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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 12I — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 12I
American Indian Heritage week
Status: in_force

Section 12I. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third week of May as American Indian Heritage week, and recommending that it be observed by the people with appropriate exercises commemorative of the Indian tribes of Massachusetts. Wednesday of said week shall be designated in said proclamation as Massasoit Day in memory of the services that Chief Massasoit performed on behalf of the first European settlers to this commonwealth.

Section 12I. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third week of May as American Indian Heritage week, and recommending that it be observed by the people with appropriate exercises commemorative of the Indian tribes of Massachusetts. Wednesday of said week shall be designated in said proclamation as Massasoit Day in memory of the services that Chief Massasoit performed on behalf of the first European settlers to this commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 116D — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 116D
Protection, care and custody of minors upon arrest of parents or guardians; police instruction
Status: in_force

Section 116D. The municipal police training committee shall provide instruction, under section 96B of chapter 41, on the policies and procedures developed under clause (9) of section 183/4 of chapter 6A for the identification and immediate protection, care and custody of minors whose parents or guardians are arrested or placed in custody by police officers. The instruction shall be provided in the recruit basic training curriculum, in-service officers training, courses of supervisory training, and dispatcher and communication officer training.

Section 116D. The municipal police training committee shall provide instruction, under section 96B of chapter 41, on the policies and procedures developed under clause (9) of section 183/4 of chapter 6A for the identification and immediate protection, care and custody of minors whose parents or guardians are arrested or placed in custody by police officers. The instruction shall be provided in the recruit basic training curriculum, in-service officers training, courses of supervisory training, and dispatcher and communication officer training.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 6
Books or electronically prepared records containing tax lists; duty to keep
Status: in_force

Section 6. The collector shall make and keep the book, or an electronically prepared record, containing the tax list committed to the collector and against the name of every person assessed for a tax shall make entries showing the disposition thereof, whether reassessed, abated or paid, and the date of such disposition.

Section 6. The collector shall make and keep the book, or an electronically prepared record, containing the tax list committed to the collector and against the name of every person assessed for a tax shall make entries showing the disposition thereof, whether reassessed, abated or paid, and the date of such disposition.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64L, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64L / Section 5
Tax to be stated and charged separately by vendor; sale of alcoholic beverages consumed on premises
Status: in_force

Section 5. Upon each sale of a meal by a restaurant taxable under this chapter, the amount of tax collected by the vendor from the purchaser shall be stated and charged separately from the sales price and shown separately on any record thereof at the time the sale is made or on any evidence of sale issued or used by the vendor, but in the instance of the sale of alcoholic beverages for on premises consumption, the tax collected need not be stated separately.

Section 5. Upon each sale of a meal by a restaurant taxable under this chapter, the amount of tax collected by the vendor from the purchaser shall be stated and charged separately from the sales price and shown separately on any record thereof at the time the sale is made or on any evidence of sale issued or used by the vendor, but in the instance of the sale of alcoholic beverages for on premises consumption, the tax collected need not be stated separately.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 244 / Section 21
Time for tender; suit for redemption
Status: in_force

Section 21. The tender may be made before the expiration of the three years limited for redemption, and before or after entry for breach of condition, and before a sale pursuant to a power contained in the mortgage; but if the mortgagee or person claiming or holding under him does not accept the tender and discharge the mortgage, the tender shall not prevent the foreclosure unless, within one year after the tender, the mortgagor or person claiming or holding under him commences suit for redemption and when he commences suit pays to the clerk of the court the amount tendered for the use of the party entitled thereto.

Section 21. The tender may be made before the expiration of the three years limited for redemption, and before or after entry for breach of condition, and before a sale pursuant to a power contained in the mortgage; but if the mortgagee or person claiming or holding under him does not accept the tender and discharge the mortgage, the tender shall not prevent the foreclosure unless, within one year after the tender, the mortgagor or person claiming or holding under him commences suit for redemption and when he commences suit pays to the clerk of the court the amount tendered for the use of the party entitled thereto.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 179 / Section 31
Repair of fence by other proprietor
Status: in_force

Section 31. If the part of the fence apportioned to a proprietor becomes deficient and he does not repair it within three days after notice of such deficiency has been given to him by a fence viewer of the town, it may be repaired by any other proprietor. Two or more fence viewers may examine such repairs, and, if they adjudge them sufficient, may ascertain and determine the cost of the same and make a signed statement thereof and of the amount of their fees.

Section 31. If the part of the fence apportioned to a proprietor becomes deficient and he does not repair it within three days after notice of such deficiency has been given to him by a fence viewer of the town, it may be repaired by any other proprietor. Two or more fence viewers may examine such repairs, and, if they adjudge them sufficient, may ascertain and determine the cost of the same and make a signed statement thereof and of the amount of their fees.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 108A, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 108A / Section 30
Effect of dissolution
Status: in_force

Section 30. On dissolution the partnership is not terminated, but continues until the winding up of partnership affairs is completed.

Section 30. On dissolution the partnership is not terminated, but continues until the winding up of partnership affairs is completed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 112 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 112
Recount of ballots
Status: in_force

Section 112. If before five o'clock in the afternoon of the second day next succeeding the day of a caucus, ten or more voters of any town or ward shall sign, adding thereto their respective residences on January first of that year, and file with the city or town clerk a sworn statement that the records and returns made by the caucus officers of such town or ward are erroneous, specifying the error, or that challenged votes were cast by persons not entitled to vote therein, said city or town clerk shall forthwith transmit such statement to the registrars of voters with the sealed package containing the ballots and voting lists, and said registrars shall give written notice to the person affected, fixing a place and time, as early as may be, at which said ballots will be recounted, and at such place and time shall open the packages containing the ballots and voting lists and recount said ballots and determine the questions raised, and shall reject any challenged vote cast by a person found not to have been entitled to vote; and such recount shall stand as the true result of the vote cast in such caucus. Each candidate affected may be present during such recount, or may be represented by an agent appointed by him in writing. If it shall appear upon a recount that persons were nominated or elected other than those declared to have been nominated or elected, certificates of such change shall be made as in the case of the original certificate.

Section 112. If before five o'clock in the afternoon of the second day next succeeding the day of a caucus, ten or more voters of any town or ward shall sign, adding thereto their respective residences on January first of that year, and file with the city or town clerk a sworn statement that the records and returns made by the caucus officers of such town or ward are erroneous, specifying the error, or that challenged votes were cast by persons not entitled to vote therein, said city or town clerk shall forthwith transmit such statement to the registrars of voters with the sealed package containing the ballots and voting lists, and said registrars shall give written notice to the person affected, fixing a place and time, as early as may be, at which said ballots will be recounted, and at such place and time shall open the packages containing the ballots and voting lists and recount said ballots and determine the questions raised, and shall reject any challenged vote cast by a person found not to have been entitled to vote; and such recount shall stand as the true result of the vote cast in such caucus. Each candidate affected may be present during such recount, or may be represented by an agent appointed by him in writing. If it shall appear upon a recount that persons were nominated or elected other than those declared to have been nominated or elected, certificates of such change shall be made as in the case of the original certificate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 167 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 167
Allied mental health and human service professionals; temporary permits
Status: in_force

Section 167. The board, at its discretion, may issue a temporary permit, effective for up to one year, to an individual whose application for licensure under this chapter is being processed by the board, or to a person awaiting the opportunity to take the first written examination offered by the board after filing such application.

Section 167. The board, at its discretion, may issue a temporary permit, effective for up to one year, to an individual whose application for licensure under this chapter is being processed by the board, or to a person awaiting the opportunity to take the first written examination offered by the board after filing such application.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 111C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 111C
Medical pay provisions
Status: in_force

Section 111C. A policy of insurance issued under subdivision (b) of clause Sixth of section forty-seven insuring any person against legal liability for loss or damage on account of the injury or death of any other person may also insure, or an endorsement or rider may be attached thereto to insure, irrespective of any such legal liability, any person, including the named insured under the policy, in respect to (1) the reasonable expense of medical, surgical, x-ray, dental (including prosthetic devices), ambulance, hospital, professional nursing and funeral expenses and (2), in the case of a motor vehicle liability policy as defined in section thirty-four A of chapter ninety, disability benefits on account of injury and death benefits to dependents, beneficiaries or personal representatives on account of death resulting from the ownership, maintenance or use of motor vehicles. The provisions of sections one hundred and eight shall not apply to any such policy or any endorsement or rider providing for any or all of the benefits permitted by this section.

Section 111C. A policy of insurance issued under subdivision (b) of clause Sixth of section forty-seven insuring any person against legal liability for loss or damage on account of the injury or death of any other person may also insure, or an endorsement or rider may be attached thereto to insure, irrespective of any such legal liability, any person, including the named insured under the policy, in respect to (1) the reasonable expense of medical, surgical, x-ray, dental (including prosthetic devices), ambulance, hospital, professional nursing and funeral expenses and (2), in the case of a motor vehicle liability policy as defined in section thirty-four A of chapter ninety, disability benefits on account of injury and death benefits to dependents, beneficiaries or personal representatives on account of death resulting from the ownership, maintenance or use of motor vehicles. The provisions of sections one hundred and eight shall not apply to any such policy or any endorsement or rider providing for any or all of the benefits permitted by this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 16C — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 16C
Licenses for premises located near schools or churches
Status: in_force

Section 16C. Premises, except those of an innholder and except such parts of buildings as are located ten or more floors above street level, located within a radius of five hundred feet of a school or church shall not be licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages unless the local licensing authority determines in writing and after a hearing that the premises are not detrimental to the educational and spiritual activities of said school or church; but this provision shall not apply to the transfer of a license from premises located within said distance to other premises located therein, if it is transferred to a location not less remote from the nearest school or church than its former location. Any applicant who has been denied a license under this section shall have the right to an appeal under section sixty-seven. In this section a church shall mean a church or synagogue building dedicated to divine worship and in regular use for that purpose, but not a chapel occupying a minor portion of a building primarily devoted to other uses, and a school shall mean an elementary or secondary school, public or private, giving not less than the minimum instruction and training required by chapter seventy-one to children of compulsory school age. This section shall not apply to an extension of licensed premises provided said extension does not exceed fifty feet.

Section 16C. Premises, except those of an innholder and except such parts of buildings as are located ten or more floors above street level, located within a radius of five hundred feet of a school or church shall not be licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages unless the local licensing authority determines in writing and after a hearing that the premises are not detrimental to the educational and spiritual activities of said school or church; but this provision shall not apply to the transfer of a license from premises located within said distance to other premises located therein, if it is transferred to a location not less remote from the nearest school or church than its former location. Any applicant who has been denied a license under this section shall have the right to an appeal under section sixty-seven.

In this section a church shall mean a church or synagogue building dedicated to divine worship and in regular use for that purpose, but not a chapel occupying a minor portion of a building primarily devoted to other uses, and a school shall mean an elementary or secondary school, public or private, giving not less than the minimum instruction and training required by chapter seventy-one to children of compulsory school age. This section shall not apply to an extension of licensed premises provided said extension does not exceed fifty feet.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156, sec. 52 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156 / Section 52
Failure to file certificates or reports
Status: in_force

Section 52. Penalties or forfeitures incurred by any corporation which omits to cause to be duly filed any certificate or report required by section twenty-four, twenty-nine or forty-seven, may be recovered in an action brought in Suffolk county in the name of the commonwealth, or they may be recovered by an information in equity in the name of the attorney general at the relation of the secretary, brought in the supreme judicial court in Suffolk county. Upon such information, the court may issue an injunction restraining the further prosecution of the business of the corporation until such penalties or forfeitures, with interest and costs, have been paid and until such certificate or report has been filed.

Section 52. Penalties or forfeitures incurred by any corporation which omits to cause to be duly filed any certificate or report required by section twenty-four, twenty-nine or forty-seven, may be recovered in an action brought in Suffolk county in the name of the commonwealth, or they may be recovered by an information in equity in the name of the attorney general at the relation of the secretary, brought in the supreme judicial court in Suffolk county. Upon such information, the court may issue an injunction restraining the further prosecution of the business of the corporation until such penalties or forfeitures, with interest and costs, have been paid and until such certificate or report has been filed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 108M — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 108M
Police officers attending law enforcement courses at accredited college or university for degree; payment of salary; duty hours; agreement
Status: in_force

Section 108M. A city or town which employs a permanent police officer who is enrolled as a student in good standing in a police, law enforcement, criminal justice or police career oriented course of study at a college or university accredited by the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Inc., or the board of higher education, shall, subject to the approval of the appointing authority, and chief of police or any other officer having similar duties, pay said police officer his full weekly salary during the normal thirty-two weeks such college or university is in session; provided, that he is enrolled for at least sixteen hours of classroom instruction, works twenty-four hours a week on regular duty as a police officer in said city or town and during regularly scheduled school vacations works his regular tour of duty; and provided, further, that he is studying for a baccalaureate, master's or higher degree. Each officer who is enrolled in a college or university under the provisions of this section shall enter into an agreement providing that he shall remain in full-time employment as a police officer in such city or town after completion of such course of study for as many years as he has been aided under this section.

Section 108M. A city or town which employs a permanent police officer who is enrolled as a student in good standing in a police, law enforcement, criminal justice or police career oriented course of study at a college or university accredited by the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Inc., or the board of higher education, shall, subject to the approval of the appointing authority, and chief of police or any other officer having similar duties, pay said police officer his full weekly salary during the normal thirty-two weeks such college or university is in session; provided, that he is enrolled for at least sixteen hours of classroom instruction, works twenty-four hours a week on regular duty as a police officer in said city or town and during regularly scheduled school vacations works his regular tour of duty; and provided, further, that he is studying for a baccalaureate, master's or higher degree. Each officer who is enrolled in a college or university under the provisions of this section shall enter into an agreement providing that he shall remain in full-time employment as a police officer in such city or town after completion of such course of study for as many years as he has been aided under this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 18H — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 18H
Stop signals; longshore and waterfront operations
Status: in_force

Section 18H. The employer shall provide blue stop signs for use by day and blue lights if night work is necessary, and shall cause them to be displayed before employees are permitted to work in, upon or under any standing railroad car or cars under conditions where unanticipated movement of such car or cars might endanger employees or equipment. The blue signals shall bear the word STOP in white letters not less than four inches in height on a blue background, and shall be placed on the track in a clear and unobstructed place. The signs shall be not less than twelve inches by fifteen inches in size. The signals shall be placed at a height of three to five feet, and not less than ten feet from either or both ends of the cars, as necessary to provide protection. The blue stop signals shall be placed and removed by one of the employees working in and about the cars. This employee shall be selected, instructed and directed by the employer in the safe procedures involved in placing and removing the blue stop signals.

Section 18H. The employer shall provide blue stop signs for use by day and blue lights if night work is necessary, and shall cause them to be displayed before employees are permitted to work in, upon or under any standing railroad car or cars under conditions where unanticipated movement of such car or cars might endanger employees or equipment. The blue signals shall bear the word STOP in white letters not less than four inches in height on a blue background, and shall be placed on the track in a clear and unobstructed place. The signs shall be not less than twelve inches by fifteen inches in size. The signals shall be placed at a height of three to five feet, and not less than ten feet from either or both ends of the cars, as necessary to provide protection. The blue stop signals shall be placed and removed by one of the employees working in and about the cars. This employee shall be selected, instructed and directed by the employer in the safe procedures involved in placing and removing the blue stop signals.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 143, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 143 / Section 10
Remedy of person ordered to remove a dangerous structure or make it safe
Status: in_force

Section 10. An owner, lessee or mortgagee in possession aggrieved by such order may have the remedy prescribed by section two of chapter one hundred and thirty-nine; provided, that no provision of said section two shall be construed so as to hinder, delay or prevent the local inspector acting and proceeding under section nine; and provided, further, that this section shall not prevent the city or town from recovering the forfeiture provided in said section nine from the date of the service of the original notice, unless the order is annulled by the jury.

Section 10. An owner, lessee or mortgagee in possession aggrieved by such order may have the remedy prescribed by section two of chapter one hundred and thirty-nine; provided, that no provision of said section two shall be construed so as to hinder, delay or prevent the local inspector acting and proceeding under section nine; and provided, further, that this section shall not prevent the city or town from recovering the forfeiture provided in said section nine from the date of the service of the original notice, unless the order is annulled by the jury.