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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 105 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 105
Forms
Status: in_force

Section 105. Forms to be used in proceedings for the collection of taxes under this chapter and chapter 59 and of assessments which the collector is authorized or required by law to collect shall be as prescribed by the commissioner. In any case where the commissioner prescribes a form, the form may be completed or maintained electronically.

Section 105. Forms to be used in proceedings for the collection of taxes under this chapter and chapter 59 and of assessments which the collector is authorized or required by law to collect shall be as prescribed by the commissioner. In any case where the commissioner prescribes a form, the form may be completed or maintained electronically.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 124 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 124
Directors appointed by governor; qualifications; powers and privileges
Status: in_force

Section 124. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall appoint for terms of three years each three persons to be members of the board of directors of any company which accepts said sections, of whom at least two shall be residents of a city or town served by the company, and none shall be an owner of its stocks or bonds. They shall have and exercise all the power and privileges of the other directors of the company, and shall receive such fees as are paid to the other directors. The by-laws of the company shall be modified so as to permit of the appointment of such persons as directors, and shall also provide for monthly meetings of the board. If any such board shall have an executive committee or a finance committee, or any other standing committee, at least one of the persons appointed by the governor shall be a member of every such committee.

Section 124. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall appoint for terms of three years each three persons to be members of the board of directors of any company which accepts said sections, of whom at least two shall be residents of a city or town served by the company, and none shall be an owner of its stocks or bonds. They shall have and exercise all the power and privileges of the other directors of the company, and shall receive such fees as are paid to the other directors. The by-laws of the company shall be modified so as to permit of the appointment of such persons as directors, and shall also provide for monthly meetings of the board. If any such board shall have an executive committee or a finance committee, or any other standing committee, at least one of the persons appointed by the governor shall be a member of every such committee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183C, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183C / Section 5
Prepayment fees and penalties
Status: in_force

Section 5. A high-cost home mortgage loan shall not contain any provision for prepayment fees or penalties.

Section 5. A high-cost home mortgage loan shall not contain any provision for prepayment fees or penalties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 253, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 253 / Section 58
Tenants and remainderman; apportionment of expenses
Status: in_force

Section 58. If part of the mill is held by a tenant for life or years, the amount due for the repairs and other expenses on that part of the mill shall be apportioned on the tenant for life or years and on the remainderman or reversioner in proportion to the value of their respective interest; and the person to whom the money is due from such remainderman or reversioner shall have a lien on the rents and profits belonging to him after his estate comes into possession, if not sooner paid, notwithstanding any limitation by lapse of time.

Section 58. If part of the mill is held by a tenant for life or years, the amount due for the repairs and other expenses on that part of the mill shall be apportioned on the tenant for life or years and on the remainderman or reversioner in proportion to the value of their respective interest; and the person to whom the money is due from such remainderman or reversioner shall have a lien on the rents and profits belonging to him after his estate comes into possession, if not sooner paid, notwithstanding any limitation by lapse of time.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 55 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 55
Discharge upon acknowledgment of satisfaction for injury
Status: in_force

Section 55. If a person committed to jail is under indictment or complaint for, or is under recognizance to answer to, a charge of assault and battery or other misdemeanor for which he is liable in a civil action, unless the offence was committed by or upon a sheriff or other officer of justice, or riotously, or with intent to commit a felony, or is a violation of an order issued pursuant to section 18 or 34B of chapter 208, section 32 of chapter 209, section 3, 4 or 5 of chapter 209A or section 15 or 20 of chapter 209C, a violation of sections 13M or 15D of chapter 265 or would otherwise constitute abuse, as defined in section 1 of said chapter 209A, and the person injured appears before the court or justice who made the commitment or took the recognizance, or before which the indictment or complaint is pending, and acknowledges in writing that he has received satisfaction for the injury, the court or justice may in its or his discretion, upon payment of such expenses as it or he shall order, discharge the recognizance or supersede the commitment, or discharge the defendant from the indictment or complaint, and may also discharge all recognizances and supersede the commitment of all witnesses in the case.

Section 55. If a person committed to jail is under indictment or complaint for, or is under recognizance to answer to, a charge of assault and battery or other misdemeanor for which he is liable in a civil action, unless the offence was committed by or upon a sheriff or other officer of justice, or riotously, or with intent to commit a felony, or is a violation of an order issued pursuant to section 18 or 34B of chapter 208, section 32 of chapter 209, section 3, 4 or 5 of chapter 209A or section 15 or 20 of chapter 209C, a violation of sections 13M or 15D of chapter 265 or would otherwise constitute abuse, as defined in section 1 of said chapter 209A, and the person injured appears before the court or justice who made the commitment or took the recognizance, or before which the indictment or complaint is pending, and acknowledges in writing that he has received satisfaction for the injury, the court or justice may in its or his discretion, upon payment of such expenses as it or he shall order, discharge the recognizance or supersede the commitment, or discharge the defendant from the indictment or complaint, and may also discharge all recognizances and supersede the commitment of all witnesses in the case.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 9
Liability of cities and towns
Status: in_force

Section 9. The mayor, city manager, or other executive head of a city and the city clerk, jointly and severally, shall have the duty of fulfilling all obligations imposed upon such city under this chapter. The board of selectmen, town manager, or other executive head of a town and the town clerk, jointly and severally, shall have the duty of fulfilling all obligations imposed upon such town under this chapter. Obligations imposed upon cities and towns under this chapter shall include obligations established in the rules of the supreme judicial court and in the regulations of the jury commissioner made and duly promulgated under the provisions of this chapter. Cities and towns having boards of election commissioners or boards of registrars of voters may by letter to the jury commissioner signed by the executive head of the city or town delegate certain responsibilities under this chapter to such boards, but ultimate responsibility for compliance shall not be delegated.

Section 9. The mayor, city manager, or other executive head of a city and the city clerk, jointly and severally, shall have the duty of fulfilling all obligations imposed upon such city under this chapter. The board of selectmen, town manager, or other executive head of a town and the town clerk, jointly and severally, shall have the duty of fulfilling all obligations imposed upon such town under this chapter. Obligations imposed upon cities and towns under this chapter shall include obligations established in the rules of the supreme judicial court and in the regulations of the jury commissioner made and duly promulgated under the provisions of this chapter. Cities and towns having boards of election commissioners or boards of registrars of voters may by letter to the jury commissioner signed by the executive head of the city or town delegate certain responsibilities under this chapter to such boards, but ultimate responsibility for compliance shall not be delegated.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 64 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 64
Limitation of new indictment against corporation after abatement or defeat of former indictment
Status: in_force

Section 64. If an indictment, duly found and returned within the time limited by law against a corporation to recover a pecuniary penalty, is abated or otherwise avoided or defeated by reason of any matter of form, or if after a verdict against such corporation judgment is arrested, or if a judgment against such corporation is reversed on writ of error, a new indictment for the same cause may be found and filed within one year after the abatement of the former indictment or the reversal of the judgment as aforesaid.

Section 64. If an indictment, duly found and returned within the time limited by law against a corporation to recover a pecuniary penalty, is abated or otherwise avoided or defeated by reason of any matter of form, or if after a verdict against such corporation judgment is arrested, or if a judgment against such corporation is reversed on writ of error, a new indictment for the same cause may be found and filed within one year after the abatement of the former indictment or the reversal of the judgment as aforesaid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 235 / Section 33
Bank notes taken on execution
Status: in_force

Section 33. Bank notes and all other bills or evidences of debt, issued by a moneyed corporation and circulated as money, may be taken on execution and paid to the creditor at their par value as money collected, if he will accept them; otherwise, they shall be sold like other chattels.

Section 33. Bank notes and all other bills or evidences of debt, issued by a moneyed corporation and circulated as money, may be taken on execution and paid to the creditor at their par value as money collected, if he will accept them; otherwise, they shall be sold like other chattels.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 80 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 80
Encumbered land; conveyance without notice
Status: in_force

Section 80. Whoever conveys land, knowing that an encumbrance exists thereon, without informing the grantee, before the consideration is paid, of the existence and nature of such encumbrance, so far as he has knowledge thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.

Section 80. Whoever conveys land, knowing that an encumbrance exists thereon, without informing the grantee, before the consideration is paid, of the existence and nature of such encumbrance, so far as he has knowledge thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 78A — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 78A
Laborers subject to provisions; continuity of service
Status: in_force

Section 78A. No laborer whose employment begins after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, shall be subject to the provisions of section seventy-seven, seventy-seven D or seventy-eight. Wherever in said section seventy-seven, seventy-seven D or seventy-eight a number of years of service is specified as a requirement of eligibility to receive a pension, such service need not be continuous.

Section 78A. No laborer whose employment begins after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, shall be subject to the provisions of section seventy-seven, seventy-seven D or seventy-eight. Wherever in said section seventy-seven, seventy-seven D or seventy-eight a number of years of service is specified as a requirement of eligibility to receive a pension, such service need not be continuous.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 143, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 143 / Section 8
Failure to remove or make structure safe; survey board; survey; report
Status: in_force

Section 8. If an owner, lessee or mortgagee in possession of such unsafe structure refuses or neglects to comply with the requirements of such notice within the time limited, and such structure is not made safe or taken down as therein ordered, or made secure, a careful survey of the premises shall be made by a board consisting in a city of the city engineer, the head of the fire department, as such term is defined in section one of chapter one hundred and forty-eight, and one disinterested person to be appointed by the local inspector, and in a town of a surveyor, the head of the fire department and one disinterested person to be appointed by the local inspector. If there is no city engineer in such city or no head of the fire department in such city or town, the mayor or selectmen shall designate one or more officers or other suitable persons in place of the officers so named as members of said board. A written report of such survey shall be made, and a copy thereof served on such owner, lessee or mortgagee in possession.

Section 8. If an owner, lessee or mortgagee in possession of such unsafe structure refuses or neglects to comply with the requirements of such notice within the time limited, and such structure is not made safe or taken down as therein ordered, or made secure, a careful survey of the premises shall be made by a board consisting in a city of the city engineer, the head of the fire department, as such term is defined in section one of chapter one hundred and forty-eight, and one disinterested person to be appointed by the local inspector, and in a town of a surveyor, the head of the fire department and one disinterested person to be appointed by the local inspector. If there is no city engineer in such city or no head of the fire department in such city or town, the mayor or selectmen shall designate one or more officers or other suitable persons in place of the officers so named as members of said board. A written report of such survey shall be made, and a copy thereof served on such owner, lessee or mortgagee in possession.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 123B / Section 5
Retention of persons
Status: in_force

Section 5. No person with an intellectual disability shall be retained at a facility except under the provisions of sections six and seven.

Section 5. No person with an intellectual disability shall be retained at a facility except under the provisions of sections six and seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64C, sec. 33A — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64C / Section 33A
Packages containing fewer than 20 cigarettes; stamps; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 33A. A stamper shall not affix a stamp on a cigarette package containing fewer than 20 cigarettes. A licensee shall not hold for sale, offer for sale, sell, possess with intent to sell, or otherwise dispose of a cigarette package containing fewer than 20 cigarettes. In addition to other remedies provided by law, the commissioner may assess a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation of this section. The commissioner may suspend or revoke the stamping authority or license of a person who violates this section.

Section 33A. A stamper shall not affix a stamp on a cigarette package containing fewer than 20 cigarettes. A licensee shall not hold for sale, offer for sale, sell, possess with intent to sell, or otherwise dispose of a cigarette package containing fewer than 20 cigarettes. In addition to other remedies provided by law, the commissioner may assess a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation of this section. The commissioner may suspend or revoke the stamping authority or license of a person who violates this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 58D — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 58D
Retirement allowances of employees retiring under Sec. 58 other than policemen and firemen
Status: in_force

Section 58D. In any city or town which accepts this section, if any city or town employee, other than a member of the police department or a permanent member of the fire department, who is a veteran, retires under section fifty-eight, he shall, in lieu of the retirement allowance provided in said section fifty-eight, receive a retirement allowance, if he retires before attaining age sixty, equal to seventy per cent, after attaining age sixty and before attaining age sixty-one, equal to seventy-one per cent, or after attaining age sixty-one, equal to seventy-two per cent, of the highest annual rate of compensation, including any bonuses paid in lieu of additional salary or as a temporary wage increase in addition to his regular compensation, and including any maintenance allowance, payable to him while he was holding the grade held by him at his retirement, and payable from the same source.

Section 58D. In any city or town which accepts this section, if any city or town employee, other than a member of the police department or a permanent member of the fire department, who is a veteran, retires under section fifty-eight, he shall, in lieu of the retirement allowance provided in said section fifty-eight, receive a retirement allowance, if he retires before attaining age sixty, equal to seventy per cent, after attaining age sixty and before attaining age sixty-one, equal to seventy-one per cent, or after attaining age sixty-one, equal to seventy-two per cent, of the highest annual rate of compensation, including any bonuses paid in lieu of additional salary or as a temporary wage increase in addition to his regular compensation, and including any maintenance allowance, payable to him while he was holding the grade held by him at his retirement, and payable from the same source.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 261, sec. 27F — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 261 / Section 27F
Substitute documents, services or objects at less cost; court order
Status: in_force

Section 27F. The court may, upon its own motion or that of any party, order that the document, service or object for which a normal or extra fee or cost would be charged shall be provided by an alternative means at lower or no cost, if the substitute thereby provided is substantially equivalent and the provision thereof does not materially impair the rights of any party. In any such order the court may direct payment by the commonwealth of the cost of any substitute to the same extent that the court would but for this section have ordered payment by the commonwealth for the document, service or object in question.

Section 27F. The court may, upon its own motion or that of any party, order that the document, service or object for which a normal or extra fee or cost would be charged shall be provided by an alternative means at lower or no cost, if the substitute thereby provided is substantially equivalent and the provision thereof does not materially impair the rights of any party. In any such order the court may direct payment by the commonwealth of the cost of any substitute to the same extent that the court would but for this section have ordered payment by the commonwealth for the document, service or object in question.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 204, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 204 / Section 23
Void acts of fiduciaries; confirmation or setting aside
Status: in_force

Section 23. If an act or proceeding of a person acting as executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, trustee, receiver, commissioner or in any other fiduciary capacity under an appointment or license of a probate court is void or voidable by reason of an irregularity or of want of jurisdiction or authority in the court which made the appointment or granted the license, any person interested in or affected by such act or proceeding may have the matter heard and determined by the supreme judicial court in equity, which may confirm or set aside, in whole or in part, the act or proceeding.

Section 23. If an act or proceeding of a person acting as executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, trustee, receiver, commissioner or in any other fiduciary capacity under an appointment or license of a probate court is void or voidable by reason of an irregularity or of want of jurisdiction or authority in the court which made the appointment or granted the license, any person interested in or affected by such act or proceeding may have the matter heard and determined by the supreme judicial court in equity, which may confirm or set aside, in whole or in part, the act or proceeding.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 99 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 99
Deposit in lieu of appeal bond
Status: in_force

Section 99. The appellant or any person in his behalf, instead of filing a bond as provided in the preceding section, may deposit with the clerk, within the time required for filing a bond, a reasonable amount, to be fixed by the clerk or justice, as security for the prosecution of the appeal and the payment of costs. A certificate of such deposit shall be issued to the depositor by the clerk or justice, and the deposit shall be transmitted by him with the papers to the clerk of the superior court, who shall thereupon deliver a receipt therefor to such clerk or justice and shall hold such deposit until the final disposition of the case, when he shall pay it, or any part thereof, to the appellee for his costs, or to the depositor thereof, as the court may order. The superior court may give directions as to the manner of keeping such deposit.

Section 99. The appellant or any person in his behalf, instead of filing a bond as provided in the preceding section, may deposit with the clerk, within the time required for filing a bond, a reasonable amount, to be fixed by the clerk or justice, as security for the prosecution of the appeal and the payment of costs. A certificate of such deposit shall be issued to the depositor by the clerk or justice, and the deposit shall be transmitted by him with the papers to the clerk of the superior court, who shall thereupon deliver a receipt therefor to such clerk or justice and shall hold such deposit until the final disposition of the case, when he shall pay it, or any part thereof, to the appellee for his costs, or to the depositor thereof, as the court may order. The superior court may give directions as to the manner of keeping such deposit.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 217 / Section 13
Temporary register
Status: in_force

Section 13. Upon the death, resignation, removal or absence of the register, if there is no assistant register, or if he also is absent, the judge shall appoint a temporary register to act until a register is qualified, or until the disability is removed. Such temporary register shall be sworn before the judge, and a certificate thereof, with his appointment, shall be recorded with the proceedings of each court in which he acts.

Section 13. Upon the death, resignation, removal or absence of the register, if there is no assistant register, or if he also is absent, the judge shall appoint a temporary register to act until a register is qualified, or until the disability is removed. Such temporary register shall be sworn before the judge, and a certificate thereof, with his appointment, shall be recorded with the proceedings of each court in which he acts.