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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 115A, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 115A / Section 4
Persons serving in Polish armed forces during World War I
Status: in_force

Section 4. Any person who was recruited in the United States and who served in the military service of Poland while said country was allied with the United States in World War I, between October seventh, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and nineteen, both dates inclusive, shall be entitled to out-patient treatment at, admission to, and hospitalization in a state-operated veterans' home; provided, that he produces information in conformity with the rules and regulations of the state-operated veterans' homes, that he has been honorably discharged from said service, and is a citizen of the commonwealth and resides in a city or town therein, or if not such a citizen is a citizen of the United States and resides therein; but no such person shall be treated as an out-patient at, admitted to, or hospitalized in, a state-operated veterans' home if the treatment, admission or hospitalization of any person qualified under the provisions of section one would thereby be postponed or denied.

Section 4. Any person who was recruited in the United States and who served in the military service of Poland while said country was allied with the United States in World War I, between October seventh, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and nineteen, both dates inclusive, shall be entitled to out-patient treatment at, admission to, and hospitalization in a state-operated veterans' home; provided, that he produces information in conformity with the rules and regulations of the state-operated veterans' homes, that he has been honorably discharged from said service, and is a citizen of the commonwealth and resides in a city or town therein, or if not such a citizen is a citizen of the United States and resides therein; but no such person shall be treated as an out-patient at, admitted to, or hospitalized in, a state-operated veterans' home if the treatment, admission or hospitalization of any person qualified under the provisions of section one would thereby be postponed or denied.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23G, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23G / Section 40
Proceedings and prosecutions pending upon termination of agency
Status: in_force

Section 40. Upon the termination of the Agency's existence, all petitions, hearings and other proceedings duly brought before, and all prosecutions and legal and other proceedings duly begun by the Agency which arise from or relate to the exercise of its powers or the performance of its duties, and which are pending immediately prior to said termination, shall continue unabated and remain in force notwithstanding said termination, and shall thereafter be completed before or by the secretary of administration and finance.

Section 40. Upon the termination of the Agency's existence, all petitions, hearings and other proceedings duly brought before, and all prosecutions and legal and other proceedings duly begun by the Agency which arise from or relate to the exercise of its powers or the performance of its duties, and which are pending immediately prior to said termination, shall continue unabated and remain in force notwithstanding said termination, and shall thereafter be completed before or by the secretary of administration and finance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 278 / Section 28
Appeal to supreme judicial court
Status: in_force

Section 28. A defendant aggrieved by a judgment of the district court or of the superior court in any criminal proceeding may appeal therefrom to the supreme judicial court.

Section 28. A defendant aggrieved by a judgment of the district court or of the superior court in any criminal proceeding may appeal therefrom to the supreme judicial court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32B, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32B / Section 29
Annual report on non-Medicare and Medicare plans with largest subscriber enrollments
Status: in_force

Section 29. Each fiscal year, the commission shall prepare and place on its website a report delineating the dollar amount of the copayments, deductibles, tiered provider network co-payments and other design features offered by the commission in the non-Medicare plan with the largest subscriber enrollment and the dollar amount of the copayments, deductibles, tiered provider network copayments and other design features offered by the commission in the Medicare extension plan with the largest subscriber enrollment. The commission shall also provide information on its plans with the largest subscriber enrollment upon request of any appropriate public authority or political subdivision.

Section 29. Each fiscal year, the commission shall prepare and place on its website a report delineating the dollar amount of the copayments, deductibles, tiered provider network co-payments and other design features offered by the commission in the non-Medicare plan with the largest subscriber enrollment and the dollar amount of the copayments, deductibles, tiered provider network copayments and other design features offered by the commission in the Medicare extension plan with the largest subscriber enrollment. The commission shall also provide information on its plans with the largest subscriber enrollment upon request of any appropriate public authority or political subdivision.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151 / Section 21
Copy of order and certificate evidence of compliance with statute and effectiveness of order
Status: in_force

Section 21. In any prosecution under section nineteen or in any action or suit under section twenty, a copy of a mandatory order covering any occupation, together with a certificate attesting the correctness of the copy and setting forth that on the date of such certificate such order is in force, bearing the signature of the commissioner attested by the state secretary in accordance with section seventy-six of chapter two hundred and thirty-three, shall be competent evidence equally with the original order, and shall be prima facie evidence that the provisions of this chapter relative to the establishment of minimum fair wage rates in such occupation were complied with prior to the making of such order, and that such order has continued in full force and effect up to the date of such certificate.

Section 21. In any prosecution under section nineteen or in any action or suit under section twenty, a copy of a mandatory order covering any occupation, together with a certificate attesting the correctness of the copy and setting forth that on the date of such certificate such order is in force, bearing the signature of the commissioner attested by the state secretary in accordance with section seventy-six of chapter two hundred and thirty-three, shall be competent evidence equally with the original order, and shall be prima facie evidence that the provisions of this chapter relative to the establishment of minimum fair wage rates in such occupation were complied with prior to the making of such order, and that such order has continued in full force and effect up to the date of such certificate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, sec. 36E — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 129 / Section 36E
Importation of unvaccinated female cattle over five months of age
Status: in_force

Section 36E. Subject to rules promulgated by the commissioner of food and agriculture, the director may prohibit the importation of female cattle, for breeding purposes, over five months of age without an official certificate of vaccination stating such female cattle have been vaccinated for brucellosis from the ages of four to eight months, inclusive.

Section 36E. Subject to rules promulgated by the commissioner of food and agriculture, the director may prohibit the importation of female cattle, for breeding purposes, over five months of age without an official certificate of vaccination stating such female cattle have been vaccinated for brucellosis from the ages of four to eight months, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22A, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 22A / Section 1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 1. As used in sections two to eight, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: ''Central register'', identifying data file of missing children. ''Department'', the department of criminal justice information services. ''Director'', the commissioner of the department of criminal justice information services. ''Law enforcement authority'', any police department in the commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions. ''Missing child or children'', any person under the age of eighteen years missing from his normal and ordinary place of residence and whose whereabouts cannot be determined by the person responsible for such child's care.

Section 1. As used in sections two to eight, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:

''Central register'', identifying data file of missing children.

''Department'', the department of criminal justice information services.

''Director'', the commissioner of the department of criminal justice information services.

''Law enforcement authority'', any police department in the commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions.

''Missing child or children'', any person under the age of eighteen years missing from his normal and ordinary place of residence and whose whereabouts cannot be determined by the person responsible for such child's care.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, sec. 6B — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 279 / Section 6B
Consideration of defendant's status as primary caregiver of dependent child before imposing sentence
Status: in_force

Section 6B. (a) As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Dependent child'', a person under 18 years of age. ''Primary caretaker of a dependent child'', a parent with whom a child has a primary residence. (b) Unless a sentence of incarceration is required by law, the court may, upon conviction, consider the defendant's status as a primary caretaker of a dependent child before imposing a sentence. A defendant may request such consideration, by motion supported by an affidavit, not more than 10 days after the entry of judgment. Upon receipt of such a motion supported by an affidavit, the court shall make written findings concerning the defendant's status as a primary caretaker of a dependent child and alternatives to incarceration. If such a motion has been filed, the court shall not impose a sentence of incarceration without first making such written findings.

Section 6B. (a) As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—

''Dependent child'', a person under 18 years of age.

''Primary caretaker of a dependent child'', a parent with whom a child has a primary residence.

(b) Unless a sentence of incarceration is required by law, the court may, upon conviction, consider the defendant's status as a primary caretaker of a dependent child before imposing a sentence. A defendant may request such consideration, by motion supported by an affidavit, not more than 10 days after the entry of judgment. Upon receipt of such a motion supported by an affidavit, the court shall make written findings concerning the defendant's status as a primary caretaker of a dependent child and alternatives to incarceration. If such a motion has been filed, the court shall not impose a sentence of incarceration without first making such written findings.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 120, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 120 / Section 22
Inquiry into effectiveness of treatment methods; information; annual report; contents
Status: in_force

Section 22. The department shall conduct continuing inquiry into the effectiveness of the treatment methods it employs in seeking the reformation of juvenile and youthful offenders. To this end the department shall obtain from the commissioner of probation all court record information on its wards compiled subsequent to their discharge from the jurisdiction of the department, and with the cooperation of the commissioner of probation tabulate and analyze these data so that they may be used to evaluate the relative merits of methods of treatment. The results of such studies shall be made available to the public in each annual report of the department. The department shall make an annual report to the governor and to the general court containing, in addition to other matters required by law, a statement of the number of persons committed to the department during the preceding fiscal year and of the disposition made of such persons and of all other persons under its supervision during said year. The report shall include such inventories as the institutions under the department's supervision are required by law to make, a statement of the condition and needs of the facilities under its supervision, and of the progress made towards an integrated rehabilitory system capable of giving the most effective individual treatment for rehabilitation. The report shall include such recommendations for legislation as the department may wish to make.

Section 22. The department shall conduct continuing inquiry into the effectiveness of the treatment methods it employs in seeking the reformation of juvenile and youthful offenders. To this end the department shall obtain from the commissioner of probation all court record information on its wards compiled subsequent to their discharge from the jurisdiction of the department, and with the cooperation of the commissioner of probation tabulate and analyze these data so that they may be used to evaluate the relative merits of methods of treatment. The results of such studies shall be made available to the public in each annual report of the department. The department shall make an annual report to the governor and to the general court containing, in addition to other matters required by law, a statement of the number of persons committed to the department during the preceding fiscal year and of the disposition made of such persons and of all other persons under its supervision during said year. The report shall include such inventories as the institutions under the department's supervision are required by law to make, a statement of the condition and needs of the facilities under its supervision, and of the progress made towards an integrated rehabilitory system capable of giving the most effective individual treatment for rehabilitation. The report shall include such recommendations for legislation as the department may wish to make.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 39 / Section 4
Mayor to sign every ordinance; veto power; effect
Status: in_force

Section 4. Every ordinance, order, resolution or vote requiring the concurrence of the board of aldermen and of the common council, except the question of a convention of the two branches or of the election of an officer, shall be presented to the mayor. If he approves it, he shall sign it; if he disapproves it, he shall return it, with his written objections, to the branch wherein it originated, which shall enter such objections at large on its records and again consider it; and if two thirds of the members present and voting pass it, notwithstanding such objections, it shall, if not originally requiring concurrent action, be in force; but if originally requiring concurrent action, it shall be sent, with the objections of the mayor, to the other branch, where it shall be again considered, and if passed by two thirds of the members present and voting, it shall be in force; but in all cases the vote shall be by yeas and nays. Such ordinance, order, resolution or vote shall be in force if not returned by the mayor within ten days after it has been presented to him. This section shall not apply to budgets submitted under section thirty-two of chapter forty-four, or to appropriations by a city council under section thirty-three of said chapter.

Section 4. Every ordinance, order, resolution or vote requiring the concurrence of the board of aldermen and of the common council, except the question of a convention of the two branches or of the election of an officer, shall be presented to the mayor. If he approves it, he shall sign it; if he disapproves it, he shall return it, with his written objections, to the branch wherein it originated, which shall enter such objections at large on its records and again consider it; and if two thirds of the members present and voting pass it, notwithstanding such objections, it shall, if not originally requiring concurrent action, be in force; but if originally requiring concurrent action, it shall be sent, with the objections of the mayor, to the other branch, where it shall be again considered, and if passed by two thirds of the members present and voting, it shall be in force; but in all cases the vote shall be by yeas and nays. Such ordinance, order, resolution or vote shall be in force if not returned by the mayor within ten days after it has been presented to him. This section shall not apply to budgets submitted under section thirty-two of chapter forty-four, or to appropriations by a city council under section thirty-three of said chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 107, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 107 / Section 1
Money of account
Status: in_force

Section 1. The money of account of the commonwealth shall be the dollar, cent and mill. Proceedings in court, accounts in the public offices and other public accounts shall be had and kept in accordance herewith.

Section 1. The money of account of the commonwealth shall be the dollar, cent and mill. Proceedings in court, accounts in the public offices and other public accounts shall be had and kept in accordance herewith.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 124 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 124
Gates
Status: in_force

Section 124. The railroad corporation may erect, at a distance of five hundred feet from every drawbridge, or at such other distance as may on its application be prescribed by the department, and on each side thereof, a substantial barrier, so constructed and connected with the draw by suitable mechanism, that the draw, when in position for the passage of trains, cannot be opened or moved until the barriers have been closed across the track in such manner as to be a warning to any train which approaches in either direction.

Section 124. The railroad corporation may erect, at a distance of five hundred feet from every drawbridge, or at such other distance as may on its application be prescribed by the department, and on each side thereof, a substantial barrier, so constructed and connected with the draw by suitable mechanism, that the draw, when in position for the passage of trains, cannot be opened or moved until the barriers have been closed across the track in such manner as to be a warning to any train which approaches in either direction.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 1A — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 1A
Instruments not under seal
Status: in_force

Section 1A. No instrument purporting to affect an interest in land shall be void because it is not sealed or does not recite a seal.

Section 1A. No instrument purporting to affect an interest in land shall be void because it is not sealed or does not recite a seal.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 271 / Section 13
Lottery tickets, tokens or shares deemed false
Status: in_force

Section 13. Upon the trial of a person charged with any of the crimes mentioned in the preceding section, a ticket or share of a ticket, or other writing or thing before mentioned, which the defendant has sold or offered for sale, or for which he has received a valuable consideration, shall be deemed false, spurious or fictitious, unless the defendant proves that the same was true and genuine, duly issued by the authority of some legislature within the United States, that such lottery was existing and undrawn and that such ticket or share thereof, or other writing or thing before mentioned, was issued by lawful authority and is binding upon the person who issued the same.

Section 13. Upon the trial of a person charged with any of the crimes mentioned in the preceding section, a ticket or share of a ticket, or other writing or thing before mentioned, which the defendant has sold or offered for sale, or for which he has received a valuable consideration, shall be deemed false, spurious or fictitious, unless the defendant proves that the same was true and genuine, duly issued by the authority of some legislature within the United States, that such lottery was existing and undrawn and that such ticket or share thereof, or other writing or thing before mentioned, was issued by lawful authority and is binding upon the person who issued the same.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 58
Use of each other's railroad
Status: in_force

Section 58. If a railroad constructed after April eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, meets another railroad which terminates in the same city or town, or lawfully crosses another railroad at the same level therewith, the corporation by which either of said railroads is owned may enter its railroad upon, unite the same with and use the railroad of the other; if a railroad constructed after said date meets another railroad which passes through the same city or town, the corporation by which either of said railroads is owned may, with the written consent of the department and upon such terms as the department upon hearing prescribes, enter its railroad upon, unite the same with and use the railroad of the other; and if a railroad corporation whose railroad was constructed prior to said date is specially authorized to enter its railroad upon, unite the same with and use the railroad of another corporation, each of such corporations may enter upon, unite its railroad with and use the railroad of the other; but no locomotive engine or other motive power not owned and controlled by the corporation owning or lawfully operating the railroad shall be allowed to run upon a railroad except with the consent of such corporation.

Section 58. If a railroad constructed after April eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, meets another railroad which terminates in the same city or town, or lawfully crosses another railroad at the same level therewith, the corporation by which either of said railroads is owned may enter its railroad upon, unite the same with and use the railroad of the other; if a railroad constructed after said date meets another railroad which passes through the same city or town, the corporation by which either of said railroads is owned may, with the written consent of the department and upon such terms as the department upon hearing prescribes, enter its railroad upon, unite the same with and use the railroad of the other; and if a railroad corporation whose railroad was constructed prior to said date is specially authorized to enter its railroad upon, unite the same with and use the railroad of another corporation, each of such corporations may enter upon, unite its railroad with and use the railroad of the other; but no locomotive engine or other motive power not owned and controlled by the corporation owning or lawfully operating the railroad shall be allowed to run upon a railroad except with the consent of such corporation.