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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 3
Content of innholders' licenses; governing statutes
Status: in_force

Section 3. All innholders' licenses shall be expressed to be subject to sections twenty-two to thirty-two, inclusive, of this chapter and sections twenty-five to twenty-seven, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and seventy-two.

Section 3. All innholders' licenses shall be expressed to be subject to sections twenty-two to thirty-two, inclusive, of this chapter and sections twenty-five to twenty-seven, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and seventy-two.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 129 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 129
Plain description upon face of policy of life or endowment insurance or annuity required
Status: in_force

Section 129. No life company and no officer or agent thereof shall issue a policy of life or endowment insurance or an annuity or pure endowment policy to a resident of the commonwealth not bearing in bold letters upon its face a plain description of the policy, so fully defining its character, including dividend periods and other peculiarities, that the holder thereof shall not be likely to mistake the nature or scope of the contract.

Section 129. No life company and no officer or agent thereof shall issue a policy of life or endowment insurance or an annuity or pure endowment policy to a resident of the commonwealth not bearing in bold letters upon its face a plain description of the policy, so fully defining its character, including dividend periods and other peculiarities, that the holder thereof shall not be likely to mistake the nature or scope of the contract.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 44
Fees for inspection or test for purpose of protecting milk supply prohibited; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 44. No fee for making any inspection or test of live stock, or any inspection of any dairy, barn or stable, under authority of law, for the purpose of protecting the milk supply of any town, shall be requested or accepted by any official or other person making or assisting to make such test or inspection. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.

Section 44. No fee for making any inspection or test of live stock, or any inspection of any dairy, barn or stable, under authority of law, for the purpose of protecting the milk supply of any town, shall be requested or accepted by any official or other person making or assisting to make such test or inspection. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 20
Process; issuance
Status: in_force

Section 20. Process in the supreme judicial and superior court shall be signed, by hand or by electronic means, and may be issued, by the clerk, shall bear teste of the first justice of the court who is not a party to the action, may be returnable to the same court in any other county, may run, and shall be executed and obeyed, throughout the commonwealth.

Section 20. Process in the supreme judicial and superior court shall be signed, by hand or by electronic means, and may be issued, by the clerk, shall bear teste of the first justice of the court who is not a party to the action, may be returnable to the same court in any other county, may run, and shall be executed and obeyed, throughout the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 165, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 165 / Section 27
Recovery of land owner for damages
Status: in_force

Section 27. Any person who has sustained injury in his land or by the diversion of water by the operations of an aqueduct corporation, and who is entitled to damages for such injury by the act establishing such corporation or otherwise, may recover such damages under chapter seventy-nine.

Section 27. Any person who has sustained injury in his land or by the diversion of water by the operations of an aqueduct corporation, and who is entitled to damages for such injury by the act establishing such corporation or otherwise, may recover such damages under chapter seventy-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 26A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 26A
Health departments in cities; commissioners
Status: in_force

Section 26A. A city, by accepting the provisions of this section and sections twenty-six B to twenty-six E, inclusive, by vote of the city council and approval of the mayor, and a town, by accepting the provisions of said sections by vote of the town, may create a health department to replace the board of health therein. Such health department shall consist of a commissioner of health who shall perform and exercise the duties and powers of a board of health, with the advice of an advisory council of health.

Section 26A. A city, by accepting the provisions of this section and sections twenty-six B to twenty-six E, inclusive, by vote of the city council and approval of the mayor, and a town, by accepting the provisions of said sections by vote of the town, may create a health department to replace the board of health therein. Such health department shall consist of a commissioner of health who shall perform and exercise the duties and powers of a board of health, with the advice of an advisory council of health.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 202, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 202 / Section 8
Realty; detrimental effect of partial sale; disposition of whole estate
Status: in_force

Section 8. If it is represented in such petition and appears to the court to be necessary to sell a part of the real estate, and that by such partial sale the residue of the property or of a specific part or piece thereof would be greatly injured, the court may license a sale of the whole or any part thereof.

Section 8. If it is represented in such petition and appears to the court to be necessary to sell a part of the real estate, and that by such partial sale the residue of the property or of a specific part or piece thereof would be greatly injured, the court may license a sale of the whole or any part thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 217 / Section 20
Register to account
Status: in_force

Section 20. The register shall annually, on the first Mondays of January, April, July and October, account for and pay over to the state treasurer all fees and compensation which have been received by him otherwise than by salary.

Section 20. The register shall annually, on the first Mondays of January, April, July and October, account for and pay over to the state treasurer all fees and compensation which have been received by him otherwise than by salary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 111 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 111
Costs; damages
Status: in_force

Section 111. The court may, upon such inquiry, award to either party reasonable costs and, if the prior attachment is maintained, may award to the attaching creditor reasonable damages.

Section 111. The court may, upon such inquiry, award to either party reasonable costs and, if the prior attachment is maintained, may award to the attaching creditor reasonable damages.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184A, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 184A / Section 8
Application to legal and equitable interests
Status: in_force

Section 8. This chapter shall apply to both legal and equitable interests.

Section 8. This chapter shall apply to both legal and equitable interests.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203B, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203B / Section 8
Trustee's rights and powers over trust property
Status: in_force

Section 8. (a) A custodial trustee, acting in a fiduciary capacity, shall have all the rights and powers over custodial trust property which an unmarried adult owner has over individually owned property, but a custodial trustee may exercise such rights and powers in a fiduciary capacity only. (b) This section shall not relieve a custodial trustee from liability for a violation of section seven.

Section 8. (a) A custodial trustee, acting in a fiduciary capacity, shall have all the rights and powers over custodial trust property which an unmarried adult owner has over individually owned property, but a custodial trustee may exercise such rights and powers in a fiduciary capacity only.

(b) This section shall not relieve a custodial trustee from liability for a violation of section seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 130A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 130A
Issuance of certificate of termination of sentence
Status: in_force

Section 130A. The parole board may, by a majority vote of all of the members, issue to a parolee under its supervision a certificate of termination of sentence, provided that in the judgment of the board such termination of sentence shall be in the public interest; and provided, further, that in no case will such certificate of termination of sentence be issued unless the parolee has completed at least one year of satisfactory parole; provided, however, that the parole board, by a majority vote of all its members, may grant a certificate of termination if the parolee has successfully completed the so-called special incarceration boot camp program and subsequently completed at least four months of satisfactory parole. The parole board shall furnish to the commissioner of correction and to the judge who pronounced sentence upon the parolee a copy of such certificate of termination of sentence.

Section 130A. The parole board may, by a majority vote of all of the members, issue to a parolee under its supervision a certificate of termination of sentence, provided that in the judgment of the board such termination of sentence shall be in the public interest; and provided, further, that in no case will such certificate of termination of sentence be issued unless the parolee has completed at least one year of satisfactory parole; provided, however, that the parole board, by a majority vote of all its members, may grant a certificate of termination if the parolee has successfully completed the so-called special incarceration boot camp program and subsequently completed at least four months of satisfactory parole. The parole board shall furnish to the commissioner of correction and to the judge who pronounced sentence upon the parolee a copy of such certificate of termination of sentence.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167B, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167B / Section 11
Waiver of rights
Status: in_force

Section 11. No writing or other agreement between a consumer and any other person may contain any provision which constitutes a waiver of any right conferred or cause of action created by this chapter. Nothing in this section prohibits, however, any writing or other agreement which grants to a consumer a more extensive right or remedy or greater protection than contained in this chapter or a waiver given in settlement of a dispute or action.

Section 11. No writing or other agreement between a consumer and any other person may contain any provision which constitutes a waiver of any right conferred or cause of action created by this chapter. Nothing in this section prohibits, however, any writing or other agreement which grants to a consumer a more extensive right or remedy or greater protection than contained in this chapter or a waiver given in settlement of a dispute or action.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 30
Recall of default warrant; arrest
Status: in_force

Section 30. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, whenever a default warrant, issued in any jurisdiction in the commonwealth against any person, is recalled by a court, the court shall assess a fee of fifty dollars against the person in payment of the costs of recalling the warrant, except that the court may waive the fee upon a finding of good cause or upon a finding that such a fee would cause a substantial financial hardship to the person, the person's immediate family or the person's dependents. Any person arrested on a warrant issued because such person has forfeited or defaulted on his bail bond or recognizance or has been surrendered by a probation officer shall be required by the court to pay a fee of $75 payable to the city or town in which such arrest was effected, unless the judge finds that such person is indigent or that such fee would cause a substantial financial hardship to the person, the person's immediate family or the person's dependents, in which case such person shall be required to perform one day of community service, unless the judge further finds that such person is physically or mentally unable to perform such service.

Section 30. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, whenever a default warrant, issued in any jurisdiction in the commonwealth against any person, is recalled by a court, the court shall assess a fee of fifty dollars against the person in payment of the costs of recalling the warrant, except that the court may waive the fee upon a finding of good cause or upon a finding that such a fee would cause a substantial financial hardship to the person, the person's immediate family or the person's dependents.

Any person arrested on a warrant issued because such person has forfeited or defaulted on his bail bond or recognizance or has been surrendered by a probation officer shall be required by the court to pay a fee of $75 payable to the city or town in which such arrest was effected, unless the judge finds that such person is indigent or that such fee would cause a substantial financial hardship to the person, the person's immediate family or the person's dependents, in which case such person shall be required to perform one day of community service, unless the judge further finds that such person is physically or mentally unable to perform such service.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 1, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 1 / Section 8
Geological or coast survey employees; entry on lands; works, stations, buildings; compensation for takings
Status: in_force

Section 8. In connection with their official duties persons employed by the United States geological survey or coast survey, or by the department, may enter upon land and erect works, stations, buildings and appurtenances; provided, that, in case of such entry or erection by persons employed by the United States, it shall make adequate provision by law for compensation for any taking of property thereby.

Section 8. In connection with their official duties persons employed by the United States geological survey or coast survey, or by the department, may enter upon land and erect works, stations, buildings and appurtenances; provided, that, in case of such entry or erection by persons employed by the United States, it shall make adequate provision by law for compensation for any taking of property thereby.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 136, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 136 / Section 9
Business, trade, labor or work on Sunday; prosecution for violations; limitation period
Status: in_force

Section 9. Prosecution for violations of sections two, three or five shall be commenced within six months after the offense was committed.

Section 9. Prosecution for violations of sections two, three or five shall be commenced within six months after the offense was committed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 76, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 76 / Section 11
Tuition of children in institutions
Status: in_force

Section 11. Any city, town or regional school district which provides instruction to any child who is a resident of an institution and who was not theretofore a resident of such city, town or regional school district may recover from the commonwealth the school expense incurred by reason of the school attendance of such child to be determined jointly by the school committee of such city, town or regional school district and the department of education or, in case of their disagreement, by the probate court. The amount recoverable by a city, town or regional school district under this section shall be limited to the annual per pupil cost of education as determined under section seven; provided, however, that any amount expended in excess of said annual per pupil expenditure in said city, town or regional school district shall be recoverable under the provisions of sections two and three of chapter seventy.

Section 11. Any city, town or regional school district which provides instruction to any child who is a resident of an institution and who was not theretofore a resident of such city, town or regional school district may recover from the commonwealth the school expense incurred by reason of the school attendance of such child to be determined jointly by the school committee of such city, town or regional school district and the department of education or, in case of their disagreement, by the probate court. The amount recoverable by a city, town or regional school district under this section shall be limited to the annual per pupil cost of education as determined under section seven; provided, however, that any amount expended in excess of said annual per pupil expenditure in said city, town or regional school district shall be recoverable under the provisions of sections two and three of chapter seventy.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176 / Section 19
Deferred payments or instalments
Status: in_force

Section 19. Deferred payments or instalments of claims shall be considered as fixed liabilities on the happening of the contingency upon which such payments or instalments are thereafter to be paid. Such liability shall be the present value of such future payments or instalments upon the rate of interest and mortality assumed by the society for establishing contributions and for valuation; and every society shall at once, upon the filing of due proofs of the happening of the contingency, set apart a fund to meet such deferred payments, regardless of proposed future collections to meet any such payments, and hold such fund, with its interest accretions, in trust for the beneficiary entitled thereto. No society shall provide for such deferred payments or instalments unless it possesses the full reserve specified in the following section, or, if paying accident benefits only, has assets sufficient to pay all its liabilities.

Section 19. Deferred payments or instalments of claims shall be considered as fixed liabilities on the happening of the contingency upon which such payments or instalments are thereafter to be paid. Such liability shall be the present value of such future payments or instalments upon the rate of interest and mortality assumed by the society for establishing contributions and for valuation; and every society shall at once, upon the filing of due proofs of the happening of the contingency, set apart a fund to meet such deferred payments, regardless of proposed future collections to meet any such payments, and hold such fund, with its interest accretions, in trust for the beneficiary entitled thereto.

No society shall provide for such deferred payments or instalments unless it possesses the full reserve specified in the following section, or, if paying accident benefits only, has assets sufficient to pay all its liabilities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 13, sec. 99 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 13 / Section 99
Board of registration of massage therapy; powers and duties
Status: in_force

Section 99. (a) The board shall have the following powers and duties: (i) to administer and enforce sections 227 to 236, inclusive, of chapter 112; (ii) to adopt rules and regulations governing the licensure of massage therapists, the practice of massage therapy and the operation of massage schools to promote the public health, welfare and safety of citizens of the commonwealth; (iii) to establish standards of professional and ethical conduct; (iv) to establish standards for continuing education reflecting acceptable national standards; and (v) to investigate complaints, conduct inspections, review billing and treatment records and set and administer penalties as defined in sections 61 to 65E, inclusive, and sections 232 to 236, inclusive, of chapter 112 for fraudulent, deceptive or professionally incompetent and unsafe practices and for violations of rules and regulations promulgated by the board. (b) The board shall make available to the public a list of licensed massage therapists. The board shall establish by regulation a code of ethics.

Section 99. (a) The board shall have the following powers and duties: (i) to administer and enforce sections 227 to 236, inclusive, of chapter 112; (ii) to adopt rules and regulations governing the licensure of massage therapists, the practice of massage therapy and the operation of massage schools to promote the public health, welfare and safety of citizens of the commonwealth; (iii) to establish standards of professional and ethical conduct; (iv) to establish standards for continuing education reflecting acceptable national standards; and (v) to investigate complaints, conduct inspections, review billing and treatment records and set and administer penalties as defined in sections 61 to 65E, inclusive, and sections 232 to 236, inclusive, of chapter 112 for fraudulent, deceptive or professionally incompetent and unsafe practices and for violations of rules and regulations promulgated by the board.

(b) The board shall make available to the public a list of licensed massage therapists. The board shall establish by regulation a code of ethics.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 247, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 247 / Section 16
Fees of master
Status: in_force

Section 16. The fee of the master for the hearing and decision shall be as prescribed in section twenty-three of chapter two hundred and sixty-two; and, if the bond is approved, such fee shall be taxed in the plaintiff's costs, if he prevails in the action.

Section 16. The fee of the master for the hearing and decision shall be as prescribed in section twenty-three of chapter two hundred and sixty-two; and, if the bond is approved, such fee shall be taxed in the plaintiff's costs, if he prevails in the action.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 34, sec. 9B — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 34 / Section 9B
Docket defined
Status: in_force

Section 9B. The docket is hereby defined as a record wherein their clerk shall register, by its title or by an abstract, and numbered consecutively, every action, suit and proceeding commenced before or transferred or appealed to the commissioners, and also contracts filed as required by section seventeen. He shall note therein, according to the date thereof, the filing or return of any paper or process, the making of any decree, adjudication, order, rule or other direction, or any amendment thereof, in or concerning such matter.

Section 9B. The docket is hereby defined as a record wherein their clerk shall register, by its title or by an abstract, and numbered consecutively, every action, suit and proceeding commenced before or transferred or appealed to the commissioners, and also contracts filed as required by section seventeen. He shall note therein, according to the date thereof, the filing or return of any paper or process, the making of any decree, adjudication, order, rule or other direction, or any amendment thereof, in or concerning such matter.