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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 49, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 49 / Section 19
Penalty for misfeasance
Status: in_force

Section 19. A fence viewer who, when requested, unreasonably neglects to perform any duty required of him in this chapter shall forfeit five dollars to be recovered in tort to the use of the town, or on complaint to the use of the commonwealth, and shall also be liable for all damages to the party injured.

Section 19. A fence viewer who, when requested, unreasonably neglects to perform any duty required of him in this chapter shall forfeit five dollars to be recovered in tort to the use of the town, or on complaint to the use of the commonwealth, and shall also be liable for all damages to the party injured.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 253, sec. 35 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 253 / Section 35
Change of grade of ways; power of commissioner to order
Status: in_force

Section 35. The commissioner may, after a hearing, order such alteration, repairs or change of grade of such ways as will in his judgment enable the petitioner to raise, erect and maintain such dam without overflowing or otherwise injuring such ways, and they may give written direction and authority to the petitioner to make at his own expense such alterations, changes of grade and repairs within a reasonable time. He shall record all such orders and shall cause certified copies thereof to be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of each town in which such alterations, changes of grade or repairs are ordered.

Section 35. The commissioner may, after a hearing, order such alteration, repairs or change of grade of such ways as will in his judgment enable the petitioner to raise, erect and maintain such dam without overflowing or otherwise injuring such ways, and they may give written direction and authority to the petitioner to make at his own expense such alterations, changes of grade and repairs within a reasonable time. He shall record all such orders and shall cause certified copies thereof to be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of each town in which such alterations, changes of grade or repairs are ordered.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 94H — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 94H
Regulations concerning content of certification; minimum standards
Status: in_force

Section 94H. The commissioner and the public health council may make regulations concerning the content of the certification made by boards of health and physicians under section ninety-four A, including the definition of, and the methods for determining active tuberculosis. The commissioner and public health council may make regulations concerning the minimum standards for proper medical treatment for active tuberculosis patients cared for outside a hospital, so that such patients will not be a menace to the public health.

Section 94H. The commissioner and the public health council may make regulations concerning the content of the certification made by boards of health and physicians under section ninety-four A, including the definition of, and the methods for determining active tuberculosis. The commissioner and public health council may make regulations concerning the minimum standards for proper medical treatment for active tuberculosis patients cared for outside a hospital, so that such patients will not be a menace to the public health.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118E, sec. 76 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118E / Section 76
Designation of another governmental unit to perform functions set forth in Secs. 13C through 13K and 64 through 75
Status: in_force

Section 76. The secretary of the executive office may designate another governmental unit or units to perform any or all functions set forth in sections 13C to 13K, inclusive, and sections 64 to 75, inclusive. Such designee specifically may include the center for health information and analysis established under chapter 12C of the General Laws. The secretary may effectuate such designation through a memorandum of understanding, nonfinancial interdepartmental service agreement or similar instrument, and such designee shall be a party to any such instrument and perform the activities described therein.

Section 76. The secretary of the executive office may designate another governmental unit or units to perform any or all functions set forth in sections 13C to 13K, inclusive, and sections 64 to 75, inclusive. Such designee specifically may include the center for health information and analysis established under chapter 12C of the General Laws. The secretary may effectuate such designation through a memorandum of understanding, nonfinancial interdepartmental service agreement or similar instrument, and such designee shall be a party to any such instrument and perform the activities described therein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 13, sec. 73 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 13 / Section 73
Board of nursing home administrators; membership; appointment; vacancies; removal
Status: in_force

Section 73. There shall be a board of nursing home administrators, in this section and in sections 74 and 75 called the board, consisting of the commissioner of public health or a designee, the commissioner of transitional assistance or a designee, the secretary of aging and independence or a designee, and 11 members appointed by the governor. One member shall be an educator actively engaged in the field of health care administration, 1 shall be a medical doctor, 1 shall be a registered nurse, 1 shall be a hospital administrator actively engaged in long term health care administration, and 2 shall be representatives of the public, subject to section 9B. Five members shall be nursing home administrators who shall have been practicing for at least 5 years and who shall be eligible for licensure; and 1 of the 5 shall be the administrator of a nonproprietary nursing home. Not more than 5 members shall be administrators of nursing homes. Each appointive member of the board shall serve for a term of 3 years. Any vacancy shall be filled by the governor for the unexpired term. Members may be removed by the governor for cause after due notice and hearing.

Section 73. There shall be a board of nursing home administrators, in this section and in sections 74 and 75 called the board, consisting of the commissioner of public health or a designee, the commissioner of transitional assistance or a designee, the secretary of aging and independence or a designee, and 11 members appointed by the governor. One member shall be an educator actively engaged in the field of health care administration, 1 shall be a medical doctor, 1 shall be a registered nurse, 1 shall be a hospital administrator actively engaged in long term health care administration, and 2 shall be representatives of the public, subject to section 9B. Five members shall be nursing home administrators who shall have been practicing for at least 5 years and who shall be eligible for licensure; and 1 of the 5 shall be the administrator of a nonproprietary nursing home. Not more than 5 members shall be administrators of nursing homes. Each appointive member of the board shall serve for a term of 3 years. Any vacancy shall be filled by the governor for the unexpired term. Members may be removed by the governor for cause after due notice and hearing.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, sec. 104 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 130 / Section 104
Effect on special statutes relating to fisheries in particular places
Status: in_force

Section 104. This chapter shall not be deemed to affect any privileges granted in any special statute relating to fisheries in any particular place, except such provisions thereof as relate to shellfish and shellfisheries, to alewife fisheries, and to those activities which are the subject of rules and regulations under section seventeen A.

Section 104. This chapter shall not be deemed to affect any privileges granted in any special statute relating to fisheries in any particular place, except such provisions thereof as relate to shellfish and shellfisheries, to alewife fisheries, and to those activities which are the subject of rules and regulations under section seventeen A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 82, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 82 / Section 13
Payment of expenses of rejected petitions
Status: in_force

Section 13. If a highway is not finally laid out, relocated, altered, discontinued or maintenance discontinued, or if specific repairs are not ordered, the expenses of the proceedings shall be paid by the persons who have recognized therefor. If they refuse or neglect, when required by the commissioners, to pay such expenses, such expenses or costs shall be paid by the county; and thereupon the commissioners may collect the same from the persons who so recognized, as provided by section eighteen of chapter thirty-four.

Section 13. If a highway is not finally laid out, relocated, altered, discontinued or maintenance discontinued, or if specific repairs are not ordered, the expenses of the proceedings shall be paid by the persons who have recognized therefor. If they refuse or neglect, when required by the commissioners, to pay such expenses, such expenses or costs shall be paid by the county; and thereupon the commissioners may collect the same from the persons who so recognized, as provided by section eighteen of chapter thirty-four.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 86 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 86
Application of Secs. 83 to 85
Status: in_force

Section 86. The provisions of sections eighty-three to eighty-five, inclusive, shall apply only to cities and towns which accept the same.

Section 86. The provisions of sections eighty-three to eighty-five, inclusive, shall apply only to cities and towns which accept the same.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176P, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176P / Section 38
Annual statement of society's condition and standing
Status: in_force

Section 38. A society shall annually, on or before March 1, file with the commissioner, in such form as he may require, a statement on oath of its president, secretary, treasurer and chief accountant, or corresponding officers, of its condition and standing on December 31 of the preceding calendar year, and of its transactions for the year ending on that date. A society shall also furnish such other information as the commissioner may deem necessary. The commissioner may at other times require any further statement relating to such society as the commissioner deems necessary.

Section 38. A society shall annually, on or before March 1, file with the commissioner, in such form as he may require, a statement on oath of its president, secretary, treasurer and chief accountant, or corresponding officers, of its condition and standing on December 31 of the preceding calendar year, and of its transactions for the year ending on that date. A society shall also furnish such other information as the commissioner may deem necessary. The commissioner may at other times require any further statement relating to such society as the commissioner deems necessary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 134 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 134
Purchase of articles made by blind persons for use in state and other public institutions; release
Status: in_force

Section 134. The state purchasing agent, such officers in charge of state institutions as may be authorized by him to make purchases and officers in charge of other public institutions shall purchase brooms, mops and other supplies, other than products of prison labor, from the commission of the blind; provided, that the commission has the same for sale and that they were assembled, manufactured or otherwise produced by persons under the supervision of the commission or in industrial schools or workshops under its supervision. Said purchasing agent and officers shall, when employing persons for piano tuning, cane seating or mattress renovating, employ persons who are under the supervision of said commission or who work in any such industrial school or workshop. Any officer who wilfully refuses or neglects to comply with any requirement of this section relative to the purchase of articles and employment of persons shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. The term ''public institutions'', as used in this section, shall include all offices, departments and institutions of the several counties, cities and towns. The commissioner may issue a release from the provisions of this section upon request of the purchasing officer of a county, city or town, when convenience or emergency requires it.

Section 134. The state purchasing agent, such officers in charge of state institutions as may be authorized by him to make purchases and officers in charge of other public institutions shall purchase brooms, mops and other supplies, other than products of prison labor, from the commission of the blind; provided, that the commission has the same for sale and that they were assembled, manufactured or otherwise produced by persons under the supervision of the commission or in industrial schools or workshops under its supervision. Said purchasing agent and officers shall, when employing persons for piano tuning, cane seating or mattress renovating, employ persons who are under the supervision of said commission or who work in any such industrial school or workshop. Any officer who wilfully refuses or neglects to comply with any requirement of this section relative to the purchase of articles and employment of persons shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. The term ''public institutions'', as used in this section, shall include all offices, departments and institutions of the several counties, cities and towns. The commissioner may issue a release from the provisions of this section upon request of the purchasing officer of a county, city or town, when convenience or emergency requires it.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 62 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 62
Domestic stock companies; liability of officers
Status: in_force

Section 62. The directors or other officers of such a company making or authorizing an investment or loan in violation of sections sixty-three, sixty-five or sixty-six shall be personally liable to the stockholders for any loss caused thereby. If they allow to be insured on a single risk a larger amount than authorized by section twenty-one, they shall be personally liable for any loss in excess of the amount to which they might lawfully insure. If they make or assent to further insurance knowing that the accrued losses of the company equal its net assets, they shall be personally liable for any loss under such insurance.

Section 62. The directors or other officers of such a company making or authorizing an investment or loan in violation of sections sixty-three, sixty-five or sixty-six shall be personally liable to the stockholders for any loss caused thereby.

If they allow to be insured on a single risk a larger amount than authorized by section twenty-one, they shall be personally liable for any loss in excess of the amount to which they might lawfully insure.

If they make or assent to further insurance knowing that the accrued losses of the company equal its net assets, they shall be personally liable for any loss under such insurance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 203 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 203
Failure of professional employer organization to pay wages in accordance with chapters 148 and 151
Status: in_force

Section 203. Wages shall be paid in accordance with section 148 of this chapter and any minimum wage and overtime requirements as provided for in chapter 151. A PEO who fails to pay wages, to the extent the PEO has assumed responsibility in the professional employer agreement or subsequent written agreement and as required under this chapter, shall be subject to penalties under this chapter.

Section 203. Wages shall be paid in accordance with section 148 of this chapter and any minimum wage and overtime requirements as provided for in chapter 151. A PEO who fails to pay wages, to the extent the PEO has assumed responsibility in the professional employer agreement or subsequent written agreement and as required under this chapter, shall be subject to penalties under this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 228, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 228 / Section 10
Prosecution by survivor
Status: in_force

Section 10. If the interest of the deceased party passes to the surviving plaintiffs, or if there is no motion for the admission of an heir or devisee at the sitting when the death of the deceased party is suggested or within such further time as the court allows, the surviving plaintiffs may prosecute the action for so much of the land in question as they may then claim.

Section 10. If the interest of the deceased party passes to the surviving plaintiffs, or if there is no motion for the admission of an heir or devisee at the sitting when the death of the deceased party is suggested or within such further time as the court allows, the surviving plaintiffs may prosecute the action for so much of the land in question as they may then claim.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156A, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156A / Section 18
Annual report
Status: in_force

Section 18. The annual report of a professional corporation or a foreign professional corporation shall, in addition to the information required by section 16.22 of subdivision B of Part 16 of chapter 156D, shall list the names and addresses of all shareholders and shall contain a certification that the shareholders, or all of the partners of a shareholder which is a general partnership are duly licensed to render 1 or more professional services for which the corporation was organized or are professional corporations authorized to render the professional services. A duplicate original copy of each annual report shall be filed at the same time with the regulating board. No filing fee shall be charged by the regulating board for such filing.

Section 18. The annual report of a professional corporation or a foreign professional corporation shall, in addition to the information required by section 16.22 of subdivision B of Part 16 of chapter 156D, shall list the names and addresses of all shareholders and shall contain a certification that the shareholders, or all of the partners of a shareholder which is a general partnership are duly licensed to render 1 or more professional services for which the corporation was organized or are professional corporations authorized to render the professional services. A duplicate original copy of each annual report shall be filed at the same time with the regulating board. No filing fee shall be charged by the regulating board for such filing.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 82, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 82 / Section 37
Building lines
Status: in_force

Section 37. If a city by its city council or a town accepts this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, a building line not more than forty feet distant from the exterior line of a highway or town way may be established in the manner provided for laying out ways, and thereafter no structures shall be erected or maintained between such building line and such way, except steps, windows, porticos, other usual projections appurtenant to the front wall of a building, embankments, walls, fences and gates, to the extent prescribed in the vote establishing such building line, and except that any structure existing at the time of the establishment of the building line may be permitted to remain and to be maintained to such extent and under such conditions as may be prescribed in the vote establishing such building line. Whoever sustains damage thereby may recover the same under chapter seventy-nine. A building line established under this section may be discontinued in the manner provided for the discontinuance of a highway or town way. Whoever sustains damages by the discontinuance of a building line may recover the same under chapter seventy-nine.

Section 37. If a city by its city council or a town accepts this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, a building line not more than forty feet distant from the exterior line of a highway or town way may be established in the manner provided for laying out ways, and thereafter no structures shall be erected or maintained between such building line and such way, except steps, windows, porticos, other usual projections appurtenant to the front wall of a building, embankments, walls, fences and gates, to the extent prescribed in the vote establishing such building line, and except that any structure existing at the time of the establishment of the building line may be permitted to remain and to be maintained to such extent and under such conditions as may be prescribed in the vote establishing such building line. Whoever sustains damage thereby may recover the same under chapter seventy-nine. A building line established under this section may be discontinued in the manner provided for the discontinuance of a highway or town way. Whoever sustains damages by the discontinuance of a building line may recover the same under chapter seventy-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 10
Entry of places of employment for investigations
Status: in_force

Section 10. In order to make investigations under section six, members or employees of the department or the attorney general's office may at any time enter places of employment, other than places of employment of persons engaged in domestic service in the home of the employer, when being used for business purposes.

Section 10. In order to make investigations under section six, members or employees of the department or the attorney general's office may at any time enter places of employment, other than places of employment of persons engaged in domestic service in the home of the employer, when being used for business purposes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 12TT — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 12TT
Destroyer Escort Day
Status: in_force

Section 12TT. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third Saturday in June as Destroyer Escort Day in recognition of the proud history of these ships and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 12TT. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third Saturday in June as Destroyer Escort Day in recognition of the proud history of these ships and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.