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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 269 / Section 11
Printing statutes for posters; display
Status: in_force

Section 11. The state secretary shall, annually, cause to be printed, in English and in such other languages as he may deem necessary, and in large letters so as to be easily read, for use as a poster, section one hundred and thirty-one of chapter one hundred and forty and sections ten, twelve B, and fourteen of this chapter. Sufficient copies of the said posters shall be sent to the clerks and to the superintendents of schools in all cities and towns for their use as herein provided. The city or town clerks shall cause posters received by them to be displayed in such places as they may select, and in such numbers, according to the population of the city or town, as its clerk may deem expedient. The superintendents of schools shall cause the posters received by them to be distributed among the schools within their jurisdiction, and in such numbers as they may deem necessary. The cost of preparing and printing the posters and of distributing them to the various cities and towns shall be paid by the commonwealth, and the cost of placing or affixing them in each city or town shall be paid by that city or town.

Section 11. The state secretary shall, annually, cause to be printed, in English and in such other languages as he may deem necessary, and in large letters so as to be easily read, for use as a poster, section one hundred and thirty-one of chapter one hundred and forty and sections ten, twelve B, and fourteen of this chapter. Sufficient copies of the said posters shall be sent to the clerks and to the superintendents of schools in all cities and towns for their use as herein provided. The city or town clerks shall cause posters received by them to be displayed in such places as they may select, and in such numbers, according to the population of the city or town, as its clerk may deem expedient. The superintendents of schools shall cause the posters received by them to be distributed among the schools within their jurisdiction, and in such numbers as they may deem necessary. The cost of preparing and printing the posters and of distributing them to the various cities and towns shall be paid by the commonwealth, and the cost of placing or affixing them in each city or town shall be paid by that city or town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 244 / Section 17
Conveyance by mortgagor; effect
Status: in_force

Section 17. A sale or transfer by the mortgagor shall not impair or annul any right or power of attorney given in the mortgage to the mortgagee to sell or transfer the land as attorney or agent of the mortgagor.

Section 17. A sale or transfer by the mortgagor shall not impair or annul any right or power of attorney given in the mortgage to the mortgagee to sell or transfer the land as attorney or agent of the mortgagor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22E, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 22E / Section 15
Expungement of record
Status: in_force

Section 15. Any person whose DNA record has been included in the state DNA database may apply to the superior court to have such record expunged on the grounds that the conviction or judicial determination that resulted in the inclusion of the person's DNA record in the state DNA database has been reversed and the case dismissed; provided, however, that one year shall have elapsed from the date the judgment reversing or dismissing the conviction became final or such person shall have obtained, in writing, authorization from the district attorney that no further prosecution is contemplated under the original offense for which such person was convicted or for which the original judicial determination was entered.

Section 15. Any person whose DNA record has been included in the state DNA database may apply to the superior court to have such record expunged on the grounds that the conviction or judicial determination that resulted in the inclusion of the person's DNA record in the state DNA database has been reversed and the case dismissed; provided, however, that one year shall have elapsed from the date the judgment reversing or dismissing the conviction became final or such person shall have obtained, in writing, authorization from the district attorney that no further prosecution is contemplated under the original offense for which such person was convicted or for which the original judicial determination was entered.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 11
Adoption of by-laws; election of directors
Status: in_force

Section 11. At such first meeting, or at any adjournment thereof, the incorporators shall organize by the adoption of by-laws, and by the election, by ballot, of not less than five directors. The clerk appointed by the directors under section five shall make and attest a record of the proceedings until the clerk of the company has been chosen and sworn, including a record of such choice and qualification.

Section 11. At such first meeting, or at any adjournment thereof, the incorporators shall organize by the adoption of by-laws, and by the election, by ballot, of not less than five directors. The clerk appointed by the directors under section five shall make and attest a record of the proceedings until the clerk of the company has been chosen and sworn, including a record of such choice and qualification.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 174A, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 174A / Section 10
Rating organizations; action or decision; appeal
Status: in_force

Section 10. Any member of or subscriber to a rating organization may appeal to the commissioner from the action or decision of such rating organization in approving or rejecting any proposed change in or addition to the filings of such rating organization and the commissioner shall, after a hearing held upon not less than ten days' written notice to the appellant and to such rating organization, issue an order approving the action or decision of such rating organization or directing it to give further consideration to such proposal, or, if such appeal is from the action or decision of the rating organization in rejecting a proposed addition to its filings, he may, in the event he finds that such action or decision was unreasonable, issue an order directing the rating organization to make an addition to its filings, on behalf of its members and subscribers, in a manner consistent with his findings, within a reasonable time after the issuance of such order.

Section 10. Any member of or subscriber to a rating organization may appeal to the commissioner from the action or decision of such rating organization in approving or rejecting any proposed change in or addition to the filings of such rating organization and the commissioner shall, after a hearing held upon not less than ten days' written notice to the appellant and to such rating organization, issue an order approving the action or decision of such rating organization or directing it to give further consideration to such proposal, or, if such appeal is from the action or decision of the rating organization in rejecting a proposed addition to its filings, he may, in the event he finds that such action or decision was unreasonable, issue an order directing the rating organization to make an addition to its filings, on behalf of its members and subscribers, in a manner consistent with his findings, within a reasonable time after the issuance of such order.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 56 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 56
Arrest without warrant of persons found in act of illegally manufacturing or selling alcoholic beverages; seizures
Status: in_force

Section 56. A deputy sheriff, chief of police, deputy chief of police, city marshal, deputy or assistant marshal, police officer including a state police officer, or constable, or, in the county of Dukes or Nantucket, the sheriff anywhere within his county, or any investigator of the commission, may without a warrant arrest any person whom he finds in the act of illegally manufacturing, selling or exposing or keeping for sale, storing, transporting, importing or exporting alcoholic beverages or alcohol, and seize the said beverages or alcohol and any vessels and implements of manufacture or sale in the possession of such person, and detain them until warrants can be procured against such person, and for the seizure of said beverages or alcohol, vessels and implements, under this chapter. Such officers shall enforce or cause to be enforced the penalties provided by law against every person who is guilty of a violation of this chapter of which they can obtain reasonable proof, and shall make all needful and appropriate investigations for the said purpose.

Section 56. A deputy sheriff, chief of police, deputy chief of police, city marshal, deputy or assistant marshal, police officer including a state police officer, or constable, or, in the county of Dukes or Nantucket, the sheriff anywhere within his county, or any investigator of the commission, may without a warrant arrest any person whom he finds in the act of illegally manufacturing, selling or exposing or keeping for sale, storing, transporting, importing or exporting alcoholic beverages or alcohol, and seize the said beverages or alcohol and any vessels and implements of manufacture or sale in the possession of such person, and detain them until warrants can be procured against such person, and for the seizure of said beverages or alcohol, vessels and implements, under this chapter. Such officers shall enforce or cause to be enforced the penalties provided by law against every person who is guilty of a violation of this chapter of which they can obtain reasonable proof, and shall make all needful and appropriate investigations for the said purpose.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 38F — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 38F
Exhaustion of administrative remedies under Sec. 38E; court consideration of inmate claims; exceptions
Status: in_force

Section 38F. An inmate shall not file any claim that may be the subject of a grievance under section 38E unless the inmate has exhausted the administrative remedy established pursuant to said section 38E; but the court may consider such claim if a final administrative resolution of a grievance filed pursuant to said section 38E has not been decided within 180 days from the date of filing such a grievance, or if the inmate can demonstrate to the court that exigent circumstances exist which, if delayed pursuant to the requirements of this section, would jeopardize the life or seriously impair the health of the inmate, or, for actions seeking equitable relief.

Section 38F. An inmate shall not file any claim that may be the subject of a grievance under section 38E unless the inmate has exhausted the administrative remedy established pursuant to said section 38E; but the court may consider such claim if a final administrative resolution of a grievance filed pursuant to said section 38E has not been decided within 180 days from the date of filing such a grievance, or if the inmate can demonstrate to the court that exigent circumstances exist which, if delayed pursuant to the requirements of this section, would jeopardize the life or seriously impair the health of the inmate, or, for actions seeking equitable relief.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 50A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 50A
One day of rest in seven for watchmen and employees maintaining fires, violations
Status: in_force

Section 50A. Every person employed as a watchman in establishments other than those described in section forty-eight, or employed in maintaining fires in such establishments, but not including janitors in residential apartment houses, shall be allowed at least twenty-four consecutive hours of rest in every seven consecutive days. No provision of any other section of this chapter shall be construed as limiting the rights given by this section. The term ''watchman'' as used in section forty-eight or the term ''watchman'' as used in this section shall include guards in banks, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven. An employer violating this section shall be punished by a fine of three hundred dollars.

Section 50A. Every person employed as a watchman in establishments other than those described in section forty-eight, or employed in maintaining fires in such establishments, but not including janitors in residential apartment houses, shall be allowed at least twenty-four consecutive hours of rest in every seven consecutive days. No provision of any other section of this chapter shall be construed as limiting the rights given by this section. The term ''watchman'' as used in section forty-eight or the term ''watchman'' as used in this section shall include guards in banks, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven. An employer violating this section shall be punished by a fine of three hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 25B — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 25B
Unvented liquid fired space heaters; use or sale prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 25B. No person shall use, allow to be used, sell or offer for sale any unvented liquid fired space heater. As used in this section, ''space heater'' includes portable space heater, parlor heater, cabinet heater, room heater and any similar heater having a barometric fed fuel control and its fuel supply tank located less than forty-two inches from the center of the burner and means the type of heating appliance adapted for burning kerosene, range oil or number one fuel oil and used principally for the heating of the space in and adjacent to that in which such appliance is located. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 25B. No person shall use, allow to be used, sell or offer for sale any unvented liquid fired space heater. As used in this section, ''space heater'' includes portable space heater, parlor heater, cabinet heater, room heater and any similar heater having a barometric fed fuel control and its fuel supply tank located less than forty-two inches from the center of the burner and means the type of heating appliance adapted for burning kerosene, range oil or number one fuel oil and used principally for the heating of the space in and adjacent to that in which such appliance is located. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 63B, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 63B / Section 2
Payment of estimated tax by corporations
Status: in_force

Section 2. Every corporation which in any taxable year can reasonably expect to have an estimated tax for such taxable year in excess of one thousand dollars shall make payments of estimated tax pursuant to sections three to five, inclusive, and section seven.

Section 2. Every corporation which in any taxable year can reasonably expect to have an estimated tax for such taxable year in excess of one thousand dollars shall make payments of estimated tax pursuant to sections three to five, inclusive, and section seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 38A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 38A
Establishment and holding of fairs
Status: in_force

Section 38A. The director of the division of fairs shall supervise the establishment and holding of fairs for the encouragement or extension of agriculture.

Section 38A. The director of the division of fairs shall supervise the establishment and holding of fairs for the encouragement or extension of agriculture.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 91 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 91
Cessation of employment for non-attendance of continuation school; violation of statute
Status: in_force

Section 91. The employer of any minor between fourteen and sixteen who is required by section twenty-two of chapter seventy-one to attend a continuation school or course of instruction shall cease forthwith to employ such minor when notified in writing by the superintendent of schools, or by his representative duly authorized in writing, having jurisdiction over such minor's attendance, of his non-attendance in accordance with said section. An employer failing to comply with this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.

Section 91. The employer of any minor between fourteen and sixteen who is required by section twenty-two of chapter seventy-one to attend a continuation school or course of instruction shall cease forthwith to employ such minor when notified in writing by the superintendent of schools, or by his representative duly authorized in writing, having jurisdiction over such minor's attendance, of his non-attendance in accordance with said section. An employer failing to comply with this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 45, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 45 / Section 25
Posting of emergency numbers at ice skating facilities
Status: in_force

Section 25. In cities and towns the emergency telephone numbers of the local municipally-designated emergency ambulance service to render emergency first aid and transport persons to hospitals shall be posted in a conspicuous place at ice skating facilities, both public and private.

Section 25. In cities and towns the emergency telephone numbers of the local municipally-designated emergency ambulance service to render emergency first aid and transport persons to hospitals shall be posted in a conspicuous place at ice skating facilities, both public and private.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 113 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 113
Removal of prisoners convicted and sentenced by United States Court
Status: in_force

Section 113. The commissioner may remove from one jail or house of correction to another, or to any correctional institution of the commonwealth a prisoner convicted and sentenced by a United States court and thereafter transferred by the Attorney General of the United States to such jail or house of correction.

Section 113. The commissioner may remove from one jail or house of correction to another, or to any correctional institution of the commonwealth a prisoner convicted and sentenced by a United States court and thereafter transferred by the Attorney General of the United States to such jail or house of correction.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 47RR — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 47RR
Benefits for medically necessary emergency services programs
Status: in_force

Section 47RR. An individual policy of accident and sickness insurance issued under section 108 that provides hospital expense and surgical expense insurance or a group blanket or general policy of accident and sickness insurance issued under section 110 that provides hospital expense and surgical expense insurance that is issued or renewed within or without the commonwealth shall provide benefits on a nondiscriminatory basis for medically necessary emergency services programs.

Section 47RR. An individual policy of accident and sickness insurance issued under section 108 that provides hospital expense and surgical expense insurance or a group blanket or general policy of accident and sickness insurance issued under section 110 that provides hospital expense and surgical expense insurance that is issued or renewed within or without the commonwealth shall provide benefits on a nondiscriminatory basis for medically necessary emergency services programs.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 280, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 280 / Section 15
Quarterly transfers to state treasurer of payments received by jailer or superintendent; account on oath
Status: in_force

Section 15. Every keeper of a jail and superintendent of a house of correction shall, on the first days of January, April, July and October, pay over to the state treasurer all money received by him under the preceding section during the preceding three months, and render to said state treasurer an account, on oath, showing the names of prisoners by whom payments have been so made, the court by which each was committed and the amount received from each.

Section 15. Every keeper of a jail and superintendent of a house of correction shall, on the first days of January, April, July and October, pay over to the state treasurer all money received by him under the preceding section during the preceding three months, and render to said state treasurer an account, on oath, showing the names of prisoners by whom payments have been so made, the court by which each was committed and the amount received from each.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 37
Redemption where levy on rents and profits of life estate
Status: in_force

Section 37. If an execution is levied on rents and profits of a life estate, the debtor may, at any time before the debt with interest thereon is fully satisfied, redeem the same by paying or tendering to the creditor the amount then due to him; and the proceedings relative to such redemption shall be the same as are provided for the redemption of other land.

Section 37. If an execution is levied on rents and profits of a life estate, the debtor may, at any time before the debt with interest thereon is fully satisfied, redeem the same by paying or tendering to the creditor the amount then due to him; and the proceedings relative to such redemption shall be the same as are provided for the redemption of other land.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 275, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 275 / Section 9
Witnesses to recognize for appearance
Status: in_force

Section 9. The court or justice shall require such witnesses as may be necessary to support the complaint to recognize for their appearance at the jury session.

Section 9. The court or justice shall require such witnesses as may be necessary to support the complaint to recognize for their appearance at the jury session.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, sec. 26B — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 129 / Section 26B
Hatching eggs; baby chicks or live poultry; restriction on sale, transportation or importation
Status: in_force

Section 26B. No person shall buy, sell or transport within or import into the commonwealth hatching eggs, baby chicks or live poultry, except poultry intended for immediate slaughter or for exhibition subject to permit granted by the state department of agriculture, unless such hatching eggs are the produce of flocks which meet, and such baby chicks or live poultry meet or are the first generation progeny of flocks which meet, the minimum requirements for ''pullorum passed'' or ''pullorum clean'' grades of poultry, as established by the commissioner of agriculture, or the equivalent thereof. Whoever, himself or by his servant or agent, violates any provision of this section shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.

Section 26B. No person shall buy, sell or transport within or import into the commonwealth hatching eggs, baby chicks or live poultry, except poultry intended for immediate slaughter or for exhibition subject to permit granted by the state department of agriculture, unless such hatching eggs are the produce of flocks which meet, and such baby chicks or live poultry meet or are the first generation progeny of flocks which meet, the minimum requirements for ''pullorum passed'' or ''pullorum clean'' grades of poultry, as established by the commissioner of agriculture, or the equivalent thereof. Whoever, himself or by his servant or agent, violates any provision of this section shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.