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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183B, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183B / Section 51
Completion of promised improvements; responsibility for recording deed or notice
Status: in_force

Section 51. (a) The developer shall complete all promised improvements described in the time-share instrument and promotional materials. (b) Unless the purchaser of a time-share agrees in writing to record the evidence of his ownership of the time-share, the developer or the managing entity shall record the time-share deed or notice of time-share lease or time-share license, on behalf of the purchaser in the appropriate registry of deeds or land registration office for the district in which the time-share property is located within five days after the performance of the terms and conditions of the purchase and sale agreement or within six months of the date of contract to purchase whichever shall occur earlier. All representations made by the developer as of the date of delivery of the time-share deed or notice of time-share lease or license shall be true and correct on the date of recording said deed or notice by the developer.

Section 51. (a) The developer shall complete all promised improvements described in the time-share instrument and promotional materials.

(b) Unless the purchaser of a time-share agrees in writing to record the evidence of his ownership of the time-share, the developer or the managing entity shall record the time-share deed or notice of time-share lease or time-share license, on behalf of the purchaser in the appropriate registry of deeds or land registration office for the district in which the time-share property is located within five days after the performance of the terms and conditions of the purchase and sale agreement or within six months of the date of contract to purchase whichever shall occur earlier. All representations made by the developer as of the date of delivery of the time-share deed or notice of time-share lease or license shall be true and correct on the date of recording said deed or notice by the developer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 103 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 103
Jurisdiction of courts
Status: in_force

Section 103. The supreme judicial and superior courts shall have jurisdiction in equity to require the certification of any application for an absent voting ballot which the registrars have unreasonably refused to certify, to order the counting of any ballot improperly rejected, or to enjoin the counting of any ballot which cannot reasonably be identified as the ballot of a person lawfully entitled to vote as provided in sections eighty-six to one hundred and two, inclusive, or which was not cast in accordance therewith; provided, that no proceeding hereunder shall be begun later than the date fixed by law for the final canvass of votes cast for candidates for state offices.

Section 103. The supreme judicial and superior courts shall have jurisdiction in equity to require the certification of any application for an absent voting ballot which the registrars have unreasonably refused to certify, to order the counting of any ballot improperly rejected, or to enjoin the counting of any ballot which cannot reasonably be identified as the ballot of a person lawfully entitled to vote as provided in sections eighty-six to one hundred and two, inclusive, or which was not cast in accordance therewith; provided, that no proceeding hereunder shall be begun later than the date fixed by law for the final canvass of votes cast for candidates for state offices.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 210, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 210 / Section 4
Notice
Status: in_force

Section 4. If the written consent required by section two is not submitted to the court with the petition, the court shall, except where the court under section three has determined that such consent and notice is not required, order notice by personal service upon the parties of an order of notice, in such form as shall be prescribed under section thirty of chapter two hundred and fifteen, or, if the parties are not found within this commonwealth, by publication of said order of notice once in each of three successive weeks in such newspaper as the court orders, the last publication to be seven days at least before the time appointed for the hearing, and the court may require additional notice and consent. But if such child is of unknown parentage and is a foundling, publication as herein set forth shall not be required; but notice of the petition shall be given to the department of children and families.

Section 4. If the written consent required by section two is not submitted to the court with the petition, the court shall, except where the court under section three has determined that such consent and notice is not required, order notice by personal service upon the parties of an order of notice, in such form as shall be prescribed under section thirty of chapter two hundred and fifteen, or, if the parties are not found within this commonwealth, by publication of said order of notice once in each of three successive weeks in such newspaper as the court orders, the last publication to be seven days at least before the time appointed for the hearing, and the court may require additional notice and consent. But if such child is of unknown parentage and is a foundling, publication as herein set forth shall not be required; but notice of the petition shall be given to the department of children and families.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 11
Officers; duties
Status: in_force

Section 11. The president, vice-president, if any, the secretary, assistant secretary, if any, the treasurer, and assistant treasurer, if any, shall be annually sworn and their oaths entered of record in the books of the non-profit hospital service corporation. Each director shall file with the secretary a written acceptance of the trust before he is qualified to act. The secretary, the treasurer, and each assistant secretary and each assistant treasurer, if any, of such a corporation shall, before entering upon his duties, give a bond payable to the corporation, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties. The bond shall be executed as surety by a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth, and shall be in a form satisfactory to the commissioner of insurance and in such penal sum as the commissioner shall prescribe. If the authority of any such surety company to transact business in the commonwealth is terminated, each officer bonded as aforesaid by such surety company shall forthwith execute a new bond in compliance with this section. The secretary shall keep a record of the attendance, the votes taken and the manner in which each director votes, and of all other proceedings of all meetings of the directors and subscribers, and such other books and records as the president and directors may require. The records so kept shall be evidence of all elections and of the transactions to which they relate.

Section 11. The president, vice-president, if any, the secretary, assistant secretary, if any, the treasurer, and assistant treasurer, if any, shall be annually sworn and their oaths entered of record in the books of the non-profit hospital service corporation.

Each director shall file with the secretary a written acceptance of the trust before he is qualified to act.

The secretary, the treasurer, and each assistant secretary and each assistant treasurer, if any, of such a corporation shall, before entering upon his duties, give a bond payable to the corporation, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties. The bond shall be executed as surety by a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth, and shall be in a form satisfactory to the commissioner of insurance and in such penal sum as the commissioner shall prescribe. If the authority of any such surety company to transact business in the commonwealth is terminated, each officer bonded as aforesaid by such surety company shall forthwith execute a new bond in compliance with this section.

The secretary shall keep a record of the attendance, the votes taken and the manner in which each director votes, and of all other proceedings of all meetings of the directors and subscribers, and such other books and records as the president and directors may require. The records so kept shall be evidence of all elections and of the transactions to which they relate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268A, sec. 8B — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 268A / Section 8B
Members of commonwealth utilities commission; prohibited lobbying activities
Status: in_force

Section 8B. No member of the commonwealth utilities commission, appointed pursuant to section 2 of chapter 25, or the commissioner of telecommunications and cable shall, within one year after his service has ceased or terminated on said commission, be employed by, or lobby said commission on behalf of, any company or regulated industry over which said commission had jurisdiction during the tenure of such member of the commission.

Section 8B. No member of the commonwealth utilities commission, appointed pursuant to section 2 of chapter 25, or the commissioner of telecommunications and cable shall, within one year after his service has ceased or terminated on said commission, be employed by, or lobby said commission on behalf of, any company or regulated industry over which said commission had jurisdiction during the tenure of such member of the commission.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 109 / Section 20
Person erroneously believing himself limited partner
Status: in_force

Section 20. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who makes a contribution to a business enterprise and erroneously but in good faith believes that he has become a limited partner in the enterprise is not a general partner in the enterprise and is not bound by its obligations by reason of making the contribution, receiving distributions from the enterprise, or exercising any rights of a limited partner, if, on ascertaining the mistake, he: (1) causes an appropriate certificate of limited partnership or a certificate of amendment to be executed and filed; or (2) withdraws from future equity participation in the enterprise by executing and filing in the office of the state secretary a certificate declaring withdrawal under this section. (b) A person who makes a contribution of the kind described in subsection (a) is liable as a general partner to any third party who transacts business with the enterprise (i) before the person withdraws and an appropriate certificate is filed to show withdrawal, or (ii) before an appropriate certificate is filed to show that he is not a general partner, but in either case only if the third party actually believed in good faith that the person was a general partner at the time of the transaction.

Section 20. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who makes a contribution to a business enterprise and erroneously but in good faith believes that he has become a limited partner in the enterprise is not a general partner in the enterprise and is not bound by its obligations by reason of making the contribution, receiving distributions from the enterprise, or exercising any rights of a limited partner, if, on ascertaining the mistake, he:

(1) causes an appropriate certificate of limited partnership or a certificate of amendment to be executed and filed; or

(2) withdraws from future equity participation in the enterprise by executing and filing in the office of the state secretary a certificate declaring withdrawal under this section.

(b) A person who makes a contribution of the kind described in subsection (a) is liable as a general partner to any third party who transacts business with the enterprise (i) before the person withdraws and an appropriate certificate is filed to show withdrawal, or (ii) before an appropriate certificate is filed to show that he is not a general partner, but in either case only if the third party actually believed in good faith that the person was a general partner at the time of the transaction.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 2
Officials authorized to exercise eminent domain
Status: in_force

Section 2. Where no other provision is made by law, a taking of land by eminent domain by or on behalf of the commonwealth shall be made by the governor and council, a taking by or on behalf of a county by the county commissioners of such county, a taking by or on behalf of a city by the aldermen, a taking by or on behalf of a town by the selectmen, a taking by or on behalf of a district by its prudential committee and a taking by or on behalf of a private corporation by its board of directors.

Section 2. Where no other provision is made by law, a taking of land by eminent domain by or on behalf of the commonwealth shall be made by the governor and council, a taking by or on behalf of a county by the county commissioners of such county, a taking by or on behalf of a city by the aldermen, a taking by or on behalf of a town by the selectmen, a taking by or on behalf of a district by its prudential committee and a taking by or on behalf of a private corporation by its board of directors.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 147, sec. 56 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 147 / Section 56
Sale of power lawn mowers; safety devices required; rules and regulations; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 56. Every motor-driven implement or machine used for the purpose of cutting grass sold, offered for sale, or held with intent to sell in the commonwealth shall be equipped with a safety device designed and attached by the manufacturer in accordance with the specifications and requirements established by the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure for the purpose of protecting the operator thereof and any other person from objects which may be ejected or propelled from the blade area of such implement or machine. Said commissioner may promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this section. Whoever violates any provisions of this section or of any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each offense.

Section 56. Every motor-driven implement or machine used for the purpose of cutting grass sold, offered for sale, or held with intent to sell in the commonwealth shall be equipped with a safety device designed and attached by the manufacturer in accordance with the specifications and requirements established by the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure for the purpose of protecting the operator thereof and any other person from objects which may be ejected or propelled from the blade area of such implement or machine. Said commissioner may promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this section. Whoever violates any provisions of this section or of any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each offense.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 57 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 57
Dealings by owner; registration as act of conveyance
Status: in_force

Section 57. An owner of registered land may convey, mortgage, lease, charge or otherwise deal with it as fully as if it had not been registered. He may use forms of deeds, mortgages, leases or other voluntary instruments, like those now in use, sufficient in law for the purpose intended. But no deed, mortgage or other voluntary instrument, except a will and a lease for a term not exceeding seven years, purporting to convey or affect registered land, shall take effect as a conveyance or bind the land, but shall operate only as a contract between the parties, and as evidence of authority to the recorder or assistant recorder to make registration. The act of registration only shall be the operative act to convey or affect the land, and in all cases the registration shall be made in the office of the assistant recorder for the district or districts where the land lies.

Section 57. An owner of registered land may convey, mortgage, lease, charge or otherwise deal with it as fully as if it had not been registered. He may use forms of deeds, mortgages, leases or other voluntary instruments, like those now in use, sufficient in law for the purpose intended. But no deed, mortgage or other voluntary instrument, except a will and a lease for a term not exceeding seven years, purporting to convey or affect registered land, shall take effect as a conveyance or bind the land, but shall operate only as a contract between the parties, and as evidence of authority to the recorder or assistant recorder to make registration. The act of registration only shall be the operative act to convey or affect the land, and in all cases the registration shall be made in the office of the assistant recorder for the district or districts where the land lies.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 243, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 243 / Section 3
Judgment of abatement in second action
Status: in_force

Section 3. If the plaintiff recovers judgment in a second action for the continuance or repetition of the same nuisance, he shall be entitled as of right to a judgment for abatement and removal and to a warrant as provided in section one, if judgment in the former action was in his favor and whether it included an order for abatement or removal or not.

Section 3. If the plaintiff recovers judgment in a second action for the continuance or repetition of the same nuisance, he shall be entitled as of right to a judgment for abatement and removal and to a warrant as provided in section one, if judgment in the former action was in his favor and whether it included an order for abatement or removal or not.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 204, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 204 / Section 8
License to sell; duration
Status: in_force

Section 8. No license to sell by an executor, administrator, guardian, conservator or trustee shall be in force for more than one year after the granting thereof, except as provided in section eighteen of chapter two hundred and two.

Section 8. No license to sell by an executor, administrator, guardian, conservator or trustee shall be in force for more than one year after the granting thereof, except as provided in section eighteen of chapter two hundred and two.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 99 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 99
Misbehavior before the enemy
Status: in_force

Article 99. Misbehavior before the enemy. A person subject to this code who, before or in the presence of the enemy: (1) runs away; (2) shamefully abandons, surrender or delivers up any command, unit, place or military property which it is such person's duty to defend; (3) through disobedience, neglect or intentional misconduct, endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place or military property; (4) casts away such person's arms or ammunition; (5) is guilty of cowardly conduct; (6) quits such person's place of duty to plunder or pillage; (7) causes false alarms in a command, unit or place under control of the armed forces of the United States or the state military forces; (8) willfully fails to do such person's utmost to encounter, engage, capture or destroy enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft or any other thing which is such person's duty to encounter, engage, capture or destroy; or (9) does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any troops, combatants, vessels or aircraft of the armed forces belonging to the United States or their allies, to the commonwealth or to any other state when engaged in battle shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Article 99. Misbehavior before the enemy.

A person subject to this code who, before or in the presence of the enemy: (1) runs away; (2) shamefully abandons, surrender or delivers up any command, unit, place or military property which it is such person's duty to defend; (3) through disobedience, neglect or intentional misconduct, endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place or military property; (4) casts away such person's arms or ammunition; (5) is guilty of cowardly conduct; (6) quits such person's place of duty to plunder or pillage; (7) causes false alarms in a command, unit or place under control of the armed forces of the United States or the state military forces; (8) willfully fails to do such person's utmost to encounter, engage, capture or destroy enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft or any other thing which is such person's duty to encounter, engage, capture or destroy; or (9) does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any troops, combatants, vessels or aircraft of the armed forces belonging to the United States or their allies, to the commonwealth or to any other state when engaged in battle shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64D, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64D / Section 2
Person subject to tax; method of denoting payment; ''person'' defined
Status: in_force

Section 2. The tax imposed by this chapter shall be paid by the person who makes or signs the deed, instrument or writing, or for whose benefit the same is made or signed. The payment of the tax shall be denoted by adhesive stamps affixed to the deed, instrument or writing, or to the vellum, parchment or paper upon which it is written or printed. The person using or affixing a stamp shall cancel the same by writing or stamping thereon the initials of his name and the date when the same is affixed or used, in such manner that it cannot be used again; provided, however, that the stamp shall not be so defaced as to prevent determination of its denomination and genuineness. The word ''person'' shall, for the purposes of this chapter only, include political subdivisions of the commonwealth.

Section 2. The tax imposed by this chapter shall be paid by the person who makes or signs the deed, instrument or writing, or for whose benefit the same is made or signed. The payment of the tax shall be denoted by adhesive stamps affixed to the deed, instrument or writing, or to the vellum, parchment or paper upon which it is written or printed.

The person using or affixing a stamp shall cancel the same by writing or stamping thereon the initials of his name and the date when the same is affixed or used, in such manner that it cannot be used again; provided, however, that the stamp shall not be so defaced as to prevent determination of its denomination and genuineness.

The word ''person'' shall, for the purposes of this chapter only, include political subdivisions of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 38K — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 38K
Public relations bureau in school departments; establishment
Status: in_force

Section 38K. In cities having a population of over one hundred thousand, the school committee may establish within the school department a bureau of public relations for the purpose of improving public relations between the school department and the community. Said bureau shall be under the control of a director, and such other assistants as the committee deems necessary may be employed to carry out the purpose of such bureau. The director and assistants appointed under the provisions of this section shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter thirty-one.

Section 38K. In cities having a population of over one hundred thousand, the school committee may establish within the school department a bureau of public relations for the purpose of improving public relations between the school department and the community. Said bureau shall be under the control of a director, and such other assistants as the committee deems necessary may be employed to carry out the purpose of such bureau. The director and assistants appointed under the provisions of this section shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter thirty-one.