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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 218 / Section 2
Boston municipal courts; concurrent jurisdiction over waters and islands
Status: in_force

Section 2. The municipal courts in Boston shall have concurrent jurisdiction over all waters, islands and places not included in the district of any one of said courts or of the district court of Chelsea, and within the jurisdiction of the superior court for Suffolk county, except as provided in the preceding and following sections.

Section 2. The municipal courts in Boston shall have concurrent jurisdiction over all waters, islands and places not included in the district of any one of said courts or of the district court of Chelsea, and within the jurisdiction of the superior court for Suffolk county, except as provided in the preceding and following sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 37 / Section 11
Duties of sheriffs and deputies; service of precepts
Status: in_force

Section 11. Sheriffs and their deputies shall serve and execute, within their counties, all precepts lawfully issued to them and all other process required by law to be served by an officer. They may serve process in cases wherein a county, city, town, parish, religious society or fire or other district is a party or interested, although they are inhabitants or members thereof.

Section 11. Sheriffs and their deputies shall serve and execute, within their counties, all precepts lawfully issued to them and all other process required by law to be served by an officer. They may serve process in cases wherein a county, city, town, parish, religious society or fire or other district is a party or interested, although they are inhabitants or members thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203D, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203D / Section 8
When right to income begins and ends
Status: in_force

Section 8. (a) An income beneficiary is entitled to net income from the date on which the income interest begins. An income interest begins on the date specified in the terms of the trust or, if no date is specified, on the date an asset becomes subject to a trust or successive income interest. (b) An asset becomes subject to a trust: (1) on the date it is transferred to the trust in the case of an asset that is transferred to a trust during the transferor's life; (2) on the day after a testator's death in the case of an asset that becomes subject to a trust by reason of a will, even if there is an intervening period of administration of the testator's estate; or (3) on the day after an individual's death in the case of an asset that is transferred to a fiduciary by a third party because of the individual's death. (c) An asset becomes subject to a successive income interest on the day after the preceding income interest ends, as determined under subsection (d), even if there is an intervening period of administration to wind up the preceding income interest. (d) An income interest ends on the day an income beneficiary dies or another terminating event occurs, or on the last day of a period during which there is no beneficiary to whom a trustee may distribute income.

Section 8. (a) An income beneficiary is entitled to net income from the date on which the income interest begins. An income interest begins on the date specified in the terms of the trust or, if no date is specified, on the date an asset becomes subject to a trust or successive income interest.

(b) An asset becomes subject to a trust:

(1) on the date it is transferred to the trust in the case of an asset that is transferred to a trust during the transferor's life;

(2) on the day after a testator's death in the case of an asset that becomes subject to a trust by reason of a will, even if there is an intervening period of administration of the testator's estate; or

(3) on the day after an individual's death in the case of an asset that is transferred to a fiduciary by a third party because of the individual's death.

(c) An asset becomes subject to a successive income interest on the day after the preceding income interest ends, as determined under subsection (d), even if there is an intervening period of administration to wind up the preceding income interest.

(d) An income interest ends on the day an income beneficiary dies or another terminating event occurs, or on the last day of a period during which there is no beneficiary to whom a trustee may distribute income.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 65B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 65B
Cancellation or termination of policy; review
Status: in_force

Section 65B. If, after the issuance of a policy under section sixty-five A, it shall appear that the employer to whom the policy was issued is not or has ceased to be entitled to such insurance, the insurer may cancel or otherwise terminate such policy in the manner provided in this chapter; provided, however, that any insurer desiring to cancel or otherwise terminate such a policy shall give notice in writing to the rating organization and the insurer of its desire to cancel or terminate the same; and provided further, that if the reason for cancellation is for nonpayment of premium, if the insurer receives the amount of premium due on or before the effective date of cancellation, the assigned carrier shall issue an accurate renewal policy. Such cancellation or terminations shall be effective unless the employer, within ten days after the receipt of such notice, files with the department's office of insurance objections thereof, and, if such objections are filed, the commissioner, or his designee shall hear and decide the case within a reasonable time thereafter. Further appeal of the decision of the department may be taken to the superior court for the county of Suffolk.

Section 65B. If, after the issuance of a policy under section sixty-five A, it shall appear that the employer to whom the policy was issued is not or has ceased to be entitled to such insurance, the insurer may cancel or otherwise terminate such policy in the manner provided in this chapter; provided, however, that any insurer desiring to cancel or otherwise terminate such a policy shall give notice in writing to the rating organization and the insurer of its desire to cancel or terminate the same; and provided further, that if the reason for cancellation is for nonpayment of premium, if the insurer receives the amount of premium due on or before the effective date of cancellation, the assigned carrier shall issue an accurate renewal policy. Such cancellation or terminations shall be effective unless the employer, within ten days after the receipt of such notice, files with the department's office of insurance objections thereof, and, if such objections are filed, the commissioner, or his designee shall hear and decide the case within a reasonable time thereafter. Further appeal of the decision of the department may be taken to the superior court for the county of Suffolk.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 49A — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 49A
Orders for materials and equipment; contracts for services
Status: in_force

Section 49A. At any time after the annual appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year are made by a city or town or by all the member cities and towns of a regional school district, a school committee may order materials, supplies and equipment and may contract for services for the public schools which are chargeable against such appropriations; provided, however, that payment may be made prior to the commencement of said ensuing fiscal year.

Section 49A. At any time after the annual appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year are made by a city or town or by all the member cities and towns of a regional school district, a school committee may order materials, supplies and equipment and may contract for services for the public schools which are chargeable against such appropriations; provided, however, that payment may be made prior to the commencement of said ensuing fiscal year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 43
Nondiscrimination
Status: in_force

Section 43. The application of a citizen of the commonwealth for employment in any department of the commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof or in any department of a street railway company, operated, owned, controlled or financially aided in any way by the commonwealth, or by any political subdivision thereof, shall not be affected by the applicant's national origin, race or color.

Section 43. The application of a citizen of the commonwealth for employment in any department of the commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof or in any department of a street railway company, operated, owned, controlled or financially aided in any way by the commonwealth, or by any political subdivision thereof, shall not be affected by the applicant's national origin, race or color.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98, sec. 53 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 98 / Section 53
Marking devices with stencil; certificate; notice forbidding use; removal of notice
Status: in_force

Section 53. If a sealer cannot seal any weighing or measuring device in the usual manner, he may mark it with a stencil or by other suitable means, showing that it has been inspected; and if a weighing or measuring device is so small as to render it impracticable to seal it in the usual manner, he shall give a certificate in a form approved by the director, specifying each such weighing or measuring device so tested; but he shall in no case seal or mark as correct weighing or measuring devices not conforming to the standards. If such weighing or measuring device can be readily adjusted by means at hand, he may adjust and seal it; but if not, he shall affix thereto a notice forbidding its use until he is satisfied that it conforms to the standards; and whoever removes said notice without the consent of such officer shall forfeit not more than five hundred dollars, to be equally divided between the town and the complainant.

Section 53. If a sealer cannot seal any weighing or measuring device in the usual manner, he may mark it with a stencil or by other suitable means, showing that it has been inspected; and if a weighing or measuring device is so small as to render it impracticable to seal it in the usual manner, he shall give a certificate in a form approved by the director, specifying each such weighing or measuring device so tested; but he shall in no case seal or mark as correct weighing or measuring devices not conforming to the standards. If such weighing or measuring device can be readily adjusted by means at hand, he may adjust and seal it; but if not, he shall affix thereto a notice forbidding its use until he is satisfied that it conforms to the standards; and whoever removes said notice without the consent of such officer shall forfeit not more than five hundred dollars, to be equally divided between the town and the complainant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 117 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 117
District elections; provision for election equipment; liability for expenses
Status: in_force

Section 117. The town where a district is situated shall provide for said district an official ballot box and other necessary election paraphernalia when they are required for use in elections in that district, but all expense incurred in any election in the district shall be borne by the district. In districts composed of parts of two or more towns the ballot box and election paraphernalia shall be furnished by the town where the election is actually held.

Section 117. The town where a district is situated shall provide for said district an official ballot box and other necessary election paraphernalia when they are required for use in elections in that district, but all expense incurred in any election in the district shall be borne by the district. In districts composed of parts of two or more towns the ballot box and election paraphernalia shall be furnished by the town where the election is actually held.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, sec. 52 — MA Code / Part I / Title XI / Chapter 67 / Section 52
Church members only to be members of corporation; associate membership
Status: in_force

Section 52. None but members of such church shall be members of such corporation, and only resident members shall vote; but any such corporation may, upon such conditions as it may prescribe, admit any regular financial supporters of the church to associate membership, with a vote upon financial questions only: provided, that no action of a meeting in which associate members have taken part, looking to the reduction of a minister's salary or the alienation of church property, shall be valid until the same has been ratified by a meeting of church members only, or until sixty days have elapsed without a written request of ten church members for such a meeting.

Section 52. None but members of such church shall be members of such corporation, and only resident members shall vote; but any such corporation may, upon such conditions as it may prescribe, admit any regular financial supporters of the church to associate membership, with a vote upon financial questions only: provided, that no action of a meeting in which associate members have taken part, looking to the reduction of a minister's salary or the alienation of church property, shall be valid until the same has been ratified by a meeting of church members only, or until sixty days have elapsed without a written request of ten church members for such a meeting.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 17
Trust funds; mental health department or developmental services department; authority to receive; duties
Status: in_force

Section 17. The state treasurer may receive the principal of any fund given or bequeathed to the commonwealth or the department of mental health for the use of mentally ill persons or to the commonwealth or the department of developmental services for the use of persons with an intellectual disability; and upon the request of the department of mental health in the case of funds for the use of mentally ill persons, or upon the request of the department of developmental services in the case of funds for the use of persons with an intellectual disability, the state treasurer shall expend the income of all such funds, and such part of the principal as may be subject to the control of the respective department, in such manner as it may direct, subject to any condition affecting the administration thereof. Said funds shall be invested safely by the state treasurer, and he shall be held responsible for the faithful management of the same in the same manner as for other funds held by him.

Section 17. The state treasurer may receive the principal of any fund given or bequeathed to the commonwealth or the department of mental health for the use of mentally ill persons or to the commonwealth or the department of developmental services for the use of persons with an intellectual disability; and upon the request of the department of mental health in the case of funds for the use of mentally ill persons, or upon the request of the department of developmental services in the case of funds for the use of persons with an intellectual disability, the state treasurer shall expend the income of all such funds, and such part of the principal as may be subject to the control of the respective department, in such manner as it may direct, subject to any condition affecting the administration thereof. Said funds shall be invested safely by the state treasurer, and he shall be held responsible for the faithful management of the same in the same manner as for other funds held by him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176G, sec. 4Q — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176G / Section 4Q
Coverage for human leukocyte or histocompatibility locus antigen testing
Status: in_force

Section 4Q. Any group health maintenance contract, except contracts providing supplemental coverage to Medicare or to other government programs, delivered, issued or renewed by agreement within or without the commonwealth shall provide to a member or enrollee coverage for the cost of human leukocyte antigen testing or histocompatibility locus antigen testing that is necessary to establish the member's or enrollee's bone marrow transplant donor suitability. The coverage shall cover the costs of testing for A, B or DR antigens, or any combination thereof, consistent with rules, regulations and criteria established by the department of public health pursuant to section 218 of chapter 111.

Section 4Q. Any group health maintenance contract, except contracts providing supplemental coverage to Medicare or to other government programs, delivered, issued or renewed by agreement within or without the commonwealth shall provide to a member or enrollee coverage for the cost of human leukocyte antigen testing or histocompatibility locus antigen testing that is necessary to establish the member's or enrollee's bone marrow transplant donor suitability. The coverage shall cover the costs of testing for A, B or DR antigens, or any combination thereof, consistent with rules, regulations and criteria established by the department of public health pursuant to section 218 of chapter 111.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 115 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 115
Trespass in orchards and gardens
Status: in_force

Section 115. Whoever wilfully and maliciously enters an orchard, nursery, garden or cranberry meadow, and takes away, mutilates or destroys a tree, shrub or vine, or steals, takes and carries away any fruit or flower, without the consent of the owner thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.

Section 115. Whoever wilfully and maliciously enters an orchard, nursery, garden or cranberry meadow, and takes away, mutilates or destroys a tree, shrub or vine, or steals, takes and carries away any fruit or flower, without the consent of the owner thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 168, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 168 / Section 9
List of stockholders; issuance of certificate authorizing corporation to begin transaction of business
Status: in_force

Section 9. When all the capital stock has been issued for a stock bank, a list of the stockholders, with the name, residence and post office address of each, and the number of shares in each class held by each stockholder, shall be filed with the board of bank incorporation, which list shall be verified by the clerk of the corporation. Upon receipt of such list the board shall cause an examination to be made of the method of payment of the capital stock, or the surplus account if a mutual bank of the personnel of the corporation, including the officers and directors or trustees thereof, and if, after such examination, it appears that the whole capital stock, surplus account and undivided profits account for a stock bank or surplus account for a mutual bank have been paid in cash, that all requirements of law have been complied with, that the bank is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and that the qualifications of the personnel are satisfactory, the board shall, if satisfied that the public convenience and advantage will be promoted thereby, issue a certificate authorizing such corporation to begin the transaction of business. No such corporation shall begin the transaction of business until such a certificate has been granted.

Section 9. When all the capital stock has been issued for a stock bank, a list of the stockholders, with the name, residence and post office address of each, and the number of shares in each class held by each stockholder, shall be filed with the board of bank incorporation, which list shall be verified by the clerk of the corporation. Upon receipt of such list the board shall cause an examination to be made of the method of payment of the capital stock, or the surplus account if a mutual bank of the personnel of the corporation, including the officers and directors or trustees thereof, and if, after such examination, it appears that the whole capital stock, surplus account and undivided profits account for a stock bank or surplus account for a mutual bank have been paid in cash, that all requirements of law have been complied with, that the bank is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and that the qualifications of the personnel are satisfactory, the board shall, if satisfied that the public convenience and advantage will be promoted thereby, issue a certificate authorizing such corporation to begin the transaction of business. No such corporation shall begin the transaction of business until such a certificate has been granted.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 12
Bonds of clerks
Status: in_force

Section 12. The clerk and assistant clerk of the supreme judicial court for the commonwealth shall each, before entering upon the performance of his duties, and thereafter, at intervals of not more than one year, so long as he continues to hold such office, give bond, in the sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned to perform faithfully his official duties, payable to the state treasurer, with a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth, as surety. Each clerk of the courts shall give bond in like manner to the commonwealth, conditioned to perform faithfully his official duties, with a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth, as surety, in a sum not less than five thousand dollars. If the administrative justice shall so prescribe by rule, assistant clerks of the superior court department shall give bond in like manner and in a sum determined by said administrative justice.

Section 12. The clerk and assistant clerk of the supreme judicial court for the commonwealth shall each, before entering upon the performance of his duties, and thereafter, at intervals of not more than one year, so long as he continues to hold such office, give bond, in the sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned to perform faithfully his official duties, payable to the state treasurer, with a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth, as surety. Each clerk of the courts shall give bond in like manner to the commonwealth, conditioned to perform faithfully his official duties, with a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth, as surety, in a sum not less than five thousand dollars. If the administrative justice shall so prescribe by rule, assistant clerks of the superior court department shall give bond in like manner and in a sum determined by said administrative justice.