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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 69B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 69B
Vouchers; examinations and investigations; reports
Status: in_force

Section 69B. Payments of compensation, or payments of medical or other expenses or fees by the commonwealth under this chapter shall be made only upon vouchers bearing the certification of the personnel administrator. Said personnel administrator shall make or shall cause to be made such examinations and investigations as may assist in determining whether or not the injured employee is still incapacitated and whether such payments are due under this chapter. Said personnel administrator shall obtain such information as will assist in the prevention of injuries, arising out of and in the course of employment, to public employees, in the rehabilitation of injured employees, and in their reemployment. He shall require from the workers' compensation agents, appointed under section seventy-five, preliminary reports on such injuries within forty-eight hours of their occurrence, and detailed reports within two weeks. He shall require from such agents the name and status of any employee who has remained incapacitated for three months following an injury, and shall refer such reports to the office of education and vocational rehabilitation for consideration and recommendation under the provisions of sections thirty E to thirty H, inclusive.

Section 69B. Payments of compensation, or payments of medical or other expenses or fees by the commonwealth under this chapter shall be made only upon vouchers bearing the certification of the personnel administrator. Said personnel administrator shall make or shall cause to be made such examinations and investigations as may assist in determining whether or not the injured employee is still incapacitated and whether such payments are due under this chapter.

Said personnel administrator shall obtain such information as will assist in the prevention of injuries, arising out of and in the course of employment, to public employees, in the rehabilitation of injured employees, and in their reemployment. He shall require from the workers' compensation agents, appointed under section seventy-five, preliminary reports on such injuries within forty-eight hours of their occurrence, and detailed reports within two weeks. He shall require from such agents the name and status of any employee who has remained incapacitated for three months following an injury, and shall refer such reports to the office of education and vocational rehabilitation for consideration and recommendation under the provisions of sections thirty E to thirty H, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 73, sec. 4B — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 73 / Section 4B
Teachers; employment and dismissal
Status: in_force

Section 4B. The board of trustees, in electing a teacher in a state university who has served as such for the three previous consecutive school years, shall employ him to serve at its discretion, and notwithstanding any contrary provision of general or special laws, he shall not be dismissed from such employment except for just cause and for reasons specifically given him in writing by the said board. Before any such removal is effected, the said teacher, upon his request, shall be given a full hearing before said board, of which hearing he shall have at least thirty days written notice from said board, and he shall be allowed to answer charges preferred against him, either personally or by counsel.

Section 4B. The board of trustees, in electing a teacher in a state university who has served as such for the three previous consecutive school years, shall employ him to serve at its discretion, and notwithstanding any contrary provision of general or special laws, he shall not be dismissed from such employment except for just cause and for reasons specifically given him in writing by the said board. Before any such removal is effected, the said teacher, upon his request, shall be given a full hearing before said board, of which hearing he shall have at least thirty days written notice from said board, and he shall be allowed to answer charges preferred against him, either personally or by counsel.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 40
Storage of fireworks; bonds for manufacture and storage; fee
Status: in_force

Section 40. No person shall store fireworks in quantities except such as may be permitted by the rules and regulations of the board outside the premises of a fireworks manufactory in any building or other structure located within one thousand feet of any church, theatre, hall, place of assembly, factory or any inhabited building, nor shall any person manufacture fireworks, unless he has previously filed with the clerk of the city or town in which the said fireworks are to be manufactured or stored a bond running to the treasurer of the said city or town with a surety or sureties approved by the said treasurer, in such penal sum, not less than ten thousand dollars, as the mayor of the city or the selectmen of the town, with the approval of the marshal, shall determine to be necessary to cover the losses, damages or injuries that might ensue from the said manufacture or storage. The bond shall be conditioned upon the payment of any judgment obtained in an action against said person so manufacturing or storing fireworks for or on account of any loss, damage or injury resulting to persons or property by reason of the said manufacture or wholesale storage. Such person shall pay to the said clerk the fee provided by clause (16) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two.

Section 40. No person shall store fireworks in quantities except such as may be permitted by the rules and regulations of the board outside the premises of a fireworks manufactory in any building or other structure located within one thousand feet of any church, theatre, hall, place of assembly, factory or any inhabited building, nor shall any person manufacture fireworks, unless he has previously filed with the clerk of the city or town in which the said fireworks are to be manufactured or stored a bond running to the treasurer of the said city or town with a surety or sureties approved by the said treasurer, in such penal sum, not less than ten thousand dollars, as the mayor of the city or the selectmen of the town, with the approval of the marshal, shall determine to be necessary to cover the losses, damages or injuries that might ensue from the said manufacture or storage. The bond shall be conditioned upon the payment of any judgment obtained in an action against said person so manufacturing or storing fireworks for or on account of any loss, damage or injury resulting to persons or property by reason of the said manufacture or wholesale storage. Such person shall pay to the said clerk the fee provided by clause (16) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 224, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 224 / Section 28
Persons committed for non-payment of tax; manner of discharge
Status: in_force

Section 28. A person who has been committed to jail for the non-payment of a tax, if since his commitment he has not had any property, real or personal, with which he could have paid the tax, may be discharged at any time in the manner provided by section one hundred and forty-six of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven, for the discharge of poor prisoners who have been confined for three months for a fine.

Section 28. A person who has been committed to jail for the non-payment of a tax, if since his commitment he has not had any property, real or personal, with which he could have paid the tax, may be discharged at any time in the manner provided by section one hundred and forty-six of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven, for the discharge of poor prisoners who have been confined for three months for a fine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 155 / Section 17
Issue at less than par
Status: in_force

Section 17. No corporation shall issue a share for a less amount to be actually paid in thereon than the par value of the shares at the date of issue.

Section 17. No corporation shall issue a share for a less amount to be actually paid in thereon than the par value of the shares at the date of issue.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 86 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 86
Filing and registration of memorandum of proceedings affecting land; registration of judgment or decree
Status: in_force

Section 86. No civil action to recover a freehold estate, suit for partition, or other proceeding affecting the title to land or the use and occupation thereof or the buildings thereon, and no judgment or decree or any proceeding to vacate or reverse any judgment or decree shall have any effect upon registered land as against persons other than the parties thereto, unless a memorandum like that described in section fifteen of chapter one hundred and eighty-four, containing also a reference to the number of the certificate of title of the land affected and the volume and page of the registration book in which it is entered, is filed and registered. This section shall not apply to attachments, levies of execution, or to the probate of wills or administration in the probate court. If notice of the pendency of the proceeding has been duly registered, it shall be sufficient to register the judgment or decree within sixty days after the rendition thereof.

Section 86. No civil action to recover a freehold estate, suit for partition, or other proceeding affecting the title to land or the use and occupation thereof or the buildings thereon, and no judgment or decree or any proceeding to vacate or reverse any judgment or decree shall have any effect upon registered land as against persons other than the parties thereto, unless a memorandum like that described in section fifteen of chapter one hundred and eighty-four, containing also a reference to the number of the certificate of title of the land affected and the volume and page of the registration book in which it is entered, is filed and registered. This section shall not apply to attachments, levies of execution, or to the probate of wills or administration in the probate court. If notice of the pendency of the proceeding has been duly registered, it shall be sufficient to register the judgment or decree within sixty days after the rendition thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 92B — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 92B
Meats, poultry and fish; sales at retail; weight; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 92B. All meats, poultry and edible fish, except soft shell clams and oysters, shall be sold at retail only by weight and, except when sold in package form bearing a plain and conspicuous statement of quantity of contents as provided in section one hundred and eighty-one, such weight shall be determined at the time of sale. Whoever himself or by his servant or agent violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A of chapter 98.

Section 92B. All meats, poultry and edible fish, except soft shell clams and oysters, shall be sold at retail only by weight and, except when sold in package form bearing a plain and conspicuous statement of quantity of contents as provided in section one hundred and eighty-one, such weight shall be determined at the time of sale. Whoever himself or by his servant or agent violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A of chapter 98.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 72A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 72A
Gaming liquor enforcement unit
Status: in_force

Section 72A. The commissioner of the alcoholic beverages control commission shall establish a gaming liquor enforcement unit whose responsibilities shall include enforcing, regulating and controlling the distribution of alcoholic beverages in a gaming establishment. The gaming liquor enforcement unit shall work in conjunction and cooperation with the investigations and enforcement bureau within the Massachusetts gaming commission established in chapter 23K. The commissioner shall assign investigators and employees of the unit to the bureau, who shall report to the director of the bureau and to the commissioner; provided, however, that the Massachusetts gaming commission shall designate the number of investigators and employees necessary to staff the unit; and provided further, that the code of ethics established pursuant to subsection (m) of section 3 of chapter 23K shall apply to all investigators and employees of the unit. No investigator or employee of the unit, other than in the performance of official duties, shall place a wager in a gaming establishment licensed under chapter 23K. The commissioner shall establish a program to rotate investigators in and out of the unit. The alcoholic beverages control commission shall be reimbursed by the Massachusetts gaming commission for the costs of operating the unit; provided, however, that the Massachusetts gaming commission shall have final approval over the budget of the unit.

Section 72A. The commissioner of the alcoholic beverages control commission shall establish a gaming liquor enforcement unit whose responsibilities shall include enforcing, regulating and controlling the distribution of alcoholic beverages in a gaming establishment.

The gaming liquor enforcement unit shall work in conjunction and cooperation with the investigations and enforcement bureau within the Massachusetts gaming commission established in chapter 23K. The commissioner shall assign investigators and employees of the unit to the bureau, who shall report to the director of the bureau and to the commissioner; provided, however, that the Massachusetts gaming commission shall designate the number of investigators and employees necessary to staff the unit; and provided further, that the code of ethics established pursuant to subsection (m) of section 3 of chapter 23K shall apply to all investigators and employees of the unit. No investigator or employee of the unit, other than in the performance of official duties, shall place a wager in a gaming establishment licensed under chapter 23K. The commissioner shall establish a program to rotate investigators in and out of the unit. The alcoholic beverages control commission shall be reimbursed by the Massachusetts gaming commission for the costs of operating the unit; provided, however, that the Massachusetts gaming commission shall have final approval over the budget of the unit.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 230, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 230 / Section 8
Costs
Status: in_force

Section 8. If a judgment for costs is rendered against an executor or administrator in an action commenced by or against him, or in an action commenced by or against the testator or intestate, wherein the executor or administrator has appeared and taken upon himself the prosecution or defence, he shall be personally liable for the costs, and execution shall be awarded against his body, goods and estate, as if it were for his own debt. Costs paid by him shall be allowed in his account unless the probate court determines that the action was prosecuted or defended without reasonable cause.

Section 8. If a judgment for costs is rendered against an executor or administrator in an action commenced by or against him, or in an action commenced by or against the testator or intestate, wherein the executor or administrator has appeared and taken upon himself the prosecution or defence, he shall be personally liable for the costs, and execution shall be awarded against his body, goods and estate, as if it were for his own debt. Costs paid by him shall be allowed in his account unless the probate court determines that the action was prosecuted or defended without reasonable cause.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 289 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 289
Turpentine; manufacture; sale; marking; adulteration
Status: in_force

Section 289. No person shall manufacture, mix for sale, dispose of, offer or expose for sale, have in possession with intent to sell or dispose of, or sell under the name of turpentine, or spirits of turpentine, or under any name or phrase of which the word turpentine forms a part, or under any name or device illustrating or suggesting turpentine or spirits of turpentine, any article which is not wholly distilled from rosin, turpentine gum, or scrapings from pine trees, unmixed and unadulterated with any other substance, unless the package containing the same shall be stencilled or marked, with letters not less than two inches in height and one inch in width, ''Adulterated Spirits of Turpentine'', except that these letters upon packages of one gallon capacity, or less, may be reduced to one fourth of the said size. No person shall sell or deliver such adulterated spirits of turpentine without informing the purchaser at the time of sale that the article is not pure spirits of turpentine. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as prohibiting the manufacture or sale of such compound or imitation, if the container is plainly marked and the purchaser notified as aforesaid. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of one hundred dollars, for the second offence by a fine of two hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or both.

Section 289. No person shall manufacture, mix for sale, dispose of, offer or expose for sale, have in possession with intent to sell or dispose of, or sell under the name of turpentine, or spirits of turpentine, or under any name or phrase of which the word turpentine forms a part, or under any name or device illustrating or suggesting turpentine or spirits of turpentine, any article which is not wholly distilled from rosin, turpentine gum, or scrapings from pine trees, unmixed and unadulterated with any other substance, unless the package containing the same shall be stencilled or marked, with letters not less than two inches in height and one inch in width, ''Adulterated Spirits of Turpentine'', except that these letters upon packages of one gallon capacity, or less, may be reduced to one fourth of the said size. No person shall sell or deliver such adulterated spirits of turpentine without informing the purchaser at the time of sale that the article is not pure spirits of turpentine. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as prohibiting the manufacture or sale of such compound or imitation, if the container is plainly marked and the purchaser notified as aforesaid.

Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of one hundred dollars, for the second offence by a fine of two hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 108 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 108
Limitations upon commencement time of actions
Status: in_force

Section 108. Actions of contract for compensation under this chapter by reason of any loss or damage or deprivation of land or any estate or interest therein shall be begun within six years after the cause of action accrued; but the plaintiff in an action for the recovery of the land or estate or interest therein in accordance with section one hundred and two may bring the action of contract for compensation within one year after the termination of such action. Said action of contract shall survive to the personal representative of the registered owner, unless barred in his lifetime; but the proceeds thereof shall be treated as real estate.

Section 108. Actions of contract for compensation under this chapter by reason of any loss or damage or deprivation of land or any estate or interest therein shall be begun within six years after the cause of action accrued; but the plaintiff in an action for the recovery of the land or estate or interest therein in accordance with section one hundred and two may bring the action of contract for compensation within one year after the termination of such action. Said action of contract shall survive to the personal representative of the registered owner, unless barred in his lifetime; but the proceeds thereof shall be treated as real estate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 77B — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 77B
Marking food fish containers deposited in cold storage with date of receipt
Status: in_force

Section 77B. Food fish, unless deposited in bulk, when deposited in cold storage except in private freezing plants, shall be plainly marked with the date of receipt on the containers in which they are packed; and if deposited in bulk, shall at the time of removal from cold storage be plainly marked on such containers with the month and year of receipt.

Section 77B. Food fish, unless deposited in bulk, when deposited in cold storage except in private freezing plants, shall be plainly marked with the date of receipt on the containers in which they are packed; and if deposited in bulk, shall at the time of removal from cold storage be plainly marked on such containers with the month and year of receipt.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 1
Duties; jurisdiction to enforce
Status: in_force

Section 1. Every common carrier of merchandise or other property shall receive, transport and forward all property offered for such purposes by other such carriers as promptly, faithfully and impartially, at as low rates of charge, and in a manner and on terms and conditions as favorable to the carrier offering such property, as he on the same day and at the same place receives, forwards and transports, in the ordinary course of business, property of a like description offered by persons other than such carriers. Such carrier shall not discriminate against any particular person or subject him to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage. The supreme judicial or superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce this section.

Section 1. Every common carrier of merchandise or other property shall receive, transport and forward all property offered for such purposes by other such carriers as promptly, faithfully and impartially, at as low rates of charge, and in a manner and on terms and conditions as favorable to the carrier offering such property, as he on the same day and at the same place receives, forwards and transports, in the ordinary course of business, property of a like description offered by persons other than such carriers. Such carrier shall not discriminate against any particular person or subject him to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage. The supreme judicial or superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce this section.