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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 17, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 17 / Section 7
District health officers
Status: in_force

Section 7. The commissioner, with the approval of the public health council, shall appoint a district health officer for each health district provided in section four of chapter one hundred and eleven. Such officers shall be graduates of incorporated medical schools, admitted to practice in the commonwealth, or shall have had at least five years' experience in public health duties and sanitary science, shall give their entire time to the performance of their duties, and shall be subject to chapter thirty-one.

Section 7. The commissioner, with the approval of the public health council, shall appoint a district health officer for each health district provided in section four of chapter one hundred and eleven. Such officers shall be graduates of incorporated medical schools, admitted to practice in the commonwealth, or shall have had at least five years' experience in public health duties and sanitary science, shall give their entire time to the performance of their duties, and shall be subject to chapter thirty-one.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 1F — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 1F
Director
Status: in_force

Section 1F. The director of the division of fisheries and wildlife shall be appointed and may be removed by the board of the division of fisheries and wildlife and the position of director shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one. The director, subject to the approval of the fisheries and wildlife board, may appoint, without regard for the provisions of chapter thirty-one, an assistant director for natural heritage and endangered species and may assign to such assistant director appropriate duties related to the area of natural heritage and endangered species protection and management. The director and assistant director shall be qualified by training and experience to conduct the duties assigned to them. The director, with the approval of the board, may employ such experts, clerks and other employees from time to time, and for such periods as he may determine to be necessary for its operations.

Section 1F. The director of the division of fisheries and wildlife shall be appointed and may be removed by the board of the division of fisheries and wildlife and the position of director shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one. The director, subject to the approval of the fisheries and wildlife board, may appoint, without regard for the provisions of chapter thirty-one, an assistant director for natural heritage and endangered species and may assign to such assistant director appropriate duties related to the area of natural heritage and endangered species protection and management. The director and assistant director shall be qualified by training and experience to conduct the duties assigned to them. The director, with the approval of the board, may employ such experts, clerks and other employees from time to time, and for such periods as he may determine to be necessary for its operations.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 210, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 210 / Section 14
Annual return of changes of name
Status: in_force

Section 14. Each register of probate shall annually, in December, make a return to the commissioner of public health and the commissioner of probation of all changes of name made in his court.

Section 14. Each register of probate shall annually, in December, make a return to the commissioner of public health and the commissioner of probation of all changes of name made in his court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62C / Section 25
Records to be kept by taxpayers subject to chapters 64A and 64C, 64E to 64J, 64M and 138; inspection
Status: in_force

Section 25. A distributor, unclassified importer, unclassified exporter or purchaser referred to in section 1 of chapter 64A, a stamper appointed under section 30 of chapter 64C, a user-seller or supplier of special fuels, as defined in section 1 of chapter 64E, a motor carrier required to be licensed under chapter 64F, an operator required to register under chapter 64G, a vendor required to register under chapter 64H or 64I, a user-seller or supplier of aircraft fuel, as defined in section 1 of chapter 64J, a direct broadcast satellite service provider as defined in section 1 of chapter 64M and a licensee referred to in section 21 of chapter 138 shall keep and preserve suitable records of taxable charges and such other books, papers, records and data as the commissioner may require to determine the amount of the tax due under the those respective chapters. Such records shall be open to inspection and examination at any reasonable time by the commissioner or his duly authorized representative and such records shall, unless the commissioner consents in writing to an earlier destruction be preserved for three years after the date the return was filed or the date it was due, whichever occurs later, and for such further period as may be agreed upon for the assessment of any additional tax.

Section 25. A distributor, unclassified importer, unclassified exporter or purchaser referred to in section 1 of chapter 64A, a stamper appointed under section 30 of chapter 64C, a user-seller or supplier of special fuels, as defined in section 1 of chapter 64E, a motor carrier required to be licensed under chapter 64F, an operator required to register under chapter 64G, a vendor required to register under chapter 64H or 64I, a user-seller or supplier of aircraft fuel, as defined in section 1 of chapter 64J, a direct broadcast satellite service provider as defined in section 1 of chapter 64M and a licensee referred to in section 21 of chapter 138 shall keep and preserve suitable records of taxable charges and such other books, papers, records and data as the commissioner may require to determine the amount of the tax due under the those respective chapters. Such records shall be open to inspection and examination at any reasonable time by the commissioner or his duly authorized representative and such records shall, unless the commissioner consents in writing to an earlier destruction be preserved for three years after the date the return was filed or the date it was due, whichever occurs later, and for such further period as may be agreed upon for the assessment of any additional tax.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23G, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23G / Section 33
Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

Section 33. The lands and tangible personal property of the Agency shall be deemed to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes and shall be exempt from taxation and from betterments and special assessments. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the taxation to the same extent and in the same manner as other lands are taxed, of lands acquired by the Agency and sold by it, or of lands so acquired by the Agency and leased by it; provided, however, that lands so acquired by the Agency and sold or leased to an urban redevelopment corporation or other entity operating under chapter 121A, or the economic development and industrial corporation of Boston, or such other corporation as may be established by special law for, or other entity operating under said chapter 121A and authorized by special law with respect to the redevelopment of lands formerly used for Westover Air Force Base, the Chelsea Naval Hospital, or the Boston Naval Shipyard, including the South Boston Annex, the Boston Army Base and all other lands owned by the United States of America and used in connection with or for purposes related to the operations of the Boston Naval Shipyard or the Boston Army Base, shall be taxed as provided in such chapter or special law and not otherwise.

Section 33. The lands and tangible personal property of the Agency shall be deemed to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes and shall be exempt from taxation and from betterments and special assessments.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the taxation to the same extent and in the same manner as other lands are taxed, of lands acquired by the Agency and sold by it, or of lands so acquired by the Agency and leased by it; provided, however, that lands so acquired by the Agency and sold or leased to an urban redevelopment corporation or other entity operating under chapter 121A, or the economic development and industrial corporation of Boston, or such other corporation as may be established by special law for, or other entity operating under said chapter 121A and authorized by special law with respect to the redevelopment of lands formerly used for Westover Air Force Base, the Chelsea Naval Hospital, or the Boston Naval Shipyard, including the South Boston Annex, the Boston Army Base and all other lands owned by the United States of America and used in connection with or for purposes related to the operations of the Boston Naval Shipyard or the Boston Army Base, shall be taxed as provided in such chapter or special law and not otherwise.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110H, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 110H / Section 9
Cancellation of registration
Status: in_force

Section 9. (a) The secretary shall cancel from the register, in whole or in part:— (1) a registration concerning which the secretary shall receive a voluntary request for cancellation thereof from the registrant or the assignee of record; (2) registrations granted under this chapter and not renewed in accordance with the provisions hereof; (3) a registration concerning which the superior court shall find:— (i) that the registered mark has been abandoned, (ii) that the registrant is not the owner of the mark, (iii) that the registration was granted improperly, (iv) that the registration was obtained fraudulently, (v) that the mark is or has become the generic name for the goods or services, or a portion thereof, for which it has been registered, (vi) that the registered mark is so similar, as to be likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive, to a mark registered by another person in the United States Patent and Trademark Office prior to the date of the filing of the application for registration by the registrant hereunder, and not abandoned; but, should the registrant prove that the registrant is the owner of a concurrent registration of a mark in the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering an area including the commonwealth, the registration hereunder shall not be cancelled for the area of the state, or (4) when the superior court shall order cancellation of a registration on any ground. [There is no subsection (b).]

Section 9. (a) The secretary shall cancel from the register, in whole or in part:—

(1) a registration concerning which the secretary shall receive a voluntary request for cancellation thereof from the registrant or the assignee of record;

(2) registrations granted under this chapter and not renewed in accordance with the provisions hereof;

(3) a registration concerning which the superior court shall find:—

(i) that the registered mark has been abandoned,

(ii) that the registrant is not the owner of the mark,

(iii) that the registration was granted improperly,

(iv) that the registration was obtained fraudulently,

(v) that the mark is or has become the generic name for the goods or services, or a portion thereof, for which it has been registered,

(vi) that the registered mark is so similar, as to be likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive, to a mark registered by another person in the United States Patent and Trademark Office prior to the date of the filing of the application for registration by the registrant hereunder, and not abandoned; but, should the registrant prove that the registrant is the owner of a concurrent registration of a mark in the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering an area including the commonwealth, the registration hereunder shall not be cancelled for the area of the state, or

(4) when the superior court shall order cancellation of a registration on any ground.

[There is no subsection (b).]
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 256, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 256 / Section 6
Death of conusor
Status: in_force

Section 6. If the conusor dies before the debt is fully paid, no execution therefor shall issue as of course, but his estate shall be liable for the debt in like manner as if judgment therefor had been rendered against him in his lifetime; and the conusee or his executor or administrator may recover the same from the executor, administrator, heirs or devisees of the conusor. Such debt may be recovered by civil action in the superior court or in a district court.

Section 6. If the conusor dies before the debt is fully paid, no execution therefor shall issue as of course, but his estate shall be liable for the debt in like manner as if judgment therefor had been rendered against him in his lifetime; and the conusee or his executor or administrator may recover the same from the executor, administrator, heirs or devisees of the conusor. Such debt may be recovered by civil action in the superior court or in a district court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 61 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 61
Weapons; careless or negligent use causing damage to property or livestock; tort liability
Status: in_force

Section 61. A person shall not use any firearm, bow and arrow or other weapon or article in a careless or negligent manner so as to cause damage to property or livestock of another while engaged in hunting, fishing, trapping or target shooting. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be liable in tort to the owner for the loss of such property or livestock for the amount of the damage, which shall be in addition to any other penalty imposed by any other provision of law.

Section 61. A person shall not use any firearm, bow and arrow or other weapon or article in a careless or negligent manner so as to cause damage to property or livestock of another while engaged in hunting, fishing, trapping or target shooting. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be liable in tort to the owner for the loss of such property or livestock for the amount of the damage, which shall be in addition to any other penalty imposed by any other provision of law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44, sec. 63 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44 / Section 63
Sale or other disposal of realty; disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

Section 63. Whenever the proceeds of the sale or other disposal of real estate, including the taking by eminent domain by another governmental unit, but other than that acquired through tax title foreclosure, by a city, town, or district, exceed five hundred dollars, the same shall be applied to the payment of indebtedness incurred in acquiring such real estate or shall be added to the sinking fund, if any, from which said indebtedness is payable, or if no such indebtedness is outstanding may be used for any purpose or purposes for which the city, town or district is authorized to incur debt for a period of five years or more or be applied to the payment of indebtedness incurred under section 7 to purchase land, or interests in land, or to construct or enlarge buildings, including the cost of original equipment and furnishings of the buildings or enlargements, except that the proceeds of a sale in excess of five hundred dollars of any park land by a city, town, or district shall be used only by said city, town, or district for acquisition of land for park purposes or for capital improvements to park land.

Section 63. Whenever the proceeds of the sale or other disposal of real estate, including the taking by eminent domain by another governmental unit, but other than that acquired through tax title foreclosure, by a city, town, or district, exceed five hundred dollars, the same shall be applied to the payment of indebtedness incurred in acquiring such real estate or shall be added to the sinking fund, if any, from which said indebtedness is payable, or if no such indebtedness is outstanding may be used for any purpose or purposes for which the city, town or district is authorized to incur debt for a period of five years or more or be applied to the payment of indebtedness incurred under section 7 to purchase land, or interests in land, or to construct or enlarge buildings, including the cost of original equipment and furnishings of the buildings or enlargements, except that the proceeds of a sale in excess of five hundred dollars of any park land by a city, town, or district shall be used only by said city, town, or district for acquisition of land for park purposes or for capital improvements to park land.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 85 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 85
Taxes paid by co-tenants; lien on co-tenants' interest
Status: in_force

Section 85. A tenant in common or joint tenant, who pays the entire tax assessed upon land held jointly or in common, shall have a lien upon the interest of each of his co-tenants, to secure the payment to him of the proportion of such tax payable by each of said co-tenants respectively, with the costs of enforcing the same; but any person whose tax has been so paid by his co-tenant shall have the same right to recover it back if illegally assessed as he would have had if the tax had been paid under a protest by him in writing.

Section 85. A tenant in common or joint tenant, who pays the entire tax assessed upon land held jointly or in common, shall have a lien upon the interest of each of his co-tenants, to secure the payment to him of the proportion of such tax payable by each of said co-tenants respectively, with the costs of enforcing the same; but any person whose tax has been so paid by his co-tenant shall have the same right to recover it back if illegally assessed as he would have had if the tax had been paid under a protest by him in writing.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 17
Unpaid taxes; collection
Status: in_force

Section 17. If any tax, betterment or special assessment remains unpaid fourteen days after demand therefor, the collector, in the case of any tax, betterment or special assessment upon real estate, within two years from April first in the calendar year in which the assessment was made, and, in case of any other tax, within three years from said April first, shall collect the tax, together with all incidental charges and fees, in the manner provided by law.

Section 17. If any tax, betterment or special assessment remains unpaid fourteen days after demand therefor, the collector, in the case of any tax, betterment or special assessment upon real estate, within two years from April first in the calendar year in which the assessment was made, and, in case of any other tax, within three years from said April first, shall collect the tax, together with all incidental charges and fees, in the manner provided by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 84 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 84
Lands or rights of other railroads
Status: in_force

Section 84. A railroad corporation may purchase, or take in the manner provided in the preceding section, from time to time, any lands or rights belonging to any other railroad or other public service corporation not necessary for the business of such corporation at such time or in the reasonably near future, provided that this section shall not authorize it to acquire by eminent domain any part of the location or right of way of any other railroad or street railway company except such lands or rights as the department adjudges necessary for the support, construction and repair of bridges or other methods of crossing such railroad or street railway.

Section 84. A railroad corporation may purchase, or take in the manner provided in the preceding section, from time to time, any lands or rights belonging to any other railroad or other public service corporation not necessary for the business of such corporation at such time or in the reasonably near future, provided that this section shall not authorize it to acquire by eminent domain any part of the location or right of way of any other railroad or street railway company except such lands or rights as the department adjudges necessary for the support, construction and repair of bridges or other methods of crossing such railroad or street railway.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, sec. 17D — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 130 / Section 17D
Penalties for violation of Sec. 17C
Status: in_force

Section 17D. Whoever violates section 17C, or any rule or regulation made under authority thereof, shall be punished by a fine per offense as promulgated by the director. All funds received by the commonwealth under this section shall be deposited in the Marine Recreational Fisheries Development Fund established by section 35NN of chapter 10.

Section 17D. Whoever violates section 17C, or any rule or regulation made under authority thereof, shall be punished by a fine per offense as promulgated by the director. All funds received by the commonwealth under this section shall be deposited in the Marine Recreational Fisheries Development Fund established by section 35NN of chapter 10.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12, sec. 5G — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12 / Section 5G
Actions brought against governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, treasurer, secretary of state, etc.; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Section 5G. (a) No court shall have jurisdiction over an action brought pursuant to section 5C against the governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the treasurer, the secretary of state, the auditor, a member of the general court, the inspector general or a member of the judiciary, if the action is based on evidence or information known to the commonwealth when the action was brought. (b) An individual may not bring an action pursuant to paragraph (2) of said section 5C that is based upon allegations or transactions which are the subject of a civil suit or an administrative proceeding in which the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof is already a party. (c) The court shall dismiss an action or claim pursuant to sections 5B to 5O, inclusive, unless opposed by the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, if substantially the same allegations or transactions as alleged in the action or claim were publicly disclosed: (1) in a Massachusetts criminal, civil or administrative hearing in which the commonwealth is a party; (2) in a Massachusetts legislative, administrative, auditor's or inspector general's report, hearing, audit or investigation; or (3) from the news media, unless the action is brought by the attorney general, or the relator is an original source of the information.

Section 5G. (a) No court shall have jurisdiction over an action brought pursuant to section 5C against the governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the treasurer, the secretary of state, the auditor, a member of the general court, the inspector general or a member of the judiciary, if the action is based on evidence or information known to the commonwealth when the action was brought.

(b) An individual may not bring an action pursuant to paragraph (2) of said section 5C that is based upon allegations or transactions which are the subject of a civil suit or an administrative proceeding in which the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof is already a party.

(c) The court shall dismiss an action or claim pursuant to sections 5B to 5O, inclusive, unless opposed by the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, if substantially the same allegations or transactions as alleged in the action or claim were publicly disclosed: (1) in a Massachusetts criminal, civil or administrative hearing in which the commonwealth is a party; (2) in a Massachusetts legislative, administrative, auditor's or inspector general's report, hearing, audit or investigation; or (3) from the news media, unless the action is brought by the attorney general, or the relator is an original source of the information.