal or teacher in charge of the school classes therein, or to entertainments given in a private dwelling, except in apartments thereof having a seating capacity of four hundred or more, or to enterprises required to be licensed under section one hundred and eighty-three A.

Section 182. Whoever offers to view, sets up, sets on foot, maintains, carries on, publishes or otherwise assists in or promotes any such exhibition, show or amusement without such license shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars for each day in violation; and whoever commits a second such offense shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars for each day in violation; and whoever commits a third such offense shall be punished by a fine of five hundred dollars for each day in violation; and whoever commits a fourth such offense shall be punished by a fine of one thousand dollars a day for the next five days in violation and whoever commits a fifth or subsequent such offense shall be punished by a fine of five thousand dollars for each day in violation. This and the preceding section shall not apply to public entertainments by religious societies in their usual places of worship for a religious or charitable purpose, or to entertainments given in school buildings by or for the benefit of the pupils thereof and under the supervision of the principal or teacher in charge of the school classes therein, or to entertainments given in a private dwelling, except in apartments thereof having a seating capacity of four hundred or more, or to enterprises required to be licensed under section one hundred and eighty-three A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 92, sec. 87 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 92 / Section 87
Transfer of care and control of lands or interests in lands
Status: in_force

Section 87. The department may transfer, for care and control, including police protection, any lands or rights or easements or interest in land held by it under sections thirty-three and thirty-five to any city, town, county, or local board of a city or town within the urban parks district, with the consent of such city, town, county or board, and upon such terms and for such period as may mutually be agreed upon, and enter into an agreement with any such city, town, county or board for the joint care and control or police protection of such lands or rights therein, and also for laying out, constructing and maintaining ways into or across any such lands; and any city, town, or county, or any local board within the urban parks district, may transfer, for care and control, including police protection, any land, rights, easements or interest in land in its control, although the same be already a part of a public way owned or controlled by it, to the department for such period and upon such terms as may mutually be agreed upon, and may enter into an agreement with the department for the joint care and control, including police protection, of such land or public way. All the provisions of section thirty-six shall apply in the case of any public way within the limits of such land as may be transferred, for care and control under this section, to the department, to the same extent as though such way were a boulevard maintained by the division under section thirty-five.

Section 87. The department may transfer, for care and control, including police protection, any lands or rights or easements or interest in land held by it under sections thirty-three and thirty-five to any city, town, county, or local board of a city or town within the urban parks district, with the consent of such city, town, county or board, and upon such terms and for such period as may mutually be agreed upon, and enter into an agreement with any such city, town, county or board for the joint care and control or police protection of such lands or rights therein, and also for laying out, constructing and maintaining ways into or across any such lands; and any city, town, or county, or any local board within the urban parks district, may transfer, for care and control, including police protection, any land, rights, easements or interest in land in its control, although the same be already a part of a public way owned or controlled by it, to the department for such period and upon such terms as may mutually be agreed upon, and may enter into an agreement with the department for the joint care and control, including police protection, of such land or public way. All the provisions of section thirty-six shall apply in the case of any public way within the limits of such land as may be transferred, for care and control under this section, to the department, to the same extent as though such way were a boulevard maintained by the division under section thirty-five.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 194, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 194 / Section 9
Powers relating to real property
Status: in_force

Section 9. Public administrators may be authorized to take charge of the real property of the deceased or of any part thereof situated anywhere within the commonwealth, to lease the same, to collect the rents, and to make such repairs, and do all other things which may be considered necessary for the preservation of such real property and as a charge thereon. They may also be licensed by the probate court to sell the real property for the same purposes and in the same manner as other administrators. All laws relative to sales of land by administrators and the disposition of the proceeds shall govern such sales so far as applicable, except as otherwise provided in this chapter; provided, that the time limit imposed on sales by other administrators shall not apply to sales by public administrators, but shall be in the discretion of the court. The net proceeds of any sale after deducting the expenses thereof and other administration expenses, and such amount as may be required for the payment of debts in consequence of a deficiency in the personal property, shall, after one year from the time of the filing of the administrator's bond, except as provided in the following section, be distributed to the persons who would have been entitled to said real property in the proportions to which they would have been entitled had it not been sold.

Section 9. Public administrators may be authorized to take charge of the real property of the deceased or of any part thereof situated anywhere within the commonwealth, to lease the same, to collect the rents, and to make such repairs, and do all other things which may be considered necessary for the preservation of such real property and as a charge thereon. They may also be licensed by the probate court to sell the real property for the same purposes and in the same manner as other administrators. All laws relative to sales of land by administrators and the disposition of the proceeds shall govern such sales so far as applicable, except as otherwise provided in this chapter; provided, that the time limit imposed on sales by other administrators shall not apply to sales by public administrators, but shall be in the discretion of the court. The net proceeds of any sale after deducting the expenses thereof and other administration expenses, and such amount as may be required for the payment of debts in consequence of a deficiency in the personal property, shall, after one year from the time of the filing of the administrator's bond, except as provided in the following section, be distributed to the persons who would have been entitled to said real property in the proportions to which they would have been entitled had it not been sold.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, sec. 7A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 121B / Section 7A
Guidelines for contracts to be executed by housing authority and executive director
Status: in_force

Section 7A. The department shall promulgate guidelines for contracts to be executed by the housing authority and an executive director. The department may review all contracts between the housing authorities and executive directors and all terms for payments or monetary remuneration relevant to state payments; provided, however, that the department shall review all contracts and all terms for payments or monetary remuneration worth more than $100,000 per annum. The department may strike contract provisions that do not conform to the guidelines.

Section 7A. The department shall promulgate guidelines for contracts to be executed by the housing authority and an executive director. The department may review all contracts between the housing authorities and executive directors and all terms for payments or monetary remuneration relevant to state payments; provided, however, that the department shall review all contracts and all terms for payments or monetary remuneration worth more than $100,000 per annum. The department may strike contract provisions that do not conform to the guidelines.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44B, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44B / Section 13
Accurate account of recommendations and actions; records of appropriations and expenditures and of real property interests
Status: in_force

Section 13. The community preservation committee shall keep a full and accurate account of all of its actions, including its recommendations and the action taken on them and records of all appropriations or expenditures made from the Community Preservation Fund. The committee shall also keep records of any real property interests acquired, disposed of or improved by the city or town upon its recommendation, including the names and addresses of the grantors or grantees and the nature of the consideration. The records and accounts shall be public records.

Section 13. The community preservation committee shall keep a full and accurate account of all of its actions, including its recommendations and the action taken on them and records of all appropriations or expenditures made from the Community Preservation Fund. The committee shall also keep records of any real property interests acquired, disposed of or improved by the city or town upon its recommendation, including the names and addresses of the grantors or grantees and the nature of the consideration. The records and accounts shall be public records.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62B, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62B / Section 12
Effect of payment
Status: in_force

Section 12. All taxes deducted and withheld by an employer and paid over to the commissioner pursuant to section five shall be deemed and credited as payments on account of the tax imposed on income for the taxable year under chapter sixty-two.

Section 12. All taxes deducted and withheld by an employer and paid over to the commissioner pursuant to section five shall be deemed and credited as payments on account of the tax imposed on income for the taxable year under chapter sixty-two.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 6N — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 6N
Private ways; temporary repairs, ordinances or by-laws
Status: in_force

Section 6N. Cities and towns may by ordinance or by-law provide for making temporary repairs on private ways. Such ordinance or by-law shall determine ( a ) the type and extent of repairs; ( b ) if drainage shall be included; ( c ) if the repairs are required by public necessity; ( d ) the number of percentage of abutters who must petition for such repairs; ( e ) if betterment charges shall be assessed; ( f ) the liability limit of the city or town on account of damages caused by such repairs; ( g ) if the ways shall have been opened to public use for a term of years; and ( h ) if a cash deposit shall be required for said repairs.

Section 6N. Cities and towns may by ordinance or by-law provide for making temporary repairs on private ways. Such ordinance or by-law shall determine ( a ) the type and extent of repairs; ( b ) if drainage shall be included; ( c ) if the repairs are required by public necessity; ( d ) the number of percentage of abutters who must petition for such repairs; ( e ) if betterment charges shall be assessed; ( f ) the liability limit of the city or town on account of damages caused by such repairs; ( g ) if the ways shall have been opened to public use for a term of years; and ( h ) if a cash deposit shall be required for said repairs.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 215, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 215 / Section 44
Concealed property; examination of suspects under oath
Status: in_force

Section 44. Upon complaint to a probate court by a person interested in the estate of a deceased person against a person suspected of having fraudulently received, concealed, embezzled or conveyed away any property, real or personal, of the deceased, the court may cite such suspected person, although he is executor or administrator, to appear and be examined on oath upon the matter of the complaint. If the person so cited refuses to appear and submit to examination, or to answer such interrogatories as may be lawfully propounded to him, the court may commit him to jail until he submits to the order of the court. The examination shall be had and recorded in such manner as the court shall direct, and the final record shall be signed by the party examined. A proceeding hereunder shall be entitled ''petition for discovery''.

Section 44. Upon complaint to a probate court by a person interested in the estate of a deceased person against a person suspected of having fraudulently received, concealed, embezzled or conveyed away any property, real or personal, of the deceased, the court may cite such suspected person, although he is executor or administrator, to appear and be examined on oath upon the matter of the complaint. If the person so cited refuses to appear and submit to examination, or to answer such interrogatories as may be lawfully propounded to him, the court may commit him to jail until he submits to the order of the court. The examination shall be had and recorded in such manner as the court shall direct, and the final record shall be signed by the party examined. A proceeding hereunder shall be entitled ''petition for discovery''.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 295J — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 295J
Records of retail dealer
Status: in_force

Section 295J. Every retail dealer shall keep such records as may be prescribed by the orders, rules or regulations adopted by the division under section two hundred and ninety-five I, and all such records shall be safely preserved by such retail dealer for a period of one year, and shall be offered for inspection at any time upon oral or written demand by the division or any of its duly authorized agents or representatives.

Section 295J. Every retail dealer shall keep such records as may be prescribed by the orders, rules or regulations adopted by the division under section two hundred and ninety-five I, and all such records shall be safely preserved by such retail dealer for a period of one year, and shall be offered for inspection at any time upon oral or written demand by the division or any of its duly authorized agents or representatives.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64A, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64A / Section 3
Record of sales
Status: in_force

Section 3. Every distributor, unclassified importer and unclassified exporter shall keep a complete and accurate record of all sales of fuel, including the name and address of the purchaser, the place and date of delivery, the gross receipts and number of gallons for each type of fuel sold, and a complete and accurate record of the number of gallons imported, produced, refined, manufactured, compounded or exported and the date of importation, production, refining, manufacturing, compounding or exporting. Every distributor, unclassified importer and unclassified exporter shall also deliver with every consignment of fuel to a purchaser within the commonwealth a written statement containing the date of purchase, the names of the purchaser and seller, the number of gallons delivered, and shall retain a duplicate of each statement. Said records and said written statements shall be in such form as the commissioner shall prescribe and shall be preserved by said distributors, said unclassified importers, said unclassified exporters and said purchasers respectively, for a period of three years and shall be offered for inspection at any time upon oral or written demand by the commissioner or his duly authorized agents.

Section 3. Every distributor, unclassified importer and unclassified exporter shall keep a complete and accurate record of all sales of fuel, including the name and address of the purchaser, the place and date of delivery, the gross receipts and number of gallons for each type of fuel sold, and a complete and accurate record of the number of gallons imported, produced, refined, manufactured, compounded or exported and the date of importation, production, refining, manufacturing, compounding or exporting. Every distributor, unclassified importer and unclassified exporter shall also deliver with every consignment of fuel to a purchaser within the commonwealth a written statement containing the date of purchase, the names of the purchaser and seller, the number of gallons delivered, and shall retain a duplicate of each statement. Said records and said written statements shall be in such form as the commissioner shall prescribe and shall be preserved by said distributors, said unclassified importers, said unclassified exporters and said purchasers respectively, for a period of three years and shall be offered for inspection at any time upon oral or written demand by the commissioner or his duly authorized agents.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21 / Section 39
Reservoirs
Status: in_force

Section 39. The water resources commission may, from the proceeds of bond issues authorized for water pollution control, construct or expand reservoirs at locations throughout the commonwealth for the purpose of providing low flow augmentations in time of drought and in such other times as rivers and streams may require additional water flow to carry off treated effluents discharged into said rivers and streams. The commission, in behalf of the commonwealth, may take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine or acquire by purchase, gift, or otherwise any land, water rights, or other easements, public or private, necessary for accomplishing the purpose of this section; provided that no taking may be made of water which is used for municipal, agriculture or industrial water supply purposes. The commission may enter into agreements with any federal agency to accept any federal grants that may be available for the aforesaid purpose. Such a reservoir shall not be used for public water supply purposes unless its location, design, and operation, and any subsequent treatment or purification shall be approved by the department of public health.

Section 39. The water resources commission may, from the proceeds of bond issues authorized for water pollution control, construct or expand reservoirs at locations throughout the commonwealth for the purpose of providing low flow augmentations in time of drought and in such other times as rivers and streams may require additional water flow to carry off treated effluents discharged into said rivers and streams. The commission, in behalf of the commonwealth, may take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine or acquire by purchase, gift, or otherwise any land, water rights, or other easements, public or private, necessary for accomplishing the purpose of this section; provided that no taking may be made of water which is used for municipal, agriculture or industrial water supply purposes. The commission may enter into agreements with any federal agency to accept any federal grants that may be available for the aforesaid purpose. Such a reservoir shall not be used for public water supply purposes unless its location, design, and operation, and any subsequent treatment or purification shall be approved by the department of public health.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 235 / Section 23
Execution on judgments against fiduciaries, sheriffs, etc.; execution for possession of rented or leased dwelling
Status: in_force

Section 23. Original executions issuing on judgments against executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciary officers in their representative capacity, including any such original execution running against two or more parties, any one or more of whom are fiduciary officers as aforesaid in their representative capacity, or against sheriffs under section ten of chapter thirty-seven, or on special judgments entered under section twenty-four, shall be made returnable within sixty days after the date of the execution. Except as hereinafter provided, in all other cases, original executions shall be made returnable within twenty years after the date of the judgment. Executions for possession of premises rented or leased for dwelling purposes obtained in actions pursuant to chapter two hundred and thirty-nine shall not be issued later than three months following the date of judgment, except that any period during which execution was stayed by order of the court or by an agreement of the parties filed with the court shall be excluded from the computation of the period of limitation. Such executions shall be made returnable within three months after the date of issuance and shall state the date of issuance and the return date. No sheriff, constable, officer, or other person shall serve or levy upon any such execution for possession later than three months following the date of the issuance of the execution.

Section 23. Original executions issuing on judgments against executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciary officers in their representative capacity, including any such original execution running against two or more parties, any one or more of whom are fiduciary officers as aforesaid in their representative capacity, or against sheriffs under section ten of chapter thirty-seven, or on special judgments entered under section twenty-four, shall be made returnable within sixty days after the date of the execution. Except as hereinafter provided, in all other cases, original executions shall be made returnable within twenty years after the date of the judgment.

Executions for possession of premises rented or leased for dwelling purposes obtained in actions pursuant to chapter two hundred and thirty-nine shall not be issued later than three months following the date of judgment, except that any period during which execution was stayed by order of the court or by an agreement of the parties filed with the court shall be excluded from the computation of the period of limitation. Such executions shall be made returnable within three months after the date of issuance and shall state the date of issuance and the return date. No sheriff, constable, officer, or other person shall serve or levy upon any such execution for possession later than three months following the date of the issuance of the execution.