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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 113G — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 113G
Officers, directors and employees of company issuing or executing motor vehicle liability policies or bonds; financial interest in companies or agencies; restrictions
Status: in_force

Section 113G. No officer, director or employee of a domestic company formed under section forty-eight A after November first, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine which obtains a certificate under section thirty-two and commences to issue motor vehicle liability policies, as defined in section thirty-four A of chapter ninety, or to execute motor vehicle liability bonds, as defined in said section thirty-four A, shall be or act as insurance agent of such company, or be an officer, director, stockholder or employee of, or be directly or indirectly financially interested in, or directly or indirectly receive any financial benefit from, any insurance agency of such company or any concern, except a bank or trust company under the supervision of the commissioner of banks or a national banking association, whose business includes the financing of payment of premiums on such policies or bonds issued or executed by such company; provided, that nothing herein shall prohibit an insurance agent of any such company from financing the payment of premiums on any such policy or bond issued or executed by such company, or prevent any such company from carrying on the business authorized by section one hundred and ninety-three B or prohibit any officer, director or employee of such company from participating in the carrying on of such business by such company in accordance with said section.

Section 113G. No officer, director or employee of a domestic company formed under section forty-eight A after November first, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine which obtains a certificate under section thirty-two and commences to issue motor vehicle liability policies, as defined in section thirty-four A of chapter ninety, or to execute motor vehicle liability bonds, as defined in said section thirty-four A, shall be or act as insurance agent of such company, or be an officer, director, stockholder or employee of, or be directly or indirectly financially interested in, or directly or indirectly receive any financial benefit from, any insurance agency of such company or any concern, except a bank or trust company under the supervision of the commissioner of banks or a national banking association, whose business includes the financing of payment of premiums on such policies or bonds issued or executed by such company; provided, that nothing herein shall prohibit an insurance agent of any such company from financing the payment of premiums on any such policy or bond issued or executed by such company, or prevent any such company from carrying on the business authorized by section one hundred and ninety-three B or prohibit any officer, director or employee of such company from participating in the carrying on of such business by such company in accordance with said section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 130 / Section 43
Conditions for taking or possession of egg-bearing lobsters; rearing and liberating of young; disposition of lobsters
Status: in_force

Section 43. Between March first and October thirty-first, both dates inclusive, in any year, the director may authorize the taking or possession of egg-bearing lobsters by any person licensed under section thirty-eight to catch or take lobsters and edible crabs, upon the condition that such egg-bearing lobsters shall be taken, held or delivered in accordance with the instructions of the director to a plant for the propagation of lobsters established and maintained for rearing them from the time of hatching to the bottom crawling stages or for such other disposition as the director may deem for the best interests of the commonwealth. If the eggs from the lobsters so obtained shall be hatched the young therefrom shall be reared to the bottom crawling stages. Lobsters from which eggs have been so hatched, and the young lobsters so reared, shall be liberated, as nearly as possible, in the areas from which such egg-bearing lobsters were obtained and in the same proportion. Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prevent the director from otherwise disposing of lobsters from which eggs have been so removed, or young lobsters so reared, when in the opinion of the director by so doing depleted or non-productive areas may be benefited.

Section 43. Between March first and October thirty-first, both dates inclusive, in any year, the director may authorize the taking or possession of egg-bearing lobsters by any person licensed under section thirty-eight to catch or take lobsters and edible crabs, upon the condition that such egg-bearing lobsters shall be taken, held or delivered in accordance with the instructions of the director to a plant for the propagation of lobsters established and maintained for rearing them from the time of hatching to the bottom crawling stages or for such other disposition as the director may deem for the best interests of the commonwealth. If the eggs from the lobsters so obtained shall be hatched the young therefrom shall be reared to the bottom crawling stages. Lobsters from which eggs have been so hatched, and the young lobsters so reared, shall be liberated, as nearly as possible, in the areas from which such egg-bearing lobsters were obtained and in the same proportion. Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prevent the director from otherwise disposing of lobsters from which eggs have been so removed, or young lobsters so reared, when in the opinion of the director by so doing depleted or non-productive areas may be benefited.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 230, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 230 / Section 7
Attachments; permission of probate court required
Status: in_force

Section 7. The real and personal property of a deceased person shall not be attached on mesne process in an action upon a debt due from, or upon a claim against, the deceased, except upon the permission of the probate court for the county where the executor or administrator of the deceased person was appointed. This section shall not apply to actions brought under section twenty-nine of chapter one hundred and ninety-seven.

Section 7. The real and personal property of a deceased person shall not be attached on mesne process in an action upon a debt due from, or upon a claim against, the deceased, except upon the permission of the probate court for the county where the executor or administrator of the deceased person was appointed. This section shall not apply to actions brought under section twenty-nine of chapter one hundred and ninety-seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 132 / Section 1
Director of the division of forests and parks; duties
Status: in_force

Section 1. The director of the division of forests and parks, in this chapter called the forester, in the department of environmental management, in this chapter called the department, shall promote the perpetuation, extension and proper management of the public and private forest lands of the commonwealth; shall give such a course of instruction to the students of the University of Massachusetts on the art and science of forestry as may be arranged by the trustees of the university and the forester; and shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the governor.

Section 1. The director of the division of forests and parks, in this chapter called the forester, in the department of environmental management, in this chapter called the department, shall promote the perpetuation, extension and proper management of the public and private forest lands of the commonwealth; shall give such a course of instruction to the students of the University of Massachusetts on the art and science of forestry as may be arranged by the trustees of the university and the forester; and shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the governor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 91 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 91
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
Status: in_force

Section 91. Actions and prosecutions under this chapter shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be commenced within two years after the time when the cause of action accrued or the offence was committed.

Section 91. Actions and prosecutions under this chapter shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be commenced within two years after the time when the cause of action accrued or the offence was committed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128C, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128C / Section 3
Commingling of pari-mutuel pools; rules
Status: repealed

[ Text of section effective until December 15, 2027. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 41. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; 2021, 27, Sec. 14; 2022, 128, Sec. 14; 2023, 26, Sec. 20; and 2025, 73, Sec. 73. Expiration of section does not take effect. See 1992, 101, Sec. 13 as amended by 1995, 268, Sec. 20; 1999, 163, Sec. 12; 2000, 354, Sec. 14; 2001, 25, Sec. 1; 2001, 54, Sec. 4; 2001, 70, Sec. 4; 2001, 95, Sec. 4; 2001, 108, Sec. 4; 2001, 121, Sec. 4; 2001, 139, Sec. 39; 2005, 176, Sec. 12; 2006, 54, Sec. 11; 2006, 449, Secs. 18 and 21; 2008, 290, Sec. 11; 2009, 167, Sec. 11; 2010, 203, Sec. 11 and 2011, 77, Sec. 11 and as repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 83.] Section 3. All wagers on simulcast races accepted by a racing meeting licensee within the commonwealth or by a pari-mutuel licensee in another jurisdiction when such licensee is operating as a guest track shall be included in the pari-mutuel pool of the racing meeting licensee which conducts the live race, unless the commission approves a different procedure. The commission shall promulgate rules as are necessary to facilitate the commingling of pari-mutuel pools, to ensure the proper calculations and distributions of payments and takeouts on such wagers and to regulate the distribution of net proceeds as provided in this chapter.

[ Text of section effective until December 15, 2027. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 41. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; 2021, 27, Sec. 14; 2022, 128, Sec. 14; 2023, 26, Sec. 20; and 2025, 73, Sec. 73. Expiration of section does not take effect. See 1992, 101, Sec. 13 as amended by 1995, 268, Sec. 20; 1999, 163, Sec. 12; 2000, 354, Sec. 14; 2001, 25, Sec. 1; 2001, 54, Sec. 4; 2001, 70, Sec. 4; 2001, 95, Sec. 4; 2001, 108, Sec. 4; 2001, 121, Sec. 4; 2001, 139, Sec. 39; 2005, 176, Sec. 12; 2006, 54, Sec. 11; 2006, 449, Secs. 18 and 21; 2008, 290, Sec. 11; 2009, 167, Sec. 11; 2010, 203, Sec. 11 and 2011, 77, Sec. 11 and as repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 83.]

Section 3. All wagers on simulcast races accepted by a racing meeting licensee within the commonwealth or by a pari-mutuel licensee in another jurisdiction when such licensee is operating as a guest track shall be included in the pari-mutuel pool of the racing meeting licensee which conducts the live race, unless the commission approves a different procedure.

The commission shall promulgate rules as are necessary to facilitate the commingling of pari-mutuel pools, to ensure the proper calculations and distributions of payments and takeouts on such wagers and to regulate the distribution of net proceeds as provided in this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 76, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 76 / Section 10
Settlements of accounts between towns and department of public welfare, etc.
Status: in_force

Section 10. Settlements of the accounts of the several towns under the three preceding sections with the commonwealth and with Boston shall be made annually on July first, and the amounts found due shall be paid within three months thereafter.

Section 10. Settlements of the accounts of the several towns under the three preceding sections with the commonwealth and with Boston shall be made annually on July first, and the amounts found due shall be paid within three months thereafter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 62O — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 62O
Accounts and books of treasurer; inspection by trustees
Status: in_force

Section 62O. The accounts and books of the treasurer shall at all times be open to the inspection of the trustees.

Section 62O. The accounts and books of the treasurer shall at all times be open to the inspection of the trustees.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 62 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 62
Property received by officer; disposal; proceeds
Status: in_force

Section 62. Property received by an officer under either of the two preceding sections shall be sold and disposed of as if it had been taken on execution, except that from the proceeds of the sale the officer shall repay to the attaching creditor the amount paid by him to the trustee for the redemption of the property, with interest thereon, or shall indemnify the creditor for any other act or thing by him done or performed pursuant to the order of the court for the redemption of the property.

Section 62. Property received by an officer under either of the two preceding sections shall be sold and disposed of as if it had been taken on execution, except that from the proceeds of the sale the officer shall repay to the attaching creditor the amount paid by him to the trustee for the redemption of the property, with interest thereon, or shall indemnify the creditor for any other act or thing by him done or performed pursuant to the order of the court for the redemption of the property.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 5G — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 5G
Municipal waterways improvement and maintenance funds
Status: in_force

Section 5G. A city or town may establish a municipal waterways improvement and maintenance fund to receive revenue under subsection (i) of section 2 of chapter 60B and under section 10A of chapter 91 and sums received from the commonwealth or the federal government, and may appropriate monies in said fund for (1) maintenance, dredging, cleaning and improvement of harbors, inland waters and great ponds of the commonwealth, (2) the public access thereto, (3) the breakwaters, retaining walls, piers, wharves and moorings thereof, and (4) law enforcement and fire prevention.

Section 5G. A city or town may establish a municipal waterways improvement and maintenance fund to receive revenue under subsection (i) of section 2 of chapter 60B and under section 10A of chapter 91 and sums received from the commonwealth or the federal government, and may appropriate monies in said fund for (1) maintenance, dredging, cleaning and improvement of harbors, inland waters and great ponds of the commonwealth, (2) the public access thereto, (3) the breakwaters, retaining walls, piers, wharves and moorings thereof, and (4) law enforcement and fire prevention.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 35, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 35 / Section 13
Filing of bills
Status: in_force

Section 13. Bills, vouchers and other evidences of county indebtedness shall be carefully filed and safely kept by the treasurer, so as to be accessible for future reference.

Section 13. Bills, vouchers and other evidences of county indebtedness shall be carefully filed and safely kept by the treasurer, so as to be accessible for future reference.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 195 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 195
Baggage stored over week end
Status: in_force

Section 195. No charge shall be made by railroad corporations for the care or storage of baggage left at or arriving in railroad stations upon Friday, for the period of time between Friday and twelve o'clock noon of the following Monday.

Section 195. No charge shall be made by railroad corporations for the care or storage of baggage left at or arriving in railroad stations upon Friday, for the period of time between Friday and twelve o'clock noon of the following Monday.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 58
Duties; notice of condition of appropriations; record of appropriations
Status: in_force

Section 58. Whenever any appropriation shall have been expended or whenever, in the judgment of the town accountant, it appears that the liabilities incurred against any appropriation may be in excess of the unexpended balance thereof, he shall immediately notify the selectmen and the board, committee, head of department or officer authorized to make expenditures therefrom, and no claim against such appropriation shall be allowed nor any further liability incurred until the town makes provision for its payment. The town accountant shall, at regular intervals and as often at least as once each month, send to the selectmen and to each board, committee, head of department or officer having the disbursement of an appropriation a statement of the amount of orders approved and warrants drawn on behalf of said board, department or officer during the preceding month, and a statement of the balance of such appropriation remaining subject to draft. Each head of a department, board or committee authorized to expend money shall furnish the town accountant, at the close of the financial year, a list of bills remaining unpaid, showing to whom and for what due, and their amounts; and the town accountant shall incorporate the same in his annual report covering the financial transactions of the town, as provided by section sixty-one.

Section 58. Whenever any appropriation shall have been expended or whenever, in the judgment of the town accountant, it appears that the liabilities incurred against any appropriation may be in excess of the unexpended balance thereof, he shall immediately notify the selectmen and the board, committee, head of department or officer authorized to make expenditures therefrom, and no claim against such appropriation shall be allowed nor any further liability incurred until the town makes provision for its payment. The town accountant shall, at regular intervals and as often at least as once each month, send to the selectmen and to each board, committee, head of department or officer having the disbursement of an appropriation a statement of the amount of orders approved and warrants drawn on behalf of said board, department or officer during the preceding month, and a statement of the balance of such appropriation remaining subject to draft. Each head of a department, board or committee authorized to expend money shall furnish the town accountant, at the close of the financial year, a list of bills remaining unpaid, showing to whom and for what due, and their amounts; and the town accountant shall incorporate the same in his annual report covering the financial transactions of the town, as provided by section sixty-one.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 155 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 155
Specifications as to work and wages for weavers, frame tenders, warpers, web drawers and operatives paid by the pound
Status: in_force

Section 155. The occupier or manager of every cotton factory shall supply to each person engaged as a weaver in said factory and paid by the piece, cut or yard a printed or written ticket with each warp which shall contain the following specifications as to the work to be done and wages paid: the number of cuts, the number of yards per cut or piece, the price per yard, cut or piece, the number of picks per inch and the number of reeds to the inch. Said occupier or manager shall also supply to each person engaged as a frame tender a specification of the number of roving and price per hank, and to each person engaged as a warper or web drawer a specification of the number of threads in the warp and the rate of compensation, and to each operative paid by the pound a specification of the price to be paid per pound; said specification shall be furnished in each case on a printed or written ticket within three days after said operative begins work.

Section 155. The occupier or manager of every cotton factory shall supply to each person engaged as a weaver in said factory and paid by the piece, cut or yard a printed or written ticket with each warp which shall contain the following specifications as to the work to be done and wages paid: the number of cuts, the number of yards per cut or piece, the price per yard, cut or piece, the number of picks per inch and the number of reeds to the inch. Said occupier or manager shall also supply to each person engaged as a frame tender a specification of the number of roving and price per hank, and to each person engaged as a warper or web drawer a specification of the number of threads in the warp and the rate of compensation, and to each operative paid by the pound a specification of the price to be paid per pound; said specification shall be furnished in each case on a printed or written ticket within three days after said operative begins work.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 212 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 212
Tanning facilities; promotional material; liability not affected by warnings; report of injuries
Status: in_force

Section 212. No tanning facility shall claim or distribute promotional material that claims that use of a tanning device is safe and free from risk. The liability of a tanning facility operator or the manufacturer of a tanning device shall not be affected by the giving of the warnings required by section two hundred and nine. A tanning facility shall send a written report of any injury or complaint of injury to the board of health with a copy to the complainant or injured person. The board shall retain said report for a period of at least one year from the date of receipt thereof and shall allow public inspection thereof.

Section 212. No tanning facility shall claim or distribute promotional material that claims that use of a tanning device is safe and free from risk. The liability of a tanning facility operator or the manufacturer of a tanning device shall not be affected by the giving of the warnings required by section two hundred and nine.

A tanning facility shall send a written report of any injury or complaint of injury to the board of health with a copy to the complainant or injured person. The board shall retain said report for a period of at least one year from the date of receipt thereof and shall allow public inspection thereof.