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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 248, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 248 / Section 11
Contents of return
Status: in_force

Section 11. The person in whose custody the prisoner is found shall state in writing, plainly and unequivocally, to the court or justice before whom the writ is returnable— First, Whether the prisoner is in his custody or power or under his restraint. Second, If the prisoner is in his custody or power or under his restraint, his specific authority for and the true and whole cause of such imprisonment or restraint, with a copy of the writ, warrant or other process, if any, upon which the prisoner is detained. Third, If the prisoner has been in his custody or power or under his restraint, and has been transferred to that of another, particularly to whom, when, why and by what authority such transfer was made. The statement shall be signed by him and, unless he is a sworn public officer and makes the statement in his official capacity, shall be sworn to by him.

Section 11. The person in whose custody the prisoner is found shall state in writing, plainly and unequivocally, to the court or justice before whom the writ is returnable—

First, Whether the prisoner is in his custody or power or under his restraint.

Second, If the prisoner is in his custody or power or under his restraint, his specific authority for and the true and whole cause of such imprisonment or restraint, with a copy of the writ, warrant or other process, if any, upon which the prisoner is detained.

Third, If the prisoner has been in his custody or power or under his restraint, and has been transferred to that of another, particularly to whom, when, why and by what authority such transfer was made.

The statement shall be signed by him and, unless he is a sworn public officer and makes the statement in his official capacity, shall be sworn to by him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 130 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 130
Enjoining nuisance
Status: in_force

Section 130. The superior court, either before or pending a prosecution for a common nuisance affecting the public health, may enjoin the maintenance of such nuisance until the matter is decided or the injunction dissolved.

Section 130. The superior court, either before or pending a prosecution for a common nuisance affecting the public health, may enjoin the maintenance of such nuisance until the matter is decided or the injunction dissolved.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 169, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 169 / Section 11
Investigation of persons other than licensees
Status: repealed

[Text of section effective until January 1, 2026. Repealed by 2024, 312, Sec. 2. See 2024, 312, Sec. 5.]

[Text of section effective until January 1, 2026. Repealed by 2024, 312, Sec. 2. See 2024, 312, Sec. 5.]

Section 11. The commissioner, if he has reason to believe that a person other than a licensee has violated any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be authorized to make such investigations as he shall deem necessary and may examine such other person and shall compel the production of all relevant books, records, accounts and documents.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 58C — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 58C
Overtime; compensation
Status: in_force

Section 58C. If an officer or member, other than the chief, of the fire fighting force of the fire department of a city, town or fire district shall be required to be on duty for any period in excess of his regular hours of duty as from time to time established, he may be given time off equal to such period of overtime duty or, if time off cannot be given by reason of a personnel shortage or other cause, he may be paid for such period of overtime duty at such an hourly rate as may be determined by the authority in charge of a fire department, which rate shall in no event be less than one and one half of the basic hourly rate of his regular compensation for his average weekly hours of regular duty.

Section 58C. If an officer or member, other than the chief, of the fire fighting force of the fire department of a city, town or fire district shall be required to be on duty for any period in excess of his regular hours of duty as from time to time established, he may be given time off equal to such period of overtime duty or, if time off cannot be given by reason of a personnel shortage or other cause, he may be paid for such period of overtime duty at such an hourly rate as may be determined by the authority in charge of a fire department, which rate shall in no event be less than one and one half of the basic hourly rate of his regular compensation for his average weekly hours of regular duty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 245, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 245 / Section 6
Rents and profits; improvements; commonwealth prevailing party
Status: in_force

Section 6. If the commonwealth prevails, the defendant shall be chargeable for rents and profits and be entitled to an allowance for improvements as provided in chapter two hundred and thirty-seven.

Section 6. If the commonwealth prevails, the defendant shall be chargeable for rents and profits and be entitled to an allowance for improvements as provided in chapter two hundred and thirty-seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 114 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 114
Lease of military property
Status: in_force

Section 114. The commander-in-chief may lease to, or permit to be used by, the armed forces of the United States, military property belonging to the commonwealth, upon such terms and conditions as will fully protect the interests of the commonwealth.

Section 114. The commander-in-chief may lease to, or permit to be used by, the armed forces of the United States, military property belonging to the commonwealth, upon such terms and conditions as will fully protect the interests of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 38 / Section 12
Embalming fluid; restriction on use
Status: in_force

Section 12. No embalming fluid, or any substitute therefor, shall be injected into the body of any person whose death is being investigated by the office until authorization from a representative of the office has first been obtained.

Section 12. No embalming fluid, or any substitute therefor, shall be injected into the body of any person whose death is being investigated by the office until authorization from a representative of the office has first been obtained.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 42
Remedies to enforce payment by private corporations
Status: in_force

Section 42. If a private corporation has erected or laid poles, wires, pipes, rails or other structures in a public way, for the construction, operation or maintenance of which damages may be recovered from such corporation under this chapter by the owners of any interest in land abutting upon such way, and such corporation does not pay such damages to an owner of any such interest after they have been finally determined and within thirty days after demand, the mayor of the city or the selectmen of the town in which such structures are located may, upon request of such owner, remove all the structures of such corporation from that portion of the public way upon which the land in which such person has an interest abuts, first leaving a written statement at the office of such corporation in such city or town of the time when and place from which they intend to remove such structures, not less than forty-eight hours prior to such removal. If such corporation has no office in such town, such notice shall be deposited in the post office, postage prepaid, and directed to such corporation at its principal office in the commonwealth. The town so removing any such structures may recover the expense thereof of such corporation. This section shall not prevent such owner from collecting the damages assessed.

Section 42. If a private corporation has erected or laid poles, wires, pipes, rails or other structures in a public way, for the construction, operation or maintenance of which damages may be recovered from such corporation under this chapter by the owners of any interest in land abutting upon such way, and such corporation does not pay such damages to an owner of any such interest after they have been finally determined and within thirty days after demand, the mayor of the city or the selectmen of the town in which such structures are located may, upon request of such owner, remove all the structures of such corporation from that portion of the public way upon which the land in which such person has an interest abuts, first leaving a written statement at the office of such corporation in such city or town of the time when and place from which they intend to remove such structures, not less than forty-eight hours prior to such removal. If such corporation has no office in such town, such notice shall be deposited in the post office, postage prepaid, and directed to such corporation at its principal office in the commonwealth. The town so removing any such structures may recover the expense thereof of such corporation. This section shall not prevent such owner from collecting the damages assessed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 206, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 206 / Section 3
Examination on oath
Status: in_force

Section 3. An executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, trustee or receiver may be examined on oath before the court upon any matters relative to his accounts.

Section 3. An executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, trustee or receiver may be examined on oath before the court upon any matters relative to his accounts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 42, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 42 / Section 1
Seaward boundary
Status: in_force

Section 1. The seaward boundary of cities and towns bordering on the open sea shall coincide with the marine boundary of the commonwealth. The boundary lines in tide water between adjacent coastal municipalities, as located and defined by the board of harbor and land commissioners under chapter one hundred and ninety-six of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, except in so far as the boundary lines so located and defined purported to vary boundary lines in tide water between municipalities theretofore established by the general court, together with such boundary lines theretofore so established, as such boundary lines have been subsequently changed by the general court or defined by decrees of the land court, with such additions to or subtractions from the length thereof as have been made by natural changes in the shore line of the commonwealth, are hereby confirmed and established as the legal boundary lines in tide water between said adjacent municipalities; provided, that such boundary lines shall hereafter be changed from time to time to conform to any change in said shore line.

Section 1. The seaward boundary of cities and towns bordering on the open sea shall coincide with the marine boundary of the commonwealth. The boundary lines in tide water between adjacent coastal municipalities, as located and defined by the board of harbor and land commissioners under chapter one hundred and ninety-six of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, except in so far as the boundary lines so located and defined purported to vary boundary lines in tide water between municipalities theretofore established by the general court, together with such boundary lines theretofore so established, as such boundary lines have been subsequently changed by the general court or defined by decrees of the land court, with such additions to or subtractions from the length thereof as have been made by natural changes in the shore line of the commonwealth, are hereby confirmed and established as the legal boundary lines in tide water between said adjacent municipalities; provided, that such boundary lines shall hereafter be changed from time to time to conform to any change in said shore line.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 103, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 103 / Section 20
Suspension or removal of pilots exceeding commission authority
Status: in_force

Section 20. A pilot taking charge of a vessel drawing more water than his commission authorizes shall be suspended or removed.

Section 20. A pilot taking charge of a vessel drawing more water than his commission authorizes shall be suspended or removed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23G, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23G / Section 10
Audits
Status: in_force

Section 10. The books and records of the Agency shall be subject to an audit by the state auditor, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, as often as the state auditor determines is necessary.

Section 10. The books and records of the Agency shall be subject to an audit by the state auditor, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, as often as the state auditor determines is necessary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 79I — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 79I
Actions to recover from insurer for theft of personal property from motor vehicle or trailer; prima facie evidence of forcible entry into vehicle
Status: in_force

Section 79I. In an action to recover from an insurer under a policy which provides coverage for theft of personal articles from a motor vehicle or trailer if all windows and doors are locked and if there are visible signs of forcible entry into the vehicle or trailer, the fact that such motor vehicle or trailer was stolen shall be prima facie evidence that there was a forcible entry.

Section 79I. In an action to recover from an insurer under a policy which provides coverage for theft of personal articles from a motor vehicle or trailer if all windows and doors are locked and if there are visible signs of forcible entry into the vehicle or trailer, the fact that such motor vehicle or trailer was stolen shall be prima facie evidence that there was a forcible entry.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 75H — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 75H
Licenses, permits, etc., for pipeline maintenance, construction and operation
Status: in_force

Section 75H. A person, partnership, corporation or any other legal entity which intends to construct a natural gas pipeline within this state and has filed for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to be issued under chapter 15B of the United States Code which may be cited as the federal ''Natural Gas Act'' or has filed a petition with the department as provided in section seventy-five B, shall be deemed to have such right, title, interest or standing to proceed to file and process any application for any permit, license, approval, order of any nature or description, of any state or local agency or instrumentality, necessary to obtain all governmental consents with regard to the location, construction, completion and operation of said pipeline within the state and shall be deemed to be a natural gas pipeline company for said purpose. The effective date of any such license, permit, order or governmental approval which may be granted or issued may be conditioned upon or suspended until the date of issuance of such certificate under chapter 15B of the United States Code which may be cited as the federal ''Natural Gas Act'' or determination by the department.

Section 75H. A person, partnership, corporation or any other legal entity which intends to construct a natural gas pipeline within this state and has filed for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to be issued under chapter 15B of the United States Code which may be cited as the federal ''Natural Gas Act'' or has filed a petition with the department as provided in section seventy-five B, shall be deemed to have such right, title, interest or standing to proceed to file and process any application for any permit, license, approval, order of any nature or description, of any state or local agency or instrumentality, necessary to obtain all governmental consents with regard to the location, construction, completion and operation of said pipeline within the state and shall be deemed to be a natural gas pipeline company for said purpose. The effective date of any such license, permit, order or governmental approval which may be granted or issued may be conditioned upon or suspended until the date of issuance of such certificate under chapter 15B of the United States Code which may be cited as the federal ''Natural Gas Act'' or determination by the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 275, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 275 / Section 11
Failure to prosecute appeal; recognizance remaining in force
Status: in_force

Section 11. If the appellant fails to prosecute his appeal of an order of recognizance, his recognizance shall remain in full force and effect as to any breach of the condition, without an affirmation of the judgment or order of the court or justice, and shall also stand as security for any expenses of prosecution which the justice in the jury session may order the appellant to pay.

Section 11. If the appellant fails to prosecute his appeal of an order of recognizance, his recognizance shall remain in full force and effect as to any breach of the condition, without an affirmation of the judgment or order of the court or justice, and shall also stand as security for any expenses of prosecution which the justice in the jury session may order the appellant to pay.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 65 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 65
Application of chapter to plants authorized by special act
Status: in_force

Section 65. A town authorized by special act to construct, purchase, lease, establish or maintain a gas or electric plant shall be subject to this chapter, so far as the same may be applicable.

Section 65. A town authorized by special act to construct, purchase, lease, establish or maintain a gas or electric plant shall be subject to this chapter, so far as the same may be applicable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 51
Town elections; posting names of candidates
Status: in_force

Section 51. In towns using official ballots the town clerk, at least four days before an election therein, shall cause to be posted in one or more public places the names, residences and designations of all candidates duly nominated to be voted for in the town, substantially in the form of the official ballot.

Section 51. In towns using official ballots the town clerk, at least four days before an election therein, shall cause to be posted in one or more public places the names, residences and designations of all candidates duly nominated to be voted for in the town, substantially in the form of the official ballot.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 88 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 88
Conversion of hospitals into chronic disease hospitals or homes for the aged
Status: in_force

Section 88. Where, at the time this section goes into effect, a city or town is maintaining a tuberculosis hospital and such hospital is not utilized by the commonwealth for the care and treatment of tuberculosis patients under contractual arrangements under section seventy-seven, and where such hospital is deemed by the board or officer in charge as no longer necessary for the care of tuberculous patients, the hospital may after being licensed under section seventy-one be converted into a chronic disease hospital or home for the care and treatment of aging persons, or the institution may be liquidated in accordance with law. The board or officer in charge of such institution may adopt such rules and regulations concerning the operation of the institution as a chronic disease hospital or home for the aging and concerning admission of patients thereto as deemed necessary; provided, however, that the rate or rates in such a chronic disease hospital or home for the aging for all general health supplies, care, services and accommodations shall be established by the executive office of health and human services or a governmental unit designated by the executive office.

Section 88. Where, at the time this section goes into effect, a city or town is maintaining a tuberculosis hospital and such hospital is not utilized by the commonwealth for the care and treatment of tuberculosis patients under contractual arrangements under section seventy-seven, and where such hospital is deemed by the board or officer in charge as no longer necessary for the care of tuberculous patients, the hospital may after being licensed under section seventy-one be converted into a chronic disease hospital or home for the care and treatment of aging persons, or the institution may be liquidated in accordance with law. The board or officer in charge of such institution may adopt such rules and regulations concerning the operation of the institution as a chronic disease hospital or home for the aging and concerning admission of patients thereto as deemed necessary; provided, however, that the rate or rates in such a chronic disease hospital or home for the aging for all general health supplies, care, services and accommodations shall be established by the executive office of health and human services or a governmental unit designated by the executive office.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 74 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 74
Bird nests and eggs
Status: in_force

Section 74. A person shall not take, disturb or destroy a nest or eggs of any bird except an English sparrow, crow, jay or starling. A city, town, county or private organization shall not offer or pay bounties for the killing or taking of any bird.

Section 74. A person shall not take, disturb or destroy a nest or eggs of any bird except an English sparrow, crow, jay or starling. A city, town, county or private organization shall not offer or pay bounties for the killing or taking of any bird.