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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43B, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43B / Section 6
Charter commission; number of members; election
Status: in_force

Section 6. A charter commission shall consist of nine registered voters of the city or town elected at large and by official ballot, without party or political designation, at an election held in accordance with this chapter. The names of the candidates nominated in accordance with section five shall be placed on such ballot in alphabetical order, preceded by an instruction to the effect that a voter may vote for not more than nine persons as charter commission members whether or not he favors the election of a charter commission. The question of electing a commission to adopt or revise the charter shall be placed on such ballot in the form prescribed by the constitution. If a majority of the votes cast upon the question of adopting or revising the charter is in the affirmative, the nine candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. If a majority of the votes cast upon the question is in the affirmative, the city or town clerk shall notify the secretary of housing and livable communities of such affirmative vote and said secretary shall notify such commission of the dates for submission of their reports and the available date or dates that such report can be placed on its ballots.

Section 6. A charter commission shall consist of nine registered voters of the city or town elected at large and by official ballot, without party or political designation, at an election held in accordance with this chapter. The names of the candidates nominated in accordance with section five shall be placed on such ballot in alphabetical order, preceded by an instruction to the effect that a voter may vote for not more than nine persons as charter commission members whether or not he favors the election of a charter commission. The question of electing a commission to adopt or revise the charter shall be placed on such ballot in the form prescribed by the constitution.

If a majority of the votes cast upon the question of adopting or revising the charter is in the affirmative, the nine candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.

If a majority of the votes cast upon the question is in the affirmative, the city or town clerk shall notify the secretary of housing and livable communities of such affirmative vote and said secretary shall notify such commission of the dates for submission of their reports and the available date or dates that such report can be placed on its ballots.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 108 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 108
Definitions applicable to Secs. 108 to 113
Status: in_force

Section 108. As used in sections 108 to 113, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Customer'', a person who resides in the commonwealth and subscribes to local or long distance telecommunications services. ''Department'', the department of telecommunications and cable. ''Interexchange carrier'' or ''IXC'', any person engaged in the provision of long distance telephone service. ''Letter of agency'' or ''LOA'', a document meeting the form and content requirements of section 109 and 47 CFR 64.1150. ''Local exchange carrier'' or ''LEC'', any person engaged in the provision of telephone exchange service, not including a person engaged in the provision of commercial mobile service under section 332(e) of the Federal Communications Act of 1934, except to the extent that the department determines such service should be included in the definition of such term. ''Third party verification'' or ''TPV'', service provider, an entity registered with the department pursuant to section 12E of chapter 159 that provides customer authorization confirmation services under section 110.

Section 108. As used in sections 108 to 113, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—

''Customer'', a person who resides in the commonwealth and subscribes to local or long distance telecommunications services.

''Department'', the department of telecommunications and cable.

''Interexchange carrier'' or ''IXC'', any person engaged in the provision of long distance telephone service.

''Letter of agency'' or ''LOA'', a document meeting the form and content requirements of section 109 and 47 CFR 64.1150.

''Local exchange carrier'' or ''LEC'', any person engaged in the provision of telephone exchange service, not including a person engaged in the provision of commercial mobile service under section 332(e) of the Federal Communications Act of 1934, except to the extent that the department determines such service should be included in the definition of such term.

''Third party verification'' or ''TPV'', service provider, an entity registered with the department pursuant to section 12E of chapter 159 that provides customer authorization confirmation services under section 110.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 8
Corporations; actions by or against
Status: in_force

Section 8. Transitory actions, except those mentioned in the preceding section, to which a corporation, other than a county or the city of Boston, is a party, may be brought as follows: (1) If both parties are cities, towns or parishes, in the county where either party is situated. (2) If both parties are corporations, other than a city, town or parish, in any county in which either corporation has a usual place of business, or in which it held its last annual meeting, or usually holds its meetings. (3) If one party is a city, town or parish, and the other a corporation named in clause (2), in any county in which either party might sue or be sued. (4) If one party is a corporation named in clause (1) or (2), and the other an individual, in any county in which the corporation might sue or be sued, or in the county in which the individual lives or has a usual place of business.

Section 8. Transitory actions, except those mentioned in the preceding section, to which a corporation, other than a county or the city of Boston, is a party, may be brought as follows:

(1) If both parties are cities, towns or parishes, in the county where either party is situated.

(2) If both parties are corporations, other than a city, town or parish, in any county in which either corporation has a usual place of business, or in which it held its last annual meeting, or usually holds its meetings.

(3) If one party is a city, town or parish, and the other a corporation named in clause (2), in any county in which either party might sue or be sued.

(4) If one party is a corporation named in clause (1) or (2), and the other an individual, in any county in which the corporation might sue or be sued, or in the county in which the individual lives or has a usual place of business.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15D / Section 19
Early Education and Care Operational Grant Fund
Status: in_force

Section 19. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a budgeted fund known as the Early Education and Care Operational Grant Fund, which shall be administered by the department. Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended, subject to appropriation, to provide a funding stream to support the operational grant program for early education and care providers in the commonwealth established pursuant to section 20. The unexpended balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. The fund shall not be subject to section 5C of chapter 29. (b) The fund shall be credited with: (i) revenue received pursuant to clause (iii) of subsection (b) of section 25 of chapter 10; (ii) other money authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (iii) funds from public and private sources, including, but not limited to, gifts, grants and donations; and (iv) interest earned on such money.

Section 19. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a budgeted fund known as the Early Education and Care Operational Grant Fund, which shall be administered by the department. Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended, subject to appropriation, to provide a funding stream to support the operational grant program for early education and care providers in the commonwealth established pursuant to section 20. The unexpended balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. The fund shall not be subject to section 5C of chapter 29.

(b) The fund shall be credited with: (i) revenue received pursuant to clause (iii) of subsection (b) of section 25 of chapter 10; (ii) other money authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (iii) funds from public and private sources, including, but not limited to, gifts, grants and donations; and (iv) interest earned on such money.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 110 / Section 16
Unauthorized performances of unpublished compositions
Status: in_force

Section 16. No person with knowledge or notice that a dramatic or musical composition is unpublished or undedicated shall, without the consent of the proprietor thereof, cause it to be publicly performed or represented or permit a public performance or representation of it, in any public place of amusement, licensed or unlicensed, of which he is in control, or take part in any public performance or representation thereof.

Section 16. No person with knowledge or notice that a dramatic or musical composition is unpublished or undedicated shall, without the consent of the proprietor thereof, cause it to be publicly performed or represented or permit a public performance or representation of it, in any public place of amusement, licensed or unlicensed, of which he is in control, or take part in any public performance or representation thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 56E — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 56E
Veterinary students; clinical training; licensing exemption
Status: in_force

Section 56E. Any veterinary student, enrolled in an accredited school or college of veterinary medicine, who is engaged in clinical training under the direct supervision and control of a veterinarian duly registered under the provisions of section fifty-six D, or under the direct supervision and control of a veterinarian otherwise licensed to practice in the commonwealth and who is duly registered with an accredited school or college of veterinary medicine under its clinical training and externship programs shall be exempt from the veterinary licensing provisions of sections fifty-five to fifty-nine, inclusive.

Section 56E. Any veterinary student, enrolled in an accredited school or college of veterinary medicine, who is engaged in clinical training under the direct supervision and control of a veterinarian duly registered under the provisions of section fifty-six D, or under the direct supervision and control of a veterinarian otherwise licensed to practice in the commonwealth and who is duly registered with an accredited school or college of veterinary medicine under its clinical training and externship programs shall be exempt from the veterinary licensing provisions of sections fifty-five to fifty-nine, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231A, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231A / Section 3
Grounds for refusing declaratory judgment
Status: in_force

Section 3. The court may refuse to render or enter a declaratory judgment or decree where such judgment or decree, if rendered or entered, would not terminate the uncertainty or controversy giving rise to the proceedings or for other sufficient reasons. The reasons for such refusal shall be stated in the record. The failure to exhaust administrative relief prior to bringing an action under section one shall not bar the bringing of such action if the petition for declaratory relief is accompanied by an affidavit stating that the practice or procedure set forth pursuant to the provisions of section two is known to exist by the agency or official therein described and that reliance on administrative relief would be futile. For the purposes of this section practice or procedure means the customary and usual method of conducting agency or official business.

Section 3. The court may refuse to render or enter a declaratory judgment or decree where such judgment or decree, if rendered or entered, would not terminate the uncertainty or controversy giving rise to the proceedings or for other sufficient reasons. The reasons for such refusal shall be stated in the record. The failure to exhaust administrative relief prior to bringing an action under section one shall not bar the bringing of such action if the petition for declaratory relief is accompanied by an affidavit stating that the practice or procedure set forth pursuant to the provisions of section two is known to exist by the agency or official therein described and that reliance on administrative relief would be futile. For the purposes of this section practice or procedure means the customary and usual method of conducting agency or official business.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 9
Duties; fire prevention
Status: in_force

Section 9. If a fire occurs in woodland, the forest warden of the town, or his designee or of a town containing woodland endangered by such fire, at a place in immediate danger therefrom, may set back fires and take necessary precautions to prevent its spread.

Section 9. If a fire occurs in woodland, the forest warden of the town, or his designee or of a town containing woodland endangered by such fire, at a place in immediate danger therefrom, may set back fires and take necessary precautions to prevent its spread.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 123 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 123
Certificate of appointment
Status: in_force

Section 123. In making his appointments the mayor shall sign and file with the city clerk a certificate in the following form: CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT I appoint (name of appointee) to the position of (name of office), and I certify that in my opinion he is a person specially fitted by education, training or experience to perform the duties of said office, and that I make the appointment solely in the interest of the city. Mayor .

Section 123. In making his appointments the mayor shall sign and file with the city clerk a certificate in the following form:

CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 92, sec. 95 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 92 / Section 95
Permits for encroachments on land
Status: in_force

Section 95. The commission may grant permits, upon such terms and conditions as it deems proper, for the projection of eaves, cornices or ornaments of buildings, beyond the line of restriction or setback established for the benefit of the commonwealth, upon the land of a private owner which abuts on lands under the control of the commission, and also for the projection of eaves, cornices or ornaments of buildings over land under the control of the commission; provided, that no grant hereunder shall be made for any projection of more than three feet, nor for a projection over land of the commonwealth held or in the opinion of the commission likely to be required for a boulevard or driveway, at a height less than thirty feet above the grade which the commission may determine as that established or likely to be established as the grade of such boulevard or driveway adjacent to said private land.

Section 95. The commission may grant permits, upon such terms and conditions as it deems proper, for the projection of eaves, cornices or ornaments of buildings, beyond the line of restriction or setback established for the benefit of the commonwealth, upon the land of a private owner which abuts on lands under the control of the commission, and also for the projection of eaves, cornices or ornaments of buildings over land under the control of the commission; provided, that no grant hereunder shall be made for any projection of more than three feet, nor for a projection over land of the commonwealth held or in the opinion of the commission likely to be required for a boulevard or driveway, at a height less than thirty feet above the grade which the commission may determine as that established or likely to be established as the grade of such boulevard or driveway adjacent to said private land.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 9, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 9 / Section 11
Great seal; custody; certified copies of records as evidence
Status: in_force

Section 11. The state secretary shall have the custody of the great seal of the commonwealth; and copies of records and papers in his department, certified by him and authenticated by said seal, shall be evidence like the originals.

Section 11. The state secretary shall have the custody of the great seal of the commonwealth; and copies of records and papers in his department, certified by him and authenticated by said seal, shall be evidence like the originals.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 13, sec. 74 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 13 / Section 74
Board of nursing home administrators; meetings; officers; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 74. The board shall hold at least two regular meetings in each year for the purpose of examining applications for registration and the transaction of other business. At its first regular meeting in each year the board shall choose from its own members a chairman and a secretary. The board shall hold such other meetings at such times and places as it shall determine. It may adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as it may deem necessary in the performance of its duties.

Section 74. The board shall hold at least two regular meetings in each year for the purpose of examining applications for registration and the transaction of other business. At its first regular meeting in each year the board shall choose from its own members a chairman and a secretary. The board shall hold such other meetings at such times and places as it shall determine. It may adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as it may deem necessary in the performance of its duties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 21
Costs
Status: in_force

Section 21. Costs shall be taxed and the collection enforced as in the superior court unless a different provision is made.

Section 21. Costs shall be taxed and the collection enforced as in the superior court unless a different provision is made.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 67 — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 67
Payment of pensions granted under Sec. 66 and expenses
Status: in_force

Section 67. Pensions granted under the preceding section and all expenses connected therewith shall be paid by the commonwealth and the several counties to the same extent and in the same proportion as the salaries of the pensioners were paid at the time of their retirement.

Section 67. Pensions granted under the preceding section and all expenses connected therewith shall be paid by the commonwealth and the several counties to the same extent and in the same proportion as the salaries of the pensioners were paid at the time of their retirement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 16
Dairy farm defined; applicability to Secs. 16 to 16K
Status: in_force

Section 16. For the purposes of sections sixteen to sixteen K, inclusive, the term ''dairy farm'' shall mean a place or premises where more than two cows are kept and a part or all of the milk produced thereof is sold or delivered for sale to any person. Said sections shall not apply to cream complying with the legal minimum standard for cream established by section twelve.

Section 16. For the purposes of sections sixteen to sixteen K, inclusive, the term ''dairy farm'' shall mean a place or premises where more than two cows are kept and a part or all of the milk produced thereof is sold or delivered for sale to any person. Said sections shall not apply to cream complying with the legal minimum standard for cream established by section twelve.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 57 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 57
Siding as conductor of electricity; approval
Status: in_force

Section 57. No side walling or siding which is a conductor of electricity shall be installed on any building unless it is properly grounded and approved by the city or town electrician or other officer having similar duties.

Section 57. No side walling or siding which is a conductor of electricity shall be installed on any building unless it is properly grounded and approved by the city or town electrician or other officer having similar duties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 7
Reports of marshal and commissioner of insurance
Status: in_force

Section 7. The marshal shall submit annually, before February fifteenth, a detailed report of all official action in relation to fires to the commissioner of insurance, who shall embody the material portions thereof in his annual report.

Section 7. The marshal shall submit annually, before February fifteenth, a detailed report of all official action in relation to fires to the commissioner of insurance, who shall embody the material portions thereof in his annual report.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 129 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 129
Psychologists; reinstatement of license
Status: in_force

Section 129. After three years from the date of revocation, an application for reinstatement may be made to the board, which may, upon the affirmative vote of at least five of its members, grant such reinstatement.

Section 129. After three years from the date of revocation, an application for reinstatement may be made to the board, which may, upon the affirmative vote of at least five of its members, grant such reinstatement.