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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 136 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 136
Grade crossings; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 136. The department shall make general regulations for all such crossings or special regulations for such particular crossings as it may designate, and in such detail as it may consider expedient; and the supreme judicial court may issue any processes necessary to secure the enforcement of such regulations, or, upon the petition of the department, may enjoin the running of trains on a railroad upon which any regulation relative to such crossing is not exactly observed. The approval of the department shall be required for a system of signals to be established and maintained in concert by corporations operating railroads which cross each other; but no such regulation or system of signals shall exempt a railroad upon or across which passenger trains are run from the requirements of the preceding section, unless a system of interlocking or automatic signals, approved in writing by the department, is adopted by both corporations.

Section 136. The department shall make general regulations for all such crossings or special regulations for such particular crossings as it may designate, and in such detail as it may consider expedient; and the supreme judicial court may issue any processes necessary to secure the enforcement of such regulations, or, upon the petition of the department, may enjoin the running of trains on a railroad upon which any regulation relative to such crossing is not exactly observed. The approval of the department shall be required for a system of signals to be established and maintained in concert by corporations operating railroads which cross each other; but no such regulation or system of signals shall exempt a railroad upon or across which passenger trains are run from the requirements of the preceding section, unless a system of interlocking or automatic signals, approved in writing by the department, is adopted by both corporations.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 106 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 106
Assumption of risk
Status: in_force

Section 106. No company shall by rule or otherwise require passengers whom it permits to ride upon the platform to do so at their own risk, and no such passenger shall be prevented from recovering compensation in damages for any injury by reason of the fact that he is so riding.

Section 106. No company shall by rule or otherwise require passengers whom it permits to ride upon the platform to do so at their own risk, and no such passenger shall be prevented from recovering compensation in damages for any injury by reason of the fact that he is so riding.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 171, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 171 / Section 23
Nonfeasance, misfeasance and malfeasance; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 23. Any officer, director, agent or employee of any credit union, who knowingly and wilfully does any act forbidden to him or to such credit union by any provision of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven or one hundred and seventy-one, or who knowingly and wilfully aids or abets the doing of any act so forbidden to such credit union or to any other officer, director, agent or employee thereof, or who knowingly and wilfully fails to do any act required of him by any such provision, or who knowingly and wilfully fails to do any act which is required of such credit union by any such provision the performance of which is imposed on him by the by-laws or regulations of the credit union or by provision of law or the responsibility for the non-performance of which is placed upon him by section twenty-two shall, if no other penalty against him in his aforesaid capacity is specifically provided, be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Section 23. Any officer, director, agent or employee of any credit union, who knowingly and wilfully does any act forbidden to him or to such credit union by any provision of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven or one hundred and seventy-one, or who knowingly and wilfully aids or abets the doing of any act so forbidden to such credit union or to any other officer, director, agent or employee thereof, or who knowingly and wilfully fails to do any act required of him by any such provision, or who knowingly and wilfully fails to do any act which is required of such credit union by any such provision the performance of which is imposed on him by the by-laws or regulations of the credit union or by provision of law or the responsibility for the non-performance of which is placed upon him by section twenty-two shall, if no other penalty against him in his aforesaid capacity is specifically provided, be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211A, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211A / Section 1
Appeals court; establishment
Status: in_force

Section 1. There shall be an intermediate appellate court to be known as the appeals court. The appeals court shall consist of a chief justice and twenty-four associate justices.

Section 1. There shall be an intermediate appellate court to be known as the appeals court. The appeals court shall consist of a chief justice and twenty-four associate justices.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151A, sec. 74 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151A / Section 74
Title of statute; construction; purpose
Status: in_force

Section 74. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Unemployment Insurance Law, and shall be construed liberally in aid of its purpose, which purpose is to lighten the burden which now falls on the unemployed worker and his family.

Section 74. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Unemployment Insurance Law, and shall be construed liberally in aid of its purpose, which purpose is to lighten the burden which now falls on the unemployed worker and his family.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44 / Section 19
Issuance of notes payable on demand forbidden; procedure for repaying debts; time for making final payment
Status: in_force

Section 19. Cities, towns and districts shall not issue any notes payable on demand, but shall provide for the payment of all debts, except temporary loans incurred under sections 4, 6, 6A, 8C, and 17 or under section 3 of chapter 74 of the acts of 1945, by annual payments that will extinguish the same at maturity, and so that the first of these annual payments on account of any serial loan shall be made not later than the end of the next complete fiscal year commencing after the date of the bonds or notes issued for the serial loan, and shall be arranged so that for each issue the amounts payable in the several years for principal and interest combined shall be as nearly equal as practicable in the opinion of the officers authorized to issue the bonds or notes or, in the alternative, in accordance with a schedule providing a more rapid amortization of principal; and these annual amounts, together with the interest on all debts, shall, without further vote, be assessed until the debt is extinguished. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the final payment on account of any bonds issued by a city, town or district may be made not later than the end of the fiscal year in which such bonds would otherwise have been payable under this chapter, or any other statutory authority under which the issuance of any such bonds was otherwise authorized.

Section 19. Cities, towns and districts shall not issue any notes payable on demand, but shall provide for the payment of all debts, except temporary loans incurred under sections 4, 6, 6A, 8C, and 17 or under section 3 of chapter 74 of the acts of 1945, by annual payments that will extinguish the same at maturity, and so that the first of these annual payments on account of any serial loan shall be made not later than the end of the next complete fiscal year commencing after the date of the bonds or notes issued for the serial loan, and shall be arranged so that for each issue the amounts payable in the several years for principal and interest combined shall be as nearly equal as practicable in the opinion of the officers authorized to issue the bonds or notes or, in the alternative, in accordance with a schedule providing a more rapid amortization of principal; and these annual amounts, together with the interest on all debts, shall, without further vote, be assessed until the debt is extinguished.

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the final payment on account of any bonds issued by a city, town or district may be made not later than the end of the fiscal year in which such bonds would otherwise have been payable under this chapter, or any other statutory authority under which the issuance of any such bonds was otherwise authorized.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150 / Section 2
Rules and regulations; filing; report
Status: in_force

Section 2. The chairman of the board of conciliation and arbitration shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the performance of responsibilities and powers set forth in the General Laws and any special laws; provided, however, that said chairman shall file a copy of any rules and regulations or amendments thereto with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives who, with the approval of the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives, shall refer such rules and regulations to an appropriate committee of the general court. Within thirty days after such filing the appropriate committee of the general court shall hold a hearing on such regulations and shall issue a report and file a copy with the board of conciliation and arbitration. Said board shall consider such report and make revisions in the regulations as it deems appropriate in view of such report and shall forthwith file a copy of the final rules and regulations with the chairman of the committee of the general court to which the rules and regulations were referred.

Section 2. The chairman of the board of conciliation and arbitration shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the performance of responsibilities and powers set forth in the General Laws and any special laws; provided, however, that said chairman shall file a copy of any rules and regulations or amendments thereto with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives who, with the approval of the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives, shall refer such rules and regulations to an appropriate committee of the general court. Within thirty days after such filing the appropriate committee of the general court shall hold a hearing on such regulations and shall issue a report and file a copy with the board of conciliation and arbitration. Said board shall consider such report and make revisions in the regulations as it deems appropriate in view of such report and shall forthwith file a copy of the final rules and regulations with the chairman of the committee of the general court to which the rules and regulations were referred.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 59 / Section 19
Mortgaged or pledged personal property; assessment
Status: in_force

Section 19. Personal property mortgaged or pledged shall be assessed to the owner or to the mortgagee or pledgee in actual physical possession thereof on January first.

Section 19. Personal property mortgaged or pledged shall be assessed to the owner or to the mortgagee or pledgee in actual physical possession thereof on January first.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 20
Reception center; classification of prisoners; approval
Status: in_force

Section 20. There shall be established by the commissioner, with the approval of the governor and council, a reception center for all male prisoners, except those sentenced to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater. Any male convict who is sentenced to any correctional institution of the commonwealth, except the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater, shall be delivered by the sheriff or other officer authorized to execute sentence to said center for the purpose of proper classification of the prisoner. Classification of female prisoners shall be made at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham, under the supervision of the deputy commissioner for classification and treatment. The deputy commissioner for classification and treatment, under the general supervision of the commissioner, shall direct the professional staff assigned to said reception center, and shall be responsible for grading and classifying all prisoners sentenced to any of the correctional institutions of the commonwealth, and shall in addition have general charge of the reception center.

Section 20. There shall be established by the commissioner, with the approval of the governor and council, a reception center for all male prisoners, except those sentenced to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater. Any male convict who is sentenced to any correctional institution of the commonwealth, except the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater, shall be delivered by the sheriff or other officer authorized to execute sentence to said center for the purpose of proper classification of the prisoner. Classification of female prisoners shall be made at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham, under the supervision of the deputy commissioner for classification and treatment.

The deputy commissioner for classification and treatment, under the general supervision of the commissioner, shall direct the professional staff assigned to said reception center, and shall be responsible for grading and classifying all prisoners sentenced to any of the correctional institutions of the commonwealth, and shall in addition have general charge of the reception center.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 239 / Section 8
Three years quiet possession; effect
Status: in_force

Section 8. There shall be no recovery under this chapter of any land or tenements of which the defendant, his ancestors or those under whom he holds the land or tenements have been in quiet possession for three years next before the commencement of the action unless the defendant's estate therein is ended.

Section 8. There shall be no recovery under this chapter of any land or tenements of which the defendant, his ancestors or those under whom he holds the land or tenements have been in quiet possession for three years next before the commencement of the action unless the defendant's estate therein is ended.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 45B — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 45B
School janitors and school custodians in certain cities and towns
Status: in_force

Section 45B. In any city or town which has accepted sections forty-four and forty-five A in the manner set forth in section forty-five and which accepts this section, a school janitor or school custodian who was in the employ of the school department of such city or town prior to July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and on or after said date has been, or hereafter shall be, promoted to a supervisory position in the janitorial or custodial service of such school department, shall not by reason of the acceptance of such promotion forfeit his right, if any, to a non-contributory pension under the provisions of said sections forty-four and forty-five A.

Section 45B. In any city or town which has accepted sections forty-four and forty-five A in the manner set forth in section forty-five and which accepts this section, a school janitor or school custodian who was in the employ of the school department of such city or town prior to July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and on or after said date has been, or hereafter shall be, promoted to a supervisory position in the janitorial or custodial service of such school department, shall not by reason of the acceptance of such promotion forfeit his right, if any, to a non-contributory pension under the provisions of said sections forty-four and forty-five A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 62 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 62
Interference with inspector of milk or collector of samples of milk; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 62. Whoever hinders, obstructs or in any way interferes with an inspector of milk or collector of samples of milk in the performance of his duties under section sixty, shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of fifty dollars and for a subsequent offence by a fine of one hundred dollars.

Section 62. Whoever hinders, obstructs or in any way interferes with an inspector of milk or collector of samples of milk in the performance of his duties under section sixty, shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of fifty dollars and for a subsequent offence by a fine of one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 12PP — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 12PP
Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day
Status: in_force

Section 12PP. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart April ninth as Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day and recommending that such day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 12PP. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart April ninth as Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day and recommending that such day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 65C, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 65C / Section 13
Fraudulent underpayment; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 13. If any part of any underpayment of tax required to be shown on the return required by section seventeen of chapter sixty-two C is due to fraud, there shall be added to the tax an amount equal to fifty per cent of the underpayment. For purposes of this section, the term ''underpayment'' means a deficiency assessed pursuant to subsection (b) of section twenty-six of chapter sixty-two C except that, for this purpose, the tax shown on a return referred to in subsection (a) of said section twenty-six shall be taken into account only if such return was filed before the last day prescribed for the filing of such return, determined with regard to any extension of time. If any penalty is assessed for fraud under this section for an underpayment of tax required to be shown on the return, no penalty under section thirty-three of chapter sixty-two C shall be assessed with respect to the same underpayment.

Section 13. If any part of any underpayment of tax required to be shown on the return required by section seventeen of chapter sixty-two C is due to fraud, there shall be added to the tax an amount equal to fifty per cent of the underpayment. For purposes of this section, the term ''underpayment'' means a deficiency assessed pursuant to subsection (b) of section twenty-six of chapter sixty-two C except that, for this purpose, the tax shown on a return referred to in subsection (a) of said section twenty-six shall be taken into account only if such return was filed before the last day prescribed for the filing of such return, determined with regard to any extension of time. If any penalty is assessed for fraud under this section for an underpayment of tax required to be shown on the return, no penalty under section thirty-three of chapter sixty-two C shall be assessed with respect to the same underpayment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 248, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 248 / Section 10
Return of writ
Status: in_force

Section 10. Any person to whom the writ is directed shall receive it, and, upon payment or tender of the charges demandable for its execution, shall make due return thereof within five days after receiving it.

Section 10. Any person to whom the writ is directed shall receive it, and, upon payment or tender of the charges demandable for its execution, shall make due return thereof within five days after receiving it.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 41A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 41A
Use of water in emergencies
Status: in_force

Section 41A. A board of water commissioners or a board of public works with the duties of water commissioners of a municipality, water supply, fire and water district or water company having control of water supplies may, on behalf of their respective bodies politic or corporate, upon notification to the water takers, restrain the use of water on public and private premises by shutting off the water at the meter or at the curb cock or by other means as the case may be, during a drought, hurricane, conflagration or other disaster when in the opinion of the department of environmental protection an emergency exists.

Section 41A. A board of water commissioners or a board of public works with the duties of water commissioners of a municipality, water supply, fire and water district or water company having control of water supplies may, on behalf of their respective bodies politic or corporate, upon notification to the water takers, restrain the use of water on public and private premises by shutting off the water at the meter or at the curb cock or by other means as the case may be, during a drought, hurricane, conflagration or other disaster when in the opinion of the department of environmental protection an emergency exists.