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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 49 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 49
Attached personalty; keeping on owner's premises
Status: in_force

Section 49. Personal property which has been attached may, subject to the preceding section, be kept on the premises where it is found, unless the owner or occupant of the premises in writing requests the officer to remove his keeper therefrom; and if the defendant in writing requests the officer to allow property which has been attached on the premises of the defendant to remain there until he may give bond to dissolve the attachment, the property shall not be removed until he has had reasonable opportunity to give such bond.

Section 49. Personal property which has been attached may, subject to the preceding section, be kept on the premises where it is found, unless the owner or occupant of the premises in writing requests the officer to remove his keeper therefrom; and if the defendant in writing requests the officer to allow property which has been attached on the premises of the defendant to remain there until he may give bond to dissolve the attachment, the property shall not be removed until he has had reasonable opportunity to give such bond.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 51
Exhibition of school work at expositions
Status: in_force

Section 51. The school committee may, at any national, state, or foreign exposition, make an exhibition showing the character, standing, or work of its public schools.

Section 51. The school committee may, at any national, state, or foreign exposition, make an exhibition showing the character, standing, or work of its public schools.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 14
Annual reports of commissioner
Status: in_force

Section 14. The commissioner shall make an annual report, including the reports required by sections one hundred and sixty and one hundred and seventy of this chapter, section ten of chapter one hundred and fifty, section fifteen of chapter one hundred and fifty-one, and section fifty-seven of chapter ninety-eight. The commissioner shall also include in his report such data as to the work of the division on the necessaries of life as he may deem advisable.

Section 14. The commissioner shall make an annual report, including the reports required by sections one hundred and sixty and one hundred and seventy of this chapter, section ten of chapter one hundred and fifty, section fifteen of chapter one hundred and fifty-one, and section fifty-seven of chapter ninety-eight. The commissioner shall also include in his report such data as to the work of the division on the necessaries of life as he may deem advisable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 49, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 49 / Section 13
Enclosing of formerly unenclosed land; liability of owner; exception
Status: in_force

Section 13. If unenclosed land is afterward enclosed or used for depasturing, the occupant or owner shall pay for one half of each partition fence standing upon the line between it and the enclosed land of any other occupant or owner, the value thereof, as determined in writing by the fence viewers; and if thereupon such occupant or owner neglects or refuses, for thirty days after demand, to pay one half of the value, the proprietor thereof may maintain an action of contract therefor and for the costs of ascertaining the same; but the occupant or owner of unenclosed land on the island of Nantucket used only for depasturing shall not be subject to this section.

Section 13. If unenclosed land is afterward enclosed or used for depasturing, the occupant or owner shall pay for one half of each partition fence standing upon the line between it and the enclosed land of any other occupant or owner, the value thereof, as determined in writing by the fence viewers; and if thereupon such occupant or owner neglects or refuses, for thirty days after demand, to pay one half of the value, the proprietor thereof may maintain an action of contract therefor and for the costs of ascertaining the same; but the occupant or owner of unenclosed land on the island of Nantucket used only for depasturing shall not be subject to this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 63 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 63
Disposition of fines
Status: in_force

Section 63. All fines recovered under sections fifty-five to fifty-eight, inclusive, shall be paid to the commonwealth.

Section 63. All fines recovered under sections fifty-five to fifty-eight, inclusive, shall be paid to the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 222, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 222 / Section 12
Exemptions from maintaining journal of notary transactions
Status: in_force

Section 12. Notwithstanding section 22 or any other general or special law to the contrary, a notary public who is an attorney or who is employed by an attorney and by virtue of such employment performs notary public duties shall not be required to maintain a journal.

Section 12. Notwithstanding section 22 or any other general or special law to the contrary, a notary public who is an attorney or who is employed by an attorney and by virtue of such employment performs notary public duties shall not be required to maintain a journal.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 28
Form and content of complaint
Status: in_force

Section 28. The complaint shall be in writing, signed and sworn to by each plaintiff or by a person duly authorized in his behalf. It shall contain a description of the land. It shall also state the name in full and the address of the plaintiff, and the names and addresses of the adjoining owners and occupants, if known; and if not known, it shall state what search has been made to find them.

Section 28. The complaint shall be in writing, signed and sworn to by each plaintiff or by a person duly authorized in his behalf. It shall contain a description of the land. It shall also state the name in full and the address of the plaintiff, and the names and addresses of the adjoining owners and occupants, if known; and if not known, it shall state what search has been made to find them.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 214, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 214 / Section 16
Writs of seisin and execution
Status: in_force

Section 16. The courts may issue writs of seisin and execution in common form if such process is appropriate for the enforcement of a judgment granting or denying equitable relief.

Section 16. The courts may issue writs of seisin and execution in common form if such process is appropriate for the enforcement of a judgment granting or denying equitable relief.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 115A, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 115A / Section 2
Service defined
Status: in_force

Section 2. Service referred to in section one shall mean service during any of the following periods, both dates inclusive: — (a) Mexican Border Service, between June nineteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen and February third, nineteen hundred and seventeen, provided, that such service was in the Massachusetts National Guard; (b) Cuban Pacification Campaign, between October sixth, nineteen hundred and six and April first, nineteen hundred and nine; (c) Nicaraguan Campaign, between August twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and twelve and October thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine; (d) Vera Cruz Expedition, between April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and fourteen and November twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and fourteen; (e) Dominican Campaigns, between May fourth, nineteen hundred and sixteen and September seventeenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four; (f) Haitian Campaign, between July ninth, nineteen hundred and fourteen and October thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine; (g) China Expeditionary Service, between October thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty; (h) Army of Occupation in Germany, also known as the A.E.F., between November twelfth, nineteen hundred and eighteen and July eleventh, nineteen hundred and twenty-three; provided, in any case, that proof of service in the campaign, army of occupation or expedition mentioned is made.

Section 2. Service referred to in section one shall mean service during any of the following periods, both dates inclusive: — (a) Mexican Border Service, between June nineteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen and February third, nineteen hundred and seventeen, provided, that such service was in the Massachusetts National Guard; (b) Cuban Pacification Campaign, between October sixth, nineteen hundred and six and April first, nineteen hundred and nine; (c) Nicaraguan Campaign, between August twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and twelve and October thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine; (d) Vera Cruz Expedition, between April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and fourteen and November twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and fourteen; (e) Dominican Campaigns, between May fourth, nineteen hundred and sixteen and September seventeenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four; (f) Haitian Campaign, between July ninth, nineteen hundred and fourteen and October thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine; (g) China Expeditionary Service, between October thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty; (h) Army of Occupation in Germany, also known as the A.E.F., between November twelfth, nineteen hundred and eighteen and July eleventh, nineteen hundred and twenty-three; provided, in any case, that proof of service in the campaign, army of occupation or expedition mentioned is made.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93L, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93L / Section 5
Additional or changed location of place of business; maintenance of records
Status: in_force

Section 5. (a) If a person licensed as a student loan servicer under subsection (e) of section 2 intends to operate at any place in addition to the address on the license or plans to change the location of its place of business, the licensee shall: (i) notify the commissioner, in writing, not less than 30 days before doing so; and (ii) shall pay a fee for each additional location at a reasonable cost as determined by the commission. Such notice shall contain the address of any additional or changed location and such other information required by the commissioner. A student loan servicer license shall not be transferable or assignable. (b) A student loan servicer shall maintain adequate records of each student loan transaction for not less than 2 years following the final payment on the student loan or the assignment of the student loan, whichever occurs first, or except as otherwise required by federal law or a contract with the United States Secretary of Education under 20 U.S.C. 1087f. The commissioner may request these records from a student loan servicer and the servicer shall comply with the request not later than 5 business days after the request is received. The commissioner may, upon request, grant a student loan servicer additional time to make such records available.

Section 5. (a) If a person licensed as a student loan servicer under subsection (e) of section 2 intends to operate at any place in addition to the address on the license or plans to change the location of its place of business, the licensee shall: (i) notify the commissioner, in writing, not less than 30 days before doing so; and (ii) shall pay a fee for each additional location at a reasonable cost as determined by the commission. Such notice shall contain the address of any additional or changed location and such other information required by the commissioner. A student loan servicer license shall not be transferable or assignable.

(b) A student loan servicer shall maintain adequate records of each student loan transaction for not less than 2 years following the final payment on the student loan or the assignment of the student loan, whichever occurs first, or except as otherwise required by federal law or a contract with the United States Secretary of Education under 20 U.S.C. 1087f. The commissioner may request these records from a student loan servicer and the servicer shall comply with the request not later than 5 business days after the request is received. The commissioner may, upon request, grant a student loan servicer additional time to make such records available.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176I, sec. 3A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176I / Section 3A
Workers' compensation medical services organizations; minimum requirements
Status: in_force

Section 3A. The requirement of subsections (b) (c) and (d) of section three shall apply to organizations that furnish workers' compensation medical services through a preferred provider arrangement.

Section 3A. The requirement of subsections (b) (c) and (d) of section three shall apply to organizations that furnish workers' compensation medical services through a preferred provider arrangement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 212 / Section 20
Civil and criminal business; separation; jurors
Status: in_force

Section 20. Except as provided in section twenty-nine, in counties in which separate sittings of the court are established for civil and criminal business, criminal cases only shall be tried by jury at the criminal sittings, and civil cases only at the civil sittings; but jurors summoned for either civil or criminal business may by order of the court be used interchangeably for either civil or criminal business as occasion may require.

Section 20. Except as provided in section twenty-nine, in counties in which separate sittings of the court are established for civil and criminal business, criminal cases only shall be tried by jury at the criminal sittings, and civil cases only at the civil sittings; but jurors summoned for either civil or criminal business may by order of the court be used interchangeably for either civil or criminal business as occasion may require.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 22 / Section 1
Office established
Status: in_force

Section 1. There shall be an office of public safety and inspections within the division of occupational licensure under the supervision and control of the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure public safety.

Section 1. There shall be an office of public safety and inspections within the division of occupational licensure under the supervision and control of the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure public safety.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 262 / Section 18
Officers; duty to specify items of fees
Status: in_force

Section 18. An officer receiving fees for any official duty or service, who, upon request of the person paying them, refuses or neglects to make out in writing in his return a particular account of such fees, specifying for what they respectively accrued, shall forfeit to such person three times the amount so paid.

Section 18. An officer receiving fees for any official duty or service, who, upon request of the person paying them, refuses or neglects to make out in writing in his return a particular account of such fees, specifying for what they respectively accrued, shall forfeit to such person three times the amount so paid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15EEEEEE — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15EEEEEE
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
Status: in_force

Section 15EEEEEE. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of May as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month to increase public awareness and understanding of cystic fibrosis as a progressive, genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections and limits a person's ability to breathe over time. The proclamation shall recommend that the month of May be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15EEEEEE. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of May as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month to increase public awareness and understanding of cystic fibrosis as a progressive, genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections and limits a person's ability to breathe over time. The proclamation shall recommend that the month of May be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 6
Cemetery corporations; cremation
Status: in_force

Section 6. Such corporation may cremate bodies of the dead, and may provide necessary buildings and appliances therefor and for the disposition of the ashes of the dead on any land within its cemetery which the department of environmental protection determines is suitable therefor, subject to the provisions of section forty-three D, and such buildings and appliances shall be a part of the cemetery and be dedicated to the burial of the dead, and shall be held by said corporations subject to the duties, and with the privileges and immunities, which they now have by law.

Section 6. Such corporation may cremate bodies of the dead, and may provide necessary buildings and appliances therefor and for the disposition of the ashes of the dead on any land within its cemetery which the department of environmental protection determines is suitable therefor, subject to the provisions of section forty-three D, and such buildings and appliances shall be a part of the cemetery and be dedicated to the burial of the dead, and shall be held by said corporations subject to the duties, and with the privileges and immunities, which they now have by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 64 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 64
Failure to answer or to amend or expunge answer
Status: in_force

Section 64. If a party interrogated fails to answer interrogatories, or to amend or expunge an answer or part of an answer as ordered, the court may make and enter such order, judgment or decree as justice requires except that judgment shall not be entered because of the failure of the party interrogated to answer interrogatories until five days after written notice that such judgment will be entered has been sent by the clerk of the court to said party interrogated, or his attorney of record.

Section 64. If a party interrogated fails to answer interrogatories, or to amend or expunge an answer or part of an answer as ordered, the court may make and enter such order, judgment or decree as justice requires except that judgment shall not be entered because of the failure of the party interrogated to answer interrogatories until five days after written notice that such judgment will be entered has been sent by the clerk of the court to said party interrogated, or his attorney of record.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 80, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 80 / Section 17
Application of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 17. Whenever a formal vote or order for the laying out or construction of a public improvement, or for the taking of land therefor, states that betterments are to be assessed, no betterments shall be assessed except under this chapter or chapter eighty A, and all proceedings relating to such betterments shall be as herein or therein provided, notwithstanding any special act hitherto enacted.

Section 17. Whenever a formal vote or order for the laying out or construction of a public improvement, or for the taking of land therefor, states that betterments are to be assessed, no betterments shall be assessed except under this chapter or chapter eighty A, and all proceedings relating to such betterments shall be as herein or therein provided, notwithstanding any special act hitherto enacted.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 86I — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 86I
Public speaking engagements; inmates of county correctional facilities
Status: in_force

Section 86I. The administrator of a county correctional facility may permit an inmate to leave such facility in order to address a public gathering, provided that the administrator receives a request in writing from the sponsor of the public gathering desiring such an address, the inmate is selected after a careful screening process, the inmate leaves the facility in the custody of an officer or employee of the facility and remains in such custody until returned to the facility by said officer or employee, and the sponsor of the public gathering bears the cost of transportation for the inmate and officer. An inmate shall, at all times during his absence from a correctional facility under this section, be considered as in the custody of the officer having charge of the correctional facility, and the time away from the facility shall be considered as part of the term of the sentence.

Section 86I. The administrator of a county correctional facility may permit an inmate to leave such facility in order to address a public gathering, provided that the administrator receives a request in writing from the sponsor of the public gathering desiring such an address, the inmate is selected after a careful screening process, the inmate leaves the facility in the custody of an officer or employee of the facility and remains in such custody until returned to the facility by said officer or employee, and the sponsor of the public gathering bears the cost of transportation for the inmate and officer.

An inmate shall, at all times during his absence from a correctional facility under this section, be considered as in the custody of the officer having charge of the correctional facility, and the time away from the facility shall be considered as part of the term of the sentence.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 41
Contents of ballot for proposed measure
Status: in_force

Section 41. The ballots used when voting upon a proposed measure under section thirty-nine or forty, or a measure or part thereof protested against under the following section, shall contain only a fair, concise summary of the measure, as determined by the city solicitor, which shall follow the question, ''Do you approve of a measure summarized below?''

Section 41. The ballots used when voting upon a proposed measure under section thirty-nine or forty, or a measure or part thereof protested against under the following section, shall contain only a fair, concise summary of the measure, as determined by the city solicitor, which shall follow the question, ''Do you approve of a measure summarized below?''
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, sec. 10A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 25A / Section 10A
Competitive bidding procedure for municipal green communities
Status: in_force

Section 10A. The division shall design and implement a competitive bidding procedure for the procurement of electric generation from renewable and alternative generating facilities on behalf of municipalities certified as green communities under section 10. Any competitive bids received shall include payment options with rates that remain uniform for a minimum of 5 years. In lieu of designing and implementing a competitive bidding process as required by this section, the director may become a member of programs organized and administered by the Health and Educational Facilities Authority or its subsidiary organization for the purpose of such competitive group purchasing of electricity.

Section 10A. The division shall design and implement a competitive bidding procedure for the procurement of electric generation from renewable and alternative generating facilities on behalf of municipalities certified as green communities under section 10. Any competitive bids received shall include payment options with rates that remain uniform for a minimum of 5 years. In lieu of designing and implementing a competitive bidding process as required by this section, the director may become a member of programs organized and administered by the Health and Educational Facilities Authority or its subsidiary organization for the purpose of such competitive group purchasing of electricity.