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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 86 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 86
Hired property; buying or receiving with intent to defraud
Status: in_force

Section 86. Whoever, with intent to defraud, buys, receives or aids in concealing personal property, knowing it to be hired or leased or held as collateral security, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.

Section 86. Whoever, with intent to defraud, buys, receives or aids in concealing personal property, knowing it to be hired or leased or held as collateral security, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 9, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 9 / Section 19
Destruction or sale of documents of no value; reproduction of records of corporations.
Status: in_force

Section 19. The state secretary may destroy or sell such documents, records and papers as in his judgment are of no value; and if sold, the proceeds thereof shall be paid to the commonwealth. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision of section forty-two of chapter thirty, if the secretary has caused any record relative to corporations, voluntary associations, limited partnerships or trusts which he is required to keep, to be recorded, copied or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for so reproducing the original, he may, at any time after two years from the date when the original was deposited with him, destroy such original. Such record, copy or reproduction shall be attested by the secretary, when required, as a true copy of the original.

Section 19. The state secretary may destroy or sell such documents, records and papers as in his judgment are of no value; and if sold, the proceeds thereof shall be paid to the commonwealth.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision of section forty-two of chapter thirty, if the secretary has caused any record relative to corporations, voluntary associations, limited partnerships or trusts which he is required to keep, to be recorded, copied or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for so reproducing the original, he may, at any time after two years from the date when the original was deposited with him, destroy such original. Such record, copy or reproduction shall be attested by the secretary, when required, as a true copy of the original.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, sec. 42B — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 218 / Section 42B
Deputy court administrator
Status: in_force

Section 42B. The deputy court administrator for the district court department, as provided under section 1 of chapter 211B shall, subject to the superintendence authority of the supreme judicial court as provided in section 3 of chapter 211, have the power, authority and responsibility of a deputy court administrator as set forth in section 10 of chapter 211B.

Section 42B. The deputy court administrator for the district court department, as provided under section 1 of chapter 211B shall, subject to the superintendence authority of the supreme judicial court as provided in section 3 of chapter 211, have the power, authority and responsibility of a deputy court administrator as set forth in section 10 of chapter 211B.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 143 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 143
Sale, etc., of sausages
Status: in_force

Section 143. No person shall manufacture, sell, or offer or expose for sale, sausages or sausage meat containing any material or substance which would render the same adulterated within the meaning of section one hundred and forty-two. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 143. No person shall manufacture, sell, or offer or expose for sale, sausages or sausage meat containing any material or substance which would render the same adulterated within the meaning of section one hundred and forty-two. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 87VV — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 87VV
Licensed real estate salesmen; restrictions; notices
Status: in_force

Section 87VV. No salesman who is not licensed shall be affiliated with a broker. A licensed salesman affiliated with a licensed broker shall not act as salesman for any other licensed broker while so affiliated, nor accept any valuable consideration for the performance of any act as a real estate salesman from any person except the broker with whom he is affiliated. A licensed salesman shall promptly give written notice to the board of any change of his business address, and failure to give such notice shall be grounds for the revocation of such license.

Section 87VV. No salesman who is not licensed shall be affiliated with a broker. A licensed salesman affiliated with a licensed broker shall not act as salesman for any other licensed broker while so affiliated, nor accept any valuable consideration for the performance of any act as a real estate salesman from any person except the broker with whom he is affiliated. A licensed salesman shall promptly give written notice to the board of any change of his business address, and failure to give such notice shall be grounds for the revocation of such license.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 3B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 3B
Action for injunction restraining violations of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 3B. The attorney general may, at the request of the commissioner, maintain and prosecute, in the name of the commonwealth, an action against any insurer, its officers, directors, trustees or agents or against any broker or adjuster or against any other person or persons subject to the provisions of this chapter, for the purpose of obtaining an injunction restraining such person or persons from doing any acts in violation of the provisions of this chapter. In such action, if the court finds that a defendant is threatening or is likely to do any act or acts in violation of this chapter, and that such violation will cause irreparable injury to the interests of the people of the commonwealth, the court may grant an injunction restraining such violation. The court may on motion and affidavits grant a preliminary injunction and interlocutory injunction, upon such terms as may be just; but the people of the commonwealth shall not be required to give security before the issuance of any such injunction.

Section 3B. The attorney general may, at the request of the commissioner, maintain and prosecute, in the name of the commonwealth, an action against any insurer, its officers, directors, trustees or agents or against any broker or adjuster or against any other person or persons subject to the provisions of this chapter, for the purpose of obtaining an injunction restraining such person or persons from doing any acts in violation of the provisions of this chapter. In such action, if the court finds that a defendant is threatening or is likely to do any act or acts in violation of this chapter, and that such violation will cause irreparable injury to the interests of the people of the commonwealth, the court may grant an injunction restraining such violation. The court may on motion and affidavits grant a preliminary injunction and interlocutory injunction, upon such terms as may be just; but the people of the commonwealth shall not be required to give security before the issuance of any such injunction.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 269 / Section 6
Person killed or wounded as result of an assembly; guilt and responsibility
Status: in_force

Section 6. If, by reason of the efforts made by any two or more of said magistrates or officers or by their direction to disperse such assembly, or to seize and secure the persons composing the same who have refused to disperse, though the number remaining may be less than five, any such person or any other person then present is killed or wounded, the magistrates and officers, and all persons acting by their order or under their direction, and all persons acting under the two preceding sections, shall be held guiltless, and fully justified in law; and if any of said magistrates or officers, or any person acting under or by the direction of any of the officers before mentioned, is killed or wounded, all persons so assembled, and all other persons who, when commanded or required, refused to aid and assist said magistrates or officers, shall be held answerable therefor.

Section 6. If, by reason of the efforts made by any two or more of said magistrates or officers or by their direction to disperse such assembly, or to seize and secure the persons composing the same who have refused to disperse, though the number remaining may be less than five, any such person or any other person then present is killed or wounded, the magistrates and officers, and all persons acting by their order or under their direction, and all persons acting under the two preceding sections, shall be held guiltless, and fully justified in law; and if any of said magistrates or officers, or any person acting under or by the direction of any of the officers before mentioned, is killed or wounded, all persons so assembled, and all other persons who, when commanded or required, refused to aid and assist said magistrates or officers, shall be held answerable therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21 / Section 25
Conservation districts; inter-district cooperation
Status: in_force

Section 25. The supervisors of any two or more districts may co-operate and enter into agreements with one another in the exercise of any or all powers conferred by sections eighteen to twenty-five, inclusive.

Section 25. The supervisors of any two or more districts may co-operate and enter into agreements with one another in the exercise of any or all powers conferred by sections eighteen to twenty-five, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 9
Express business upon steamboat lines; application of provisions relating to railroads
Status: in_force

Section 9. Sections one hundred and ninety-three, two hundred and six and two hundred and thirty-three of chapter one hundred and sixty shall apply to steamboat lines within the commonwealth and to persons who are engaged or who desire to engage in the express business thereon.

Section 9. Sections one hundred and ninety-three, two hundred and six and two hundred and thirty-three of chapter one hundred and sixty shall apply to steamboat lines within the commonwealth and to persons who are engaged or who desire to engage in the express business thereon.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 9D — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 9D
Application of Secs. 9C to 9K
Status: in_force

Section 9D. The provisions of sections nine C to nine K, inclusive, shall not apply to services performed in any of the following areas: (a) The practice of dentistry or dental hygiene as defined in sections fifty and fifty-one. (b) The practice of manipulative therapy or chiropractic. (c) The measurement of the powers or range of human vision or the determination of the accommodation and refractive states of the human eye or the scope of its functions in general or the fitting or adaptation of lenses or frames for the aid thereof. (d) The prescribing or directing the use of, or using, any optical device in connection with ocular exercises, visual training, vision training or orthoptics. (e) The prescribing of contact lenses for, or the fitting or adaptation of contact lenses to, the human eye. (f) The practice of podiatry as defined in section thirteen. Nothing in clauses (c), (d), or (e) shall preclude the performance of routine visual screening by a physician assistant. The provisions of sections nine C to nine K, inclusive, shall not apply to the practice of ophthalmology or to the use of trained assistants by ophthalmologists.

Section 9D. The provisions of sections nine C to nine K, inclusive, shall not apply to services performed in any of the following areas:

(a) The practice of dentistry or dental hygiene as defined in sections fifty and fifty-one.

(b) The practice of manipulative therapy or chiropractic.

(c) The measurement of the powers or range of human vision or the determination of the accommodation and refractive states of the human eye or the scope of its functions in general or the fitting or adaptation of lenses or frames for the aid thereof.

(d) The prescribing or directing the use of, or using, any optical device in connection with ocular exercises, visual training, vision training or orthoptics.

(e) The prescribing of contact lenses for, or the fitting or adaptation of contact lenses to, the human eye.

(f) The practice of podiatry as defined in section thirteen.

Nothing in clauses (c), (d), or (e) shall preclude the performance of routine visual screening by a physician assistant.

The provisions of sections nine C to nine K, inclusive, shall not apply to the practice of ophthalmology or to the use of trained assistants by ophthalmologists.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159B, sec. 16A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159B / Section 16A
Books and records; inspection or production
Status: in_force

Section 16A. The department, in the enforcement of this chapter, may inspect or cause to be produced the books and records of persons engaged in the business of leasing trucks and motor vehicles, or either, for the transportation of property for hire, and may compel such persons to furnish such information as the department may find necessary relative to the identity of the lessee, or the use to which any such truck or motor vehicle is to be put, or both. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to diminish the powers conferred on the director of the commercial motor vehicle division of the department by section twelve G of chapter twenty-five.

Section 16A. The department, in the enforcement of this chapter, may inspect or cause to be produced the books and records of persons engaged in the business of leasing trucks and motor vehicles, or either, for the transportation of property for hire, and may compel such persons to furnish such information as the department may find necessary relative to the identity of the lessee, or the use to which any such truck or motor vehicle is to be put, or both. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to diminish the powers conferred on the director of the commercial motor vehicle division of the department by section twelve G of chapter twenty-five.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161C, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161C / Section 1
Declaration of legislative intent
Status: in_force

Section 1. It is hereby declared that rail transportation offers economic and environmental advantages with respect to land use air and noise pollution, energy efficiency, safety, and costs per ton mile of movement to the extent that the preservation, development and maintenance of such services is a public purpose and in the public interest; that essential rail transportation services for the movement of passengers and freight are threatened with cessation or significant curtailment because of the deterioration or inadequacy of rail rights of way either earlier acquired for a public purpose, or because of the insufficiency or inadequacy of rail facilities and related equipment, and because of the inability of private railroad companies to provide such services or facilities without public financial assistance; that the public convenience and necessity require that the adequate and efficient rail services and facilities be provided in the commonwealth; that these needs cannot be met without substantial action by the commonwealth; and that it is the intent of the general court to provide for such action through an act which authorizes a public agency to plan for and carry out the steps necessary to acquire, preserve, develop and construct when necessary on lands not formerly owned or used by a railroad, which insures the maintenance and operation of, adequate and efficient rail rights of way, related facilities or equipment, and rail services.

Section 1. It is hereby declared that rail transportation offers economic and environmental advantages with respect to land use air and noise pollution, energy efficiency, safety, and costs per ton mile of movement to the extent that the preservation, development and maintenance of such services is a public purpose and in the public interest; that essential rail transportation services for the movement of passengers and freight are threatened with cessation or significant curtailment because of the deterioration or inadequacy of rail rights of way either earlier acquired for a public purpose, or because of the insufficiency or inadequacy of rail facilities and related equipment, and because of the inability of private railroad companies to provide such services or facilities without public financial assistance; that the public convenience and necessity require that the adequate and efficient rail services and facilities be provided in the commonwealth; that these needs cannot be met without substantial action by the commonwealth; and that it is the intent of the general court to provide for such action through an act which authorizes a public agency to plan for and carry out the steps necessary to acquire, preserve, develop and construct when necessary on lands not formerly owned or used by a railroad, which insures the maintenance and operation of, adequate and efficient rail rights of way, related facilities or equipment, and rail services.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 17
Time for filing petition when original proceedings quashed
Status: in_force

Section 17. If a person petitions for an award or assessment of his damages within the time limited by law, or is a party to such petition by another person, and the petition is quashed, abated or otherwise avoided or defeated for any inaccuracy, irregularity or matter of form, or if, after verdict for such petitioner or other party, the judgment is arrested or reversed on a writ of error, or the proceedings are quashed on certiorari, such petitioner or other party may begin such proceedings anew within one year after such abatement, reversal or other determination.

Section 17. If a person petitions for an award or assessment of his damages within the time limited by law, or is a party to such petition by another person, and the petition is quashed, abated or otherwise avoided or defeated for any inaccuracy, irregularity or matter of form, or if, after verdict for such petitioner or other party, the judgment is arrested or reversed on a writ of error, or the proceedings are quashed on certiorari, such petitioner or other party may begin such proceedings anew within one year after such abatement, reversal or other determination.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94C / Section 41
Arrest without warrant
Status: in_force

Section 41. A police officer shall have the authority to arrest without a warrant: (a) any person committing in his presence any offense set forth in this chapter; (b) any person who he has probable cause to believe has committed or is committing a felony set forth under the provisions of this chapter; or (c) any person who he has probable cause to believe has committed or is committing a violation of the provisions of sections twenty-seven, thirty-two, thirty-two A, thirty-two B, thirty-two C, thirty-two D, thirty-two E, thirty-two F, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-seven and forty.

Section 41. A police officer shall have the authority to arrest without a warrant:

(a) any person committing in his presence any offense set forth in this chapter;

(b) any person who he has probable cause to believe has committed or is committing a felony set forth under the provisions of this chapter; or

(c) any person who he has probable cause to believe has committed or is committing a violation of the provisions of sections twenty-seven, thirty-two, thirty-two A, thirty-two B, thirty-two C, thirty-two D, thirty-two E, thirty-two F, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-seven and forty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 13
Election of officers; term; qualifications; treasurer's bond; appointment of other officers
Status: in_force

Section 13. The directors shall be elected annually by the stockholders by ballot, and the president shall be elected annually by and from the board of directors, and the treasurer and the clerk annually by said board. Every director, unless the by-laws otherwise provide, shall be a stockholder. The treasurer may be required to give a bond for the faithful performance of his duty in such sum and with such sureties as the by-laws may prescribe. The clerk, who shall be a resident of the commonwealth, shall be sworn, and shall record all votes of the company in a book kept therefor. The officers of a company shall hold officer for one year and until their successors are qualified. All other agents and officers shall be chosen or appointed, and all vacancies filled, in the manner prescribed by the by-laws, or, in default of such by-law, by the board of directors. Any requirement in the general laws of action to be taken or instruments to be signed by the president, directors, or a majority of the directors, of a company, relative to grants, extensions, alterations, and revocations of location, abolition of grade crossings and rights in state highways, shall be sufficiently and legally complied with if such action is taken by a vote, or if such instrument is executed in accordance with, and by the persons designated in, a vote of the directors of such company, at a meeting duly and properly held, at which a quorum of the board is present.

Section 13. The directors shall be elected annually by the stockholders by ballot, and the president shall be elected annually by and from the board of directors, and the treasurer and the clerk annually by said board. Every director, unless the by-laws otherwise provide, shall be a stockholder. The treasurer may be required to give a bond for the faithful performance of his duty in such sum and with such sureties as the by-laws may prescribe. The clerk, who shall be a resident of the commonwealth, shall be sworn, and shall record all votes of the company in a book kept therefor. The officers of a company shall hold officer for one year and until their successors are qualified. All other agents and officers shall be chosen or appointed, and all vacancies filled, in the manner prescribed by the by-laws, or, in default of such by-law, by the board of directors. Any requirement in the general laws of action to be taken or instruments to be signed by the president, directors, or a majority of the directors, of a company, relative to grants, extensions, alterations, and revocations of location, abolition of grade crossings and rights in state highways, shall be sufficiently and legally complied with if such action is taken by a vote, or if such instrument is executed in accordance with, and by the persons designated in, a vote of the directors of such company, at a meeting duly and properly held, at which a quorum of the board is present.