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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94B, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94B / Section 6
Inspection; access to premises; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 6. (a) For the purpose of administering the provisions of this chapter, the director and inspectors shall have access and entry at reasonable times to any premises pursuant to a search warrant duly issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, provided that no sample of an alleged hazardous substance obtained in the course of such inspection and no result of any analysis or test of any such sample shall be received in evidence in any criminal proceeding under this chapter unless the sample shall have been taken and the analysis or test conducted in accordance with the procedure provided in sections one hundred and eighty-eight and one hundred and eighty-nine of chapter ninety-four. (b) Any person who obstructs the director or an inspector from entering premises under a valid search warrant where a hazardous substance is kept as provided in section six, or any person who does not comply with the provisions of section seven, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.

Section 6. (a) For the purpose of administering the provisions of this chapter, the director and inspectors shall have access and entry at reasonable times to any premises pursuant to a search warrant duly issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, provided that no sample of an alleged hazardous substance obtained in the course of such inspection and no result of any analysis or test of any such sample shall be received in evidence in any criminal proceeding under this chapter unless the sample shall have been taken and the analysis or test conducted in accordance with the procedure provided in sections one hundred and eighty-eight and one hundred and eighty-nine of chapter ninety-four.

(b) Any person who obstructs the director or an inspector from entering premises under a valid search warrant where a hazardous substance is kept as provided in section six, or any person who does not comply with the provisions of section seven, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 133C — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 133C
New construction, remodeling, etc. of public buildings or properties, vending facilities
Status: in_force

Section 133C. To effectuate further the purposes of this act, when new construction, remodeling, leasing, acquisition or improvement of public buildings or properties with the exception of any building, land, or other real property under the jurisdiction of any state university or state institution of higher learning is authorized, the agency directing such construction, remodeling, leasing, acquisition or improvement, shall, when plans include provisions to dispense food products, make available suitable space and facilities for vending facilities to be operated therein by blind persons licensed by the commission for the blind pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

Section 133C. To effectuate further the purposes of this act, when new construction, remodeling, leasing, acquisition or improvement of public buildings or properties with the exception of any building, land, or other real property under the jurisdiction of any state university or state institution of higher learning is authorized, the agency directing such construction, remodeling, leasing, acquisition or improvement, shall, when plans include provisions to dispense food products, make available suitable space and facilities for vending facilities to be operated therein by blind persons licensed by the commission for the blind pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 98 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 98
Annual report; failure to file, amend; fine
Status: in_force

Section 98. Each person required by sections ninety-six to one hundred and fourteen, inclusive, to be under the supervision of the commissioner shall annually, on or before a date to be determined by the commissioner, file a report with said commissioner containing such information as said commissioner may require concerning the business and operations during the preceding calendar year at each licensed place of business conducted by a licensee within the commonwealth. Any person neglecting to file such report or failing to amend such report within fifteen days after notice from said commissioner directing the same shall, unless such neglect or failure is due to justifiable cause and not due to wilful neglect, pay to the commonwealth fifty dollars for each day during which such neglect or failure continues.

Section 98. Each person required by sections ninety-six to one hundred and fourteen, inclusive, to be under the supervision of the commissioner shall annually, on or before a date to be determined by the commissioner, file a report with said commissioner containing such information as said commissioner may require concerning the business and operations during the preceding calendar year at each licensed place of business conducted by a licensee within the commonwealth. Any person neglecting to file such report or failing to amend such report within fifteen days after notice from said commissioner directing the same shall, unless such neglect or failure is due to justifiable cause and not due to wilful neglect, pay to the commonwealth fifty dollars for each day during which such neglect or failure continues.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15S — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15S
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Status: in_force

Section 15S. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fifteenth day of January as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and recommending that said day be observed by the people in an appropriate manner.

Section 15S. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fifteenth day of January as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and recommending that said day be observed by the people in an appropriate manner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 59 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 59
Consent in lieu of directors' meeting; effect; telephone conference meetings
Status: in_force

Section 59. Unless the articles of organization or the by-laws otherwise provide, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the directors may be taken without a meeting if all the directors consent to the action in writing and the written consents are filed with the records of the meetings of directors. Such consents shall be treated for all purposes as a vote at a meeting. Unless the articles of organization or the by-laws otherwise provide, members of the board of directors of any corporation or any committee designated thereby may participate in a meeting of such board or committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time and participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.

Section 59. Unless the articles of organization or the by-laws otherwise provide, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the directors may be taken without a meeting if all the directors consent to the action in writing and the written consents are filed with the records of the meetings of directors. Such consents shall be treated for all purposes as a vote at a meeting.

Unless the articles of organization or the by-laws otherwise provide, members of the board of directors of any corporation or any committee designated thereby may participate in a meeting of such board or committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time and participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 252, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 252 / Section 2
State reclamation and mosquito control board
Status: in_force

Section 2. One employee of the department of environmental protection designated by its commissioner, one employee of the department of food and agriculture designated by its commissioner, and one employee of the department of environmental management designated by its commissioner, shall constitute the state reclamation and mosquito control board, in this chapter called the board. The designation of any member of said board may be revoked at any time, and in such case or in case of the resignation or disability of any member his successor shall be designated in the same manner as in the original designation. The board shall serve in the department of food and agriculture, and the members thereof shall receive no additional compensation for service on said board, but shall be entitled to their reasonable traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

Section 2. One employee of the department of environmental protection designated by its commissioner, one employee of the department of food and agriculture designated by its commissioner, and one employee of the department of environmental management designated by its commissioner, shall constitute the state reclamation and mosquito control board, in this chapter called the board. The designation of any member of said board may be revoked at any time, and in such case or in case of the resignation or disability of any member his successor shall be designated in the same manner as in the original designation. The board shall serve in the department of food and agriculture, and the members thereof shall receive no additional compensation for service on said board, but shall be entitled to their reasonable traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 180D — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 180D
Domestic companies; duty of receivers to give notice of appointment
Status: in_force

Section 180D. The receiver of any company of which this commonwealth is the domiciliary state, appointed under section six, section one hundred and eighty B or section one hundred and eighty C, shall, within twenty days after his appointment, give notice thereof to all policyholders of the company by written notice, in a form prescribed by the court, sent by mail, postage prepaid, to the last address of the insured appearing on the records of the company.

Section 180D. The receiver of any company of which this commonwealth is the domiciliary state, appointed under section six, section one hundred and eighty B or section one hundred and eighty C, shall, within twenty days after his appointment, give notice thereof to all policyholders of the company by written notice, in a form prescribed by the court, sent by mail, postage prepaid, to the last address of the insured appearing on the records of the company.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 63 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 63
Term of lease
Status: in_force

Section 63. A railroad corporation shall not lease or contract for the operation of its railroad for a period of more than ninety-nine years without the consent of the general court; but this section shall not render invalid a lease approved by the stockholders of a corporation before July first, eighteen hundred and eighty.

Section 63. A railroad corporation shall not lease or contract for the operation of its railroad for a period of more than ninety-nine years without the consent of the general court; but this section shall not render invalid a lease approved by the stockholders of a corporation before July first, eighteen hundred and eighty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 126 / Section 39
Payment of loan
Status: in_force

Section 39. The county commissioners, at the time of authorizing each loan, shall provide for the payment thereof in accordance with the preceding section; and a sum sufficient to pay the interest as it accrues and to make such payments on the principal as may be required under said section shall be levied annually thereafter, as a part of the county tax of the county, in the same manner as other county taxes, until the debt incurred by said loans is extinguished.

Section 39. The county commissioners, at the time of authorizing each loan, shall provide for the payment thereof in accordance with the preceding section; and a sum sufficient to pay the interest as it accrues and to make such payments on the principal as may be required under said section shall be levied annually thereafter, as a part of the county tax of the county, in the same manner as other county taxes, until the debt incurred by said loans is extinguished.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 222 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 222
Certificate of sale by cental
Status: in_force

Section 222. If any wheat, corn, rye, oats, barley, buckwheat, cracked corn, ground corn or corn meal, ground rye or rye meal, or feed, or any other meal, is sold by the cental or hundred weight, the weigher or his deputy, on request of either party to the contract, shall ascertain the weight thereof and shall give a certificate of the number of centals or hundredweight of the same; and whoever sells and delivers a quantity of either of said articles exceeding one cental or hundredweight, if it has not been weighed by such weigher or his deputy, shall forfeit to the purchaser ten dollars for each lot purporting to be a cental or hundredweight which contains less than one hundred pounds.

Section 222. If any wheat, corn, rye, oats, barley, buckwheat, cracked corn, ground corn or corn meal, ground rye or rye meal, or feed, or any other meal, is sold by the cental or hundred weight, the weigher or his deputy, on request of either party to the contract, shall ascertain the weight thereof and shall give a certificate of the number of centals or hundredweight of the same; and whoever sells and delivers a quantity of either of said articles exceeding one cental or hundredweight, if it has not been weighed by such weigher or his deputy, shall forfeit to the purchaser ten dollars for each lot purporting to be a cental or hundredweight which contains less than one hundred pounds.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 84, sec. 11A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 84 / Section 11A
Maintenance of highways constructed or improved in whole or in part by county
Status: in_force

Section 11A. When a public way other than a state highway has been constructed or improved in whole or in part by aid of money contributed by a county, the said way shall be kept and maintained in good repair and condition by the town in which the same lies, but the county may aid in such maintenance, and for such purpose the county commissioners may grant sums of money from the county treasury to be paid to the town to aid in such repairs as the commissioners may order. Such money may be paid to the town from time to time as the work progresses to the extent that the commissioners are satisfied that the same is being done in accordance with their directions. Such grants or contributions shall not render a county liable for defects in any way or for damages to persons traveling thereon, and when the work of repair or maintenance for which such grants or contributions are made is completed there shall be no further obligation on the part of the county as to the repair or maintenance thereof until a further grant or order is made by the county commissioners for such purposes.

Section 11A. When a public way other than a state highway has been constructed or improved in whole or in part by aid of money contributed by a county, the said way shall be kept and maintained in good repair and condition by the town in which the same lies, but the county may aid in such maintenance, and for such purpose the county commissioners may grant sums of money from the county treasury to be paid to the town to aid in such repairs as the commissioners may order. Such money may be paid to the town from time to time as the work progresses to the extent that the commissioners are satisfied that the same is being done in accordance with their directions. Such grants or contributions shall not render a county liable for defects in any way or for damages to persons traveling thereon, and when the work of repair or maintenance for which such grants or contributions are made is completed there shall be no further obligation on the part of the county as to the repair or maintenance thereof until a further grant or order is made by the county commissioners for such purposes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 94F — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 94F
Discharge from treatment center; declassification; transfer
Status: in_force

Section 94F. Any person hospitalized at the treatment center may be discharged therefrom by the superintendent at any time he determines that it is in the best interest of the patient and of the public health so to do. The superintendent may also declassify the patient as under the care and custody of this center and transfer him to an open ward at the same hospital, or transfer him to another sanatorium or hospital, state, county, municipal or private, if he deems it in the best interest of the patient and the public health. The admission of the patient to such other institutions shall be in accordance with the requirements of law for admission to such institutions.

Section 94F. Any person hospitalized at the treatment center may be discharged therefrom by the superintendent at any time he determines that it is in the best interest of the patient and of the public health so to do.

The superintendent may also declassify the patient as under the care and custody of this center and transfer him to an open ward at the same hospital, or transfer him to another sanatorium or hospital, state, county, municipal or private, if he deems it in the best interest of the patient and the public health. The admission of the patient to such other institutions shall be in accordance with the requirements of law for admission to such institutions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, sec. 55 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62C / Section 55
Books or records relating to property subject to levy
Status: in_force

Section 55. If a levy has been made or is about to be made on any property, or right to property, any person having custody or control of any books or records, containing evidence or statements relating to the property, or right to property subject to levy, shall, upon demand of the commissioner, exhibit such books or records to the commissioner.

Section 55. If a levy has been made or is about to be made on any property, or right to property, any person having custody or control of any books or records, containing evidence or statements relating to the property, or right to property subject to levy, shall, upon demand of the commissioner, exhibit such books or records to the commissioner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 69 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 69
Number; compensation for attendance
Status: in_force

Section 69. Not more than 4 deputy sheriffs or court officers shall receive compensation for attendance upon a sitting of the superior court for civil business or for both civil and criminal business unless the presiding justice or the district attorney requests, in writing, that the chief justice of the trial court procure the attendance for the whole or a portion of any such sitting of an additional number. Not more than 6 deputy sheriffs, court officers or constables shall receive compensation for attendance upon a sitting of the superior court for criminal business unless the district attorney requests, in writing, that the chief justice of the trial court procure the attendance for the whole or a portion of any such sitting of an additional number.

Section 69. Not more than 4 deputy sheriffs or court officers shall receive compensation for attendance upon a sitting of the superior court for civil business or for both civil and criminal business unless the presiding justice or the district attorney requests, in writing, that the chief justice of the trial court procure the attendance for the whole or a portion of any such sitting of an additional number. Not more than 6 deputy sheriffs, court officers or constables shall receive compensation for attendance upon a sitting of the superior court for criminal business unless the district attorney requests, in writing, that the chief justice of the trial court procure the attendance for the whole or a portion of any such sitting of an additional number.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 172 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 172
Barrel and hogshead
Status: in_force

Section 172. The barrel shall contain thirty-one and one half gallons and the hogshead two barrels, except that barrels containing malt beverages shall contain thirty-one gallons and that with respect to such barrels and fractional parts thereof a variation or tolerance of three per cent over and under the standard capacity shall be permitted.

Section 172. The barrel shall contain thirty-one and one half gallons and the hogshead two barrels, except that barrels containing malt beverages shall contain thirty-one gallons and that with respect to such barrels and fractional parts thereof a variation or tolerance of three per cent over and under the standard capacity shall be permitted.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 98A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 98A
Arrest on fresh and continued pursuit
Status: in_force

Section 98A. A police officer of a city or town who is empowered to make arrests within a city or town may, on fresh and continued pursuit, exercise such authority in any other city or town for any offence committed in his presence within his jurisdiction for which he would have the right to arrest within his jurisdiction without a warrant. Said officer may return any person so arrested to the jurisdiction wherein said offence was committed. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as limiting the powers of a police officer to make arrests and in so far as possible this section shall be deemed to be declaratory of the common law of the commonwealth.

Section 98A. A police officer of a city or town who is empowered to make arrests within a city or town may, on fresh and continued pursuit, exercise such authority in any other city or town for any offence committed in his presence within his jurisdiction for which he would have the right to arrest within his jurisdiction without a warrant. Said officer may return any person so arrested to the jurisdiction wherein said offence was committed. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as limiting the powers of a police officer to make arrests and in so far as possible this section shall be deemed to be declaratory of the common law of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 91, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 91 / Section 51
Impairment of right or authority derived from federal government
Status: in_force

Section 51. The preceding section shall not impair any right or authority derived from, or exercised under, any law of the United States, or any right, license or privilege lawfully granted by any department thereof.

Section 51. The preceding section shall not impair any right or authority derived from, or exercised under, any law of the United States, or any right, license or privilege lawfully granted by any department thereof.