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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 44
Taking by United States
Status: in_force

Section 44. If the agents of the United States and the persons owning or interested in any property which is required for any purposes for which the United States is authorized to take property by eminent domain cannot agree upon the price to be paid for the interest of such persons therein, the United States may file a petition in the superior court for the county in which such property lies, praying for the condemnation of such property. Such petition shall contain a description of the property to which it relates, sufficiently accurate for identification, and a statement of the purpose for which it is sought to be taken. If the court, after notice to all parties interested, finds that the United States has the right to take such property by eminent domain, it shall determine the value thereof in accordance with this chapter, so far as it is applicable. If such value with costs and reasonable expenses to be taxed by the court is, within thirty days after final determination thereof, paid or tendered to said owners or parties interested, or in case of their neglect or refusal to receive the same, if it is paid to the commonwealth for their use and subject to their order, a decree of condemnation shall be entered by the court, and, if the property taken consists of real estate, a copy of the decree shall be recorded in the registry of deeds of every county or district in which said property or any of it lies, and the fee of said property shall thereupon vest in the United States.

Section 44. If the agents of the United States and the persons owning or interested in any property which is required for any purposes for which the United States is authorized to take property by eminent domain cannot agree upon the price to be paid for the interest of such persons therein, the United States may file a petition in the superior court for the county in which such property lies, praying for the condemnation of such property. Such petition shall contain a description of the property to which it relates, sufficiently accurate for identification, and a statement of the purpose for which it is sought to be taken. If the court, after notice to all parties interested, finds that the United States has the right to take such property by eminent domain, it shall determine the value thereof in accordance with this chapter, so far as it is applicable. If such value with costs and reasonable expenses to be taxed by the court is, within thirty days after final determination thereof, paid or tendered to said owners or parties interested, or in case of their neglect or refusal to receive the same, if it is paid to the commonwealth for their use and subject to their order, a decree of condemnation shall be entered by the court, and, if the property taken consists of real estate, a copy of the decree shall be recorded in the registry of deeds of every county or district in which said property or any of it lies, and the fee of said property shall thereupon vest in the United States.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 237 / Section 27
Excess of improvements over rents and profits; effect
Status: in_force

Section 27. If the amount found due to the defendant for improvements exceeds the amount found due from him for rents and profits accruing within six years, he shall be chargeable with rents and profits accruing before that time, so far as necessary to balance his judgment for improvements; but in such case he shall not be liable to repay rents and profits in excess of the value of the improvements.

Section 27. If the amount found due to the defendant for improvements exceeds the amount found due from him for rents and profits accruing within six years, he shall be chargeable with rents and profits accruing before that time, so far as necessary to balance his judgment for improvements; but in such case he shall not be liable to repay rents and profits in excess of the value of the improvements.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 82 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 82
Notice to holder of invalid tax title; release of interest
Status: in_force

Section 82. If a collector has reasonable cause to believe that the title to land sold for non-payment of taxes or of assessments, a lien for which is enforceable by a sale of land, is invalid by reason of an error, omission or informality in the assessment or sale, he may, within two years after the date of the deed of such land, give notice to the record holder of the tax title, requiring him, within thirty days thereafter, to release any interest which he may have in such land under said deed, and to receive from the town the amount paid therefor with interest at ten per cent or to file with the collector a written statement that he refuses to release such interest. Such statement, if recorded in the registry of deeds, shall release the town from any liability upon the warranty in said deed.

Section 82. If a collector has reasonable cause to believe that the title to land sold for non-payment of taxes or of assessments, a lien for which is enforceable by a sale of land, is invalid by reason of an error, omission or informality in the assessment or sale, he may, within two years after the date of the deed of such land, give notice to the record holder of the tax title, requiring him, within thirty days thereafter, to release any interest which he may have in such land under said deed, and to receive from the town the amount paid therefor with interest at ten per cent or to file with the collector a written statement that he refuses to release such interest. Such statement, if recorded in the registry of deeds, shall release the town from any liability upon the warranty in said deed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 202, sec. 4A — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 202 / Section 4A
Rents and profits; payment of debts; limitations
Status: in_force

Section 4A. If the personal property of a deceased person appears to be insufficient to pay his debts, the probate court may, subject to the rights of the surviving spouse under section one of chapter one hundred and ninety-six, after notice, authorize the executor or administrator to take charge of the real property of the deceased or any part thereof and collect the rents thereof for such period of time as the court deems proper, and, during such period, to make necessary repairs and do all other things which it may consider needful for the preservation of such real property and as a charge on the interest of the decedent therein; provided, that if any person interested in the estate shall give bond as provided in section thirteen, no such authorization shall be given. The balance, if any, of said rents, subject to rights of dower and curtesy, and the rights of the surviving spouse and minor children of the decedent under section two of chapter one hundred and ninety-six, shall be assets in the hands of the executor or administrator for the payment of debts in like manner as are the proceeds of real property sold for the payment of debts. An order giving authority to the executor or administrator as aforesaid shall have effect, notwithstanding an appeal therefrom, until it is otherwise ordered by a justice of the supreme judicial court.

Section 4A. If the personal property of a deceased person appears to be insufficient to pay his debts, the probate court may, subject to the rights of the surviving spouse under section one of chapter one hundred and ninety-six, after notice, authorize the executor or administrator to take charge of the real property of the deceased or any part thereof and collect the rents thereof for such period of time as the court deems proper, and, during such period, to make necessary repairs and do all other things which it may consider needful for the preservation of such real property and as a charge on the interest of the decedent therein; provided, that if any person interested in the estate shall give bond as provided in section thirteen, no such authorization shall be given. The balance, if any, of said rents, subject to rights of dower and curtesy, and the rights of the surviving spouse and minor children of the decedent under section two of chapter one hundred and ninety-six, shall be assets in the hands of the executor or administrator for the payment of debts in like manner as are the proceeds of real property sold for the payment of debts. An order giving authority to the executor or administrator as aforesaid shall have effect, notwithstanding an appeal therefrom, until it is otherwise ordered by a justice of the supreme judicial court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 96, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 96 / Section 10
Fraud of seller or purchaser; inducing false measurements
Status: in_force

Section 10. A seller or purchaser of lumber who induces or attempts to induce a measurer to make a false measurement shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.

Section 10. A seller or purchaser of lumber who induces or attempts to induce a measurer to make a false measurement shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, sec. 32I — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94C / Section 32I
Drug paraphernalia; sale, possession or manufacture with intent to sell; penalty; sale of tobacco rolling papers
Status: in_force

[Subsection (a) applicable as provided by 2018, 69, Sec. 238.]

[Subsection (a) applicable as provided by 2018, 69, Sec. 238.]

Section 32I. (a) No person shall sell, possess or purchase with intent to sell, or manufacture with intent to sell drug paraphernalia, knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it will be used to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance in violation of this chapter. Whoever violates any provision of this paragraph shall be punished by imprisonment in jail or house of correction for not more than two years, or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or both.

(b) Any person who violates the foregoing provision by selling drug paraphernalia to a person under eighteen years of age shall be imprisoned in the state prison for not less than three nor more than five years, or by a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars, or both.

(c) On any premises where tobacco rolling papers are sold, the person in control of such premises shall cause to be displayed in a prominent place therein a printed warning that such papers shall not be used in conjunction with the possession of a controlled substance the possession of which is punishable by a fine or imprisonment. Whoever violates the provisions of this subsection shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.

(d) This section shall not apply to the sale of hypodermic syringes or hypodermic needles pursuant to section 27.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 168, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 168 / Section 4
Capital structure
Status: in_force

Section 4. A savings bank shall upon its incorporation have such capital structure as the board of bank incorporation shall deem adequate. Such capital structure may vary by the board based on the application and business plan submitted.

Section 4. A savings bank shall upon its incorporation have such capital structure as the board of bank incorporation shall deem adequate. Such capital structure may vary by the board based on the application and business plan submitted.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 129 / Section 41
Bill of sale or memorandum signed by owner of persons transporting bovine animals; exhibition on demand
Status: in_force

Section 41. All persons who transport bovine animals upon any public way in connection with the purchase or sale thereof, shall have in their possession a bill of sale or memorandum signed by the owner or vendor of such animals, containing the address of such owner or vendor, the date of purchase or sale, the number of animals, breed, eartag number or other means of identification of each animal. Any person transporting bovine animals shall on demand exhibit such bill of sale or memorandum to any officer qualified to serve criminal process. No person shall accept any bovine animal over six months of age which has been transported over any such way unless accompanied by such bill of sale or memorandum. The person accepting such animals shall endorse the bill of sale or memorandum in such manner as will signify his acceptance of each animal. This section shall not apply to such licensees under section thirty-nine as are exempted from the provisions hereof by the director, by rules or regulations made under the authority of said section thirty-nine.

Section 41. All persons who transport bovine animals upon any public way in connection with the purchase or sale thereof, shall have in their possession a bill of sale or memorandum signed by the owner or vendor of such animals, containing the address of such owner or vendor, the date of purchase or sale, the number of animals, breed, eartag number or other means of identification of each animal.

Any person transporting bovine animals shall on demand exhibit such bill of sale or memorandum to any officer qualified to serve criminal process.

No person shall accept any bovine animal over six months of age which has been transported over any such way unless accompanied by such bill of sale or memorandum. The person accepting such animals shall endorse the bill of sale or memorandum in such manner as will signify his acceptance of each animal.

This section shall not apply to such licensees under section thirty-nine as are exempted from the provisions hereof by the director, by rules or regulations made under the authority of said section thirty-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 2
Duties of board of boiler rules; rules in general; prescription of tests; form of certificate of inspection; assistance of attorney general
Status: in_force

Section 2. The board shall formulate rules or adopt rules formulated by a recognized engineering organization, for the construction, installation and inspection of steam boilers and power reactor vessels and piping as used in atomic energy installations and for ascertaining the safe working pressure to be carried therein; prescribe tests, if it deems it necessary, to ascertain the qualities of materials used in the construction of boilers, power reactor vessels and piping; formulate rules regulating the construction and sizes of safety valves for boilers of different sizes and pressures, appliances for indicating the pressure of steam and the level of water in the boiler or power reactor vessel, and such other appliances as the board may deem necessary to safety in operating steam boilers or power reactor vessels; and make a standard form of certificate of inspection. The attorney general shall assist the board in framing the rules. Such rules shall be transmitted to the state fire marshal and be by him filed in the office of the state secretary, and when so filed shall have the force of law.

Section 2. The board shall formulate rules or adopt rules formulated by a recognized engineering organization, for the construction, installation and inspection of steam boilers and power reactor vessels and piping as used in atomic energy installations and for ascertaining the safe working pressure to be carried therein; prescribe tests, if it deems it necessary, to ascertain the qualities of materials used in the construction of boilers, power reactor vessels and piping; formulate rules regulating the construction and sizes of safety valves for boilers of different sizes and pressures, appliances for indicating the pressure of steam and the level of water in the boiler or power reactor vessel, and such other appliances as the board may deem necessary to safety in operating steam boilers or power reactor vessels; and make a standard form of certificate of inspection. The attorney general shall assist the board in framing the rules. Such rules shall be transmitted to the state fire marshal and be by him filed in the office of the state secretary, and when so filed shall have the force of law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 65 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 65
Admissibility of declaration of decedent
Status: in_force

Section 65. In any action or other civil judicial proceeding, a declaration of a deceased person shall not be inadmissible in evidence as hearsay or as private conversation between husband and wife, as the case may be, if the court finds that it was made in good faith and upon the personal knowledge of the declarant.

Section 65. In any action or other civil judicial proceeding, a declaration of a deceased person shall not be inadmissible in evidence as hearsay or as private conversation between husband and wife, as the case may be, if the court finds that it was made in good faith and upon the personal knowledge of the declarant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 146 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 146
Disposal of solid waste in commercial disposal container of another without consent of owner; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 146. For purposes of this section ''solid waste'' shall mean garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish, sludge, residue or by-products of processing or treatment of discarded material, and any other solid, semi-solid or liquid discarded material resulting from domestic, commercial, mining, industrial, agricultural, municipal, or other sources or activities, but shall not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage. Whoever willfully and without right deposits solid waste in a commercial disposal container of another without the consent of the owner or other person who has legal custody, care or control thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars.

Section 146. For purposes of this section ''solid waste'' shall mean garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish, sludge, residue or by-products of processing or treatment of discarded material, and any other solid, semi-solid or liquid discarded material resulting from domestic, commercial, mining, industrial, agricultural, municipal, or other sources or activities, but shall not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage.

Whoever willfully and without right deposits solid waste in a commercial disposal container of another without the consent of the owner or other person who has legal custody, care or control thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 56 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 56
Annual estimates of articles and materials needed in public offices
Status: in_force

Section 56. Annually in November the officers in charge of all offices, departments and institutions named in section fifty-three shall send to the commissioner an estimate of the quantities of the articles and materials needed for their respective offices, departments or institutions during the ensuing year. Said estimates shall generally observe the styles, designs and qualities named in the descriptive list; and if any special style is desired in considerable quantity, the estimate shall contain a request that the commissioner shall arrange for the manufacture of such special articles as may be needed.

Section 56. Annually in November the officers in charge of all offices, departments and institutions named in section fifty-three shall send to the commissioner an estimate of the quantities of the articles and materials needed for their respective offices, departments or institutions during the ensuing year. Said estimates shall generally observe the styles, designs and qualities named in the descriptive list; and if any special style is desired in considerable quantity, the estimate shall contain a request that the commissioner shall arrange for the manufacture of such special articles as may be needed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 3
Jurisdiction to try certain personnel
Status: in_force

Article 3. Jurisdiction to try certain personnel. (a) Each person discharged from the state military forces who is later charged with having fraudulently obtained a discharge is, subject to article 43, subject to trial by court-martial on that charge and is, after apprehension, subject to this code while in custody under the direction of the state military forces for that trial. Upon conviction of that charge that person is subject to trial by court-martial for all offenses under this code committed before the fraudulent discharge. (b) No person who has deserted from the state military forces may be relieved from amenability to the jurisdiction of this code by virtue of a separation from any later period of service.

Article 3. Jurisdiction to try certain personnel.

(a) Each person discharged from the state military forces who is later charged with having fraudulently obtained a discharge is, subject to article 43, subject to trial by court-martial on that charge and is, after apprehension, subject to this code while in custody under the direction of the state military forces for that trial. Upon conviction of that charge that person is subject to trial by court-martial for all offenses under this code committed before the fraudulent discharge.

(b) No person who has deserted from the state military forces may be relieved from amenability to the jurisdiction of this code by virtue of a separation from any later period of service.