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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 126 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 126
Location of privy vaults
Status: in_force

Section 126. If the city council of a city, or a town having a population of more than one thousand, accepts this section, or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, no privy vault shall be constructed upon premises connected with a common or private sewer or abutting on a public or private street, court or passageway in which there is a common sewer opposite thereto, without permission in writing having first been obtained from the board of health. And if, in the opinion of said board, a privy vault so situated is injurious to the public health, it shall declare the same a nuisance and forbid its continuance, and the three preceding sections shall apply thereto.

Section 126. If the city council of a city, or a town having a population of more than one thousand, accepts this section, or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, no privy vault shall be constructed upon premises connected with a common or private sewer or abutting on a public or private street, court or passageway in which there is a common sewer opposite thereto, without permission in writing having first been obtained from the board of health. And if, in the opinion of said board, a privy vault so situated is injurious to the public health, it shall declare the same a nuisance and forbid its continuance, and the three preceding sections shall apply thereto.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 192 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 192
Enforcement of Secs. 186 to 195
Status: in_force

Section 192. The department of public health shall enforce sections one hundred and eighty-six to one hundred and ninety-five, inclusive. Local boards of health shall enforce only sections one hundred and eighty-six to one hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, as they pertain to food. Said department, after a public hearing, shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations consistent with said sections, and, except as to standards fixed by law, may adopt standards, tolerances and definitions of purity or quality or identity for articles of food, drugs or devices, and may adopt rules and regulations consistent with said section for cosmetics. Such standards, tolerances and definitions shall conform to the standards, tolerances and definitions, if any, of purity or quality or identity adopted or that may hereafter be adopted for the enforcement of the federal food, drug and cosmetic act, approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight (Title 21, USC 301 et seq., 52 Stat. 1040 et seq.), or now or hereafter adopted for the enforcement of federal law.

Section 192. The department of public health shall enforce sections one hundred and eighty-six to one hundred and ninety-five, inclusive. Local boards of health shall enforce only sections one hundred and eighty-six to one hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, as they pertain to food. Said department, after a public hearing, shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations consistent with said sections, and, except as to standards fixed by law, may adopt standards, tolerances and definitions of purity or quality or identity for articles of food, drugs or devices, and may adopt rules and regulations consistent with said section for cosmetics. Such standards, tolerances and definitions shall conform to the standards, tolerances and definitions, if any, of purity or quality or identity adopted or that may hereafter be adopted for the enforcement of the federal food, drug and cosmetic act, approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight (Title 21, USC 301 et seq., 52 Stat. 1040 et seq.), or now or hereafter adopted for the enforcement of federal law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 91, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 91 / Section 58
Arrest without warrant
Status: in_force

Section 58. Any officer qualified to serve criminal process may, within his jurisdiction, arrest without a warrant any person found in the act of committing a misdemeanor in or upon any of the rivers, harbors, bays or sounds within the commonwealth.

Section 58. Any officer qualified to serve criminal process may, within his jurisdiction, arrest without a warrant any person found in the act of committing a misdemeanor in or upon any of the rivers, harbors, bays or sounds within the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23, sec. 9P — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23 / Section 9P
Dispute resolution office
Status: in_force

Section 9P. The dispute resolution office shall consist of hearing officers, mediators, arbitrators, investigators, and other skilled professionals who shall attempt, through the use of pre-hearing investigative conferences, expedited hearings, mediation, deferral to arbitration, and other dispute resolution procedures, to resolve any labor dispute brought to the attention of the division. Such staff may be assigned to investigate labor disputes pursuant to section 11 of chapter 150E, to mediate labor disputes pursuant to section 9 of chapter 150E, to assist the joint labor-management committee in the investigation of disputes involving municipal police and fire departments, and to perform such other duties as the division may require.

Section 9P. The dispute resolution office shall consist of hearing officers, mediators, arbitrators, investigators, and other skilled professionals who shall attempt, through the use of pre-hearing investigative conferences, expedited hearings, mediation, deferral to arbitration, and other dispute resolution procedures, to resolve any labor dispute brought to the attention of the division. Such staff may be assigned to investigate labor disputes pursuant to section 11 of chapter 150E, to mediate labor disputes pursuant to section 9 of chapter 150E, to assist the joint labor-management committee in the investigation of disputes involving municipal police and fire departments, and to perform such other duties as the division may require.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 82 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 82
Taking of land
Status: in_force

Section 82. After the location of the railroad has been finally determined under the two preceding sections, the corporation may take any land within such location by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine.

Section 82. After the location of the railroad has been finally determined under the two preceding sections, the corporation may take any land within such location by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44, sec. 62 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44 / Section 62
Penalty for violation of provisions of chapter by officials
Status: in_force

Section 62. Any city, town or district officer who knowingly violates, or authorizes or directs any official or employee to violate, any provision of this chapter, or any other provision of general law relating to the incurring of liability or expenditure of public funds on account of any city, town or district, or any provision of special law relating to the incurring of liability or expenditure of public funds as aforesaid, shall, except as otherwise provided, be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both; and the mayor, selectmen, prudential committee, or commissioners, shall, and five taxpayers may, report such violation to the district attorney who shall investigate and prosecute the same.

Section 62. Any city, town or district officer who knowingly violates, or authorizes or directs any official or employee to violate, any provision of this chapter, or any other provision of general law relating to the incurring of liability or expenditure of public funds on account of any city, town or district, or any provision of special law relating to the incurring of liability or expenditure of public funds as aforesaid, shall, except as otherwise provided, be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both; and the mayor, selectmen, prudential committee, or commissioners, shall, and five taxpayers may, report such violation to the district attorney who shall investigate and prosecute the same.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185C / Section 12
Oath of office of clerks
Status: in_force

Section 12. The clerk, any temporary clerk and all assistant clerks shall be sworn; and in the case of any temporary clerk and of every assistant clerk, the oath of office shall be administered by the chief justice of the housing court department who shall, upon administering the same, forthwith make return of such act with the date thereof to the state secretary.

Section 12. The clerk, any temporary clerk and all assistant clerks shall be sworn; and in the case of any temporary clerk and of every assistant clerk, the oath of office shall be administered by the chief justice of the housing court department who shall, upon administering the same, forthwith make return of such act with the date thereof to the state secretary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 209 / Section 15
Disability of husband or wife provisions; wife of ward; joinder with guardian or conservator; sale of realty
Status: in_force

Section 15. If such guardian or conservator is licensed to sell the interest of the ward in any real estate of his wife, the wife may join with the guardian or conservator in the conveyance, and convey all her estate and interest in the granted property in like manner as she might have done by a conveyance thereof made jointly with her husband, if he had been under no legal disability.

Section 15. If such guardian or conservator is licensed to sell the interest of the ward in any real estate of his wife, the wife may join with the guardian or conservator in the conveyance, and convey all her estate and interest in the granted property in like manner as she might have done by a conveyance thereof made jointly with her husband, if he had been under no legal disability.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 123 / Section 31
Medicine and drugs; indigent patients
Status: in_force

Section 31. Medicine and drugs shall be furnished free of charge to any patient at the outpatient clinic of a facility of the department who, in the opinion of the head of the facility or his representatives, is indigent and requires them. For the purpose of this section, the determination as to whether the patient is indigent shall be final; provided, however, that all medicines and drugs furnished a patient who meets the eligibility requirements for medical assistance under chapter one hundred and eighteen E shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of that chapter.

Section 31. Medicine and drugs shall be furnished free of charge to any patient at the outpatient clinic of a facility of the department who, in the opinion of the head of the facility or his representatives, is indigent and requires them. For the purpose of this section, the determination as to whether the patient is indigent shall be final; provided, however, that all medicines and drugs furnished a patient who meets the eligibility requirements for medical assistance under chapter one hundred and eighteen E shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of that chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156 / Section 11
Approval by secretary of corporation documents; filing of articles
Status: in_force

Section 11. The articles of organization and the agreement of association shall be submitted to the secretary who shall examine them and who may require such amendment thereof or such additional information as he deems necessary. If he finds that the provisions of law relative to the organization of the corporation have been complied with, he shall endorse his approval on the articles. Thereupon, the articles shall, upon payment of the fee provided by section fifty-three, be filed in the office of the state secretary.

Section 11. The articles of organization and the agreement of association shall be submitted to the secretary who shall examine them and who may require such amendment thereof or such additional information as he deems necessary. If he finds that the provisions of law relative to the organization of the corporation have been complied with, he shall endorse his approval on the articles. Thereupon, the articles shall, upon payment of the fee provided by section fifty-three, be filed in the office of the state secretary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151A, sec. 53 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151A / Section 53
Unclaimed balance in benefit account
Status: in_force

Section 53. Any balance of moneys requisitioned from the Unemployment Trust Fund which remains unclaimed or unpaid in the benefit account after the expiration of the period for which such sums were requisitioned shall either be deducted from estimates for, and may be utilized for the payment of, benefits during succeeding periods, or, in the discretion of the commissioner, shall be redeposited by the state treasurer with the secretary of the treasury of the United States of America, to the credit of the account of the commonwealth in the Unemployment Compensation Fund.

Section 53. Any balance of moneys requisitioned from the Unemployment Trust Fund which remains unclaimed or unpaid in the benefit account after the expiration of the period for which such sums were requisitioned shall either be deducted from estimates for, and may be utilized for the payment of, benefits during succeeding periods, or, in the discretion of the commissioner, shall be redeposited by the state treasurer with the secretary of the treasury of the United States of America, to the credit of the account of the commonwealth in the Unemployment Compensation Fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 3
Inspections and investigations
Status: in_force

Section 3. The inspection and investigation carried on by the attorney general shall be a regular and systematic inspection and investigation of all places of employment, other than places of employment of persons engaged in domestic service in the home of the employer, and the conditions of safety and health pertaining thereto.

Section 3. The inspection and investigation carried on by the attorney general shall be a regular and systematic inspection and investigation of all places of employment, other than places of employment of persons engaged in domestic service in the home of the employer, and the conditions of safety and health pertaining thereto.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 30C — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 30C
Termination of druggist's license upon cessation of business
Status: in_force

Section 30C. A license issued under section thirty A shall become null and void without any process or decree, if the registered pharmacist to whom it has been granted ceases to conduct his business in person and on his own account, or upon the revocation of his certificate of registration as a pharmacist, unless the registered pharmacist has been unable to so conduct his business or has died, and his business is continued by his wife, widow, executor or administrator under another registered pharmacist.

Section 30C. A license issued under section thirty A shall become null and void without any process or decree, if the registered pharmacist to whom it has been granted ceases to conduct his business in person and on his own account, or upon the revocation of his certificate of registration as a pharmacist, unless the registered pharmacist has been unable to so conduct his business or has died, and his business is continued by his wife, widow, executor or administrator under another registered pharmacist.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 79A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 79A
Cutting bones or muscles to dock or set tail of horse; wound as evidence
Status: in_force

Section 79A. Whoever cuts the bone of the tail of a horse for the purpose of docking the tail, or whoever causes or knowingly permits the same to be done upon premises of which he is the owner, lessee, proprietor or user, or whoever assists in or is present at such cutting, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than three hundred dollars; and whoever cuts the muscles or tendons of the tail of a horse for the purpose of setting up the tail, or whoever causes or knowingly permits the same to be done upon premises of which he is the owner, lessee, proprietor or user, or whoever assists in or is present at such cutting, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars. If a horse is found with the bone of its tail cut as aforesaid or with the muscles or tendons of its tail cut as aforesaid, and with the wound resulting from such cutting unhealed, upon the premises or in the charge and custody of any person, such fact shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section by the owner or user of such premises or the person having such charge or custody, respectively.

Section 79A. Whoever cuts the bone of the tail of a horse for the purpose of docking the tail, or whoever causes or knowingly permits the same to be done upon premises of which he is the owner, lessee, proprietor or user, or whoever assists in or is present at such cutting, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than three hundred dollars; and whoever cuts the muscles or tendons of the tail of a horse for the purpose of setting up the tail, or whoever causes or knowingly permits the same to be done upon premises of which he is the owner, lessee, proprietor or user, or whoever assists in or is present at such cutting, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars. If a horse is found with the bone of its tail cut as aforesaid or with the muscles or tendons of its tail cut as aforesaid, and with the wound resulting from such cutting unhealed, upon the premises or in the charge and custody of any person, such fact shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section by the owner or user of such premises or the person having such charge or custody, respectively.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221B, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221B / Section 6
Powers of hearing officers
Status: in_force

Section 6. Without the approval of any justice of any court, a child support hearing officer shall have the power to issue subpoenas for the appearance of witnesses; to put witnesses under oath; to call parties to proceedings and to examine parties and witnesses; to require parties to file financial statements signed under oath; to issue a capias upon the failure of a party to appear on proper notice; and to accept acknowledgments of paternity and order blood tests under chapter two hundred and nine C.

Section 6. Without the approval of any justice of any court, a child support hearing officer shall have the power to issue subpoenas for the appearance of witnesses; to put witnesses under oath; to call parties to proceedings and to examine parties and witnesses; to require parties to file financial statements signed under oath; to issue a capias upon the failure of a party to appear on proper notice; and to accept acknowledgments of paternity and order blood tests under chapter two hundred and nine C.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 76 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 76
Inspectors; duties; prosecutions
Status: in_force

Section 76. Inspectors shall visit and inspect the places of employment mentioned in sections sixty to sixty-eight, inclusive, and shall ascertain whether any minors are employed therein contrary to said sections. They shall report to the school authorities any cases of children under sixteen discharged for illegal employment. Any person may prosecute violations of sections sixty to seventy-four, inclusive.

Section 76. Inspectors shall visit and inspect the places of employment mentioned in sections sixty to sixty-eight, inclusive, and shall ascertain whether any minors are employed therein contrary to said sections. They shall report to the school authorities any cases of children under sixteen discharged for illegal employment. Any person may prosecute violations of sections sixty to seventy-four, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 54A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 54A
Domestic companies; risks and hazards in other states
Status: in_force

Section 54A. Any domestic company authorized to transact any of the kinds of business specified in the second clause of section forty-seven may, outside the commonwealth, make contracts of insurance insuring property of any kind or description against any and all risks of loss or damage.

Section 54A. Any domestic company authorized to transact any of the kinds of business specified in the second clause of section forty-seven may, outside the commonwealth, make contracts of insurance insuring property of any kind or description against any and all risks of loss or damage.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 75, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 75 / Section 25
Sale of commonwealth land to university employees
Status: in_force

Section 25. Subject to section twenty-seven the trustees may sell and convey, in the name of and for the commonwealth, to any professor, instructor, teacher or employee of said university, or to any society, association or fraternity established thereat, land owned by the commonwealth in Amherst or Hadley. Not more than one acre shall be so sold and conveyed to any one such person or organization. Such conveyances shall contain necessary restrictions and conditions.

Section 25. Subject to section twenty-seven the trustees may sell and convey, in the name of and for the commonwealth, to any professor, instructor, teacher or employee of said university, or to any society, association or fraternity established thereat, land owned by the commonwealth in Amherst or Hadley. Not more than one acre shall be so sold and conveyed to any one such person or organization. Such conveyances shall contain necessary restrictions and conditions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 67C — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 67C
Capital facility construction projects, etc.; false entries in records; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 67C. Any person who knowingly and wilfully, directly or indirectly makes, or knowingly and wilfully causes to be made, a false entry or omission of a true entry in any books, record or account subject to the provisions of section thirty-nine R of chapter thirty shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years, or in the house of correction for not more than two years, or both.

Section 67C. Any person who knowingly and wilfully, directly or indirectly makes, or knowingly and wilfully causes to be made, a false entry or omission of a true entry in any books, record or account subject to the provisions of section thirty-nine R of chapter thirty shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years, or in the house of correction for not more than two years, or both.