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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 22
Co-operative bank mortgage
Status: in_force

Section 22. A co-operative bank mortgage following in substance the form entitled ''Co-operative Bank Mortgage'' shall when duly executed have the force and effect of a mortgage deed to the use of the mortgagee and its successors and assigns, with mortgage covenants and upon the statutory co-operative bank mortgage condition and with the statutory co-operative bank power of sale, as defined in the two following sections, to secure the payment of the money or the performance of any obligation therein specified. If any buildings on the mortgaged premises shall be wholly or partly destroyed by a fire in respect to which the company or companies insuring the same shall deny liability to the insured, the mortgagee may at its option forfeit said shares, and, after applying the withdrawal value thereof to the payment of said loan, interest and fines, may assign the mortgage with the note and debt thereby secured to such company or companies upon payment by it or them of the balance then owing to the mortgagee on account of said loan; whereupon said note and mortgage shall forthwith become a note and mortgage payable on demand with interest at the rate set forth in said mortgage, payable semi-annually, the first payment of such interest to become due six months after the date of such assignment. The parties may insert in such co-operative bank mortgage any lawful agreement or condition.

Section 22. A co-operative bank mortgage following in substance the form entitled ''Co-operative Bank Mortgage'' shall when duly executed have the force and effect of a mortgage deed to the use of the mortgagee and its successors and assigns, with mortgage covenants and upon the statutory co-operative bank mortgage condition and with the statutory co-operative bank power of sale, as defined in the two following sections, to secure the payment of the money or the performance of any obligation therein specified. If any buildings on the mortgaged premises shall be wholly or partly destroyed by a fire in respect to which the company or companies insuring the same shall deny liability to the insured, the mortgagee may at its option forfeit said shares, and, after applying the withdrawal value thereof to the payment of said loan, interest and fines, may assign the mortgage with the note and debt thereby secured to such company or companies upon payment by it or them of the balance then owing to the mortgagee on account of said loan; whereupon said note and mortgage shall forthwith become a note and mortgage payable on demand with interest at the rate set forth in said mortgage, payable semi-annually, the first payment of such interest to become due six months after the date of such assignment.

The parties may insert in such co-operative bank mortgage any lawful agreement or condition.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, sec. 13F — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 265 / Section 13F
Indecent assault and battery on a person with an intellectual disability; assault and battery
Status: in_force

Section 13F. Whoever commits an indecent assault and battery on a person with an intellectual disability knowing such person to have an intellectual disability shall for the first offense be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than five years or not more than ten years; and for a second or subsequent offense, by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than ten years. Except in the case of a conviction for the first offense for violation of this section, the imposition or execution of the sentence shall not be suspended, and no probation or parole shall be granted until the minimum imprisonment herein provided for the offense shall have been served. This section shall not apply to the commission of an indecent assault and battery by a person with an intellectual disability upon another person with an intellectual disability. Whoever commits an assault and battery on a person with an intellectual disability knowing such person to have an intellectual disability shall for the first offense be punished by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than two and one-half years or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years; and, for a second or subsequent offense, by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years. This section shall not apply to the commission of an assault and battery by a mentally retarded person upon another mentally retarded person.

Section 13F. Whoever commits an indecent assault and battery on a person with an intellectual disability knowing such person to have an intellectual disability shall for the first offense be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than five years or not more than ten years; and for a second or subsequent offense, by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than ten years. Except in the case of a conviction for the first offense for violation of this section, the imposition or execution of the sentence shall not be suspended, and no probation or parole shall be granted until the minimum imprisonment herein provided for the offense shall have been served. This section shall not apply to the commission of an indecent assault and battery by a person with an intellectual disability upon another person with an intellectual disability.

Whoever commits an assault and battery on a person with an intellectual disability knowing such person to have an intellectual disability shall for the first offense be punished by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than two and one-half years or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years; and, for a second or subsequent offense, by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years. This section shall not apply to the commission of an assault and battery by a mentally retarded person upon another mentally retarded person.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 69 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 69
Report relative to labor of prisoners
Status: in_force

Section 69. The superintendent or keeper of each institution named in section fifty-one shall make a full report to the commissioner relative to the labor of the prisoners whenever he requires it.

Section 69. The superintendent or keeper of each institution named in section fifty-one shall make a full report to the commissioner relative to the labor of the prisoners whenever he requires it.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 8
Limitation of Sec. 7
Status: in_force

Section 8. If, at any biennial state election, a city in which such board has been appointed shall not vote to authorize the granting of licenses for the sale of any alcoholic beverages, all obligations imposed upon said city by the preceding section shall cease from and after the thirty-first day of December next following such vote and, from and after said date, the powers and duties granted to and imposed upon said board in respect to such licenses as it is authorized to grant under this chapter irrespective of any vote under section eleven and licenses of innholders and common victuallers shall vest in the aldermen of said city. If said city shall, at a subsequent biennial state election again vote to authorize the granting of licenses for the sale of such beverages, the obligations imposed by the preceding section shall be revived and shall attach to said city from and after January first next following such vote and, from and after said date, the powers and duties of the aldermen relative to such licenses shall revest in the licensing board appointed in said city. This section shall not apply to a city wherein by a special statute such a board is vested with all the powers and duties in respect to the granting of licenses of innholders and common victuallers notwithstanding any vote under this chapter.

Section 8. If, at any biennial state election, a city in which such board has been appointed shall not vote to authorize the granting of licenses for the sale of any alcoholic beverages, all obligations imposed upon said city by the preceding section shall cease from and after the thirty-first day of December next following such vote and, from and after said date, the powers and duties granted to and imposed upon said board in respect to such licenses as it is authorized to grant under this chapter irrespective of any vote under section eleven and licenses of innholders and common victuallers shall vest in the aldermen of said city. If said city shall, at a subsequent biennial state election again vote to authorize the granting of licenses for the sale of such beverages, the obligations imposed by the preceding section shall be revived and shall attach to said city from and after January first next following such vote and, from and after said date, the powers and duties of the aldermen relative to such licenses shall revest in the licensing board appointed in said city. This section shall not apply to a city wherein by a special statute such a board is vested with all the powers and duties in respect to the granting of licenses of innholders and common victuallers notwithstanding any vote under this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 142D — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 142D
Receptacles exempt from marking requirements
Status: in_force

Section 142D. The director of labor and workforce development and the commissioner of public health acting jointly may, by reasonable rules and regulations, exempt from the provisions of sections one hundred and forty-two A and one hundred and forty-two B, under such restrictions as they may deem advisable, (a) closed receptacles which are in the possession of the manufacturer by whom the contents of such receptacles were made or compounded or of a common carrier, provided in each case said director and commissioner are satisfied that such contents are to be used only outside the commonwealth; (b) receptacles containing material used exclusively as motor fuel; (c) receptacles containing material which, as last compounded, contained a per cent by weight of benzol, carbon tetrachloride or other substance which said director and commissioner determine to be not so hazardous to health as to warrant regulation.

Section 142D. The director of labor and workforce development and the commissioner of public health acting jointly may, by reasonable rules and regulations, exempt from the provisions of sections one hundred and forty-two A and one hundred and forty-two B, under such restrictions as they may deem advisable, (a) closed receptacles which are in the possession of the manufacturer by whom the contents of such receptacles were made or compounded or of a common carrier, provided in each case said director and commissioner are satisfied that such contents are to be used only outside the commonwealth; (b) receptacles containing material used exclusively as motor fuel; (c) receptacles containing material which, as last compounded, contained a per cent by weight of benzol, carbon tetrachloride or other substance which said director and commissioner determine to be not so hazardous to health as to warrant regulation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 186 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 186
Public use of machines requiring application of lips
Status: in_force

Section 186. No person shall provide for public use or entertainment in any place of public amusement or other place of public resort any so-called lung testing machine or similar contrivance the use of which requires the application of any part thereof to the lips. Violations of this or the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.

Section 186. No person shall provide for public use or entertainment in any place of public amusement or other place of public resort any so-called lung testing machine or similar contrivance the use of which requires the application of any part thereof to the lips. Violations of this or the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 71 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 71
Attachment of shares of stock prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 71. Shares of stock shall not be attached in a civil action in which only money damages are sought.

Section 71. Shares of stock shall not be attached in a civil action in which only money damages are sought.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268A, sec. 15A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 268A / Section 15A
Members of county commission or board; restrictions on appointments to certain positions
Status: in_force

Section 15A. No member of a county commission or board shall be eligible for appointment or election by the members of such commission or board to any office or position under the supervision of such commission or board. No former member of such commission or board shall be so eligible until the expiration of thirty days from the termination of his service as a member of such commission or board.

Section 15A. No member of a county commission or board shall be eligible for appointment or election by the members of such commission or board to any office or position under the supervision of such commission or board. No former member of such commission or board shall be so eligible until the expiration of thirty days from the termination of his service as a member of such commission or board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 45 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 45
Indictment for unnatural and lascivious acts
Status: in_force

Section 45. In an indictment under section thirty-five of chapter two hundred and seventy-two, an allegation that the defendant committed an unnatural and lascivious act with the person named or referred to in the indictment shall be sufficient.

Section 45. In an indictment under section thirty-five of chapter two hundred and seventy-two, an allegation that the defendant committed an unnatural and lascivious act with the person named or referred to in the indictment shall be sufficient.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176E, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176E / Section 15
Operators of dental service plan
Status: in_force

Section 15. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, except a dental service corporation, to establish, maintain or operate a non-profit dental service plan; provided, however, that this chapter shall not render unlawful or affect any operation or activity of any company organized under the provisions of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, of any society or fraternal benefit society organized under the provisions of chapter one hundred and seventy-six or subject to any of the provisions thereof, of any non-profit hospital service or medical service corporation organized under the provisions of chapter one hundred and seventy-six A, one hundred and seventy-six B, or one hundred and seventy-six C, or of any corporation organized or to be organized under chapter one hundred and eighty, the existence, purposes, activities and operations of which were lawful or would be lawful notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter.

Section 15. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, except a dental service corporation, to establish, maintain or operate a non-profit dental service plan; provided, however, that this chapter shall not render unlawful or affect any operation or activity of any company organized under the provisions of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, of any society or fraternal benefit society organized under the provisions of chapter one hundred and seventy-six or subject to any of the provisions thereof, of any non-profit hospital service or medical service corporation organized under the provisions of chapter one hundred and seventy-six A, one hundred and seventy-six B, or one hundred and seventy-six C, or of any corporation organized or to be organized under chapter one hundred and eighty, the existence, purposes, activities and operations of which were lawful or would be lawful notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 81H — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 81H
Record of proceedings of board of registration of professional engineers and of land surveyors; register of applications for registration; prima facie evidence; annual report to governor
Status: in_force

Section 81H. The board shall keep a full record of its proceedings and a register of applications for registration, which register shall show (a) the name, age and residence of each applicant; (b) the date of the application; (c) the place of business of such applicant; (d) his educational and other qualifications; (e) whether or not an examination was required; (f) whether the applicant was rejected; (g) whether a certificate of registration was granted; (h) the date of the action of the board; and (i) such other information as may be deemed necessary by the board. Such register shall be open to public inspection. The records of the board shall be prima facie evidence of the proceedings of the board set forth therein, and a transcript thereof, duly certified by the secretary of the board under the seal of the board, shall be admissible in evidence with the same force and effect as if the original were produced. The board shall make an annual report to the governor, which shall include an itemized statement of all receipts and expenses of the board for the year.

Section 81H. The board shall keep a full record of its proceedings and a register of applications for registration, which register shall show (a) the name, age and residence of each applicant; (b) the date of the application; (c) the place of business of such applicant; (d) his educational and other qualifications; (e) whether or not an examination was required; (f) whether the applicant was rejected; (g) whether a certificate of registration was granted; (h) the date of the action of the board; and (i) such other information as may be deemed necessary by the board. Such register shall be open to public inspection.

The records of the board shall be prima facie evidence of the proceedings of the board set forth therein, and a transcript thereof, duly certified by the secretary of the board under the seal of the board, shall be admissible in evidence with the same force and effect as if the original were produced.

The board shall make an annual report to the governor, which shall include an itemized statement of all receipts and expenses of the board for the year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40H, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40H / Section 9
Application of other laws to the community economic development assistance corporation
Status: in_force

Section 9. CEDAC shall be subject to section 16G1/2 of chapter 6A.

Section 9. CEDAC shall be subject to section 16G1/2 of chapter 6A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 23D — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 23D
Admissibility of benevolent statements, writings or gestures relating to accident victims
Status: in_force

Section 23D. As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: ''Accident'', an occurrence resulting in injury or death to one or more persons which is not the result of willful action by a party. ''Benevolent gestures'', actions which convey a sense of compassion or commiseration emanating from humane impulses. ''Family'', the spouse, parent, grandparent, stepmother, stepfather, child, grandchild, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, adopted children of parent, or spouse's parents of an injured party. Statements, writings or benevolent gestures expressing sympathy or a general sense of benevolence relating to the pain, suffering or death of a person involved in an accident and made to such person or to the family of such person shall be inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liability in a civil action.

Section 23D. As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:

''Accident'', an occurrence resulting in injury or death to one or more persons which is not the result of willful action by a party.

''Benevolent gestures'', actions which convey a sense of compassion or commiseration emanating from humane impulses.

''Family'', the spouse, parent, grandparent, stepmother, stepfather, child, grandchild, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, adopted children of parent, or spouse's parents of an injured party.

Statements, writings or benevolent gestures expressing sympathy or a general sense of benevolence relating to the pain, suffering or death of a person involved in an accident and made to such person or to the family of such person shall be inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liability in a civil action.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23I, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23I / Section 13
Life sciences sector database
Status: in_force

Section 13. The center shall develop a comprehensive, internet-based life sciences sector database for the organization of all relevant information, as determined by the center, related to the life sciences sector in the commonwealth. Access to said database shall be limited at the discretion of the center's president. Any documentary materials or data received by the center from any entity, private or public, for the express purpose of adding information to the life science database shall be exempt from section 10 of chapter 66 and the board may hold any discussion or consideration of database materials in executive session closed to the public, notwithstanding the provisions of section 11A1/2 of chapter 30A, but the purpose of any such executive session shall be set forth in the official minutes of the center and business not directly related to such purpose shall not be transacted nor shall any vote be taken during such executive session.

Section 13. The center shall develop a comprehensive, internet-based life sciences sector database for the organization of all relevant information, as determined by the center, related to the life sciences sector in the commonwealth. Access to said database shall be limited at the discretion of the center's president. Any documentary materials or data received by the center from any entity, private or public, for the express purpose of adding information to the life science database shall be exempt from section 10 of chapter 66 and the board may hold any discussion or consideration of database materials in executive session closed to the public, notwithstanding the provisions of section 11A1/2 of chapter 30A, but the purpose of any such executive session shall be set forth in the official minutes of the center and business not directly related to such purpose shall not be transacted nor shall any vote be taken during such executive session.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 120A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 120A
Motor vehicle; parking on private way; prosecution; evidence
Status: in_force

Section 120A. In any prosecution for committing the crime of trespass by parking a motor vehicle upon a private way or upon improved or enclosed land, proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time of such parking the registered owner of such vehicle shall be prima facie evidence that the defendant was the person who parked such vehicle upon such way or land at such time.

Section 120A. In any prosecution for committing the crime of trespass by parking a motor vehicle upon a private way or upon improved or enclosed land, proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time of such parking the registered owner of such vehicle shall be prima facie evidence that the defendant was the person who parked such vehicle upon such way or land at such time.