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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 109 / Section 13
Filing of certificates
Status: in_force

Section 13. (a) Two signed copies of the certificate of limited partnership and of any certificates of amendment or cancellation, or of any judicial decree of amendment or cancellation, shall be delivered to the secretary of state. A person who executes a certificate as an agent or fiduciary need not exhibit evidence of his authority as a prerequisite to filing. Unless the secretary of state finds that any certificate does not conform to law, upon receipt of all filing fees required by law he shall: (1) endorse on each duplicate original the word ''filed'' and the day, month and year of the filing thereof; (2) file one duplicate original in his office; and (3) return the other duplicate original to the person who filed it or his representative. (b) Upon the filing of a certificate of amendment, or judicial decree of amendment, in the office of the secretary of state, the certificate of limited partnership shall be amended as set forth therein, and upon the effective date of a certificate of cancellation, or a judicial decree thereof, the certificate of limited partnership is cancelled.

Section 13. (a) Two signed copies of the certificate of limited partnership and of any certificates of amendment or cancellation, or of any judicial decree of amendment or cancellation, shall be delivered to the secretary of state. A person who executes a certificate as an agent or fiduciary need not exhibit evidence of his authority as a prerequisite to filing. Unless the secretary of state finds that any certificate does not conform to law, upon receipt of all filing fees required by law he shall:

(1) endorse on each duplicate original the word ''filed'' and the day, month and year of the filing thereof;

(2) file one duplicate original in his office; and

(3) return the other duplicate original to the person who filed it or his representative.

(b) Upon the filing of a certificate of amendment, or judicial decree of amendment, in the office of the secretary of state, the certificate of limited partnership shall be amended as set forth therein, and upon the effective date of a certificate of cancellation, or a judicial decree thereof, the certificate of limited partnership is cancelled.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156, sec. 46F — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156 / Section 46F
Certificates of merger or consolidation; issuance by state secretary
Status: in_force

Section 46F. Upon payment of a fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, the state secretary shall issue a certificate in such form as he shall prescribe, evidencing the filing in the office of the state secretary of any articles of amendment pursuant to section forty-six A, or of any articles of consolidation pursuant to section forty-six B or section forty-six D.

Section 46F. Upon payment of a fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, the state secretary shall issue a certificate in such form as he shall prescribe, evidencing the filing in the office of the state secretary of any articles of amendment pursuant to section forty-six A, or of any articles of consolidation pursuant to section forty-six B or section forty-six D.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 43
When levy considered made
Status: in_force

Section 43. A levy by set-off or sale shall be considered as made at the time when the land is taken, and the subsequent proceedings and the officer's return thereof shall be valid, although made after the return day or after the removal or other disability of the officer.

Section 43. A levy by set-off or sale shall be considered as made at the time when the land is taken, and the subsequent proceedings and the officer's return thereof shall be valid, although made after the return day or after the removal or other disability of the officer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21H, sec. 6A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21H / Section 6A
Implementation of IMERC standards by department
Status: in_force

Section 6A. The department shall participate in the implementation of IMERC standards established at the Northeast Waste Management Officials Association to assist in carrying out the requirements of sections 6A to 6M, inclusive, and to help coordinate reviews of the manufacturers' applications for phase out exemptions and collection system plans.

Section 6A. The department shall participate in the implementation of IMERC standards established at the Northeast Waste Management Officials Association to assist in carrying out the requirements of sections 6A to 6M, inclusive, and to help coordinate reviews of the manufacturers' applications for phase out exemptions and collection system plans.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 31A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 31A
Disposition of corn stubble; destruction; postponement
Status: in_force

Section 31A. In any town or part thereof in which an order issued under section thirty-one in connection with the suppression of the European corn borer shall be in effect, every person in possession of land on which corn of any kind has been grown shall, except as hereinafter provided, not later than December first of the year of its growth, plow or cause to be plowed the field in which it was grown, so as to bury the stubble to a depth of at least six inches, or pull up said stubble or cause it to be pulled up and destroy it, or cause it to be destroyed, by burning, and every person having in his possession corn stalks shall, not later than April tenth of the year following that of their growth, completely dispose of such corn stalks by using them as fodder or by burning them. Whenever it shall be determined by the director that such plowing or burning would be detrimental to soil conservation or to the production of food or feed crops, he may issue an order or permit which shall authorize postponement of such plowing or burning, or shall authorize replanting without plowing, under such conditions not inconsistent with the purpose of this section as he may specify. Such an order or permit may be issued to apply to an individual field, to a farm, or to a geographical or political unit. Whoever violates any provision of this section or any order or permit issued hereunder shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 31A. In any town or part thereof in which an order issued under section thirty-one in connection with the suppression of the European corn borer shall be in effect, every person in possession of land on which corn of any kind has been grown shall, except as hereinafter provided, not later than December first of the year of its growth, plow or cause to be plowed the field in which it was grown, so as to bury the stubble to a depth of at least six inches, or pull up said stubble or cause it to be pulled up and destroy it, or cause it to be destroyed, by burning, and every person having in his possession corn stalks shall, not later than April tenth of the year following that of their growth, completely dispose of such corn stalks by using them as fodder or by burning them. Whenever it shall be determined by the director that such plowing or burning would be detrimental to soil conservation or to the production of food or feed crops, he may issue an order or permit which shall authorize postponement of such plowing or burning, or shall authorize replanting without plowing, under such conditions not inconsistent with the purpose of this section as he may specify. Such an order or permit may be issued to apply to an individual field, to a farm, or to a geographical or political unit. Whoever violates any provision of this section or any order or permit issued hereunder shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 155 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 155
Leases of street railway property; amount of rental; term; renewals; termination
Status: in_force

Section 155. The amount to be paid as rental under a lease of a street railway property shall not exceed seven per cent of the price fixed in any option to purchase the property. Rentals shall be paid to the owners of street railway property by a transportation area at least once in six months. No lease shall be made for a term of more than five or less than two years, but a lease may be renewed if public necessity and convenience, in the opinion of the department, so require. A renewal of a lease shall be made in the same manner as a new lease, except that the transportation area shall give written notice to the owners of the property at least four months in advance of such renewal. A lease may be terminated by the consent of a majority in interest of all classes of stock in such company entitled to vote, and of a majority of the voters of each city and town comprising the transportation area, voting thereon upon submission at a regular or special city election or town meeting upon petition of ten per cent of the registered voters of each city or town filed with the city or town clerk within thirty days of such election or meeting.

Section 155. The amount to be paid as rental under a lease of a street railway property shall not exceed seven per cent of the price fixed in any option to purchase the property. Rentals shall be paid to the owners of street railway property by a transportation area at least once in six months. No lease shall be made for a term of more than five or less than two years, but a lease may be renewed if public necessity and convenience, in the opinion of the department, so require. A renewal of a lease shall be made in the same manner as a new lease, except that the transportation area shall give written notice to the owners of the property at least four months in advance of such renewal. A lease may be terminated by the consent of a majority in interest of all classes of stock in such company entitled to vote, and of a majority of the voters of each city and town comprising the transportation area, voting thereon upon submission at a regular or special city election or town meeting upon petition of ten per cent of the registered voters of each city or town filed with the city or town clerk within thirty days of such election or meeting.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 82, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 82 / Section 6
Changes between termini; establishment of building lines
Status: in_force

Section 6. They may make such changes between the termini of the highway described in the petition, relative to the direction and course of such highway or to the alteration, specific repair or discontinuance thereof, as in their opinion the public convenience requires, and, in connection with the laying out, alteration or relocation thereof, may establish a building line not more than forty feet distant from the exterior line of such highway, extending for such distance from points where such highway joins an intersecting way, as defined in section one of chapter ninety, as may be necessary to insure the safety of the public, and thereafter no structures shall be erected or maintained between such building line and such highway except steps, windows, porticos, other usual projections appurtenant to the front wall of a building, embankments, walls, fences and gates, to the extent prescribed by the order establishing such building line. A building line so established may be discontinued in the manner provided for the discontinuance of a highway.

Section 6. They may make such changes between the termini of the highway described in the petition, relative to the direction and course of such highway or to the alteration, specific repair or discontinuance thereof, as in their opinion the public convenience requires, and, in connection with the laying out, alteration or relocation thereof, may establish a building line not more than forty feet distant from the exterior line of such highway, extending for such distance from points where such highway joins an intersecting way, as defined in section one of chapter ninety, as may be necessary to insure the safety of the public, and thereafter no structures shall be erected or maintained between such building line and such highway except steps, windows, porticos, other usual projections appurtenant to the front wall of a building, embankments, walls, fences and gates, to the extent prescribed by the order establishing such building line. A building line so established may be discontinued in the manner provided for the discontinuance of a highway.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278A, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 278A / Section 2
Conditions for filing motion for forensic or scientific analysis; affect of chapter upon analysis under other circumstances
Status: in_force

Section 2. A person may file a motion for forensic or scientific analysis under this chapter if that person: (1) has been convicted of a criminal offense in a court of the commonwealth; (2) is incarcerated in a state prison, house of correction, is on parole or probation or whose liberty has been otherwise restrained as the result of a conviction; and (3) asserts factual innocence of the crime for which the person has been convicted. This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit the performance of forensic or scientific analysis under any other circumstances, including by agreement between the person convicted of a criminal offense and the prosecuting attorney.

Section 2. A person may file a motion for forensic or scientific analysis under this chapter if that person: (1) has been convicted of a criminal offense in a court of the commonwealth; (2) is incarcerated in a state prison, house of correction, is on parole or probation or whose liberty has been otherwise restrained as the result of a conviction; and (3) asserts factual innocence of the crime for which the person has been convicted.

This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit the performance of forensic or scientific analysis under any other circumstances, including by agreement between the person convicted of a criminal offense and the prosecuting attorney.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 271 / Section 29
Sale, exchange or disposition of property; misrepresentation
Status: in_force

Section 29. Whoever sells, exchanges or disposes of any property, or offers or attempts so to do, upon a representation, advertisement, notice or inducement that anything other than what is specifically stated to be the subject of the sale or exchange is or is to be delivered or received, or is in any way connected with or is a part of the transaction, or whoever gives a stamp, coupon or other device which entitles a purchaser to demand or receive from a person or company other than the merchant dealing in the goods purchased or the manufacturer thereof, any other property than that actually sold or exchanged, or whoever delivers by any person or company other than the merchant dealing in the goods purchased, or the manufacturer thereof, goods, wares or merchandise upon the presentation of such stamp, coupon or other device, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 29. Whoever sells, exchanges or disposes of any property, or offers or attempts so to do, upon a representation, advertisement, notice or inducement that anything other than what is specifically stated to be the subject of the sale or exchange is or is to be delivered or received, or is in any way connected with or is a part of the transaction, or whoever gives a stamp, coupon or other device which entitles a purchaser to demand or receive from a person or company other than the merchant dealing in the goods purchased or the manufacturer thereof, any other property than that actually sold or exchanged, or whoever delivers by any person or company other than the merchant dealing in the goods purchased, or the manufacturer thereof, goods, wares or merchandise upon the presentation of such stamp, coupon or other device, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 79 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 79
Assistance in marking ballots
Status: in_force

Section 79. A voter who states to the presiding officer that from blindness or other physical disability or inability to read or to read in the English language he is unable to prepare his ballot or register his vote upon a voting machine shall be assisted in such marking or registering by any person whom he may designate.

Section 79. A voter who states to the presiding officer that from blindness or other physical disability or inability to read or to read in the English language he is unable to prepare his ballot or register his vote upon a voting machine shall be assisted in such marking or registering by any person whom he may designate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, sec. 60 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 51 / Section 60
Voting lists for use at polls
Status: in_force

Section 60. Before every election and meeting in a city or town at which voting lists may be required to be used, the registrars shall prepare such lists for each ward, voting precinct, polling place or town in which such election or meeting is being held, containing the names and residences of all persons qualified to vote therein, as the same appear upon the annual register, and shall seasonably transmit the same to the election officers in every such ward, voting precinct, polling place or town. Such registrars shall also make available at such locations the inactive voters list. Such voting lists shall be in duplicate for all elections and meetings at which duplicate lists are required to be used.

Section 60. Before every election and meeting in a city or town at which voting lists may be required to be used, the registrars shall prepare such lists for each ward, voting precinct, polling place or town in which such election or meeting is being held, containing the names and residences of all persons qualified to vote therein, as the same appear upon the annual register, and shall seasonably transmit the same to the election officers in every such ward, voting precinct, polling place or town. Such registrars shall also make available at such locations the inactive voters list. Such voting lists shall be in duplicate for all elections and meetings at which duplicate lists are required to be used.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 45 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 45
Applicability of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 45. No real estate shall be taken for public use by the formal vote or order of any board of officers except under this chapter or chapter eighty A, and no damages shall be assessed for the taking or seizure of property for a public purpose or for injury thereto by authority of law, except under this chapter or chapter eighty A, notwithstanding any general or special act hitherto enacted; provided, that nothing contained in this chapter or in chapter eighty A shall be construed as amending or in any way affecting chapter two hundred and fifty-three.

Section 45. No real estate shall be taken for public use by the formal vote or order of any board of officers except under this chapter or chapter eighty A, and no damages shall be assessed for the taking or seizure of property for a public purpose or for injury thereto by authority of law, except under this chapter or chapter eighty A, notwithstanding any general or special act hitherto enacted; provided, that nothing contained in this chapter or in chapter eighty A shall be construed as amending or in any way affecting chapter two hundred and fifty-three.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 5B — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 5B
Agricultural land
Status: in_force

Section 5B. No property used for agriculture or farming as defined in section one A of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight shall be taken without the consent of the owner thereof, nor shall an easement be taken on such property without such consent, except after a hearing by the board at which such owner shall be entitled to be heard and allowed to introduce evidence that other land not used for agriculture or farming, as so defined, and without occupied buildings situated thereon is available for the public use for which it is intended to take his property. If such evidence is introduced and accepted by the board as valid, the board shall exempt said property from the taking. The provisions of this section shall not apply to takings in behalf of the commonwealth, takings for highway purposes, nor to takings authorized by the department of telecommunications and energy, except that in such takings notices of hearings required by section seventy-two of chapter one hundred and sixty-four shall be sent to all interested parties.

Section 5B. No property used for agriculture or farming as defined in section one A of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight shall be taken without the consent of the owner thereof, nor shall an easement be taken on such property without such consent, except after a hearing by the board at which such owner shall be entitled to be heard and allowed to introduce evidence that other land not used for agriculture or farming, as so defined, and without occupied buildings situated thereon is available for the public use for which it is intended to take his property. If such evidence is introduced and accepted by the board as valid, the board shall exempt said property from the taking. The provisions of this section shall not apply to takings in behalf of the commonwealth, takings for highway purposes, nor to takings authorized by the department of telecommunications and energy, except that in such takings notices of hearings required by section seventy-two of chapter one hundred and sixty-four shall be sent to all interested parties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 8B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 8B
Articles of amendment; submission to state secretary; effective date; filing
Status: in_force

Section 8B. Within sixty days after any meeting at which any amendment of the articles of organization has been adopted or within thirty days after any necessary approval by the department, whichever is later, articles of amendment, signed under the penalties of perjury by the president or any vice president and by the clerk or an assistant clerk, setting forth such amendment and the due adoption thereof, shall be submitted to the state secretary. The amendment shall become effective when the articles of amendment are filed in accordance with section six of chapter one hundred and fifty-six B, unless said articles specify, in accordance with the vote adopting the amendment, a later effective date not more than thirty days after such filing, in which event the amendment shall become effective on such later date. A signed copy of any amendment which relates to an increase or reduction of capital stock shall also be filed in the office of the department.

Section 8B. Within sixty days after any meeting at which any amendment of the articles of organization has been adopted or within thirty days after any necessary approval by the department, whichever is later, articles of amendment, signed under the penalties of perjury by the president or any vice president and by the clerk or an assistant clerk, setting forth such amendment and the due adoption thereof, shall be submitted to the state secretary. The amendment shall become effective when the articles of amendment are filed in accordance with section six of chapter one hundred and fifty-six B, unless said articles specify, in accordance with the vote adopting the amendment, a later effective date not more than thirty days after such filing, in which event the amendment shall become effective on such later date. A signed copy of any amendment which relates to an increase or reduction of capital stock shall also be filed in the office of the department.