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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 14
Officials to expedite transition to adopted plan
Status: in_force

Section 14. The mayor, the aldermen and the common council, the city council or other legislative body, and the city clerk in office when any plan set forth in this chapter has been adopted, or is proposed for adoption, shall comply with all requirements of this chapter relating to such proposed adoption and to the election of the officers specified in said plan, in order that all things necessary for the nomination and election of the officers first to be elected under the provisions of this chapter and of the plan so adopted may be done.

Section 14. The mayor, the aldermen and the common council, the city council or other legislative body, and the city clerk in office when any plan set forth in this chapter has been adopted, or is proposed for adoption, shall comply with all requirements of this chapter relating to such proposed adoption and to the election of the officers specified in said plan, in order that all things necessary for the nomination and election of the officers first to be elected under the provisions of this chapter and of the plan so adopted may be done.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 30H — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 30H
Possession or transportation of alcoholic beverages not authorized to be sold as prima facie evidence of violation of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 30H. Possession on the licensed premises by any licensee under this chapter of any alcoholic beverages or alcohol not authorized to be sold or used under the terms of his license shall be prima facie evidence that such beverage or alcohol is kept for sale in violation of this chapter. Transportation of any alcoholic beverage or alcohol in any vehicle covered by a transportation permit issued to a licensee under this chapter or his employee shall, if such alcoholic beverage or alcohol is not authorized to be sold or used under the terms of the license issued to such licensee, be prima facie evidence that such alcoholic beverage or alcohol is being transported in violation of this chapter.

Section 30H. Possession on the licensed premises by any licensee under this chapter of any alcoholic beverages or alcohol not authorized to be sold or used under the terms of his license shall be prima facie evidence that such beverage or alcohol is kept for sale in violation of this chapter. Transportation of any alcoholic beverage or alcohol in any vehicle covered by a transportation permit issued to a licensee under this chapter or his employee shall, if such alcoholic beverage or alcohol is not authorized to be sold or used under the terms of the license issued to such licensee, be prima facie evidence that such alcoholic beverage or alcohol is being transported in violation of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 75E — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 75E
Regulation of construction and operation
Status: in_force

Section 75E. Natural gas pipe line companies shall be subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the department may prescribe or adopt pertaining to the construction and operation of such pipe lines for the purpose of insuring the safe operation thereof; provided, however, that such rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of said federal ''Natural Gas Act'', or of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Section 75E. Natural gas pipe line companies shall be subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the department may prescribe or adopt pertaining to the construction and operation of such pipe lines for the purpose of insuring the safe operation thereof; provided, however, that such rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of said federal ''Natural Gas Act'', or of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part I / Title XI / Chapter 67 / Section 51
Certification of organization to state secretary
Status: in_force

Section 51. The standing committee or other officers shall certify the organization of such church to the state secretary, in such form as he shall prescribe; and upon payment of a fee of five dollars to the secretary shall perform the same duties and with the same legal effect as in the case of corporations organized under chapter one hundred and eighty.

Section 51. The standing committee or other officers shall certify the organization of such church to the state secretary, in such form as he shall prescribe; and upon payment of a fee of five dollars to the secretary shall perform the same duties and with the same legal effect as in the case of corporations organized under chapter one hundred and eighty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 149 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 149
Signals at crossing of railroad above highway level
Status: in_force

Section 149. The department may require a railroad corporation whose railroad crosses a highway by a crossing above the level of the highway to give such signal as the department may designate of the approach of trains to such crossing. The department may in each case determine the nature of the signal to be given, and, in its discretion, may require an automatic signal.

Section 149. The department may require a railroad corporation whose railroad crosses a highway by a crossing above the level of the highway to give such signal as the department may designate of the approach of trains to such crossing. The department may in each case determine the nature of the signal to be given, and, in its discretion, may require an automatic signal.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167 / Section 25
Prosecution and defense of suits and other legal proceedings; sales of property
Status: in_force

Section 25. To execute and perform the powers and duties conferred upon him, the commissioner may, in the name of any such bank, prosecute and defend all suits and other legal proceedings and may, in the name of the bank, execute, acknowledge and deliver all deeds, assignments, releases and other instruments necessary and proper to effectuate any sale of real or personal property or any compromise authorized by the court, and any deed or other instrument, executed pursuant to the authority hereby given, shall be valid and effectual for all purposes to the same extent as though executed by the officers of the bank by authority of its board of directors or of its stockholders, or by the individual banker personally. In case any of the real property so sold is located in a county other than that where the application to the court for leave to sell the same is made, the commissioner shall cause a certified copy of the order or decree of the court authorizing or ratifying such sale to be filed in the registry of deeds for the district wherein said real property lies.

Section 25. To execute and perform the powers and duties conferred upon him, the commissioner may, in the name of any such bank, prosecute and defend all suits and other legal proceedings and may, in the name of the bank, execute, acknowledge and deliver all deeds, assignments, releases and other instruments necessary and proper to effectuate any sale of real or personal property or any compromise authorized by the court, and any deed or other instrument, executed pursuant to the authority hereby given, shall be valid and effectual for all purposes to the same extent as though executed by the officers of the bank by authority of its board of directors or of its stockholders, or by the individual banker personally. In case any of the real property so sold is located in a county other than that where the application to the court for leave to sell the same is made, the commissioner shall cause a certified copy of the order or decree of the court authorizing or ratifying such sale to be filed in the registry of deeds for the district wherein said real property lies.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 222 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 222
Riding or driving animals on railroad
Status: in_force

Section 222. Whoever, without the consent of a railroad corporation, or its agent, rides, drives, or leads a horse, or other beast, on the railroad opened for use of such corporation, except in the proper use of a public or other way, or of a traveled place at a crossing of such railroad therewith upon the same level, shall forfeit not more than one hundred dollars and be liable for any damage resulting therefrom.

Section 222. Whoever, without the consent of a railroad corporation, or its agent, rides, drives, or leads a horse, or other beast, on the railroad opened for use of such corporation, except in the proper use of a public or other way, or of a traveled place at a crossing of such railroad therewith upon the same level, shall forfeit not more than one hundred dollars and be liable for any damage resulting therefrom.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, sec. 15E — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 186 / Section 15E
Action against owner; injuries due to defects violating building code; defense; waiver
Status: in_force

Section 15E. An owner of a building shall be precluded from raising as a defense in an action brought by a lessee, tenant or occupant of said building who has sustained an injury caused by a defect in a common area, that said defect existed at the time of the letting of the property, if said defect is at the time of the injury a violation of the building code of the city or town wherein the property is situated. Any waiver of this provision in any lease or other rental agreement shall be void and unenforceable.

Section 15E. An owner of a building shall be precluded from raising as a defense in an action brought by a lessee, tenant or occupant of said building who has sustained an injury caused by a defect in a common area, that said defect existed at the time of the letting of the property, if said defect is at the time of the injury a violation of the building code of the city or town wherein the property is situated. Any waiver of this provision in any lease or other rental agreement shall be void and unenforceable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 92, sec. 49 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 92 / Section 49
Location of boulevards across railroad lands or locations
Status: in_force

Section 49. The commission may make such agreements with any railroad corporation as may be necessary to secure or facilitate the laying out, extension, construction and maintenance of a boulevard under the care or control of the commission across railroad lands or locations, and to indemnify such railroad corporation against any claims for damages to persons or property, arising out of such laying out, extension, construction and maintenance.

Section 49. The commission may make such agreements with any railroad corporation as may be necessary to secure or facilitate the laying out, extension, construction and maintenance of a boulevard under the care or control of the commission across railroad lands or locations, and to indemnify such railroad corporation against any claims for damages to persons or property, arising out of such laying out, extension, construction and maintenance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 27
Levy of tax on land by distress of stock and produce
Status: in_force

Section 27. If a person is taxed for land in his occupation, but of which he is not the owner, the collector, or his designee, after demand for payment, the issuance of the warrant to collect, and the issuance of the warrant to distrain or commit pursuant to section twenty-nine, may levy the tax by distress by the sale of cattle, sheep, horses, swine or other stock or produce of such estate, belonging to the owner thereof, which, within nine months after such assessment has been committed to him, may be found upon the premises, in the same manner as if such stock or produce were the property of the person so taxed; provided, however, that such demand for payment need not be made if the person on whom the tax is assessed resided within the precinct of the collector at the time of the assessment, and subsequently removes therefrom and remains absent three months.

Section 27. If a person is taxed for land in his occupation, but of which he is not the owner, the collector, or his designee, after demand for payment, the issuance of the warrant to collect, and the issuance of the warrant to distrain or commit pursuant to section twenty-nine, may levy the tax by distress by the sale of cattle, sheep, horses, swine or other stock or produce of such estate, belonging to the owner thereof, which, within nine months after such assessment has been committed to him, may be found upon the premises, in the same manner as if such stock or produce were the property of the person so taxed; provided, however, that such demand for payment need not be made if the person on whom the tax is assessed resided within the precinct of the collector at the time of the assessment, and subsequently removes therefrom and remains absent three months.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 204, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 204 / Section 26
Notice of sale; failure of proof; remedy
Status: in_force

Section 26. If an executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, trustee, receiver, commissioner or other fiduciary officer appointed by the probate court, or a person employed by him to give notice of sale of real estate, has failed to file an affidavit of such notice in the probate court and such affidavit cannot be obtained, the court may, upon petition of any person interested in real estate the title to which may be affected thereby, stating the particular failure complained of and averring that the affidavit cannot be obtained, order notice by publication to creditors of, and others interested in, the estate in the settlement of which the failure complained of occurred. If, upon return of such notice and after hearing, the court is satisfied that such notice was in fact given, it may make a decree to that effect.

Section 26. If an executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, trustee, receiver, commissioner or other fiduciary officer appointed by the probate court, or a person employed by him to give notice of sale of real estate, has failed to file an affidavit of such notice in the probate court and such affidavit cannot be obtained, the court may, upon petition of any person interested in real estate the title to which may be affected thereby, stating the particular failure complained of and averring that the affidavit cannot be obtained, order notice by publication to creditors of, and others interested in, the estate in the settlement of which the failure complained of occurred. If, upon return of such notice and after hearing, the court is satisfied that such notice was in fact given, it may make a decree to that effect.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 31, sec. 50 — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 31 / Section 50
Persons ineligible for civil service
Status: in_force

Section 50. No person habitually using intoxicating liquors to excess shall be appointed to or employed or retained in any civil service position, nor shall any person be appointed to or employed in any such position within one year after his conviction of any crime except that the appointing authority may, in its discretion, appoint or employ within such one-year period a person convicted of any of the following offenses: a violation of any provision of chapter ninety relating to motor vehicles which constitutes a misdemeanor or, any other offense for which the sole punishment imposed was (a) a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, (b) a sentence of imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for less than six months, with or without such fine, or (c) a sentence to any other penal institution under which the actual time served was less than six months, with or without such fine. Violations of statutes, ordinances, rules or regulations regulating the parking of motor vehicles shall not constitute offenses for purposes of this section.

Section 50. No person habitually using intoxicating liquors to excess shall be appointed to or employed or retained in any civil service position, nor shall any person be appointed to or employed in any such position within one year after his conviction of any crime except that the appointing authority may, in its discretion, appoint or employ within such one-year period a person convicted of any of the following offenses: a violation of any provision of chapter ninety relating to motor vehicles which constitutes a misdemeanor or, any other offense for which the sole punishment imposed was (a) a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, (b) a sentence of imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for less than six months, with or without such fine, or (c) a sentence to any other penal institution under which the actual time served was less than six months, with or without such fine. Violations of statutes, ordinances, rules or regulations regulating the parking of motor vehicles shall not constitute offenses for purposes of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 303L — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 303L
Rules and regulations relating to Secs. 303G to 303K
Status: in_force

Section 303L. The division may promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to promptly and effectively enforce the provisions of sections three hundred and three G to three hundred and three K, inclusive.

Section 303L. The division may promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to promptly and effectively enforce the provisions of sections three hundred and three G to three hundred and three K, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 180 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 180
Location of bowling alleys in places other than as ordered; restraint
Status: in_force

Section 180. Whoever erects, occupies or uses a building for bowling alleys, except in such part of a town as the aldermen or selectmen order, shall forfeit not more than fifty dollars for every month he so occupies or uses such building, and in like proportion for a shorter time. The superior court may restrain such erection, occupancy or use without such order.

Section 180. Whoever erects, occupies or uses a building for bowling alleys, except in such part of a town as the aldermen or selectmen order, shall forfeit not more than fifty dollars for every month he so occupies or uses such building, and in like proportion for a shorter time. The superior court may restrain such erection, occupancy or use without such order.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 87, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 87 / Section 12
Injury to shrubs, trees or fixtures
Status: in_force

Section 12. Whoever wantonly injures, defaces or destroys a shrub, plant or tree, or fixture of ornament or utility, in a public way or place or in any public enclosure, or negligently or wilfully suffers an animal driven by or for him or belonging to him to injure, deface or destroy such shrub, plant, tree or fixture, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, and shall in addition thereto be liable to the town or any person for all damages to its or his interest in said shrub, plant, tree or fixture caused by such act. Whoever by any other means negligently or wilfully injures, defaces or destroys such a shrub, plant, tree or fixture shall likewise be liable to the town or any person for all damages to its or his interest in said shrub, plant, tree or fixture caused by such act.

Section 12. Whoever wantonly injures, defaces or destroys a shrub, plant or tree, or fixture of ornament or utility, in a public way or place or in any public enclosure, or negligently or wilfully suffers an animal driven by or for him or belonging to him to injure, deface or destroy such shrub, plant, tree or fixture, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, and shall in addition thereto be liable to the town or any person for all damages to its or his interest in said shrub, plant, tree or fixture caused by such act. Whoever by any other means negligently or wilfully injures, defaces or destroys such a shrub, plant, tree or fixture shall likewise be liable to the town or any person for all damages to its or his interest in said shrub, plant, tree or fixture caused by such act.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 12
Regulations prevailing over regulations of workmen's compensation insurer
Status: in_force

Section 12. If any rule or regulation made under authority of section sixty-four of chapter one hundred and fifty-two conflicts with or differs from a rule or regulation of the department, its rule or regulation shall prevail.

Section 12. If any rule or regulation made under authority of section sixty-four of chapter one hundred and fifty-two conflicts with or differs from a rule or regulation of the department, its rule or regulation shall prevail.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 89A — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 89A
Counsellors to juvenile offenders
Status: in_force

Section 89A. The superior court or the justice of a district court may appoint deputy probation officers who shall serve without compensation as counsellors to children under the age of 18 who have been placed in the care of probation officers under section eighty-seven in order that such children may receive to a greater degree individual attention and guidance. Deputy probation officers shall perform their services under the direction of probation officers. Deputy probation officers may be reimbursed by the commonwealth upon voucher approved by the court to which they are assigned for necessary expenses incurred by them in the course of their duties. The court administrator, in consultation with the commissioner of probation, may apply for and accept federal grants or assistance for the purpose of defraying the costs of additional clerical assistance, equipment, books, materials and other expenses incident to the services which such deputy probation officers perform.

Section 89A. The superior court or the justice of a district court may appoint deputy probation officers who shall serve without compensation as counsellors to children under the age of 18 who have been placed in the care of probation officers under section eighty-seven in order that such children may receive to a greater degree individual attention and guidance. Deputy probation officers shall perform their services under the direction of probation officers. Deputy probation officers may be reimbursed by the commonwealth upon voucher approved by the court to which they are assigned for necessary expenses incurred by them in the course of their duties.

The court administrator, in consultation with the commissioner of probation, may apply for and accept federal grants or assistance for the purpose of defraying the costs of additional clerical assistance, equipment, books, materials and other expenses incident to the services which such deputy probation officers perform.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 241 / Section 28
Mortgagee, etc., of co-tenant
Status: in_force

Section 28. A person having a mortgage, attachment or other lien on the share of a co-tenant shall be concluded by the decree, so far as it relates to the partition and the assignment of the shares; but his lien shall remain in full force upon the part assigned to or left for such co-tenant, or, in the event of a sale, upon the share of such part owner in the proceeds, and may be enforced in the manner provided in section nineteen.

Section 28. A person having a mortgage, attachment or other lien on the share of a co-tenant shall be concluded by the decree, so far as it relates to the partition and the assignment of the shares; but his lien shall remain in full force upon the part assigned to or left for such co-tenant, or, in the event of a sale, upon the share of such part owner in the proceeds, and may be enforced in the manner provided in section nineteen.