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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XI / Chapter 67 / Section 16
Collector
Status: in_force

Section 16. If the person who is chosen collector is present and accepts the office, he shall forthwith be sworn. If not present, he shall be summoned to take the oath by a constable or by any person whom the clerk or assessors appoint for the purpose. Upon the refusal or neglect of a person present to accept such office at the time, or upon the neglect of a person so summoned, for the space of seven days, to appear and take the oath, the society shall proceed to a new choice; and so from time to time until some person accepts and is sworn.

Section 16. If the person who is chosen collector is present and accepts the office, he shall forthwith be sworn. If not present, he shall be summoned to take the oath by a constable or by any person whom the clerk or assessors appoint for the purpose. Upon the refusal or neglect of a person present to accept such office at the time, or upon the neglect of a person so summoned, for the space of seven days, to appear and take the oath, the society shall proceed to a new choice; and so from time to time until some person accepts and is sworn.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 209 / Section 7
Married woman; liabilities
Status: in_force

Section 7. A married woman shall not be liable for her husband's debts, nor shall her property be liable to be taken on an execution against him. But a married woman shall be liable jointly with her husband for debts due, to the amount of one hundred dollars in each case, for necessaries furnished with her knowledge or consent to herself or her family, if she has property to the amount of two thousand dollars or more.

Section 7. A married woman shall not be liable for her husband's debts, nor shall her property be liable to be taken on an execution against him. But a married woman shall be liable jointly with her husband for debts due, to the amount of one hundred dollars in each case, for necessaries furnished with her knowledge or consent to herself or her family, if she has property to the amount of two thousand dollars or more.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 8A — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 8A
Reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange; transitory actions by or against subscribers
Status: in_force

Section 8A. Transitory actions by or against the subscribers to a reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange defined in section ninety-four A of chapter one hundred and seventy-five and authorized to transact business in the commonwealth under said chapter may be brought as provided in clause (2) or clause (4) of section eight, as the case may be, and for such purposes the subscribers shall be deemed a company or association.

Section 8A. Transitory actions by or against the subscribers to a reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange defined in section ninety-four A of chapter one hundred and seventy-five and authorized to transact business in the commonwealth under said chapter may be brought as provided in clause (2) or clause (4) of section eight, as the case may be, and for such purposes the subscribers shall be deemed a company or association.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 12H — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 12H
Anniversary of death of General Lafayette
Status: in_force

Section 12H. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of May twentieth, the anniversary of the death of General Marquis de Lafayette, revolutionary war hero, in lasting recognition of his gallant and illustrious service in the war for American independence.

Section 12H. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of May twentieth, the anniversary of the death of General Marquis de Lafayette, revolutionary war hero, in lasting recognition of his gallant and illustrious service in the war for American independence.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 42
Purchase of existing plant
Status: in_force

Section 42. If, when a town votes to establish a municipal lighting plant, any person or municipality was, at the time of the first vote required by section thirty-five or thirty-six, engaged in generating or distributing gas or electricity for sale for lighting purposes in such town, the town may purchase of him or it, at such price and on such terms as may be agreed upon, such portion of his or its plant and property within the limits of such town as such town desires for its use and as can be agreed upon, provided, however, that no such purchase shall be consummated by a city unless approved by vote of its city council, or of its commissioners if the city government consists of a commission, or by a town unless ratified by the voters at a town meeting.

Section 42. If, when a town votes to establish a municipal lighting plant, any person or municipality was, at the time of the first vote required by section thirty-five or thirty-six, engaged in generating or distributing gas or electricity for sale for lighting purposes in such town, the town may purchase of him or it, at such price and on such terms as may be agreed upon, such portion of his or its plant and property within the limits of such town as such town desires for its use and as can be agreed upon, provided, however, that no such purchase shall be consummated by a city unless approved by vote of its city council, or of its commissioners if the city government consists of a commission, or by a town unless ratified by the voters at a town meeting.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 183 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 183
Penalty for violation of experience requirements for engineers and conductors
Status: in_force

Section 183. Any violation of any provision of the four preceding sections shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, and each day's violation shall constitute a separate offence.

Section 183. Any violation of any provision of the four preceding sections shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, and each day's violation shall constitute a separate offence.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 8B — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185C / Section 8B
Deputy court administrator
Status: in_force

Section 8B. The deputy court administrator for the housing court department as provided under section 1 of chapter 211B shall, subject to the superintendence authority of the supreme judicial court provided in section 3 of chapter 211, have the power, authority, and responsibility of a deputy court administrator as set forth in section 10 of chapter 211B.

Section 8B. The deputy court administrator for the housing court department as provided under section 1 of chapter 211B shall, subject to the superintendence authority of the supreme judicial court provided in section 3 of chapter 211, have the power, authority, and responsibility of a deputy court administrator as set forth in section 10 of chapter 211B.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 39
Initiative petition; passage and submission to electorate
Status: in_force

Section 39. If any initiative petition is signed by registered voters equal in number to at least fifteen per cent of the whole number of registered voters: (1) the city council or the school committee shall, within twenty days after the date of the certificate of the registrars to that effect, pass said measure without alteration, subject to the referendum vote provided by this chapter, or (2) the city clerk shall call a special election to be held on a Tuesday fixed by said clerk not less than thirty nor more than forty-five days after the date of qualification, and shall submit the proposed measure without alteration to a vote of the registered voters of the city at that election; provided, however, that if any city election is otherwise to occur within ninety days after the date of qualification, the city clerk may, at his discretion, omit calling the special election and submit the proposed measure to the voters at such approaching election.

Section 39. If any initiative petition is signed by registered voters equal in number to at least fifteen per cent of the whole number of registered voters:

(1) the city council or the school committee shall, within twenty days after the date of the certificate of the registrars to that effect, pass said measure without alteration, subject to the referendum vote provided by this chapter, or

(2) the city clerk shall call a special election to be held on a Tuesday fixed by said clerk not less than thirty nor more than forty-five days after the date of qualification, and shall submit the proposed measure without alteration to a vote of the registered voters of the city at that election; provided, however, that if any city election is otherwise to occur within ninety days after the date of qualification, the city clerk may, at his discretion, omit calling the special election and submit the proposed measure to the voters at such approaching election.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110A, sec. 415 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 110A / Section 415
Statutory Policy
Status: in_force

Section 415. This chapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it and to coordinate the interpretation and administration of this chapter with the related federal regulation.

Section 415. This chapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it and to coordinate the interpretation and administration of this chapter with the related federal regulation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, sec. 15E — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 265 / Section 15E
Assault and battery by discharge of firearm; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 15E. (a) Whoever commits an assault and battery upon another by discharging a firearm, as defined in section 121 of chapter 140, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 20 years or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment. [There is no subsection (b).]

Section 15E. (a) Whoever commits an assault and battery upon another by discharging a firearm, as defined in section 121 of chapter 140, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 20 years or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

[There is no subsection (b).]
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18A, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 18A / Section 2
Delinquency prevention programs
Status: in_force

Section 2. The department shall provide a comprehensive and coordinated program of delinquency prevention and services to delinquent children and youth referred or committed to the department by the courts; community services for the prevention of juvenile delinquency through its own staff, through grants-in-aid to cities, towns, and other public agencies and through purchase of services from private nonprofit agencies; and services and facilities for the study, diagnosis, care, treatment, including physical and mental health and social services, education, training and rehabilitation of all children and youth referred or committed. The department shall maintain a program of research into the causes, treatment and prevention of juvenile delinquency, including new methods of service and treatment. The department shall cooperate with other state and local agencies, both public and private, serving children and youth.

Section 2. The department shall provide a comprehensive and coordinated program of delinquency prevention and services to delinquent children and youth referred or committed to the department by the courts; community services for the prevention of juvenile delinquency through its own staff, through grants-in-aid to cities, towns, and other public agencies and through purchase of services from private nonprofit agencies; and services and facilities for the study, diagnosis, care, treatment, including physical and mental health and social services, education, training and rehabilitation of all children and youth referred or committed. The department shall maintain a program of research into the causes, treatment and prevention of juvenile delinquency, including new methods of service and treatment. The department shall cooperate with other state and local agencies, both public and private, serving children and youth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 74 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 74
Evidence of acts of incorporation
Status: in_force

Section 74. Acts of incorporation shall be held to be public acts and as such may be declared on and given in evidence.

Section 74. Acts of incorporation shall be held to be public acts and as such may be declared on and given in evidence.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 51 / Section 14
Death of resident; notice
Status: in_force

Section 14. The city or town clerk or other officer having charge of the registration of deaths in each city or town shall, on the first day of every month, and also two days before every election, transmit to the registrars of voters a list of the names of all residents thereof eighteen years of age or older who died in the preceding month or since the date of the list previously transmitted, with a statement of the ward, street and number therein, if any, where such person resided at his death.

Section 14. The city or town clerk or other officer having charge of the registration of deaths in each city or town shall, on the first day of every month, and also two days before every election, transmit to the registrars of voters a list of the names of all residents thereof eighteen years of age or older who died in the preceding month or since the date of the list previously transmitted, with a statement of the ward, street and number therein, if any, where such person resided at his death.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, sec. 64 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 51 / Section 64
Online portal for verification of registration or pre-registration status
Status: in_force

Section 64. The state secretary shall create and maintain an online portal through which a person, including those who have pre-registered pursuant to section 47A, may check to determine whether that person is registered or pre-registered to vote. The portal shall allow a person to enter the person's name, date of birth and residential zip code. The portal shall subsequently display whether a voter with that name, date of birth and residential zip code is registered or pre-registered to vote, whether the registration of the voter is active or inactive pursuant to section 37A, the polling location for the voter and state and federal elected officials who represent the voter. The portal shall not display any other biographical information about the voter except the information provided by the user of the site. If there is no voter in the central registry of voters matching the information submitted to the portal or if the voter's registration is inactive, the website shall inform the user how the user may obtain a voter registration form or restore the user's registration to active status.

Section 64. The state secretary shall create and maintain an online portal through which a person, including those who have pre-registered pursuant to section 47A, may check to determine whether that person is registered or pre-registered to vote. The portal shall allow a person to enter the person's name, date of birth and residential zip code. The portal shall subsequently display whether a voter with that name, date of birth and residential zip code is registered or pre-registered to vote, whether the registration of the voter is active or inactive pursuant to section 37A, the polling location for the voter and state and federal elected officials who represent the voter. The portal shall not display any other biographical information about the voter except the information provided by the user of the site. If there is no voter in the central registry of voters matching the information submitted to the portal or if the voter's registration is inactive, the website shall inform the user how the user may obtain a voter registration form or restore the user's registration to active status.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 105, sec. 62 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 105 / Section 62
Unlawful sale, pledge or loan of deposited property
Status: in_force

Section 62. Whoever, with intent to injure or defraud, unlawfully sells, pledges, lends or in any other way disposes of, or permits or is a party to the unlawful selling, pledging, lending or other disposition of, any property stored in a public warehouse, without the authority of the person in whose name the same is stored, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars and by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years.

Section 62. Whoever, with intent to injure or defraud, unlawfully sells, pledges, lends or in any other way disposes of, or permits or is a party to the unlawful selling, pledging, lending or other disposition of, any property stored in a public warehouse, without the authority of the person in whose name the same is stored, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars and by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255D, sec. 11B — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 255D / Section 11B
Merchandise certificates or coupons; return statement required
Status: in_force

Section 11B. Any written agreement for the purchase of a merchandise certificate or coupon, any newly printed merchandise certificate or coupon, and any cover or envelope containing a merchandise certificate or coupon shall contain the following statement appearing conspicuously on the face thereof: You may return any unused merchandise certificates or coupons at any time and receive full credit on your account.

Section 11B. Any written agreement for the purchase of a merchandise certificate or coupon, any newly printed merchandise certificate or coupon, and any cover or envelope containing a merchandise certificate or coupon shall contain the following statement appearing conspicuously on the face thereof:

You may return any unused merchandise certificates or coupons at any time and receive full credit on your account.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 39
Selling goods and provisions, caring for horses, illegal gaming, horse racing or exhibits near camp meetings
Status: in_force

Section 39. Whoever, during the time of holding a camp or field meeting for religious purposes, and within one mile of the place thereof, hawks or peddles goods, wares or merchandise, or establishes or maintains a tent, booth or building for vending provisions or refreshments, or furnishes shelter and food for or has the care of horses for pay, without permission from the authorities or officers having the charge or direction of such meeting, or engages in illegal gaming or horse racing, or exhibits or offers to exhibit any show or play, shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars; provided, that the time of holding such meeting shall not exceed thirty consecutive days in any one year; and that a person having a regular, usual and established place of business within such limits need not suspend his business.

Section 39. Whoever, during the time of holding a camp or field meeting for religious purposes, and within one mile of the place thereof, hawks or peddles goods, wares or merchandise, or establishes or maintains a tent, booth or building for vending provisions or refreshments, or furnishes shelter and food for or has the care of horses for pay, without permission from the authorities or officers having the charge or direction of such meeting, or engages in illegal gaming or horse racing, or exhibits or offers to exhibit any show or play, shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars; provided, that the time of holding such meeting shall not exceed thirty consecutive days in any one year; and that a person having a regular, usual and established place of business within such limits need not suspend his business.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 111G — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 111G
Additional vacation time for longevity
Status: in_force

Section 111G. In any city or town in which the provisions of section one hundred and eleven apply and which accepts this section, in the manner hereinafter provided, any employee thereof who has worked continuously for five years but less than ten years shall be granted an annual vacation of three weeks without loss of pay, and any employee thereof who has worked continuously for ten years or more shall be granted an annual vacation of four weeks without loss of pay. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of said section one hundred and eleven shall continue to apply in such city or town. This section shall become effective in a city having a Plan E charter by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the city council, and, in the case of other cities by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of the charter, and in a town by a majority vote at an annual town meeting.

Section 111G. In any city or town in which the provisions of section one hundred and eleven apply and which accepts this section, in the manner hereinafter provided, any employee thereof who has worked continuously for five years but less than ten years shall be granted an annual vacation of three weeks without loss of pay, and any employee thereof who has worked continuously for ten years or more shall be granted an annual vacation of four weeks without loss of pay. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of said section one hundred and eleven shall continue to apply in such city or town. This section shall become effective in a city having a Plan E charter by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the city council, and, in the case of other cities by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of the charter, and in a town by a majority vote at an annual town meeting.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211 / Section 18
Sittings at Fall River; adjournments
Status: in_force

Section 18. If the public business so requires, the court may adjourn an established sitting for the county of Bristol from either Taunton or New Bedford to Fall River, in the manner and with the effect of an adjournment to another shire town; and such adjournment shall be subject to all the provisions of law relative to adjournments to another shire town.

Section 18. If the public business so requires, the court may adjourn an established sitting for the county of Bristol from either Taunton or New Bedford to Fall River, in the manner and with the effect of an adjournment to another shire town; and such adjournment shall be subject to all the provisions of law relative to adjournments to another shire town.