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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 57 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 57
Juror service certificate; contents
Status: in_force

Section 57. The juror service certificate shall contain the name and address of the juror; the name, address, and judicial district of the court in which the juror service was performed; the week in which the certificate applies; the number of days of jurors service performed by the juror during the said week, and the specific dates thereof; the total compensation received by the juror from the commonwealth during the said week; a declaration of the duty of an employer to compensate a juror-employee for the first three days, or part thereof, of trial juror service and the right of an employer to be excused from such duty by the court upon showing of extreme financial hardship; and any other information which the jury commissioner deems appropriate. Each juror service certificate shall be completed in duplicate, one copy for the juror, one copy for the employer of the juror.

Section 57. The juror service certificate shall contain the name and address of the juror; the name, address, and judicial district of the court in which the juror service was performed; the week in which the certificate applies; the number of days of jurors service performed by the juror during the said week, and the specific dates thereof; the total compensation received by the juror from the commonwealth during the said week; a declaration of the duty of an employer to compensate a juror-employee for the first three days, or part thereof, of trial juror service and the right of an employer to be excused from such duty by the court upon showing of extreme financial hardship; and any other information which the jury commissioner deems appropriate. Each juror service certificate shall be completed in duplicate, one copy for the juror, one copy for the employer of the juror.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 40B — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 40B
Reasonableness of airport approach regulations
Status: in_force

Section 40B. All airport approach regulations adopted under this chapter shall be reasonable, and no such regulation shall require the removal or lowering, or other change or alteration, or prohibit the repair or replacement, of any structure or tree not conforming to the regulations when adopted or amended, or otherwise interfere with the continuance of any such non-conforming structure or tree, except as provided in section forty G.

Section 40B. All airport approach regulations adopted under this chapter shall be reasonable, and no such regulation shall require the removal or lowering, or other change or alteration, or prohibit the repair or replacement, of any structure or tree not conforming to the regulations when adopted or amended, or otherwise interfere with the continuance of any such non-conforming structure or tree, except as provided in section forty G.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 209 / Section 9
Husband; liability on contracts concerning separate property of wife
Status: in_force

Section 9. Contracts made by a married woman relative to her separate property, trade, business, labor or services shall not bind her husband or render him or his property liable therefor; but she and her separate property shall be liable on such contracts in the same manner as if she were sole.

Section 9. Contracts made by a married woman relative to her separate property, trade, business, labor or services shall not bind her husband or render him or his property liable therefor; but she and her separate property shall be liable on such contracts in the same manner as if she were sole.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 31A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 31A
Domestic companies formed by special acts; extension of territorial limits
Status: in_force

Section 31A. Domestic companies incorporated by special acts, whose charters grant authority to transact insurance within a limited or defined territory, may, notwithstanding such limitations, transact insurance anywhere outside the limits specified in the charter, subject to all general laws applicable to such companies.

Section 31A. Domestic companies incorporated by special acts, whose charters grant authority to transact insurance within a limited or defined territory, may, notwithstanding such limitations, transact insurance anywhere outside the limits specified in the charter, subject to all general laws applicable to such companies.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 109 / Section 47
Distribution of assets following winding up
Status: in_force

Section 47. Upon the winding up of a limited partnership, the assets shall be distributed as follows: (1) to creditors, including partners who are creditors, to the extent permitted by law, in satisfaction of liabilities of the limited partnership other than liabilities for distributions to partners under sections thirty-one and thirty-four; (2) except as provided in the partnership agreement, to partners and former partners in satisfaction of liabilities for distributions under sections thirty-one and thirty-four; and (3) except as provided in the partnership agreement, to partners (i) for the return of their contributions and (ii) respecting their partnership interests, in the proportions in which the partners share in distributions.

Section 47. Upon the winding up of a limited partnership, the assets shall be distributed as follows:

(1) to creditors, including partners who are creditors, to the extent permitted by law, in satisfaction of liabilities of the limited partnership other than liabilities for distributions to partners under sections thirty-one and thirty-four;

(2) except as provided in the partnership agreement, to partners and former partners in satisfaction of liabilities for distributions under sections thirty-one and thirty-four; and

(3) except as provided in the partnership agreement, to partners (i) for the return of their contributions and (ii) respecting their partnership interests, in the proportions in which the partners share in distributions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 248 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 248
Penalties; enforcement of law
Status: in_force

Section 248. Whoever violates any provision of sections two hundred and forty to two hundred and forty-seven, inclusive, if no other penalty is provided therein, or of a rule or regulation made under section two hundred and thirty-nine A, or fails to comply with any request for information or direction made under authority of sections two hundred and forty, two hundred and forty-one, and two hundred and forty-four to two hundred and forty-six, inclusive, or gives a false answer to any such request, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars; and whoever is guilty of fraud or deceit as to the weighing, selling or delivering of coke, charcoal or coal, or the measuring, selling or delivering of fuel oil or range oil, or whoever, by himself, or by his servant, agent or employee, sells or delivers or attempts to sell or deliver coal or coke which is short in weight or coal which contains an unreasonable amount of shale, slate, rock or other foreign substance or which produces an excessive amount of non-combustible residue, including ash, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. The director of standards and local sealers of weights and measures shall cause sections two hundred and forty-two to two hundred and forty-nine, inclusive, and rules and regulations made under section two hundred and thirty-nine A, to be enforced.

Section 248. Whoever violates any provision of sections two hundred and forty to two hundred and forty-seven, inclusive, if no other penalty is provided therein, or of a rule or regulation made under section two hundred and thirty-nine A, or fails to comply with any request for information or direction made under authority of sections two hundred and forty, two hundred and forty-one, and two hundred and forty-four to two hundred and forty-six, inclusive, or gives a false answer to any such request, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars; and whoever is guilty of fraud or deceit as to the weighing, selling or delivering of coke, charcoal or coal, or the measuring, selling or delivering of fuel oil or range oil, or whoever, by himself, or by his servant, agent or employee, sells or delivers or attempts to sell or deliver coal or coke which is short in weight or coal which contains an unreasonable amount of shale, slate, rock or other foreign substance or which produces an excessive amount of non-combustible residue, including ash, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. The director of standards and local sealers of weights and measures shall cause sections two hundred and forty-two to two hundred and forty-nine, inclusive, and rules and regulations made under section two hundred and thirty-nine A, to be enforced.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, sec. 8A — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 279 / Section 8A
Determination of time of taking effect of sentence; ''from and after'' sentence
Status: in_force

Section 8A. For the purpose only of determining the time of the taking effect of a sentence which is ordered to take effect from and after the expiration of a previous sentence, such previous sentence shall be deemed to have expired when a prisoner serving such previous sentence shall have been released therefrom by parole or otherwise. Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter or control any provision of section one hundred and thirty-one or one hundred and forty-nine of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven.

Section 8A. For the purpose only of determining the time of the taking effect of a sentence which is ordered to take effect from and after the expiration of a previous sentence, such previous sentence shall be deemed to have expired when a prisoner serving such previous sentence shall have been released therefrom by parole or otherwise. Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter or control any provision of section one hundred and thirty-one or one hundred and forty-nine of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111H, sec. 48 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111H / Section 48
Statutes not applicable
Status: in_force

Section 48. The selection of an operator and the development of a facility pursuant to this chapter shall, for the purposes of section forty-two B of chapter seven, be construed as an alternative method of design and construction services approved by the legislature, and shall not be subject to sections thirty-eight A1/2 to thirty-eight N, inclusive, of said chapter seven or of sections forty-four A to forty-four J, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and forty-nine.

Section 48. The selection of an operator and the development of a facility pursuant to this chapter shall, for the purposes of section forty-two B of chapter seven, be construed as an alternative method of design and construction services approved by the legislature, and shall not be subject to sections thirty-eight A1/2 to thirty-eight N, inclusive, of said chapter seven or of sections forty-four A to forty-four J, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and forty-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156 / Section 42
Change of structure; conveyance of property
Status: in_force

Section 42. Every corporation may, at a meeting duly called for the purpose, by vote of two thirds of each class of stock outstanding and entitled to vote, or by a larger vote if the agreement of association or act of incorporation so requires, change its corporate name, the nature of its business, the classes of its capital stock subsequently to be issued and their preferences and voting power, or make any other lawful amendment or alteration in its agreement of association or articles of organization, or in the corresponding provisions of its act of incorporation, or authorize the sale, mortgage, pledge, lease or exchange of all its property and assets, including its good will, upon such terms and conditions as it deems expedient.

Section 42. Every corporation may, at a meeting duly called for the purpose, by vote of two thirds of each class of stock outstanding and entitled to vote, or by a larger vote if the agreement of association or act of incorporation so requires, change its corporate name, the nature of its business, the classes of its capital stock subsequently to be issued and their preferences and voting power, or make any other lawful amendment or alteration in its agreement of association or articles of organization, or in the corresponding provisions of its act of incorporation, or authorize the sale, mortgage, pledge, lease or exchange of all its property and assets, including its good will, upon such terms and conditions as it deems expedient.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 109 / Section 51
Name of foreign limited partnership
Status: in_force

Section 51. A foreign limited partnership may register with the secretary of state and do business in the commonwealth under any name, whether or not it is the name under which it is registered in its jurisdiction of organization, that could be assumed by a limited partnership.

Section 51. A foreign limited partnership may register with the secretary of state and do business in the commonwealth under any name, whether or not it is the name under which it is registered in its jurisdiction of organization, that could be assumed by a limited partnership.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25C, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 25C / Section 1
Department of telecommunications and cable
Status: in_force

Section 1. There shall be in the office of consumer affairs and business regulation a department of telecommunications and cable, in this chapter called the department, for the general supervision of telephone and telegraph companies subject to chapter 166 and community antenna television systems as defined in section 1 of chapter 166A and for the development of statewide policy with the Massachusetts Broadband Institute, established pursuant to section 6B of chapter 40J regarding advanced telecommunications capability within the commonwealth. For the purposes of this chapter, ''advanced telecommunications capability'' shall mean high-speed, switched, broadband telecommunications capability that enables users to originate and receive high-quality voice, data, graphics and video telecommunications using any technology, without regard to any transmission media or technology.

Section 1. There shall be in the office of consumer affairs and business regulation a department of telecommunications and cable, in this chapter called the department, for the general supervision of telephone and telegraph companies subject to chapter 166 and community antenna television systems as defined in section 1 of chapter 166A and for the development of statewide policy with the Massachusetts Broadband Institute, established pursuant to section 6B of chapter 40J regarding advanced telecommunications capability within the commonwealth.

For the purposes of this chapter, ''advanced telecommunications capability'' shall mean high-speed, switched, broadband telecommunications capability that enables users to originate and receive high-quality voice, data, graphics and video telecommunications using any technology, without regard to any transmission media or technology.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 15
Publication of statement of financial condition of mining corporation
Status: in_force

Section 15. No officer, agent, clerk or servant of a mining corporation, and no person dealing in the shares of such corporation, shall cause to be published any advertisement of the shares of such corporation in which any statement is made of the value of the property of the corporation, or of its present or prospective earnings, or of a prospective increase in the price of the shares, unless the president and a majority of the directors of such corporation, within sixty days prior to the date of the publication of such advertisement, shall have filed with the state secretary in such form as he shall prescribe, a statement on oath of the financial condition of the corporation, a full description of its property, and a statement of the earnings, if any, from the operation of the same for the fiscal year next preceding the date of the filing of the said statement. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.

Section 15. No officer, agent, clerk or servant of a mining corporation, and no person dealing in the shares of such corporation, shall cause to be published any advertisement of the shares of such corporation in which any statement is made of the value of the property of the corporation, or of its present or prospective earnings, or of a prospective increase in the price of the shares, unless the president and a majority of the directors of such corporation, within sixty days prior to the date of the publication of such advertisement, shall have filed with the state secretary in such form as he shall prescribe, a statement on oath of the financial condition of the corporation, a full description of its property, and a statement of the earnings, if any, from the operation of the same for the fiscal year next preceding the date of the filing of the said statement. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203E, sec. 102 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203E / Section 102
Scope
Status: in_force

Section 102. Scope This chapter applies to express trusts, charitable or non-charitable, of a donative nature and trusts created pursuant to a judgment or decree that requires the trust to be administered in the manner of an express trust.

Section 102. Scope

This chapter applies to express trusts, charitable or non-charitable, of a donative nature and trusts created pursuant to a judgment or decree that requires the trust to be administered in the manner of an express trust.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 8
Entertainment of distinguished guests; expenditures
Status: in_force

Section 8. The governor may expend each year such sums as may be appropriated for the entertainment of the president of the United States and other distinguished guests while visiting or passing through the commonwealth.

Section 8. The governor may expend each year such sums as may be appropriated for the entertainment of the president of the United States and other distinguished guests while visiting or passing through the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 247, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 247 / Section 5
Judgment for defendant
Status: in_force

Section 5. If the court finds that the beasts were lawfully taken or distrained, the defendant shall have judgment for the amount found to be due from the plaintiff for the penalty or forfeiture or for the damages for which the beasts were impounded, with the legal fees, costs, charges and expenses incurred by reason of the distress, and with the costs of the action of replevin; or, instead thereof, the court may render a judgment for a return of the beasts, to be held by the defendant irrepleviable by the plaintiff, and for the damages for the taking of the beasts by the replevin and for the defendant's costs. If so returned, the beasts shall be held and disposed of as if they had not been replevied.

Section 5. If the court finds that the beasts were lawfully taken or distrained, the defendant shall have judgment for the amount found to be due from the plaintiff for the penalty or forfeiture or for the damages for which the beasts were impounded, with the legal fees, costs, charges and expenses incurred by reason of the distress, and with the costs of the action of replevin; or, instead thereof, the court may render a judgment for a return of the beasts, to be held by the defendant irrepleviable by the plaintiff, and for the damages for the taking of the beasts by the replevin and for the defendant's costs. If so returned, the beasts shall be held and disposed of as if they had not been replevied.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 40
Certificate of proof of execution
Status: in_force

Section 40. A certificate of proof of the execution of a deed shall be endorsed upon it or annexed thereto by the clerk or register of the court or by the judge before whom such proof is made, and the certificate shall state whether the grantor was present at the hearing.

Section 40. A certificate of proof of the execution of a deed shall be endorsed upon it or annexed thereto by the clerk or register of the court or by the judge before whom such proof is made, and the certificate shall state whether the grantor was present at the hearing.