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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6A, sec. 107 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6A / Section 107
Secretary of veterans' services; traveling and other expenses
Status: in_force

Section 107. The secretary shall be allowed their traveling expenses when necessary for the secretary to visit Washington, D.C., and may expend for such purpose and for all other expenses necessary for the proper performance of the secretary's duties such sums as are annually appropriated therefor.

Section 107. The secretary shall be allowed their traveling expenses when necessary for the secretary to visit Washington, D.C., and may expend for such purpose and for all other expenses necessary for the proper performance of the secretary's duties such sums as are annually appropriated therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 134 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 134
Corps of cadets; rights preserved
Status: in_force

Section 134. The First Corps of Cadets and the Second Corps of Cadets shall be organized as the commander-in-chief directs, and may retain their respective names, the right to wear such distinctive uniforms as may be approved from time to time by the commander-in-chief, and retain their ancient privileges as prescribed in Title 32 of the United States Code.

Section 134. The First Corps of Cadets and the Second Corps of Cadets shall be organized as the commander-in-chief directs, and may retain their respective names, the right to wear such distinctive uniforms as may be approved from time to time by the commander-in-chief, and retain their ancient privileges as prescribed in Title 32 of the United States Code.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 79 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 79
Filing of descriptions with department
Status: in_force

Section 79. The corporation may, within one year after it has purchased land for railroad purposes, file with the commissioners of each county where such land is situated a description thereof, defining the courses, distances and boundaries of such land and certified by the clerk of the department in such form and with such other particulars as the rules of the department may require.

Section 79. The corporation may, within one year after it has purchased land for railroad purposes, file with the commissioners of each county where such land is situated a description thereof, defining the courses, distances and boundaries of such land and certified by the clerk of the department in such form and with such other particulars as the rules of the department may require.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 158, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 158 / Section 24
Increase or reduction of capital stock
Status: in_force

Section 24. Every corporation, unless otherwise expressly provided, at a meeting called for the purpose, may increase or reduce the amount of its capital stock and the number of shares therein, within the amount limited by its charter, if a chartered corporation, and by the provisions of this chapter, if organized under general laws.

Section 24. Every corporation, unless otherwise expressly provided, at a meeting called for the purpose, may increase or reduce the amount of its capital stock and the number of shares therein, within the amount limited by its charter, if a chartered corporation, and by the provisions of this chapter, if organized under general laws.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 44
Cremation of bodies
Status: in_force

Section 44. The body of a deceased person shall not be cremated within 48 hours after his decease unless he died of a contagious or infectious disease, and, if the death occurred within the commonwealth, the body shall not be cremated by any corporation authorized to cremate the bodies of the dead until its officers have received the certificate or burial permit required by law before burial, and a certificate from a medical examiner or similarly authorized person that he has viewed the body and made personal inquiry into the cause and manner of death, and is of opinion that no further examination or judicial inquiry concerning the same is necessary. If the death occurs without the commonwealth, the medical examiner's certificate may be provided by a medical examiner or similarly authorized person in whose jurisdiction said death occurred or the reception and cremation of the body of a deceased person shall be governed by a by-law or regulation made or approved by the department of public health as provided in section nine.

Section 44. The body of a deceased person shall not be cremated within 48 hours after his decease unless he died of a contagious or infectious disease, and, if the death occurred within the commonwealth, the body shall not be cremated by any corporation authorized to cremate the bodies of the dead until its officers have received the certificate or burial permit required by law before burial, and a certificate from a medical examiner or similarly authorized person that he has viewed the body and made personal inquiry into the cause and manner of death, and is of opinion that no further examination or judicial inquiry concerning the same is necessary. If the death occurs without the commonwealth, the medical examiner's certificate may be provided by a medical examiner or similarly authorized person in whose jurisdiction said death occurred or the reception and cremation of the body of a deceased person shall be governed by a by-law or regulation made or approved by the department of public health as provided in section nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21, sec. 3D — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21 / Section 3D
Acting directors
Status: in_force

Section 3D. The commissioner may designate acting directors during the absence or disability of a director. Such acting director shall have the powers of the director, provisions in the general laws to the contrary notwithstanding.

Section 3D. The commissioner may designate acting directors during the absence or disability of a director. Such acting director shall have the powers of the director, provisions in the general laws to the contrary notwithstanding.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, sec. 11C — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 269 / Section 11C
Manufacture, assembly, import, sale or transfer ownership of an untraceable firearm; prima facie evidence; punishment; destruction
Status: in_force

Section 11C. Whoever, by themself or with another, knowingly manufactures, assembles, imports, sells or transfers ownership of an untraceable firearm, or knowingly participates in the manufacture, assembly, import, sale or transfer of an untraceable firearm or purchases or receives a firearm with knowledge that it is untraceable, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 12 months and not more than 21/2 years. Possession or control of a firearm that is untraceable shall be prima facie evidence that the person having such possession or control is guilty of a violation of this section; but such prima facie evidence may be rebutted by evidence that such person had no knowledge that the firearm was untraceable, or by evidence that they had no guilty knowledge thereof. Upon a conviction of a violation of this section said firearm shall be forwarded, by the authority of the written order of the court, to the colonel of the state police, who shall cause said firearm or to be destroyed.

Section 11C. Whoever, by themself or with another, knowingly manufactures, assembles, imports, sells or transfers ownership of an untraceable firearm, or knowingly participates in the manufacture, assembly, import, sale or transfer of an untraceable firearm or purchases or receives a firearm with knowledge that it is untraceable, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 12 months and not more than 21/2 years. Possession or control of a firearm that is untraceable shall be prima facie evidence that the person having such possession or control is guilty of a violation of this section; but such prima facie evidence may be rebutted by evidence that such person had no knowledge that the firearm was untraceable, or by evidence that they had no guilty knowledge thereof. Upon a conviction of a violation of this section said firearm shall be forwarded, by the authority of the written order of the court, to the colonel of the state police, who shall cause said firearm or to be destroyed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 55 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 55
Restrictions on distribution of feed
Status: in_force

Section 55. No person shall distribute feed if (a) its labeling is false or misleading in any particular manner; (b) it is distributed under the name of another feed; (c) it is not labeled as required in section fifty-three and in regulations promulgated by the commissioner; (d) it purports to be or is represented as a commercial feed, or if it purports to contain or is represented as containing a commercial feed ingredient which does not conform to the definition, if any, prescribed by regulation of the commissioner or his deputy. In the absence of a prescribed definition by the commissioner, conformity to the commonly accepted definitions as those issued by the Association of American Feed Control Officials shall apply; (e) any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of sections fifty-one through sixty to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness, as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices, in the labeling, and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.

Section 55. No person shall distribute feed if (a) its labeling is false or misleading in any particular manner;

(b) it is distributed under the name of another feed;

(c) it is not labeled as required in section fifty-three and in regulations promulgated by the commissioner;

(d) it purports to be or is represented as a commercial feed, or if it purports to contain or is represented as containing a commercial feed ingredient which does not conform to the definition, if any, prescribed by regulation of the commissioner or his deputy. In the absence of a prescribed definition by the commissioner, conformity to the commonly accepted definitions as those issued by the Association of American Feed Control Officials shall apply;

(e) any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of sections fifty-one through sixty to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness, as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices, in the labeling, and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, sec. 50 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 50
Children's author and children's illustrator of commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 50. The author Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss , shall be the official children's author and children's illustrator of the commonwealth.

Section 50. The author Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss , shall be the official children's author and children's illustrator of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 180, sec. 17D — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 180 / Section 17D
School teachers; payroll deductions for income protection insurance premiums
Status: in_force

Section 17D. With the approval of a school committee deductions may be made from the salary of a school teacher of any amount which such teacher may specify in writing to the city, town or district school committee by which he is employed for the payment of premiums for income protection insurance, and upon notification of such approval the treasurer of the city, town or district shall deduct from the salary of such teacher such amount of premium as may be certified to him on the payroll and transmit the sum so deducted to the insurance company providing said income protection insurance. Authorization by a school teacher for such deductions may be withdrawn by him by giving at least sixty days' notice in writing of such withdrawal to said school committee.

Section 17D. With the approval of a school committee deductions may be made from the salary of a school teacher of any amount which such teacher may specify in writing to the city, town or district school committee by which he is employed for the payment of premiums for income protection insurance, and upon notification of such approval the treasurer of the city, town or district shall deduct from the salary of such teacher such amount of premium as may be certified to him on the payroll and transmit the sum so deducted to the insurance company providing said income protection insurance. Authorization by a school teacher for such deductions may be withdrawn by him by giving at least sixty days' notice in writing of such withdrawal to said school committee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 62G — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 62G
Federal environmental impact statements in lieu of reports
Status: in_force

Section 62G. In the case of projects for which an environmental impact statement is required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, draft and final federal environmental impact statements may be submitted in lieu of environmental impact reports.

Section 62G. In the case of projects for which an environmental impact statement is required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, draft and final federal environmental impact statements may be submitted in lieu of environmental impact reports.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 179 / Section 7
By-laws; annexation of penalties
Status: in_force

Section 7. They may make by-laws consistent with law for the orderly conducting of their business, with penalties for the breach thereof not exceeding three dollars for each offence; but by-laws with penalties annexed shall be approved by the county commissioners for the county where the estate lies.

Section 7. They may make by-laws consistent with law for the orderly conducting of their business, with penalties for the breach thereof not exceeding three dollars for each offence; but by-laws with penalties annexed shall be approved by the county commissioners for the county where the estate lies.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 4
First assistant clerks; appointment
Status: in_force

Section 4. The justices of the supreme judicial court shall appoint for a term of three years from the date of their appointment, and may remove, first assistant clerks of courts for the counties of: Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Worcester and in Suffolk, a first assistant clerk of the supreme judicial court. First assistant clerks of courts except in Suffolk county shall act as assistant clerks of the supreme judicial court, the superior court department and the county commissioners.

Section 4. The justices of the supreme judicial court shall appoint for a term of three years from the date of their appointment, and may remove, first assistant clerks of courts for the counties of: Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Worcester and in Suffolk, a first assistant clerk of the supreme judicial court.

First assistant clerks of courts except in Suffolk county shall act as assistant clerks of the supreme judicial court, the superior court department and the county commissioners.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64I, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64I / Section 24
Advertisement that vendor will assume or absorb tax
Status: in_force

Section 24. It shall be unlawful for any vendor to advertise or hold out or state to the public or any customer, directly or indirectly, that the tax, or any part thereof, will be assumed or absorbed by the vendor or that it will not be added to the selling price of the property or services sold or, if added, it or any part thereof will be refunded. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for each offense.

Section 24. It shall be unlawful for any vendor to advertise or hold out or state to the public or any customer, directly or indirectly, that the tax, or any part thereof, will be assumed or absorbed by the vendor or that it will not be added to the selling price of the property or services sold or, if added, it or any part thereof will be refunded. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for each offense.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 63 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 63
Willful noncompliance with Secs. 50 to 62A; liability for damages
Status: in_force

Section 63. Any consumer reporting agency, person who furnishes information to any consumer reporting agency, or user of information which willfully fails to comply with any requirement imposed under sections 50 to 62A, inclusive, with respect to any consumer shall be liable to that consumer in an amount equal to the sum of— (1) any actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure; (2) such amount of punitive damages as the court may allow; and (3) in the case of any successful action to enforce any liability under this section, the costs of the action together with reasonable attorney's fees as determined by the court.

Section 63. Any consumer reporting agency, person who furnishes information to any consumer reporting agency, or user of information which willfully fails to comply with any requirement imposed under sections 50 to 62A, inclusive, with respect to any consumer shall be liable to that consumer in an amount equal to the sum of—

(1) any actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure;

(2) such amount of punitive damages as the court may allow; and

(3) in the case of any successful action to enforce any liability under this section, the costs of the action together with reasonable attorney's fees as determined by the court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 295 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 295
Penalty for violation of Sec. 291
Status: in_force

Section 295. Whoever violates any provision of section two hundred and ninety-one shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two months.

Section 295. Whoever violates any provision of section two hundred and ninety-one shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two months.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156, sec. 46 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156 / Section 46
Sale, lease or exchange of property and assets; remedy of dissenting stockholder
Status: in_force

Section 46. A stockholder in any corporation which shall have duly voted to sell, lease or exchange all its property and assets or to change the nature of its business in accordance with section forty-two, who, at the meeting of stockholders, has voted against such action may, within thirty days after the date of said meeting, make a written demand upon the corporation for payment for his stock. If the corporation and the stockholder cannot agree upon the value of the stock at the date of such sale, lease, exchange or change, such value shall be ascertained by three disinterested persons, one of whom shall be named by the stockholder, another by the corporation and the third by the two thus chosen. The finding of the appraisers shall be final, and if their award is not paid by the corporation within thirty days after it is made, it may be recovered in contract by the stockholder from the corporation. Upon payment by the corporation to the stockholder of the agreed or awarded price of his stock, the stockholder shall forthwith transfer and assign the stock certificates held by him at, and in accordance with, the request of the corporation. The word ''sell'' as used in this section shall not include mortgage or pledge.

Section 46. A stockholder in any corporation which shall have duly voted to sell, lease or exchange all its property and assets or to change the nature of its business in accordance with section forty-two, who, at the meeting of stockholders, has voted against such action may, within thirty days after the date of said meeting, make a written demand upon the corporation for payment for his stock. If the corporation and the stockholder cannot agree upon the value of the stock at the date of such sale, lease, exchange or change, such value shall be ascertained by three disinterested persons, one of whom shall be named by the stockholder, another by the corporation and the third by the two thus chosen. The finding of the appraisers shall be final, and if their award is not paid by the corporation within thirty days after it is made, it may be recovered in contract by the stockholder from the corporation. Upon payment by the corporation to the stockholder of the agreed or awarded price of his stock, the stockholder shall forthwith transfer and assign the stock certificates held by him at, and in accordance with, the request of the corporation. The word ''sell'' as used in this section shall not include mortgage or pledge.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 23Z — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 23Z
Rules and regulations of the board of respiratory care; roster of licensees
Status: in_force

Section 23Z. The board shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations to carry into effect sections twenty-three R to twenty-three BB, inclusive, and may amend and revoke such rules and regulations at its discretion. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a roster of all persons licensed by it under this section. The roster shall include the licensee's name, last known business and residential addresses, date of licensing, and license number.

Section 23Z. The board shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations to carry into effect sections twenty-three R to twenty-three BB, inclusive, and may amend and revoke such rules and regulations at its discretion. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a roster of all persons licensed by it under this section. The roster shall include the licensee's name, last known business and residential addresses, date of licensing, and license number.