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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167J, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167J / Section 15
Report of transfer of stock resulting in ownership of 10 per cent or more of outstanding stock with voting power
Status: in_force

Section 15. The registrar, transfer agent or other officer or agent of any such stock corporation having charge of its stockholders' records or ledger shall, within 10 days after recording thereon any transfer of stock of the corporation which makes the transferee the owner of record of 10 per cent or more of the outstanding stock with voting power, report such transfer to the commissioner. Any agent or broker holding 10 per cent or more of such stock for the benefit of 1 or more persons shall, upon written request of the commissioner, report to the commissioner the names of such persons. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both.

Section 15. The registrar, transfer agent or other officer or agent of any such stock corporation having charge of its stockholders' records or ledger shall, within 10 days after recording thereon any transfer of stock of the corporation which makes the transferee the owner of record of 10 per cent or more of the outstanding stock with voting power, report such transfer to the commissioner. Any agent or broker holding 10 per cent or more of such stock for the benefit of 1 or more persons shall, upon written request of the commissioner, report to the commissioner the names of such persons. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 267, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 267 / Section 30
Seizure of false, forged or counterfeit bills, notes or bonds or counterfeiter's tools; destruction; return
Status: in_force

Section 30. When false, forged or counterfeit bank bills or notes, or forged or counterfeit notes or bonds of any state or corporation, or plates, dies or other tools, instruments or implements used by counterfeiters, or designed for the forging or making of false or counterfeit notes, coin or bills, or worthless bank bills or notes not current described in sections twenty-seven and twenty-eight, come to the knowledge of a sheriff, constable, police officer or other officer of justice, he shall immediately seize and take possession of and deliver them into the custody of the superior court, which shall cause them to be destroyed by an officer of the court, who shall make return to the court of his doings in the premises.

Section 30. When false, forged or counterfeit bank bills or notes, or forged or counterfeit notes or bonds of any state or corporation, or plates, dies or other tools, instruments or implements used by counterfeiters, or designed for the forging or making of false or counterfeit notes, coin or bills, or worthless bank bills or notes not current described in sections twenty-seven and twenty-eight, come to the knowledge of a sheriff, constable, police officer or other officer of justice, he shall immediately seize and take possession of and deliver them into the custody of the superior court, which shall cause them to be destroyed by an officer of the court, who shall make return to the court of his doings in the premises.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 61 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 61
Removals
Status: in_force

Section 61. The mayor may, with the approval of a majority of the members of the city council, remove the head of a department or member of a board before the expiration of his term of office, except members of the school committee, officials appointed by the governor, and assessors if elected by the people. The person so removed shall receive a copy of the reasons for his removal, and he may, if he desires, contest the same before the city council. He may be represented by counsel at the hearing.

Section 61. The mayor may, with the approval of a majority of the members of the city council, remove the head of a department or member of a board before the expiration of his term of office, except members of the school committee, officials appointed by the governor, and assessors if elected by the people. The person so removed shall receive a copy of the reasons for his removal, and he may, if he desires, contest the same before the city council. He may be represented by counsel at the hearing.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 95 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 95
Blank nomination papers; contents
Status: in_force

Section 95. The city or town shall provide, and the city or town clerk shall seasonably prepare, for each political party, blank nomination papers for use in the different wards of the city or in the town. Such papers shall state the place where, and the day and hour prior to which, signed nomination papers shall be filed. On the back of each, the first sentence of section seven, sections forty-five and sixty, and sections ninety-six to one hundred and one, inclusive, shall be printed. They shall be delivered only to the chairman or secretary of the political committee for whose use they have been prepared.

Section 95. The city or town shall provide, and the city or town clerk shall seasonably prepare, for each political party, blank nomination papers for use in the different wards of the city or in the town. Such papers shall state the place where, and the day and hour prior to which, signed nomination papers shall be filed. On the back of each, the first sentence of section seven, sections forty-five and sixty, and sections ninety-six to one hundred and one, inclusive, shall be printed. They shall be delivered only to the chairman or secretary of the political committee for whose use they have been prepared.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 108A, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 108A / Section 24
Property rights
Status: in_force

Section 24. The property rights of a partner are (1) his rights in specific partnership property, (2) his interest in the partnership, and (3) his right to participate in the management.

Section 24. The property rights of a partner are (1) his rights in specific partnership property, (2) his interest in the partnership, and (3) his right to participate in the management.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 59A — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 59A
Transmission of false reports, location of explosives, etc.; venue
Status: in_force

Section 59A. The crime described in section fourteen of chapter two hundred and sixty-nine may be prosecuted and punished in the territorial jurisdiction in which the communication originates or is received.

Section 59A. The crime described in section fourteen of chapter two hundred and sixty-nine may be prosecuted and punished in the territorial jurisdiction in which the communication originates or is received.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 144 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 144
Support of workmen and pupils at workshops; pupils from other states
Status: in_force

Section 144. The commissioner may provide or pay for temporary lodgings and temporary support for workmen or pupils received at any industrial school or workshop and may contribute to the support of pupils from the commonwealth receiving instruction in institutions outside thereof. The commissioner, with the advice of the advisory board, may subsidize the earnings of blind employees in any such school or workshop. He may receive in schools established by the commission pupils from other states upon the payment of such fees as it may determine.

Section 144. The commissioner may provide or pay for temporary lodgings and temporary support for workmen or pupils received at any industrial school or workshop and may contribute to the support of pupils from the commonwealth receiving instruction in institutions outside thereof. The commissioner, with the advice of the advisory board, may subsidize the earnings of blind employees in any such school or workshop. He may receive in schools established by the commission pupils from other states upon the payment of such fees as it may determine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12C, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12C / Section 6
Powers
Status: in_force

Section 6. In addition to the powers conferred on state agencies, the center shall have the following powers: (1) to make, amend and repeal rules and regulations for the management of its affairs; (2) to make contracts and execute all instruments necessary or convenient for the carrying on of its business; (3) to acquire, own, hold, dispose of and encumber personal property and to lease real property in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties; and (4) to enter into agreements or transactions with any federal, state or municipal agency or other public institution or with any private individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association or other entity.

Section 6. In addition to the powers conferred on state agencies, the center shall have the following powers:

(1) to make, amend and repeal rules and regulations for the management of its affairs;

(2) to make contracts and execute all instruments necessary or convenient for the carrying on of its business;

(3) to acquire, own, hold, dispose of and encumber personal property and to lease real property in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties; and

(4) to enter into agreements or transactions with any federal, state or municipal agency or other public institution or with any private individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association or other entity.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 38 / Section 1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Commission'', to the commission on medicolegal investigation, established by section one hundred and eighty-four of chapter six. ''Office'', the office of the chief medical examiner.

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—

''Commission'', to the commission on medicolegal investigation, established by section one hundred and eighty-four of chapter six.

''Office'', the office of the chief medical examiner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 262 / Section 51
Criminal cases; additional fees and expenses
Status: in_force

Section 51. The fees and expenses of officers, other than those named in section fifty, in a criminal case, shall be paid by the commonwealth.

Section 51. The fees and expenses of officers, other than those named in section fifty, in a criminal case, shall be paid by the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118E, sec. 13G — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118E / Section 13G
Hospital assets not to be considered as resources for purpose of establishing rates
Status: in_force

Section 13G. The executive office, or a governmental unit designated to perform ratemaking functions by the executive office, shall not consider the following as resources of such hospitals in the establishment, review or approval of acute and non-acute hospital rates and charges: restricted and unrestricted grants; gifts; contributions; bequests; fund principle; term endowments and endowment balances; restricted gifts; unrestricted gifts; and all income from any of the foregoing, including unrestricted income from endowment funds and income and gains from investment of unrestricted funds. The following words shall have the following meanings as used in this paragraph: ''Income and gains from investment of unrestricted funds'', interest, dividends, rents or other income on investments, including net gains or losses resulting from investment transactions. ''Term endowment'', funds available upon termination of restrictions. ''Unrestricted gifts'', gifts, grants, contributions and bequests, upon which there are no restrictions imposed by the donor. ''Unrestricted income from endowment funds'', income earned on investment of endowment funds which have no restrictions on income. An acute or non-acute care hospital aggrieved by any action or failure to act by the executive office under this chapter may file an appeal under section 13E.

Section 13G. The executive office, or a governmental unit designated to perform ratemaking functions by the executive office, shall not consider the following as resources of such hospitals in the establishment, review or approval of acute and non-acute hospital rates and charges: restricted and unrestricted grants; gifts; contributions; bequests; fund principle; term endowments and endowment balances; restricted gifts; unrestricted gifts; and all income from any of the foregoing, including unrestricted income from endowment funds and income and gains from investment of unrestricted funds. The following words shall have the following meanings as used in this paragraph:

''Income and gains from investment of unrestricted funds'', interest, dividends, rents or other income on investments, including net gains or losses resulting from investment transactions.

''Term endowment'', funds available upon termination of restrictions.

''Unrestricted gifts'', gifts, grants, contributions and bequests, upon which there are no restrictions imposed by the donor.

''Unrestricted income from endowment funds'', income earned on investment of endowment funds which have no restrictions on income.

An acute or non-acute care hospital aggrieved by any action or failure to act by the executive office under this chapter may file an appeal under section 13E.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 136 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 136
Reports of medical authorities establishing blindness
Status: in_force

Section 136. Whenever, upon examination at a clinic, hospital or other institution, or elsewhere, by a physician or optometrist, the visual acuity of any person is found to be with correction 20/200 or less in the better eye, or the peripheral field of his vision to have contracted to the ten degrees radius or less regardless of visual acuity, the superintendent of such institution, or the physician, optometrist or other person who conducted or was in charge of the examination if it took place elsewhere than in such an institution, shall within thirty days report to the commissioner the result of the examination and that blindness of the person has been established. The failure to report to the commissioner within said thirty days shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 136. Whenever, upon examination at a clinic, hospital or other institution, or elsewhere, by a physician or optometrist, the visual acuity of any person is found to be with correction 20/200 or less in the better eye, or the peripheral field of his vision to have contracted to the ten degrees radius or less regardless of visual acuity, the superintendent of such institution, or the physician, optometrist or other person who conducted or was in charge of the examination if it took place elsewhere than in such an institution, shall within thirty days report to the commissioner the result of the examination and that blindness of the person has been established.

The failure to report to the commissioner within said thirty days shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 37
Refusal of grantor to acknowledge; proof of execution by proving handwriting
Status: in_force

Section 37. If a grantor refuses to acknowledge his deed and the subscribing witnesses thereto are all dead or out of the commonwealth, its execution may be proved before any court of record in this commonwealth by proving the handwriting of the grantor and of a subscribing witness, the court first summoning the grantor for the purpose and in the manner provided in the preceding section.

Section 37. If a grantor refuses to acknowledge his deed and the subscribing witnesses thereto are all dead or out of the commonwealth, its execution may be proved before any court of record in this commonwealth by proving the handwriting of the grantor and of a subscribing witness, the court first summoning the grantor for the purpose and in the manner provided in the preceding section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 284 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 284
Penalties for violations related to slot machines and other automatic devices
Status: in_force

Section 284. Whoever installs or maintains a machine or device mentioned in the preceding section which is of a type not approved as therein provided shall, if such machine or device fails properly to respond to the insertion or deposit therein of a coin or other article of value, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.

Section 284. Whoever installs or maintains a machine or device mentioned in the preceding section which is of a type not approved as therein provided shall, if such machine or device fails properly to respond to the insertion or deposit therein of a coin or other article of value, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 99 — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 99
Advance payments
Status: in_force

Section 99. The treasurer of any city, town or county which accepts this section may make advance payments in an amount not to exceed any retirement allowance actually due to employees of such city, town or county who are eligible for, and who have filed applications for, retirement, during such period as is necessary for the processing of such applications for retirement, and shall establish rules and regulations governing such payments. This section shall take effect upon its acceptance in a city by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of its charter; in a town by vote of the voters at a town meeting; and in a county by vote of the county commissioners.

Section 99. The treasurer of any city, town or county which accepts this section may make advance payments in an amount not to exceed any retirement allowance actually due to employees of such city, town or county who are eligible for, and who have filed applications for, retirement, during such period as is necessary for the processing of such applications for retirement, and shall establish rules and regulations governing such payments.

This section shall take effect upon its acceptance in a city by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of its charter; in a town by vote of the voters at a town meeting; and in a county by vote of the county commissioners.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21C, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21C / Section 21
Powers of insolvency fund
Status: in_force

Section 21. (1) The insolvency fund, subject to the supervisory authority of the commissioner and as provided in the plan of operation, may: (a) enter into such contracts as are necessary or proper to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter; (b) sue or be sued, including taking any legal actions necessary or proper for recovery of any unpaid assessments; (c) borrow money to effect the purposes of sections fifteen to thirty, inclusive; (d) employ or retain such persons as are necessary to handle the financial transactions of the insolvency fund and to perform such other functions as become necessary or proper; (e) take such legal action as may be necessary to avoid payment of improper claims. (2) The insolvency fund may join an organization of one or more other state funds or associations of similar purposes, to further the purposes and administer the powers and duties of the insolvency fund.

Section 21. (1) The insolvency fund, subject to the supervisory authority of the commissioner and as provided in the plan of operation, may:

(a) enter into such contracts as are necessary or proper to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter;

(b) sue or be sued, including taking any legal actions necessary or proper for recovery of any unpaid assessments;

(c) borrow money to effect the purposes of sections fifteen to thirty, inclusive;

(d) employ or retain such persons as are necessary to handle the financial transactions of the insolvency fund and to perform such other functions as become necessary or proper;

(e) take such legal action as may be necessary to avoid payment of improper claims.

(2) The insolvency fund may join an organization of one or more other state funds or associations of similar purposes, to further the purposes and administer the powers and duties of the insolvency fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 187 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 187
Real estate appraiser titles; corporations, partnerships, firms or groups
Status: in_force

Section 187. A. The terms ''state-certified general real estate appraiser'', ''state-certified residential real estate appraiser'', and ''state-licensed real estate appraiser'' may only be used to refer to individuals who hold the certificate and may not be used following or immediately in connection with the name or signature of a firm, partnership, corporation, or group; or in such manner that it might be interpreted as referring to a firm, partnership corporation, group, or anyone other than an individual holder of the certificate or license. B. No certificate or license shall be issued under the provisions hereof to a corporation, partnership, firm or group. This shall not be construed to prevent a state-certified general real estate appraiser, state-certified residential real estate appraiser or state-licensed real estate appraiser from signing an appraisal report on behalf of a corporation, partnership, firm or group practice.

Section 187. A. The terms ''state-certified general real estate appraiser'', ''state-certified residential real estate appraiser'', and ''state-licensed real estate appraiser'' may only be used to refer to individuals who hold the certificate and may not be used following or immediately in connection with the name or signature of a firm, partnership, corporation, or group; or in such manner that it might be interpreted as referring to a firm, partnership corporation, group, or anyone other than an individual holder of the certificate or license.

B. No certificate or license shall be issued under the provisions hereof to a corporation, partnership, firm or group. This shall not be construed to prevent a state-certified general real estate appraiser, state-certified residential real estate appraiser or state-licensed real estate appraiser from signing an appraisal report on behalf of a corporation, partnership, firm or group practice.