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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 69 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 69
Taxation; purposes
Status: in_force

Section 69. Such districts may, at meetings called therefor, raise money by taxation for the purchase of engines and other articles necessary for the extinguishment of fires, for hydrant and water service, for the purchase of land, for the erection and repairs of necessary buildings, for the erection and maintenance of street lamps within their limits, for the purchase, operation and maintenance of ambulances, for the payment of a proper charge of an insurance company for acting as surety on an official bond which may be given to such district by any of its officers, and for other incidental expenses of the fire department. The prudential committee of such district may accept an insurance company as sufficient surety upon such bond.

Section 69. Such districts may, at meetings called therefor, raise money by taxation for the purchase of engines and other articles necessary for the extinguishment of fires, for hydrant and water service, for the purchase of land, for the erection and repairs of necessary buildings, for the erection and maintenance of street lamps within their limits, for the purchase, operation and maintenance of ambulances, for the payment of a proper charge of an insurance company for acting as surety on an official bond which may be given to such district by any of its officers, and for other incidental expenses of the fire department. The prudential committee of such district may accept an insurance company as sufficient surety upon such bond.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 171, sec. 32A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 171 / Section 32A
Acceptance of funeral trust account
Status: in_force

Section 32A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a credit union may accept a funeral trust account, as defined in regulations promulgated by the board of registration in embalming and funeral directing.

Section 32A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a credit union may accept a funeral trust account, as defined in regulations promulgated by the board of registration in embalming and funeral directing.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150A, sec. 5A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150A / Section 5A
Agricultural workers; representatives
Status: in_force

Section 5A. In the case of a person engaged in agriculture, as hereinafter defined, and having a permanent hired work force of more than four agricultural workers who are not members of his family, the provisions of section five shall apply; provided that only the employer unit shall be deemed appropriate for collective bargaining purposes; and provided further that nothing in this section nor in said section five shall be construed as constituting authority for any action or proceeding to nullify, amend or otherwise modify any contract or agreement, or any provision thereof, which is reached by any such person for the seasonal employment of agricultural workers with the official sanction either of the government of any territorial possession of the United States or of the United States department of labor. As used in this section, the term ''agriculture'' includes horticulture, floriculture and any other commercial enterprise involving the production of food or fiber.

Section 5A. In the case of a person engaged in agriculture, as hereinafter defined, and having a permanent hired work force of more than four agricultural workers who are not members of his family, the provisions of section five shall apply; provided that only the employer unit shall be deemed appropriate for collective bargaining purposes; and provided further that nothing in this section nor in said section five shall be construed as constituting authority for any action or proceeding to nullify, amend or otherwise modify any contract or agreement, or any provision thereof, which is reached by any such person for the seasonal employment of agricultural workers with the official sanction either of the government of any territorial possession of the United States or of the United States department of labor. As used in this section, the term ''agriculture'' includes horticulture, floriculture and any other commercial enterprise involving the production of food or fiber.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93E, sec. 3A — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93E / Section 3A
Required promotions, give-aways, rebates, etc.; prohibition
Status: in_force

Section 3A. No agreement, formal or informal, shall require the use of any promotion, premium, coupon, give-away, or rebate in the operation of the business; provided, however, that a retail dealer may participate in a promotion, premium, coupon, give-away, or rebate sponsored by a supplier and completely paid for by said supplier, or unless said dealer elects to participate at his own expense.

Section 3A. No agreement, formal or informal, shall require the use of any promotion, premium, coupon, give-away, or rebate in the operation of the business; provided, however, that a retail dealer may participate in a promotion, premium, coupon, give-away, or rebate sponsored by a supplier and completely paid for by said supplier, or unless said dealer elects to participate at his own expense.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 36 / Section 12
Place of record
Status: in_force

Section 12. Every deed and other instrument required to be recorded in the registry of deeds shall be recorded in the registry of deeds for the district where the land lies to which such deed or instrument relates; and in all things relating to the register or registry of deeds, each district therefor shall be deemed a county.

Section 12. Every deed and other instrument required to be recorded in the registry of deeds shall be recorded in the registry of deeds for the district where the land lies to which such deed or instrument relates; and in all things relating to the register or registry of deeds, each district therefor shall be deemed a county.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 129 / Section 10
Examination of persons under oath; mandatory attendance and testimony of witnesses
Status: in_force

Section 10. The director may examine on oath all persons who are believed to possess knowledge of material facts relative to the existence or dissemination, or danger of dissemination, of contagious diseases among domestic animals, or relative to any other matter within the provisions of this chapter, and, for the purposes of this chapter, shall have all the powers vested in justices of the peace by chapters two hundred and twenty-two and two hundred and thirty-three to take depositions, to compel witnesses to attend and testify before him and to administer oaths. Witnesses shall receive the same fees for attendance and travel as witnesses before the courts. The expense of procuring the attendance of such witnesses shall be paid by the commonwealth. Copies of the records of the division, or of any order, rule or regulation issued by the director, if duly certified by the clerk, and any certificate by the clerk of the issuing, recording, delivering or publishing of such orders, rules or regulations under this chapter, shall be competent evidence of such fact in any tribunal.

Section 10. The director may examine on oath all persons who are believed to possess knowledge of material facts relative to the existence or dissemination, or danger of dissemination, of contagious diseases among domestic animals, or relative to any other matter within the provisions of this chapter, and, for the purposes of this chapter, shall have all the powers vested in justices of the peace by chapters two hundred and twenty-two and two hundred and thirty-three to take depositions, to compel witnesses to attend and testify before him and to administer oaths. Witnesses shall receive the same fees for attendance and travel as witnesses before the courts. The expense of procuring the attendance of such witnesses shall be paid by the commonwealth. Copies of the records of the division, or of any order, rule or regulation issued by the director, if duly certified by the clerk, and any certificate by the clerk of the issuing, recording, delivering or publishing of such orders, rules or regulations under this chapter, shall be competent evidence of such fact in any tribunal.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 16
Street sprinkling
Status: in_force

Section 16. A town may sprinkle or spread upon its public ways, or parts thereof, any liquid or material suitable for laying or preventing dust and preserving the surface of such ways or for sanitary purposes, may appropriate money therefor, and determine that with respect to the whole or any part of such ways the whole or any part of such expense shall be assessed upon the estates abutting thereon.

Section 16. A town may sprinkle or spread upon its public ways, or parts thereof, any liquid or material suitable for laying or preventing dust and preserving the surface of such ways or for sanitary purposes, may appropriate money therefor, and determine that with respect to the whole or any part of such ways the whole or any part of such expense shall be assessed upon the estates abutting thereon.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 58
Domestic stock companies; duties of directors
Status: in_force

Section 58. The board of directors shall annually choose by ballot a president, who shall be a member of the board, a secretary, and, if the by-laws so provide, a treasurer, who may also be the president or secretary, and such other officers as the by-laws may provide. They shall at each annual meeting of the company submit a full statement of the transactions of the company during the previous year and of its financial condition.

Section 58. The board of directors shall annually choose by ballot a president, who shall be a member of the board, a secretary, and, if the by-laws so provide, a treasurer, who may also be the president or secretary, and such other officers as the by-laws may provide.

They shall at each annual meeting of the company submit a full statement of the transactions of the company during the previous year and of its financial condition.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121A, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 121A / Section 4
Rules and regulations of housing boards; standards for project plans; variations
Status: in_force

Section 4. The housing board in consultation with the secretary of economic development, may make, and from time to time amend, reasonable rules and regulations in regard to the procedure for securing the approval of projects under this chapter and for the financing, construction, management and maintenance of such projects. The housing board may, for the guidance of the proponents of a project, fix general standards to which the plans of such a project shall conform. Variations from such standards may be allowed for the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter. Such standards may contain provisions more restrictive than those imposed by applicable planning, zoning, health and building laws, ordinances, by-laws and regulations.

Section 4. The housing board in consultation with the secretary of economic development, may make, and from time to time amend, reasonable rules and regulations in regard to the procedure for securing the approval of projects under this chapter and for the financing, construction, management and maintenance of such projects. The housing board may, for the guidance of the proponents of a project, fix general standards to which the plans of such a project shall conform. Variations from such standards may be allowed for the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter. Such standards may contain provisions more restrictive than those imposed by applicable planning, zoning, health and building laws, ordinances, by-laws and regulations.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 13
Fire engines; wanton or malicious injury
Status: in_force

Section 13. Whoever wantonly or maliciously injures a fire engine or other fire apparatus shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years, and shall be further ordered to recognize with sufficient surety or sureties for his good behavior during such term as the court shall order.

Section 13. Whoever wantonly or maliciously injures a fire engine or other fire apparatus shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years, and shall be further ordered to recognize with sufficient surety or sureties for his good behavior during such term as the court shall order.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 126 / Section 18
Compensation and duties of officers and assistants
Status: in_force

Section 18. The compensation of all officers, assistants and employees of jails and houses of correction shall be paid by their respective counties, and shall be in full compensation for all their services. They shall devote their entire time, not exceeding the time limited by section forty of chapter one hundred and forty-nine, to the performance of their duties, unless released therefrom by the county commissioners.

Section 18. The compensation of all officers, assistants and employees of jails and houses of correction shall be paid by their respective counties, and shall be in full compensation for all their services. They shall devote their entire time, not exceeding the time limited by section forty of chapter one hundred and forty-nine, to the performance of their duties, unless released therefrom by the county commissioners.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 135 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 135
National guard; representation at conventions
Status: in_force

Section 135. The adjutant general may appoint delegates from the National Guard Association of Massachusetts, Inc. to represent the national guard, army and air, of the commonwealth at the annual conventions of the National Guard Association of the United States. Said adjutant general may also appoint delegates from the Massachusetts National Guard Enlisted Association to attend the annual conventions of the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States. The necessary expenses of the delegates so appointed from the active national guard, army or air, may be paid out of military appropriations; provided, however, that no more than a total of thirty delegates shall be appointed annually to attend said conventions; and provided, further, that at no time shall the total amount of expenses paid to any delegate so appointed exceed the rate determined by the human resources division.

Section 135. The adjutant general may appoint delegates from the National Guard Association of Massachusetts, Inc. to represent the national guard, army and air, of the commonwealth at the annual conventions of the National Guard Association of the United States. Said adjutant general may also appoint delegates from the Massachusetts National Guard Enlisted Association to attend the annual conventions of the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States. The necessary expenses of the delegates so appointed from the active national guard, army or air, may be paid out of military appropriations; provided, however, that no more than a total of thirty delegates shall be appointed annually to attend said conventions; and provided, further, that at no time shall the total amount of expenses paid to any delegate so appointed exceed the rate determined by the human resources division.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118, sec. 4B — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118 / Section 4B
New Chardon street shelter; continued assistance for eligible families; sliding scale system of fees
Status: in_force

Section 4B. The department shall continue to provide assistance to families who are otherwise eligible for such assistance under the provisions of section two and who are temporarily making their residence at the New Chardon street shelter in the city of Boston administered by the department of children and families. Said department of children and families is further authorized and directed to establish a sliding scale system of fees for the provision of temporary housing services at the New Chardon street shelter in said city of Boston. The fee under such system for a family receiving benefits under said section two shall not exceed the food and shelter component for such benefits as established by the department of transitional assistance.

Section 4B. The department shall continue to provide assistance to families who are otherwise eligible for such assistance under the provisions of section two and who are temporarily making their residence at the New Chardon street shelter in the city of Boston administered by the department of children and families. Said department of children and families is further authorized and directed to establish a sliding scale system of fees for the provision of temporary housing services at the New Chardon street shelter in said city of Boston. The fee under such system for a family receiving benefits under said section two shall not exceed the food and shelter component for such benefits as established by the department of transitional assistance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 85 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 85
Nonapplicability of Secs. 60 to 83
Status: in_force

Section 85. Sections sixty to eighty-three, inclusive, shall not apply to the juvenile reformatories, other than the Massachusetts reformatory, or prevent minors of any age from receiving manual training or industrial education in or in connection with any school which has duly been approved by the school committee or by the department of education.

Section 85. Sections sixty to eighty-three, inclusive, shall not apply to the juvenile reformatories, other than the Massachusetts reformatory, or prevent minors of any age from receiving manual training or industrial education in or in connection with any school which has duly been approved by the school committee or by the department of education.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255, sec. 31A — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 255 / Section 31A
Spinners and others; work and materials
Status: in_force

Section 31A. A lien on account of work, labor and materials furnished in the spinning, throwing, manufacturing, bleaching, mercerizing, dyeing, printing, finishing or otherwise processing of cotton, wool, silk, artificial silk or synthetic fibers, or of leather goods or hides, or of goods of which cotton, wool, silk, artificial silk or synthetic fibers form a component part and the processing of wood, metals, paper, paperboard, plastic and plastic components and the processing of any material for use in electrical components and assembly of same covering the addition of materials and labor furnished in printing, cutting, milling, extruding, combining and sewing, as against goods in the lienor's possession, shall extend to any unpaid balance of account for work, labor and materials furnished in the course of any such process in respect of any other such goods of the same owner whereof the lienor's possession has terminated. The lien created hereby shall have priority over any title, lien, interest or encumbrance of any owner and shall not be surrendered or waived except by express written agreement of the parties involved. The word ''owner'', as used in this and in the following section, shall include a factor, consignee or other agent intrusted with the possession of the goods held under said lien or of a bill of lading consigning the same to him with authority to sell the same, and delivered by such factor, agent or consignee to the lienor for the purposes aforesaid.

Section 31A. A lien on account of work, labor and materials furnished in the spinning, throwing, manufacturing, bleaching, mercerizing, dyeing, printing, finishing or otherwise processing of cotton, wool, silk, artificial silk or synthetic fibers, or of leather goods or hides, or of goods of which cotton, wool, silk, artificial silk or synthetic fibers form a component part and the processing of wood, metals, paper, paperboard, plastic and plastic components and the processing of any material for use in electrical components and assembly of same covering the addition of materials and labor furnished in printing, cutting, milling, extruding, combining and sewing, as against goods in the lienor's possession, shall extend to any unpaid balance of account for work, labor and materials furnished in the course of any such process in respect of any other such goods of the same owner whereof the lienor's possession has terminated. The lien created hereby shall have priority over any title, lien, interest or encumbrance of any owner and shall not be surrendered or waived except by express written agreement of the parties involved. The word ''owner'', as used in this and in the following section, shall include a factor, consignee or other agent intrusted with the possession of the goods held under said lien or of a bill of lading consigning the same to him with authority to sell the same, and delivered by such factor, agent or consignee to the lienor for the purposes aforesaid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 2BBBBB — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 2BBBBB
Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund
Status: in_force

Section 2BBBBB. There shall be an Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund. There shall be credited to the fund: (i) the fees imposed under subsection (A) of section 2 of chapter 21J in the manner set forth pursuant to clause (i) of subsection (C) of said section 2 of said chapter 21J; (ii) any appropriation, grant, gift or other contribution made to the fund; and (iii) any interest earned on money in the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, for the purposes of chapter 21J. Before the calculation of the consolidated net surplus under section 5C, the comptroller shall transfer any remaining balance in the fund to the Commonwealth Transportation Fund established in section 2ZZZ.

Section 2BBBBB. There shall be an Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund. There shall be credited to the fund: (i) the fees imposed under subsection (A) of section 2 of chapter 21J in the manner set forth pursuant to clause (i) of subsection (C) of said section 2 of said chapter 21J; (ii) any appropriation, grant, gift or other contribution made to the fund; and (iii) any interest earned on money in the fund.

Amounts credited to the fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, for the purposes of chapter 21J. Before the calculation of the consolidated net surplus under section 5C, the comptroller shall transfer any remaining balance in the fund to the Commonwealth Transportation Fund established in section 2ZZZ.