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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79A, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79A / Section 10
Emergency projects; emergency approval
Status: in_force

Section 10. If a relocation plan required by section four is disapproved under section five, or approval is suspended under section nine, because the bureau determines that adequate relocation housing is not available, the taking agency may file with the bureau its certificate that the project involved is an emergency project which must be carried out in spite of the unavailability of such housing. If the bureau, after considering the foregoing and such other evidence as is deemed pertinent, determines that the project involved is an emergency project and that the public interest demands the displacement of occupants even though adequate relocation housing may be unavailable, emergency approval may be given, provided the relocation plan is satisfactory to the bureau in other respects.

Section 10. If a relocation plan required by section four is disapproved under section five, or approval is suspended under section nine, because the bureau determines that adequate relocation housing is not available, the taking agency may file with the bureau its certificate that the project involved is an emergency project which must be carried out in spite of the unavailability of such housing. If the bureau, after considering the foregoing and such other evidence as is deemed pertinent, determines that the project involved is an emergency project and that the public interest demands the displacement of occupants even though adequate relocation housing may be unavailable, emergency approval may be given, provided the relocation plan is satisfactory to the bureau in other respects.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 43
Effect of judgment against trustee
Status: in_force

Section 43. The judgment against a trustee shall acquit and discharge him from all demands by the defendant, his executor or administrator, for all goods, effects and credits paid, delivered or accounted for by the trustee by force of such judgment.

Section 43. The judgment against a trustee shall acquit and discharge him from all demands by the defendant, his executor or administrator, for all goods, effects and credits paid, delivered or accounted for by the trustee by force of such judgment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 92, sec. 68 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 92 / Section 68
Quality and price of light; fixing
Status: in_force

Section 68. The commission and any electric light, power or gas company which supplies service to the commission, whether by contract or in accordance with rates established under the provisions of sections ninety-three and ninety-four of chapter one hundred and sixty-four, shall upon complaint of the commission or upon application of the company to the department of telecommunications and energy, have the right to have any question of the quality or price of gas or electricity sold and delivered or of the service rendered determined by said department, and the provisions of sections ninety-three and ninety-four of chapter one hundred and sixty-four shall, as far as applicable, apply to the determination of such questions.

Section 68. The commission and any electric light, power or gas company which supplies service to the commission, whether by contract or in accordance with rates established under the provisions of sections ninety-three and ninety-four of chapter one hundred and sixty-four, shall upon complaint of the commission or upon application of the company to the department of telecommunications and energy, have the right to have any question of the quality or price of gas or electricity sold and delivered or of the service rendered determined by said department, and the provisions of sections ninety-three and ninety-four of chapter one hundred and sixty-four shall, as far as applicable, apply to the determination of such questions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 74, sec. 42M — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 74 / Section 42M
College and institute property; management and administration
Status: in_force

Section 42M. The trustees shall, on behalf of the commonwealth, manage and administer the college and the institute, and all property, real and personal, belonging to the commonwealth and occupied or used by said college or institute, and shall keep in repair houses, buildings and equipment so used or occupied.

Section 42M. The trustees shall, on behalf of the commonwealth, manage and administer the college and the institute, and all property, real and personal, belonging to the commonwealth and occupied or used by said college or institute, and shall keep in repair houses, buildings and equipment so used or occupied.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 7M — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 7M
Retread or recapped tires; sale; marking quality
Status: in_force

Section 7M. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale, have in his possession with intent to sell, or give away, for use on any motor vehicle or trailer, on public highways any tire which: (a) has been retreaded or recapped unless such tire has been permanently marked on both sides thereof with the word ''retread'', ''retreaded'', ''recap'' or ''recapped''; or (b) is of other than first quality unless such tire has been permanently marked on both sides thereof with a descriptive term indicating that the tire does not meet the manufacturer's standard quality or appearance specifications for such brand of tire, such as: ''blem'', ''second'', ''imperfect'' or similar appropriate descriptive term. The markings required hereunder shall be in letters at least three sixteenths of an inch in height and shall be so placed as to be plainly visible.

Section 7M. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale, have in his possession with intent to sell, or give away, for use on any motor vehicle or trailer, on public highways any tire which: (a) has been retreaded or recapped unless such tire has been permanently marked on both sides thereof with the word ''retread'', ''retreaded'', ''recap'' or ''recapped''; or (b) is of other than first quality unless such tire has been permanently marked on both sides thereof with a descriptive term indicating that the tire does not meet the manufacturer's standard quality or appearance specifications for such brand of tire, such as: ''blem'', ''second'', ''imperfect'' or similar appropriate descriptive term. The markings required hereunder shall be in letters at least three sixteenths of an inch in height and shall be so placed as to be plainly visible.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22C, sec. 57 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 22C / Section 57
Agents of humane societies and associations; appointment as special officers
Status: in_force

Section 57. The colonel may appoint, at the request of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Berkshire Animal Protective Society, Inc., the Animal Rescue League of Boston, the Boston Work Horse Relief Association, the Lowell Humane Society, the Worcester Animal Rescue League or the Animal Rescue League of New Bedford, duly accredited agents of said corporations as special state police officers to serve for one year subject to removal by the colonel. Such special state police officers shall report to him relative to their official acts as such police officers at such times and in such manner as the colonel may require; provided, however, that such officers shall remain subject to the certification requirements of the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission established in chapter 6E. They shall serve without pay, except their regular compensation as agents of said corporation. They shall receive no fees for services or return of any criminal process and shall have throughout the commonwealth the powers of constables and police officers to arrest and detain any person violating any law for the prevention of cruelty to animals.

Section 57. The colonel may appoint, at the request of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Berkshire Animal Protective Society, Inc., the Animal Rescue League of Boston, the Boston Work Horse Relief Association, the Lowell Humane Society, the Worcester Animal Rescue League or the Animal Rescue League of New Bedford, duly accredited agents of said corporations as special state police officers to serve for one year subject to removal by the colonel. Such special state police officers shall report to him relative to their official acts as such police officers at such times and in such manner as the colonel may require; provided, however, that such officers shall remain subject to the certification requirements of the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission established in chapter 6E. They shall serve without pay, except their regular compensation as agents of said corporation. They shall receive no fees for services or return of any criminal process and shall have throughout the commonwealth the powers of constables and police officers to arrest and detain any person violating any law for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 41
Payment of compensation; oath
Status: in_force

Section 41. No treasurer or other fiscal officer of any town or city shall pay any salary or compensation to any person in the service or employment of the town or city unless the payroll, bill or account for such salary or compensation shall be sworn to by the head of the department or the person immediately responsible for the appointment, employment, promotion, or transfer of the persons named therein, or, in the case of the absence or disability of the head of the department or of such person, then by a person designated by the head of the department and approved by the board of selectmen in towns, and by the mayor in cities, or by the city manager in cities operating under a Plan D or Plan E charter. Except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement, the treasurer or other fiscal officer may pay the payroll to an employee on a biweekly or semimonthly basis. A commission, committee or board of trustees in a city or town, including a city council, board of aldermen or common council in a city, may for purposes of this section designate any one of its members to make oath to a payroll, bill or account for salary or compensation of its members or employees. This provision shall not limit the responsibility of each member of any such body in the event of a noncompliance with this section.

Section 41. No treasurer or other fiscal officer of any town or city shall pay any salary or compensation to any person in the service or employment of the town or city unless the payroll, bill or account for such salary or compensation shall be sworn to by the head of the department or the person immediately responsible for the appointment, employment, promotion, or transfer of the persons named therein, or, in the case of the absence or disability of the head of the department or of such person, then by a person designated by the head of the department and approved by the board of selectmen in towns, and by the mayor in cities, or by the city manager in cities operating under a Plan D or Plan E charter. Except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement, the treasurer or other fiscal officer may pay the payroll to an employee on a biweekly or semimonthly basis. A commission, committee or board of trustees in a city or town, including a city council, board of aldermen or common council in a city, may for purposes of this section designate any one of its members to make oath to a payroll, bill or account for salary or compensation of its members or employees. This provision shall not limit the responsibility of each member of any such body in the event of a noncompliance with this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 54 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 54
Board of registration in veterinary medicine; power to make by-laws and rules; quorum
Status: in_force

Section 54. The board of registration in veterinary medicine, in sections fifty-five to sixty, inclusive, called the board, may make by-laws and rules consistent with law necessary to carry out the provisions of said sections. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, provided, however, that at any meeting concerning the revocation of a license a quorum shall be four.

Section 54. The board of registration in veterinary medicine, in sections fifty-five to sixty, inclusive, called the board, may make by-laws and rules consistent with law necessary to carry out the provisions of said sections. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, provided, however, that at any meeting concerning the revocation of a license a quorum shall be four.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 38
Tender; refusal to release land; remedies
Status: in_force

Section 38. If the debtor tenders the amount justly due for redemption, and the creditor or, in case of a sale, the purchaser does not within seven days after the tender release the land as before provided, the debtor may recover it, with costs, in an action to recover a freehold estate against the creditor or purchaser as a disseisor; but before judgment therein is entered for him, he shall bring into court for the use of the creditor or purchaser the amount so tendered.

Section 38. If the debtor tenders the amount justly due for redemption, and the creditor or, in case of a sale, the purchaser does not within seven days after the tender release the land as before provided, the debtor may recover it, with costs, in an action to recover a freehold estate against the creditor or purchaser as a disseisor; but before judgment therein is entered for him, he shall bring into court for the use of the creditor or purchaser the amount so tendered.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 143F — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 143F
Unlawful recording of motion picture in motion picture theater; punishment
Status: in_force

Section 143F. (a) Any person, in a motion picture theater while a motion picture is being exhibited, who knowingly operates an audiovisual recording function, with the intent to unlawfully record the motion picture and without the consent of the owner or lessee of the motion picture theater, shall be punished for a first offense by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 2 years or by a fine of not more than $100,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment and for a second or subsequent conviction, by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or by a fine of not more than $250,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to apply to local, state or federal law enforcement officers employing an audiovisual recording function during the lawful exercise of law enforcement duties.

Section 143F. (a) Any person, in a motion picture theater while a motion picture is being exhibited, who knowingly operates an audiovisual recording function, with the intent to unlawfully record the motion picture and without the consent of the owner or lessee of the motion picture theater, shall be punished for a first offense by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 2 years or by a fine of not more than $100,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment and for a second or subsequent conviction, by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or by a fine of not more than $250,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to apply to local, state or federal law enforcement officers employing an audiovisual recording function during the lawful exercise of law enforcement duties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 94 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 94
Owning, possessing or training fighting animals; establishing or promoting exhibition; loaning, selling or exporting fighting animals; owning or possessing animals for breeding fighting animals
Status: in_force

Section 94. Whoever: (i) owns, possesses, keeps or trains any bird, dog or other animal, with the intent that it shall be engaged in an exhibition of fighting; (ii) establishes or promotes an exhibition of the fighting of any birds, dogs or other animals; (iii) loans, sells, exports or otherwise transfers any bird, dog or other animal for the purpose of animal fighting; or (iv) owns, possesses or keeps any bird, dog or other animal for the purpose of breeding such animal with the intent that its offspring be used for animal fighting shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or in the house of correction for not more than 1 year, or by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 94. Whoever: (i) owns, possesses, keeps or trains any bird, dog or other animal, with the intent that it shall be engaged in an exhibition of fighting; (ii) establishes or promotes an exhibition of the fighting of any birds, dogs or other animals; (iii) loans, sells, exports or otherwise transfers any bird, dog or other animal for the purpose of animal fighting; or (iv) owns, possesses or keeps any bird, dog or other animal for the purpose of breeding such animal with the intent that its offspring be used for animal fighting shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or in the house of correction for not more than 1 year, or by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90F, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90F / Section 14
Registrar; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 14. The registrar may adopt any rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

Section 14. The registrar may adopt any rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 235 / Section 6
Judgment on default; several defendants
Status: in_force

Section 6. In an action against two or more defendants upon a contract express or implied, the plaintiff shall be entitled to judgment against such defendants as are defaulted and against those who upon trial are found liable, although it is found that all the defendants are not jointly liable.

Section 6. In an action against two or more defendants upon a contract express or implied, the plaintiff shall be entitled to judgment against such defendants as are defaulted and against those who upon trial are found liable, although it is found that all the defendants are not jointly liable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 58
Prices of prison-made articles
Status: in_force

Section 58. The price of all articles and materials supplied by the prisons to the commonwealth, counties, cities and towns shall conform as nearly as may be to the wholesale market rates for similar goods manufactured outside of the prisons. Any difference of opinion in regard to price may be submitted to arbitration in the manner provided in section fifty-five.

Section 58. The price of all articles and materials supplied by the prisons to the commonwealth, counties, cities and towns shall conform as nearly as may be to the wholesale market rates for similar goods manufactured outside of the prisons. Any difference of opinion in regard to price may be submitted to arbitration in the manner provided in section fifty-five.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 16A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 16A
Building, vessel or vehicle; breaking and entering with intent to commit misdemeanor
Status: in_force

Section 16A. Whoever in the nighttime or daytime breaks and enters a building, ship, vessel or vehicle with intent to commit a misdemeanor shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.

Section 16A. Whoever in the nighttime or daytime breaks and enters a building, ship, vessel or vehicle with intent to commit a misdemeanor shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 69 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 69
Expenditures by state fire marshal for work and apparatus
Status: in_force

Section 69. The state fire marshal may expend the amount annually appropriated for investigation work, for apparatus used in connection with the inspection of steam boilers and for the installation and maintenance of apparatus in the examination of engineers and firemen.

Section 69. The state fire marshal may expend the amount annually appropriated for investigation work, for apparatus used in connection with the inspection of steam boilers and for the installation and maintenance of apparatus in the examination of engineers and firemen.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 171, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 171 / Section 27
Balance sheets
Status: in_force

Section 27. Each such corporation shall prepare a balance sheet, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, which presents fairly its condition as of the last business day of its fiscal year. A copy of said balance sheet shall be made available to a depositor upon request.

Section 27. Each such corporation shall prepare a balance sheet, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, which presents fairly its condition as of the last business day of its fiscal year. A copy of said balance sheet shall be made available to a depositor upon request.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211 / Section 15
Criminal cases; hearings
Status: in_force

Section 15. The exceptions alleged at the trial of a criminal case in any county, not subject to the provisions of sections thirty-three A to thirty-three G, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and seventy-eight in accordance with said provisions or not made subject thereto by order of a justice of the superior court in accordance with section thirty-one of said chapter, may be entered and determined either at the law sitting of the supreme judicial court held for the county in which they arise, or, upon the order of the justice presiding at the trial, at the sitting of the court for the commonwealth including an adjourned sitting.

Section 15. The exceptions alleged at the trial of a criminal case in any county, not subject to the provisions of sections thirty-three A to thirty-three G, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and seventy-eight in accordance with said provisions or not made subject thereto by order of a justice of the superior court in accordance with section thirty-one of said chapter, may be entered and determined either at the law sitting of the supreme judicial court held for the county in which they arise, or, upon the order of the justice presiding at the trial, at the sitting of the court for the commonwealth including an adjourned sitting.