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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 76 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 76
Actions against trustees
Status: in_force

Section 76. If, while an action by the trustee process is pending, the original defendant therein or any other person brings an action against the alleged trustee to recover the goods, effects or credits or any part thereof in his hands or possession, costs in the later action shall be in the discretion of the court.

Section 76. If, while an action by the trustee process is pending, the original defendant therein or any other person brings an action against the alleged trustee to recover the goods, effects or credits or any part thereof in his hands or possession, costs in the later action shall be in the discretion of the court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 49Q — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 49Q
Service of process; proof of service
Status: in_force

Section 49Q. (a) Service of process as provided for in section fifty shall be made by serving the original thereof and a copy of the declaration upon the chairman of the commission or by filing the same in his office, together with a fee of two dollars and by the mailing of a copy of such process and of the declaration by the plaintiff or his attorney to the defendant, and to each of the defendants if more than one, at his last known address, within ten days thereafter by registered mail. In lieu of such mailing to such defendant in another state, plaintiff may cause a copy of the declaration and process to be served personally in such other state upon such defendant by any disinterested person, by actually delivering the same to such defendant or by offering to make such delivery in case the defendant refuses to accept delivery. (b) Proof of the service of such process upon the chairman of the commission or the filing thereof in his office, and proof of the mailing or personal delivery thereof to the defendant shall be made by the affidavit of the person doing the acts, which shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court in which the suit is filed. Process shall be deemed to be completed upon the filing of such affidavit and of the original registry receipt if service is obtained by mail.

Section 49Q. (a) Service of process as provided for in section fifty shall be made by serving the original thereof and a copy of the declaration upon the chairman of the commission or by filing the same in his office, together with a fee of two dollars and by the mailing of a copy of such process and of the declaration by the plaintiff or his attorney to the defendant, and to each of the defendants if more than one, at his last known address, within ten days thereafter by registered mail. In lieu of such mailing to such defendant in another state, plaintiff may cause a copy of the declaration and process to be served personally in such other state upon such defendant by any disinterested person, by actually delivering the same to such defendant or by offering to make such delivery in case the defendant refuses to accept delivery.

(b) Proof of the service of such process upon the chairman of the commission or the filing thereof in his office, and proof of the mailing or personal delivery thereof to the defendant shall be made by the affidavit of the person doing the acts, which shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court in which the suit is filed. Process shall be deemed to be completed upon the filing of such affidavit and of the original registry receipt if service is obtained by mail.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 30
Defects; information by employee; protection of source
Status: in_force

Section 30. An employee may make written complaint to the department of a defect in the ways, works, machinery or appliances, or any car or vehicle, of a railroad, railway or other carrier of passengers under its jurisdiction, and the name of the complainant shall not be divulged.

Section 30. An employee may make written complaint to the department of a defect in the ways, works, machinery or appliances, or any car or vehicle, of a railroad, railway or other carrier of passengers under its jurisdiction, and the name of the complainant shall not be divulged.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 23
Term; fee
Status: in_force

Section 23. Licensing authorities may grant licenses for lodging houses which shall be for the period provided in section four, and shall charge for each license such fee as the council or selectmen may establish; otherwise, the same shall be granted without charge, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than fifty dollars.

Section 23. Licensing authorities may grant licenses for lodging houses which shall be for the period provided in section four, and shall charge for each license such fee as the council or selectmen may establish; otherwise, the same shall be granted without charge, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than fifty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98, sec. 56A — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 98 / Section 56A
Location of scales for food sold at retail
Status: in_force

Section 56A. Whoever places a scale or weighing device when used in weighing food sold at retail by weight in the presence of the purchaser so that the weight indicator may not be read and the weighing operations be observed by the purchaser shall be punished by a fine of $50, or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A.

Section 56A. Whoever places a scale or weighing device when used in weighing food sold at retail by weight in the presence of the purchaser so that the weight indicator may not be read and the weighing operations be observed by the purchaser shall be punished by a fine of $50, or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6C, sec. 76 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6C / Section 76
Removal and storage of vehicle left unattended at state-owned park and ride facility
Status: in_force

Section 76. An operator of a state-owned park and ride facility may cause the removal and storage of a motor vehicle that has been left unattended within a state-owned park and ride facility for more than 21 days. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this section.

Section 76. An operator of a state-owned park and ride facility may cause the removal and storage of a motor vehicle that has been left unattended within a state-owned park and ride facility for more than 21 days.

The department shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 172, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 172 / Section 5
Formation of trust company; agreement of association
Status: in_force

Section 5. Fifteen or more individuals who associate themselves by a written agreement to form a trust company may, upon compliance with sections 4 to 9, inclusive, become a corporation, with all the powers and privileges and subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities set forth in all general laws relating to such corporations. The agreement of association shall specifically state: (1) That the incorporators associate themselves with the intention of forming a corporation; (2) The name by which the corporation shall be known; (3) The location of the principal office of the corporation, which shall be within the commonwealth; (4) The purposes for which the corporation is formed and the nature of the business to be transacted; (5) The amount and classes of its capital stock, and the number of shares into which any class is to be divided; (6) the amount of the surplus account; (7) the amount of the undivided profits account; and (8) the name of each incorporator and the number of shares of capital stock, if any, which the individual agrees to take and the class or classes of such shares. The name of each incorporator shall be subscribed to the agreement of association.

Section 5. Fifteen or more individuals who associate themselves by a written agreement to form a trust company may, upon compliance with sections 4 to 9, inclusive, become a corporation, with all the powers and privileges and subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities set forth in all general laws relating to such corporations. The agreement of association shall specifically state:

(1) That the incorporators associate themselves with the intention of forming a corporation;

(2) The name by which the corporation shall be known;

(3) The location of the principal office of the corporation, which shall be within the commonwealth;

(4) The purposes for which the corporation is formed and the nature of the business to be transacted;

(5) The amount and classes of its capital stock, and the number of shares into which any class is to be divided;

(6) the amount of the surplus account;

(7) the amount of the undivided profits account; and

(8) the name of each incorporator and the number of shares of capital stock, if any, which the individual agrees to take and the class or classes of such shares.

The name of each incorporator shall be subscribed to the agreement of association.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 256, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 256 / Section 1
Form and contents
Status: in_force

Section 1. A person who is competent to contract by bond may subject his person and property to be taken on execution by entering into a recognizance before the superior court in any county, substantially as follows: Be it remembered that on this day of , of personally appeared before and acknowledged himself to be indebted to of in the sum of to be paid to said on the day of , (or in years, or in months, from this day) with interest from this day; and, if not then paid, to be levied upon his goods, chattels, lands and tenements, and, for want thereof, upon his body. In witness whereof said hath hereto set his hand. The clause as to the payment of interest may be altered or omitted according to the agreement of the parties; but, unless the recognizance otherwise expressly provides, interest shall be allowed for any delay after the time for payment.

Section 1. A person who is competent to contract by bond may subject his person and property to be taken on execution by entering into a recognizance before the superior court in any county, substantially as follows:

Be it remembered that on this day of , of personally appeared before and acknowledged himself to be indebted to of in the sum of to be paid to said on the day of , (or in years, or in months, from this day) with interest from this day; and, if not then paid, to be levied upon his goods, chattels, lands and tenements, and, for want thereof, upon his body. In witness whereof said hath hereto set his hand.

The clause as to the payment of interest may be altered or omitted according to the agreement of the parties; but, unless the recognizance otherwise expressly provides, interest shall be allowed for any delay after the time for payment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 251, sec. 2A — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 251 / Section 2A
Consolidation or severance of arbitration proceedings; application; determination
Status: in_force

Section 2A. A party aggrieved by the failure or refusal of another to agree to consolidate one arbitration proceeding with another or others, for which the method of appointment of the arbitrator or arbitrators is the same, or to sever one arbitration proceeding from another or others, may apply to the superior court for an order for such consolidation or such severance. The court shall proceed summarily to the determination of the issue so raised. If a claimant under section twenty-nine of chapter one hundred and forty-nine applies for an order for consolidation or severance of such proceedings, the issue shall be decided under the applicable provisions of said section twenty-nine of said chapter one hundred and forty-nine governing consolidation or severance of such actions; otherwise the issue shall be decided under the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure governing consolidation and severance of trials and the court shall issue an order accordingly. No provision in any arbitration agreement shall bar or prevent action by the court under this section.

Section 2A. A party aggrieved by the failure or refusal of another to agree to consolidate one arbitration proceeding with another or others, for which the method of appointment of the arbitrator or arbitrators is the same, or to sever one arbitration proceeding from another or others, may apply to the superior court for an order for such consolidation or such severance. The court shall proceed summarily to the determination of the issue so raised. If a claimant under section twenty-nine of chapter one hundred and forty-nine applies for an order for consolidation or severance of such proceedings, the issue shall be decided under the applicable provisions of said section twenty-nine of said chapter one hundred and forty-nine governing consolidation or severance of such actions; otherwise the issue shall be decided under the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure governing consolidation and severance of trials and the court shall issue an order accordingly. No provision in any arbitration agreement shall bar or prevent action by the court under this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 13
Limitations of actions
Status: in_force

Section 13. An action brought to enforce the provisions of this Act shall be barred unless commenced within four years after the cause of action accrued. Whenever any civil or criminal proceedings shall be commenced by the commonwealth under this Act, the running of the statute of limitations with respect to every private right of action arising under this Act and based in whole or in part on any matter complained of in said proceedings shall be suspended during the pendency thereof and for one year thereafter; provided, however, that whenever the running of the statute of limitations with respect to a cause of action is suspended, any action to enforce such cause of action shall forever be barred unless commenced either within the period of suspension or within four years after the cause of action accrued.

Section 13. An action brought to enforce the provisions of this Act shall be barred unless commenced within four years after the cause of action accrued.

Whenever any civil or criminal proceedings shall be commenced by the commonwealth under this Act, the running of the statute of limitations with respect to every private right of action arising under this Act and based in whole or in part on any matter complained of in said proceedings shall be suspended during the pendency thereof and for one year thereafter; provided, however, that whenever the running of the statute of limitations with respect to a cause of action is suspended, any action to enforce such cause of action shall forever be barred unless commenced either within the period of suspension or within four years after the cause of action accrued.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, sec. 61 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 51 / Section 61
Certification of registered voters
Status: in_force

Section 61. They shall forthwith, after the final day for registration before a biennial state or regular city or town election, certify to the state secretary the number of registered voters in the city or town, and in each ward and precinct therein. In cities where the city clerk is not a member of the board of registrars, the registrars shall likewise, after the last day for registration for a city election, certify to the city clerk the number of registered voters in the city, and in each ward and voting precinct therein.

Section 61. They shall forthwith, after the final day for registration before a biennial state or regular city or town election, certify to the state secretary the number of registered voters in the city or town, and in each ward and precinct therein.

In cities where the city clerk is not a member of the board of registrars, the registrars shall likewise, after the last day for registration for a city election, certify to the city clerk the number of registered voters in the city, and in each ward and voting precinct therein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 207 / Section 43
Solemnization of marriage by consul
Status: in_force

Section 43. Marriages solemnized in a foreign country by a consul or diplomatic agent of the United States shall be valid in this commonwealth.

Section 43. Marriages solemnized in a foreign country by a consul or diplomatic agent of the United States shall be valid in this commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 40
Second attachment; recovery by defendant
Status: in_force

Section 40. If the goods, effects and credits in the hands of a person adjudged a trustee are not demanded of him by force of the execution within thirty days after final judgment, they shall be liable to another attachment, whether made before or after the judgment; or if there has been no such second attachment, they may be recovered by the defendant.

Section 40. If the goods, effects and credits in the hands of a person adjudged a trustee are not demanded of him by force of the execution within thirty days after final judgment, they shall be liable to another attachment, whether made before or after the judgment; or if there has been no such second attachment, they may be recovered by the defendant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 17A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 17A
Grant of additional licenses for sale of alcoholic beverages drunk on premises
Status: in_force

Section 17A. In any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section, a local licensing authority which granted seasonal all alcoholic beverage or wine and malt beverage licenses as set forth in section twelve, on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-four, is hereby authorized to grant, in addition to, the number of licenses which may be issued pursuant to section seventeen, but subject to all other provisions of this chapter, additional all alcoholic beverage licenses at a rate of one such all alcoholic beverage license per year; provided, however, that said additional licenses shall be granted only to holders of said seasonal licenses; provided, further, that the holder of said seasonal license surrenders such license; and provided, further, that the total number of seasonal licenses that the local licensing authority may issue pursuant to said section seventeen shall be reduced by one for each new license issued.

Section 17A. In any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section, a local licensing authority which granted seasonal all alcoholic beverage or wine and malt beverage licenses as set forth in section twelve, on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-four, is hereby authorized to grant, in addition to, the number of licenses which may be issued pursuant to section seventeen, but subject to all other provisions of this chapter, additional all alcoholic beverage licenses at a rate of one such all alcoholic beverage license per year; provided, however, that said additional licenses shall be granted only to holders of said seasonal licenses; provided, further, that the holder of said seasonal license surrenders such license; and provided, further, that the total number of seasonal licenses that the local licensing authority may issue pursuant to said section seventeen shall be reduced by one for each new license issued.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 68 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 68
Applicability of statutes relating to employers' liabilities
Status: in_force

Section 68. Chapter one hundred and fifty-three and sections two B and six C to six F, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and twenty-nine shall not apply to employees of an insured person or a self-insurer, nor to laborers, workmen or mechanics employed by the commonwealth or any county, city, town or district subject to sections sixty-nine to seventy-five, inclusive, who are entitled to the benefits provided by said sections, while this chapter is applicable thereto.

Section 68. Chapter one hundred and fifty-three and sections two B and six C to six F, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and twenty-nine shall not apply to employees of an insured person or a self-insurer, nor to laborers, workmen or mechanics employed by the commonwealth or any county, city, town or district subject to sections sixty-nine to seventy-five, inclusive, who are entitled to the benefits provided by said sections, while this chapter is applicable thereto.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 21
Warrants to arrest; issuance of process for apprehension of persons charged with crime by certain justices
Status: in_force

Section 21. Justices of the supreme judicial, superior or district courts, may issue process for the apprehension of persons charged with crime and to carry into effect sections twenty-two to eighty-two, inclusive.

Section 21. Justices of the supreme judicial, superior or district courts, may issue process for the apprehension of persons charged with crime and to carry into effect sections twenty-two to eighty-two, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 109 / Section 34
Distribution to partner upon withdrawal
Status: in_force

Section 34. Except as provided in sections thirty-one to thirty-eight, inclusive, upon withdrawal any withdrawing partner is entitled to receive any distribution to which he is entitled under the partnership agreement and, if not otherwise provided in the agreement, he is entitled to receive, within a reasonable time after withdrawal, the fair value of his interest in the limited partnership as of the date of withdrawal based upon his right to share in distributions from the limited partnership.

Section 34. Except as provided in sections thirty-one to thirty-eight, inclusive, upon withdrawal any withdrawing partner is entitled to receive any distribution to which he is entitled under the partnership agreement and, if not otherwise provided in the agreement, he is entitled to receive, within a reasonable time after withdrawal, the fair value of his interest in the limited partnership as of the date of withdrawal based upon his right to share in distributions from the limited partnership.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 81Q — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 81Q
Reissuance of certificate after revocation; duplicate certificates; fee
Status: in_force

Section 81Q. The board, for any reason which it may deem sufficient, may reissue a certificate of registration to any person whose certificate has been revoked. A new certificate of registration, to replace any certificate revoked, lost, destroyed or mutilated, may be issued, subject to the rules of the board, and a charge to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven shall be made for such issuance.

Section 81Q. The board, for any reason which it may deem sufficient, may reissue a certificate of registration to any person whose certificate has been revoked. A new certificate of registration, to replace any certificate revoked, lost, destroyed or mutilated, may be issued, subject to the rules of the board, and a charge to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven shall be made for such issuance.