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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 58
Registered bonds exchanged for coupon bonds or defaced bonds
Status: in_force

Section 58. The state treasurer may, upon terms and regulations prescribed by the governor and council, issue, in denominations of not less than $1,000, registered bonds in exchange for any coupon bonds of the commonwealth, which, with the exception of the coupons, shall be in conformity with the laws authorizing the issue of such coupon bonds. The state treasurer shall mutilate and retain the bonds so received in exchange. The comptroller shall certify such registered bonds; and the comptroller and the state treasurer shall each keep a register of their dates, numbers and amounts, the names of the persons to whom they were issued, when they are payable and for what bonds they were issued in exchange. The state treasurer may also, upon the same terms and regulations, issue in substitution for mutilated, defaced or endorsed bonds presented to the state treasurer other bonds of like or equivalent issues.

Section 58. The state treasurer may, upon terms and regulations prescribed by the governor and council, issue, in denominations of not less than $1,000, registered bonds in exchange for any coupon bonds of the commonwealth, which, with the exception of the coupons, shall be in conformity with the laws authorizing the issue of such coupon bonds. The state treasurer shall mutilate and retain the bonds so received in exchange. The comptroller shall certify such registered bonds; and the comptroller and the state treasurer shall each keep a register of their dates, numbers and amounts, the names of the persons to whom they were issued, when they are payable and for what bonds they were issued in exchange. The state treasurer may also, upon the same terms and regulations, issue in substitution for mutilated, defaced or endorsed bonds presented to the state treasurer other bonds of like or equivalent issues.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 59 / Section 30
Blank lists
Status: in_force

Section 30. The assessors shall furnish a blank list prescribed by the commissioner under section five of chapter fifty-eight to any person liable to taxation.

Section 30. The assessors shall furnish a blank list prescribed by the commissioner under section five of chapter fifty-eight to any person liable to taxation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 248, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 248 / Section 5
Form of writ
Status: in_force

Section 5. If the imprisonment or restraint is not by a sheriff, deputy sheriff or jailer, the writ shall be in the following form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (Seal.) To the sheriffs of our several counties and to their respective deputies , Greeting. We command you that the body of , of , by , of , imprisoned and restrained of his liberty, as it is said, you take and have before a justice of our supreme judicial court at immediately after the receipt of this writ, to do and receive what our said justice shall then and there consider concerning him in this behalf; and summon said then and there to appear before our said justice to show the cause of the taking and detaining of said ; and have you there this writ with your doings thereon. Witness at this day of in the year .

Section 5. If the imprisonment or restraint is not by a sheriff, deputy sheriff or jailer, the writ shall be in the following form:

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

(Seal.) To the sheriffs of our several counties and to their respective deputies ,

Greeting.

We command you that the body of , of , by , of , imprisoned and restrained of his liberty, as it is said, you take and have before a justice of our supreme judicial court at immediately after the receipt of this writ, to do and receive what our said justice shall then and there consider concerning him in this behalf; and summon said then and there to appear before our said justice to show the cause of the taking and detaining of said ; and have you there this writ with your doings thereon.

Witness at this day of in the year .
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93D, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93D / Section 5
Injunction; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Section 5. The supreme judicial and superior courts shall have jurisdiction in equity upon the petition of the department, the board, the attorney general, of any city or town or any officer thereof, or of any interested party, to restrain the erection or maintenance of any outdoor advertising erected or maintained in violation of any provisions of this chapter, and to order the removal or abatement of such outdoor advertising as a nuisance.

Section 5. The supreme judicial and superior courts shall have jurisdiction in equity upon the petition of the department, the board, the attorney general, of any city or town or any officer thereof, or of any interested party, to restrain the erection or maintenance of any outdoor advertising erected or maintained in violation of any provisions of this chapter, and to order the removal or abatement of such outdoor advertising as a nuisance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 143, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 143 / Section 58
Jurisdiction of prosecutions and proceedings at law
Status: in_force

Section 58. District courts shall have jurisdiction concurrently with the superior court of prosecutions and proceedings at law under sections three to fifty-two, inclusive.

Section 58. District courts shall have jurisdiction concurrently with the superior court of prosecutions and proceedings at law under sections three to fifty-two, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 215, sec. 62 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 215 / Section 62
Times and places for holding courts
Status: in_force

Section 62. The court shall be held by one of the justices, and when so held shall have and exercise all the power and jurisdiction committed to said court. The chief justice, after consultation with the chief justice of the trial court, shall make such assignments for the attendance of a justice at the several times and places appointed for holding the court as will be most convenient as will insure the prompt performance of its duties.

Section 62. The court shall be held by one of the justices, and when so held shall have and exercise all the power and jurisdiction committed to said court. The chief justice, after consultation with the chief justice of the trial court, shall make such assignments for the attendance of a justice at the several times and places appointed for holding the court as will be most convenient as will insure the prompt performance of its duties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40C, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40C / Section 13
Jurisdiction of superior court; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 13. The superior court sitting in equity for the county in which the city or town is situated shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this chapter and any ordinance or by-law enacted hereunder and the determinations, rulings and regulations issued pursuant thereto and may, upon the petition of the mayor or of the board of selectmen or of the commission, restrain by injunction violations thereof; and, without limitation, such court may order the removal of any building, structure or exterior architectural feature constructed in violation thereof, or the substantial restoration of any building, structure or exterior architectural feature altered or demolished in violation thereof, and may issue such other orders for relief as may be equitable. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. Each day during any portion of which a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense.

Section 13. The superior court sitting in equity for the county in which the city or town is situated shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this chapter and any ordinance or by-law enacted hereunder and the determinations, rulings and regulations issued pursuant thereto and may, upon the petition of the mayor or of the board of selectmen or of the commission, restrain by injunction violations thereof; and, without limitation, such court may order the removal of any building, structure or exterior architectural feature constructed in violation thereof, or the substantial restoration of any building, structure or exterior architectural feature altered or demolished in violation thereof, and may issue such other orders for relief as may be equitable.

Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. Each day during any portion of which a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 202, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 202 / Section 34
Foreign fiduciary; bond; sufficiency; filing
Status: in_force

Section 34. If the court finds that such foreign guardian or conservator has given bond with sufficient surety or sureties, in the state or country where he was appointed, to account for the proceeds of such sale, mortgage or lease, and if an authenticated copy of such bond is filed in said court, no further bond shall be required; otherwise, before such license is granted, he shall give bond payable to the judge of said court and his successors with sufficient surety or sureties and with condition to account for and dispose of said proceeds according to law.

Section 34. If the court finds that such foreign guardian or conservator has given bond with sufficient surety or sureties, in the state or country where he was appointed, to account for the proceeds of such sale, mortgage or lease, and if an authenticated copy of such bond is filed in said court, no further bond shall be required; otherwise, before such license is granted, he shall give bond payable to the judge of said court and his successors with sufficient surety or sureties and with condition to account for and dispose of said proceeds according to law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 271 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 271
Reciprocity for naturopathic doctors registered, certified or licensed in another jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Section 271. The board may grant license reciprocity to a registered, certified or licensed naturopathic doctor from another jurisdiction; provided, however, that the requirements for registration, certification or licensing in the other jurisdictions are, in the opinion of the board, substantially equivalent to the requirements in section 269. The board shall promulgate rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement this section.

Section 271. The board may grant license reciprocity to a registered, certified or licensed naturopathic doctor from another jurisdiction; provided, however, that the requirements for registration, certification or licensing in the other jurisdictions are, in the opinion of the board, substantially equivalent to the requirements in section 269. The board shall promulgate rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 66, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title X / Chapter 66 / Section 16
Surrender of church records; jurisdiction of superior court
Status: in_force

Section 16. If a church, parish, religious society, monthly meeting of the people called Friends or Quakers, or any similar body of persons who have associated themselves together for holding religious meetings, shall cease for the term of two years to hold such meetings, the persons having the care of any records or registries of such body, or of any officers thereof, shall deliver all such records, except records essential to the control of any property or trust funds belonging to such body, to the custodian of a depository provided by the state organization of the particular denomination or to the clerk of the city or town where such body is situated and such clerk may certify copies thereof upon the payment of the fee as provided by clause (25) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two. If any such body, the records or registries of which, or of any officers of which, have been so delivered, shall resume meetings under its former name or shall be legally incorporated, either alone or with a similar body, the clerk of such city or town or the custodian of said depository shall, upon written demand by a person duly authorized, deliver such records or registries to him if he shall in writing certify that to the best of his knowledge and belief said meetings are to be continued or such incorporation has been legally completed. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce this section.

Section 16. If a church, parish, religious society, monthly meeting of the people called Friends or Quakers, or any similar body of persons who have associated themselves together for holding religious meetings, shall cease for the term of two years to hold such meetings, the persons having the care of any records or registries of such body, or of any officers thereof, shall deliver all such records, except records essential to the control of any property or trust funds belonging to such body, to the custodian of a depository provided by the state organization of the particular denomination or to the clerk of the city or town where such body is situated and such clerk may certify copies thereof upon the payment of the fee as provided by clause (25) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two. If any such body, the records or registries of which, or of any officers of which, have been so delivered, shall resume meetings under its former name or shall be legally incorporated, either alone or with a similar body, the clerk of such city or town or the custodian of said depository shall, upon written demand by a person duly authorized, deliver such records or registries to him if he shall in writing certify that to the best of his knowledge and belief said meetings are to be continued or such incorporation has been legally completed. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 270 / Section 19
Glue or cement; sale to minors; smelling deterrent ingredients
Status: in_force

Section 19. Any person who sells glue or cement to a minor shall require such minor to properly identify himself and write his name and address legibly in a permanently bound register. The seller shall keep such register available for police inspection for a period of six months after the last sale is recorded therein. No such glue or cement shall be sold to a minor unless it contains allyl isothiocyanate (oil of mustard) or some other equally effective and safe deterrent against smelling or inhaling the fumes of such glue or cement. As used in this section, ''glue'' or ''cement'' shall mean any glue or cement that contains a solvent or chemical having the property of releasing toxic vapors. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.

Section 19. Any person who sells glue or cement to a minor shall require such minor to properly identify himself and write his name and address legibly in a permanently bound register. The seller shall keep such register available for police inspection for a period of six months after the last sale is recorded therein. No such glue or cement shall be sold to a minor unless it contains allyl isothiocyanate (oil of mustard) or some other equally effective and safe deterrent against smelling or inhaling the fumes of such glue or cement.

As used in this section, ''glue'' or ''cement'' shall mean any glue or cement that contains a solvent or chemical having the property of releasing toxic vapors.

Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 63 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 63
Copy of writ; deposit in registry of deeds
Status: in_force

Section 63. No attachment of land or of any leasehold estate shall be valid against a subsequent attaching creditor, or against a subsequent purchaser in good faith and for value, unless the officer deposits a certified copy of the writ of attachment and so much of his return thereon as relates to the attachment of the estate, in the registry of deeds for the county or district where the land lies.

Section 63. No attachment of land or of any leasehold estate shall be valid against a subsequent attaching creditor, or against a subsequent purchaser in good faith and for value, unless the officer deposits a certified copy of the writ of attachment and so much of his return thereon as relates to the attachment of the estate, in the registry of deeds for the county or district where the land lies.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 32Q — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 32Q
''Manufactured home'' defined
Status: in_force

Section 32Q. As used in sections thirty-two A to thirty-two P, inclusive, the words ''manufactured home'' shall mean a structure, built in conformance to the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards which is transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or forty body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling unit with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein.

Section 32Q. As used in sections thirty-two A to thirty-two P, inclusive, the words ''manufactured home'' shall mean a structure, built in conformance to the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards which is transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or forty body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling unit with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98, sec. 46 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 98 / Section 46
Testing of devices for standardizing production and determining wages, capacity of tanks or containers; sealing; condemnation; fee schedule; certificate; accuracy of automatic devices
Status: in_force

Section 46. The deputy director may, if he deems it desirable, and shall, upon request, test any weights, measures, instruments or mechanical devices of any kind used or intended to be used in standardizing the production of any manufactured article by controlling processes or by determining the dimensions, proportions or properties of materials or products, in determining wages or compensation for labor performed, in determining the dimensions or capacity of any tank, can or other container, or in determining the accuracy of any automatic weighing or measuring device. When any such weight, measure, instrument or mechanical device has been tested and found correct by the deputy director, he may seal the same. If he finds it inaccurate, he may, in his discretion, either condemn it or he may furnish the owner or user with a certificate indicating the amount and direction of any errors found by him. The deputy director may establish a suitable laboratory fee schedule for the testing of weights, measures, instruments or mechanical devices. This section shall not give to the said deputy director or to his inspectors the power to seal any of the devices which, on April twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and twenty, were required by law to be sealed by the local sealers throughout the commonwealth.

Section 46. The deputy director may, if he deems it desirable, and shall, upon request, test any weights, measures, instruments or mechanical devices of any kind used or intended to be used in standardizing the production of any manufactured article by controlling processes or by determining the dimensions, proportions or properties of materials or products, in determining wages or compensation for labor performed, in determining the dimensions or capacity of any tank, can or other container, or in determining the accuracy of any automatic weighing or measuring device. When any such weight, measure, instrument or mechanical device has been tested and found correct by the deputy director, he may seal the same. If he finds it inaccurate, he may, in his discretion, either condemn it or he may furnish the owner or user with a certificate indicating the amount and direction of any errors found by him. The deputy director may establish a suitable laboratory fee schedule for the testing of weights, measures, instruments or mechanical devices. This section shall not give to the said deputy director or to his inspectors the power to seal any of the devices which, on April twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and twenty, were required by law to be sealed by the local sealers throughout the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 29
Register; true or used name; failure to register; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 29. No person shall write or cause to be written, or if in charge of a register knowingly permit to be written, in any register in any lodging house or hotel, recreational camp, overnight camp, cabin, motel or trailer camp, any other or different name or designation than the true name or name in ordinary use of the person registering or causing himself to be registered therein. No person occupying such room shall fail to register or fail to cause himself to be registered. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars.

Section 29. No person shall write or cause to be written, or if in charge of a register knowingly permit to be written, in any register in any lodging house or hotel, recreational camp, overnight camp, cabin, motel or trailer camp, any other or different name or designation than the true name or name in ordinary use of the person registering or causing himself to be registered therein. No person occupying such room shall fail to register or fail to cause himself to be registered. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 58A, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 58A / Section 3
Reports and opinions; publication; sale
Status: in_force

Section 3. The board shall provide for the publication and sale or distribution of such of its reports and opinions as are of public interest, in such form and manner as it may deem best adapted for public convenience and use, upon such terms and conditions as may be approved by the governor and council.

Section 3. The board shall provide for the publication and sale or distribution of such of its reports and opinions as are of public interest, in such form and manner as it may deem best adapted for public convenience and use, upon such terms and conditions as may be approved by the governor and council.