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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 1, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Chapter 1 / Section 4
Massachusetts General Laws - Commonwealth boundary markers; inspection, restoration and repair - Chapter 1, Section 4
Status: in_force

Section 4. The department of highways, in this chapter called the department, shall in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-five and in every fifth year thereafter inspect all monuments or other marks defining the location of the boundary lines of the commonwealth, and if any of them have been injured, displaced, removed or lost the department shall, in co-operation with persons duly authorized by the adjoining state, restore them or replace them with suitable stone monuments, and in the same manner set suitable stone monuments at points not properly marked where the state boundary is intersected by the boundary of any counties, cities or towns in the commonwealth or by a highway or railroad. If officers of adjoining states are required to make such inspection at other times, the department may co-operate with them.

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 99 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 99
Increase of capital stock to affect acquisition
Status: in_force

Section 99. The purchasing or consolidated company may, for the purposes authorized by sections ninety-six and ninety-seven, increase its capital stock and issue bonds in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in sections thirteen, fourteen, eighteen and nineteen; and may, for the same purpose and subject to the same limitations and notwithstanding any special law applicable thereto, exchange its securities for those of the selling or merged company upon such terms as the department approves; but the aggregate amount of the capital stock and the aggregate amount of the debt, respectively, of the consolidated companies shall not, by reason of such consolidation, be increased.

Section 99. The purchasing or consolidated company may, for the purposes authorized by sections ninety-six and ninety-seven, increase its capital stock and issue bonds in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in sections thirteen, fourteen, eighteen and nineteen; and may, for the same purpose and subject to the same limitations and notwithstanding any special law applicable thereto, exchange its securities for those of the selling or merged company upon such terms as the department approves; but the aggregate amount of the capital stock and the aggregate amount of the debt, respectively, of the consolidated companies shall not, by reason of such consolidation, be increased.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 25
Duties; extinguishment of fires; investigation of causes; posting of warning notices
Status: in_force

Section 25. Except as provided in section twenty-four, every forest warden shall have sole charge of the extinguishment of forest fires in his city or town. He shall investigate the causes and extent of forest fires and the injury done thereby, and shall report thereon to the forester at such times and in such form as he requires. Every forest warden shall also post in suitable places in the town such warnings against the setting of forest fires and statements of law relating thereto as may be supplied to him by the forester. The engineers or other officers in charge of fire departments in cities, towns and fire districts which have so voted shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of forest wardens with respect to forest fires.

Section 25. Except as provided in section twenty-four, every forest warden shall have sole charge of the extinguishment of forest fires in his city or town. He shall investigate the causes and extent of forest fires and the injury done thereby, and shall report thereon to the forester at such times and in such form as he requires. Every forest warden shall also post in suitable places in the town such warnings against the setting of forest fires and statements of law relating thereto as may be supplied to him by the forester. The engineers or other officers in charge of fire departments in cities, towns and fire districts which have so voted shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of forest wardens with respect to forest fires.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 67G — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 67G
Audiometric testing of children; costs
Status: in_force

Section 67G. Every person in control of a child who has reached age four shall cause such child to be given a complete pure tone test using conventional audiometric tests at such public schools and by such pediatric audiologists or school testers as are approved and designated by the commissioner. The costs for such examinations shall be borne by the commonwealth. In the event such a child fails such pure tone tests, the tester or pediatric audiologist shall advise the parent or legal guardian to consult the otologist of his choice who is in private practice. If upon examination such otologist recommends further tests, the diagnostic services of the approved hospital centers referred to in section sixty-seven F shall be made available to such children at a cost to be borne by the commonwealth.

Section 67G. Every person in control of a child who has reached age four shall cause such child to be given a complete pure tone test using conventional audiometric tests at such public schools and by such pediatric audiologists or school testers as are approved and designated by the commissioner. The costs for such examinations shall be borne by the commonwealth. In the event such a child fails such pure tone tests, the tester or pediatric audiologist shall advise the parent or legal guardian to consult the otologist of his choice who is in private practice. If upon examination such otologist recommends further tests, the diagnostic services of the approved hospital centers referred to in section sixty-seven F shall be made available to such children at a cost to be borne by the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 149Q — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 149Q
Prohibited language in provider name; false or misleading statements; purchase of service contract as condition of loan or sale of property prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 149Q. (a) A provider shall not: (i) use in its name the words insurance, casualty, surety, mutual or any other words descriptive of the insurance, casualty or surety business; or (ii) a name deceptively similar to the name or description of any insurance or surety corporation or to the name of any other provider; provided, however, that the words ''guaranty'', ''warranty'' or other similar words may be used. (b) A provider or its representative shall not permit or cause to be made any false or misleading statement or deliberately omit any material statement that a reasonable person would consider misleading if omitted. (c) A person shall not require the purchase of a service contract as a condition of a loan or a condition for the sale of any property, but may promote, endorse or recommend the purchase unless otherwise prohibited by law.

Section 149Q. (a) A provider shall not: (i) use in its name the words insurance, casualty, surety, mutual or any other words descriptive of the insurance, casualty or surety business; or (ii) a name deceptively similar to the name or description of any insurance or surety corporation or to the name of any other provider; provided, however, that the words ''guaranty'', ''warranty'' or other similar words may be used.

(b) A provider or its representative shall not permit or cause to be made any false or misleading statement or deliberately omit any material statement that a reasonable person would consider misleading if omitted.

(c) A person shall not require the purchase of a service contract as a condition of a loan or a condition for the sale of any property, but may promote, endorse or recommend the purchase unless otherwise prohibited by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64C, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64C / Section 36
Possession or transportation of unstamped cigarettes; necessity of invoices or delivery tickets; prima facie evidence
Status: in_force

Section 36. Whoever, not being a stamper, or licensed transportation company or such other person as the commissioner may authorize, possesses, delivers or transports any unstamped cigarettes, except cigarettes acquired prior to the date when stamps were required to be affixed thereto and on which the excise imposed by this chapter has been paid, shall have in his actual possession invoices or delivery tickets for such cigarettes showing the true name and address of the consignor or seller, the true name and address of the consignee or purchaser, the quantity and brands of the cigarettes possessed or transported, and the name and address of the person who has assumed or shall assume the payment of the excise provided by this chapter at the ultimate point of destination, and failure to have such invoices or delivery tickets shall be prima facie evidence that such person knowingly possessed, delivered or transported unstamped cigarettes.

Section 36. Whoever, not being a stamper, or licensed transportation company or such other person as the commissioner may authorize, possesses, delivers or transports any unstamped cigarettes, except cigarettes acquired prior to the date when stamps were required to be affixed thereto and on which the excise imposed by this chapter has been paid, shall have in his actual possession invoices or delivery tickets for such cigarettes showing the true name and address of the consignor or seller, the true name and address of the consignee or purchaser, the quantity and brands of the cigarettes possessed or transported, and the name and address of the person who has assumed or shall assume the payment of the excise provided by this chapter at the ultimate point of destination, and failure to have such invoices or delivery tickets shall be prima facie evidence that such person knowingly possessed, delivered or transported unstamped cigarettes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43C, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43C / Section 6
Petition; submission to voters
Status: in_force

Section 6. Within thirty days of receipt of certification by the board of registrars of voters that a petition contains sufficient valid signatures the city council or board of selectmen shall by order provide for submission of the question as specified in the petition to the voters of the city or town at the first regular city election, or at the first annual or biennial town meeting for the election of town officers, held on or after the sixtieth day following the adoption of the order. Said order shall not require the concurrence of the mayor in a city and shall not be subject to referendum. If an order of the city council or board of selectmen under this section has not been adopted within the thirty days specified above, the question contained in the petition shall be submitted to the voters at the first regular city election, or the first annual or biennial town meeting for the election of town officers, held on or after the ninetieth day after receipt by the city council or board of selectmen of certification provided for in the first sentence of this section.

Section 6. Within thirty days of receipt of certification by the board of registrars of voters that a petition contains sufficient valid signatures the city council or board of selectmen shall by order provide for submission of the question as specified in the petition to the voters of the city or town at the first regular city election, or at the first annual or biennial town meeting for the election of town officers, held on or after the sixtieth day following the adoption of the order. Said order shall not require the concurrence of the mayor in a city and shall not be subject to referendum. If an order of the city council or board of selectmen under this section has not been adopted within the thirty days specified above, the question contained in the petition shall be submitted to the voters at the first regular city election, or the first annual or biennial town meeting for the election of town officers, held on or after the ninetieth day after receipt by the city council or board of selectmen of certification provided for in the first sentence of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22A, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 22A / Section 2
Central register; included information
Status: in_force

Section 2. The director, in consultation with the colonel of state police, through electronic data processing and related procedures, shall establish a statewide central register containing all necessary and available identifying information of a missing child in the commonwealth. The register shall include the same information required by 42 U.S.C. section 5780 and may include: (i) the missing child's identifying marks; (ii) prosthetics or surgical implants; (iii) a photograph; (iv) a description of the missing child's clothing; (v) items that might be with the missing child; (vi) reasons why the reporting person believes that the child is missing; (vii) circumstances that indicate the disappearance was involuntary; (viii) circumstances that indicate the missing child may be at risk of injury or death; (ix) the means of transportation of the missing person; (x) the missing child's fingerprints; and (xi) the missing child's blood type. The director may use existing data processing and data communications systems of the criminal justice information system.

Section 2. The director, in consultation with the colonel of state police, through electronic data processing and related procedures, shall establish a statewide central register containing all necessary and available identifying information of a missing child in the commonwealth. The register shall include the same information required by 42 U.S.C. section 5780 and may include: (i) the missing child's identifying marks; (ii) prosthetics or surgical implants; (iii) a photograph; (iv) a description of the missing child's clothing; (v) items that might be with the missing child; (vi) reasons why the reporting person believes that the child is missing; (vii) circumstances that indicate the disappearance was involuntary; (viii) circumstances that indicate the missing child may be at risk of injury or death; (ix) the means of transportation of the missing person; (x) the missing child's fingerprints; and (xi) the missing child's blood type. The director may use existing data processing and data communications systems of the criminal justice information system.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 2
Estate conveyed by quitclaim deed
Status: in_force

Section 2. A deed of quitclaim and release shall be sufficient to convey all the estate which could lawfully be conveyed by a deed of bargain and sale.

Section 2. A deed of quitclaim and release shall be sufficient to convey all the estate which could lawfully be conveyed by a deed of bargain and sale.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 35 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 35
Non-applicability of Secs. 30, 31 and 34
Status: in_force

Section 35. Sections thirty, thirty-one and thirty-four shall not apply to a purchase of property by means of a false pretence relative to the purchaser's means or ability to pay, if, by the terms of the purchase, payment therefor is not to be made upon or before the delivery of the property purchased, unless such pretence is made in writing and is signed by the person to be charged.

Section 35. Sections thirty, thirty-one and thirty-four shall not apply to a purchase of property by means of a false pretence relative to the purchaser's means or ability to pay, if, by the terms of the purchase, payment therefor is not to be made upon or before the delivery of the property purchased, unless such pretence is made in writing and is signed by the person to be charged.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 255 / Section 15
Statement; effect of filing; fees
Status: in_force

Section 15. Such lien shall be dissolved unless the person claiming it within thirty days after the vessel departs from the port at which she was when the debt was contracted, files in the office of the clerk of the city or town where the vessel was at such time, a statement, subscribed and sworn to by him or by a person in his behalf, giving a true account of the demand claimed to be due to him, with all just credits, the name of the person with whom the contract was made, the name of the owner of the vessel, if known, and the name of the vessel or a description thereof sufficient for identification. The statement shall be recorded by such clerk in a book kept by him for that purpose, and the fees therefor shall be as provided by clause (55) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two.

Section 15. Such lien shall be dissolved unless the person claiming it within thirty days after the vessel departs from the port at which she was when the debt was contracted, files in the office of the clerk of the city or town where the vessel was at such time, a statement, subscribed and sworn to by him or by a person in his behalf, giving a true account of the demand claimed to be due to him, with all just credits, the name of the person with whom the contract was made, the name of the owner of the vessel, if known, and the name of the vessel or a description thereof sufficient for identification. The statement shall be recorded by such clerk in a book kept by him for that purpose, and the fees therefor shall be as provided by clause (55) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 139 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 139
Representation of corporate party by officer or agent
Status: in_force

Section 139. If a corporation is a party to an action or proceeding referred to in this chapter, all motions, pleadings, or other papers requiring the signature or oath of the party may be signed or sworn to in behalf of the corporation by an officer or agent thereunto specially authorized.

Section 139. If a corporation is a party to an action or proceeding referred to in this chapter, all motions, pleadings, or other papers requiring the signature or oath of the party may be signed or sworn to in behalf of the corporation by an officer or agent thereunto specially authorized.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150F, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150F / Section 9
Judicial Review
Status: in_force

Section 9. [Judicial Review] A. Final orders of the board made pursuant to this chapter shall be conclusive against all parties to its proceedings and persons who have had an opportunity to be parties to its proceedings unless reversed or modified in proceedings for enforcement or judicial review as herein provided. Final orders of the board shall be subject to review as provided in section 6 of Chapter 150A of the General Laws, provided that a final order of the board under section 5 of this chapter concerning the scope of bargaining units or the designation of a TND organization as an exclusive bargaining representative or as entitled to the production of lists of TNDs shall be overturned only if it is found to be arbitrary and capricious. B. Final orders of the Secretary of Labor pursuant to section 6(F) of this chapter shall be conclusive against all affected TND organizations and all TNCs in the industry unless reversed or modified in proceedings for enforcement or judicial review as herein provided. Such final orders shall be subject to review in accordance with the provisions of section fourteen of chapter 30A of the General Laws, provided, however, that the determination of the Secretary of Labor shall only be overturned if it is found to be arbitrary and capricious. (C) Except in a proceeding brought to challenge a final order of the Secretary of Labor, the determination of an arbitrator shall not be subject to judicial review.

Section 9. [Judicial Review]

A. Final orders of the board made pursuant to this chapter shall be conclusive against all parties to its proceedings and persons who have had an opportunity to be parties to its proceedings unless reversed or modified in proceedings for enforcement or judicial review as herein provided. Final orders of the board shall be subject to review as provided in section 6 of Chapter 150A of the General Laws, provided that a final order of the board under section 5 of this chapter concerning the scope of bargaining units or the designation of a TND organization as an exclusive bargaining representative or as entitled to the production of lists of TNDs shall be overturned only if it is found to be arbitrary and capricious.

B. Final orders of the Secretary of Labor pursuant to section 6(F) of this chapter shall be conclusive against all affected TND organizations and all TNCs in the industry unless reversed or modified in proceedings for enforcement or judicial review as herein provided. Such final orders shall be subject to review in accordance with the provisions of section fourteen of chapter 30A of the General Laws, provided, however, that the determination of the Secretary of Labor shall only be overturned if it is found to be arbitrary and capricious.

(C) Except in a proceeding brought to challenge a final order of the Secretary of Labor, the determination of an arbitrator shall not be subject to judicial review.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44A, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44A / Section 9
Certification conclusive as to amount payable; estoppel
Status: in_force

Section 9. The certification to the state treasurer as to the amount payable in any year for debt service on such qualified bonds shall be fully conclusive as to such qualified bonds from and after the time of issuance of such qualified bonds, notwithstanding any irregularity, omission, or failure as to compliance with any of the provisions of this chapter with respect to such qualified bonds; provided, however, that such qualified bonds contain a recital to the effect that they are entitled to the benefits of the provisions of the Qualified Bond Act. All persons shall be forever estopped from denying that such qualified bonds are entitled to the benefits of the provisions of this chapter.

Section 9. The certification to the state treasurer as to the amount payable in any year for debt service on such qualified bonds shall be fully conclusive as to such qualified bonds from and after the time of issuance of such qualified bonds, notwithstanding any irregularity, omission, or failure as to compliance with any of the provisions of this chapter with respect to such qualified bonds; provided, however, that such qualified bonds contain a recital to the effect that they are entitled to the benefits of the provisions of the Qualified Bond Act. All persons shall be forever estopped from denying that such qualified bonds are entitled to the benefits of the provisions of this chapter.