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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, sec. 55 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 218 / Section 55
Recording systems; stenographic and medical services and equipment
Status: in_force

Section 55. The chief justice of the Boston municipal court department may employ stenographic services and provide for recording systems for the court. Said department may secure for its criminal business medical service, and the equipment necessary therefor, and for this purpose may expend annually such sum, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, as the chief justice of the Boston municipal court department may from time to time determine, subject to the approval of the chief justice for administration and management. Sums so expended shall be paid by the commonwealth upon vouchers approved by the chief justice of the Boston municipal court department.

Section 55. The chief justice of the Boston municipal court department may employ stenographic services and provide for recording systems for the court. Said department may secure for its criminal business medical service, and the equipment necessary therefor, and for this purpose may expend annually such sum, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, as the chief justice of the Boston municipal court department may from time to time determine, subject to the approval of the chief justice for administration and management. Sums so expended shall be paid by the commonwealth upon vouchers approved by the chief justice of the Boston municipal court department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 62I — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 62I
Hospital school and hospital for state minor wards; general supervision
Status: in_force

Section 62I. The department shall have general supervision of the Massachusetts hospital school and hospital for state minor wards.

Section 62I. The department shall have general supervision of the Massachusetts hospital school and hospital for state minor wards.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 132 / Section 30
Forest fire observation towers; erection and operation
Status: in_force

Section 30. The commissioner, with the approval of the stewardship council may acquire for the commonwealth, by purchase or otherwise, and hold, or, with the approval of the governor and council, may take in fee by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, any woodland or land suitable for timber cultivation within the commonwealth or any land necessary for the erection and operation of forest fire observation towers. The average cost of land so purchased, other than land purchased for the erection and operation of forest fire observation towers, shall not exceed five dollars an acre.

Section 30. The commissioner, with the approval of the stewardship council may acquire for the commonwealth, by purchase or otherwise, and hold, or, with the approval of the governor and council, may take in fee by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, any woodland or land suitable for timber cultivation within the commonwealth or any land necessary for the erection and operation of forest fire observation towers. The average cost of land so purchased, other than land purchased for the erection and operation of forest fire observation towers, shall not exceed five dollars an acre.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 155 / Section 13
Chartered corporations; time for organization; commencement of corporate existence
Status: in_force

Section 13. A corporation created by special charter shall, if no time is limited therein, be organized within two years after the passage of its act of incorporation. Within thirty days after the final adjournment of the meeting for organization of any such corporation, the recording officer thereof shall make, sign, swear to and file in the office of the state secretary a certificate stating the date on which the meeting for organization was held, the names of the officers elected at such meeting and the amount of capital stock, if any, fixed under its charter. The existence of every corporation organized under general laws, the articles of organization of which are required to be filed with the state secretary, shall begin upon the filing of such articles as aforesaid.

Section 13. A corporation created by special charter shall, if no time is limited therein, be organized within two years after the passage of its act of incorporation. Within thirty days after the final adjournment of the meeting for organization of any such corporation, the recording officer thereof shall make, sign, swear to and file in the office of the state secretary a certificate stating the date on which the meeting for organization was held, the names of the officers elected at such meeting and the amount of capital stock, if any, fixed under its charter. The existence of every corporation organized under general laws, the articles of organization of which are required to be filed with the state secretary, shall begin upon the filing of such articles as aforesaid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 4
Persons authorized to enter and inspect premises; inspections of institutions; reports
Status: in_force

Section 4. The marshal, the head of the fire department, or any person to whom the marshal or the head of the fire department may delegate the authority, may, in the performance of the duties imposed by this chapter, or in furtherance of the purpose of any provision of any law, ordinance or by-law relating to the subject matter of this chapter, or of any rule or regulation of the board of fire prevention regulations, established under section four of chapter twenty-two D, in this chapter referred to as the board, or any order of the marshal or head of the fire department, enter at any reasonable hour any building or other premises, or any ship or vessel, to make inspection or investigation, without being held or deemed to be guilty of trespass. The marshal or the head of a fire department to whom he may delegate authority, shall make an inspection every three months of institutions as defined by the state building code, licensed by and under the supervision of the department of public health, or licensed by the department of public welfare, and shall make a report of such inspection to each such department on forms submitted to the marshal by such department for this purpose. Said marshal of such head of a fire department shall also make an inspection every three months of the premises specified in innholder's licenses issued under chapter one hundred and forty.

Section 4. The marshal, the head of the fire department, or any person to whom the marshal or the head of the fire department may delegate the authority, may, in the performance of the duties imposed by this chapter, or in furtherance of the purpose of any provision of any law, ordinance or by-law relating to the subject matter of this chapter, or of any rule or regulation of the board of fire prevention regulations, established under section four of chapter twenty-two D, in this chapter referred to as the board, or any order of the marshal or head of the fire department, enter at any reasonable hour any building or other premises, or any ship or vessel, to make inspection or investigation, without being held or deemed to be guilty of trespass.

The marshal or the head of a fire department to whom he may delegate authority, shall make an inspection every three months of institutions as defined by the state building code, licensed by and under the supervision of the department of public health, or licensed by the department of public welfare, and shall make a report of such inspection to each such department on forms submitted to the marshal by such department for this purpose. Said marshal of such head of a fire department shall also make an inspection every three months of the premises specified in innholder's licenses issued under chapter one hundred and forty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15A / Section 14
Powers under Secs. 11 and 12 exercised on behalf of University of Massachusetts and affiliates
Status: in_force

Section 14. Upon application by the trustees of the University of Massachusetts, the council may exercise on behalf of such university and its university affiliates all the powers it has with respect to community colleges or community college affiliates under sections eleven and twelve.

Section 14. Upon application by the trustees of the University of Massachusetts, the council may exercise on behalf of such university and its university affiliates all the powers it has with respect to community colleges or community college affiliates under sections eleven and twelve.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 7
Qualifications and duties of appraisers; certificates of appraisal
Status: in_force

Section 7. The appraisers shall be sworn, before a justice of the peace or the officer, faithfully and impartially to appraise the land shown to them as taken on the execution, shall, with the officer, view the same and shall make such examination of it as may be necessary to form a just estimate of its value. A certificate of their appraisal signed by them shall be endorsed on the execution; but if one of the appraisers who was sworn and acted with the others refuses to sign the certificate, the certificate of the others shall be sufficient.

Section 7. The appraisers shall be sworn, before a justice of the peace or the officer, faithfully and impartially to appraise the land shown to them as taken on the execution, shall, with the officer, view the same and shall make such examination of it as may be necessary to form a just estimate of its value. A certificate of their appraisal signed by them shall be endorsed on the execution; but if one of the appraisers who was sworn and acted with the others refuses to sign the certificate, the certificate of the others shall be sufficient.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 113 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 113
Light, ventilation, cleanliness, sanitation and heat in establishments
Status: in_force

Section 113. Every factory, workshop, manufacturing, mechanical and mercantile establishment, railroad freight house, railway express terminal, public garages and premises used by express, trucking and transportation companies and any other building in which a person is employed, other than a building under construction, shall be well lighted, well ventilated and kept free from unsanitary conditions, and work rooms therein in actual use shall be properly heated during the period from October fifteenth to May fifteenth, according to reasonable rules and regulations adopted by the attorney general establishing minimum requirements with reference thereto; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to such rooms which are under the supervision of the department of public health and are subject to the provisions of section seventy-three A of chapter ninety-four. Upon determination by the attorney general that any work room in actual use is not properly heated according to rules and regulations adopted by the attorney general, the attorney general may seek a cease and desist order in the superior court in the county where the work room is located.

Section 113. Every factory, workshop, manufacturing, mechanical and mercantile establishment, railroad freight house, railway express terminal, public garages and premises used by express, trucking and transportation companies and any other building in which a person is employed, other than a building under construction, shall be well lighted, well ventilated and kept free from unsanitary conditions, and work rooms therein in actual use shall be properly heated during the period from October fifteenth to May fifteenth, according to reasonable rules and regulations adopted by the attorney general establishing minimum requirements with reference thereto; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to such rooms which are under the supervision of the department of public health and are subject to the provisions of section seventy-three A of chapter ninety-four. Upon determination by the attorney general that any work room in actual use is not properly heated according to rules and regulations adopted by the attorney general, the attorney general may seek a cease and desist order in the superior court in the county where the work room is located.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55C, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 55C / Section 12
Punishment for violations
Status: in_force

Section 12. Violation by any person of any provision of this chapter shall, in addition to any civil liabilities established by this chapter, be punished by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or by a fine of not more than on $1,000, or both.

Section 12. Violation by any person of any provision of this chapter shall, in addition to any civil liabilities established by this chapter, be punished by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or by a fine of not more than on $1,000, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43B, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43B / Section 19
Special laws enacted after Nov. 8, 1966
Status: reserved

Section 19. Clause fifth of section seven of chapter four shall not apply to this chapter. A special law relating to an individual city or town enacted subsequent to November eighth, nineteen hundred and sixty-six in compliance with clause (1) or clause (2) of section eight of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution shall be subject to amendment or repeal through the adoption, revision or amendment of a charter by such city or town in accordance with the provisions of sections three and four of said Article LXXXIX unless such special law specifically provides otherwise, and shall be subject to amendment or repeal by laws enacted by the general court in conformity with powers reserved for the general court by section eight of said Article LXXXIX of said Amendments.

Section 19. Clause fifth of section seven of chapter four shall not apply to this chapter. A special law relating to an individual city or town enacted subsequent to November eighth, nineteen hundred and sixty-six in compliance with clause (1) or clause (2) of section eight of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution shall be subject to amendment or repeal through the adoption, revision or amendment of a charter by such city or town in accordance with the provisions of sections three and four of said Article LXXXIX unless such special law specifically provides otherwise, and shall be subject to amendment or repeal by laws enacted by the general court in conformity with powers reserved for the general court by section eight of said Article LXXXIX of said Amendments.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, sec. 93 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 130 / Section 93
Opening ditches or canals for fisheries for propagation of herring, alewives and other food fish; acquisition of land and waters; regulation and leasing of fisheries
Status: in_force

Section 93. A town may open ditches, sluiceways or canals into any pond within its limits not then in private possession for the introduction and propagation in such pond or in any part thereof of herring, alewives or other swimming marine food fish, and for the creation of fisheries for the same; and may take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine such land, waters and easements within its limits as may be necessary for such ditches, sluiceways and canals and for the construction and proper operation and use of such fishery and approaches thereto. A town creating such fishery shall own it, may make regulations concerning it, and may lease it for terms of not more than five years, on conditions mutually agreed upon.

Section 93. A town may open ditches, sluiceways or canals into any pond within its limits not then in private possession for the introduction and propagation in such pond or in any part thereof of herring, alewives or other swimming marine food fish, and for the creation of fisheries for the same; and may take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine such land, waters and easements within its limits as may be necessary for such ditches, sluiceways and canals and for the construction and proper operation and use of such fishery and approaches thereto. A town creating such fishery shall own it, may make regulations concerning it, and may lease it for terms of not more than five years, on conditions mutually agreed upon.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 49 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 49
Establishments not subject to Sunday work and rest days; railroads or railways
Status: in_force

Section 49. Sections forty-seven and forty-eight shall not apply to establishments used for the manufacture or distribution of gas, electricity, milk or water, to hotels, to the transportation of food, nor to the sale or delivery of food by or in establishments other than restaurants. This section shall not apply to railroads or railways as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and sixty.

Section 49. Sections forty-seven and forty-eight shall not apply to establishments used for the manufacture or distribution of gas, electricity, milk or water, to hotels, to the transportation of food, nor to the sale or delivery of food by or in establishments other than restaurants. This section shall not apply to railroads or railways as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and sixty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 101C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 101C
Reference of amount of loss under policy of fire insurance to referees; payment of charges of third referee
Status: in_force

Section 101C. Payment of the third referee's charges, which shall be due and payable, except as hereinafter provided, upon the expiration of the ten day period provided by section one hundred and one B for filing a petition for review, shall in all cases be made by the company, deducting from any award in favor of the insured his share of such charges. Neither payment of such charges to the referee or of an award to the insured, whether or not the sixty day period prescribed in said standard form of policy or in section one hundred and two has expired, shall be made prior to the expiration of said ten day period unless the insured in writing waives his right to petition for a review under section one hundred and one B, nor until notice of the commissioner's decision on such review if a petition therefor is filed as aforesaid; but the company shall not be liable for interest on an award during said period of ten days or pending said decision. The payment of the compensation or expenses, or both, of any referee shall not in any case preclude the insured or the company from contesting the validity of the award.

Section 101C. Payment of the third referee's charges, which shall be due and payable, except as hereinafter provided, upon the expiration of the ten day period provided by section one hundred and one B for filing a petition for review, shall in all cases be made by the company, deducting from any award in favor of the insured his share of such charges. Neither payment of such charges to the referee or of an award to the insured, whether or not the sixty day period prescribed in said standard form of policy or in section one hundred and two has expired, shall be made prior to the expiration of said ten day period unless the insured in writing waives his right to petition for a review under section one hundred and one B, nor until notice of the commissioner's decision on such review if a petition therefor is filed as aforesaid; but the company shall not be liable for interest on an award during said period of ten days or pending said decision.

The payment of the compensation or expenses, or both, of any referee shall not in any case preclude the insured or the company from contesting the validity of the award.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 9
Mortgaged land; appraisal
Status: in_force

Section 9. If a right of redeeming mortgaged land is taken and set off on execution, the appraisers shall deduct the value of the encumbrance or the amount of the mortgage debt, when known, from the appraised value of the land, and the amount so deducted shall be stated in the return of the execution.

Section 9. If a right of redeeming mortgaged land is taken and set off on execution, the appraisers shall deduct the value of the encumbrance or the amount of the mortgage debt, when known, from the appraised value of the land, and the amount so deducted shall be stated in the return of the execution.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 19G — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 19G
Additional compensation for serving as member of registrars of voters
Status: in_force

Section 19G. A clerk of a city or town who also serves as a member of its board of registrars of voters shall, in addition to any compensation to which he may be entitled as city or town clerk, receive the sum of fifty dollars, and, if the number of registered voters exceeds one thousand, an additional fifty dollars for each additional thousand of registered voters or major fraction thereof, provided, however, that the total payment for such service as a member of said board shall not exceed fifteen hundred dollars in any year, except as provided in section nineteen H.

Section 19G. A clerk of a city or town who also serves as a member of its board of registrars of voters shall, in addition to any compensation to which he may be entitled as city or town clerk, receive the sum of fifty dollars, and, if the number of registered voters exceeds one thousand, an additional fifty dollars for each additional thousand of registered voters or major fraction thereof, provided, however, that the total payment for such service as a member of said board shall not exceed fifteen hundred dollars in any year, except as provided in section nineteen H.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 218 / Section 37
Process for witnesses and defendants in criminal and juvenile cases; direction and service
Status: in_force

Section 37. District courts, justices, special justices, clerks, assistant clerks, temporary clerks and temporary assistant clerks thereof may issue summonses and other processes for witnesses in criminal cases, and at all hearings upon applications for complaints wherein a person may be charged with the commission of a crime, and such processes and likewise warrants and other processes in such cases, issued by said courts or persons, may be directed to a court officer or probation officer of the court issuing the process, or either specifically or in general terms to any person in the commonwealth qualified to serve criminal process, and any such process may be served and executed in any part of the commonwealth by the person to whom it is delivered for that purpose. This section shall apply to summonses, warrants and other processes for parties and witnesses in cases of wayward, delinquent or neglected children.

Section 37. District courts, justices, special justices, clerks, assistant clerks, temporary clerks and temporary assistant clerks thereof may issue summonses and other processes for witnesses in criminal cases, and at all hearings upon applications for complaints wherein a person may be charged with the commission of a crime, and such processes and likewise warrants and other processes in such cases, issued by said courts or persons, may be directed to a court officer or probation officer of the court issuing the process, or either specifically or in general terms to any person in the commonwealth qualified to serve criminal process, and any such process may be served and executed in any part of the commonwealth by the person to whom it is delivered for that purpose. This section shall apply to summonses, warrants and other processes for parties and witnesses in cases of wayward, delinquent or neglected children.