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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 165 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 165
Passenger, mail or baggage car; heating devices
Status: in_force

Section 165. A passenger, mail or baggage car shall not be heated by a stove or furnace kept in the car or suspended therefrom unless it is temporarily necessary by reason of an accident or other emergency, and no method of heating such cars nor heater shall be used until it shall have been approved in writing by the department; but the department may from time to time grant such exemptions from the requirements of this section as may seem to it necessary or reasonable, and may grant permission to any railroad corporation to make such experiments in heating its passenger cars as the department determines is proper. A corporation which violates this section shall forfeit not more than five hundred dollars.

Section 165. A passenger, mail or baggage car shall not be heated by a stove or furnace kept in the car or suspended therefrom unless it is temporarily necessary by reason of an accident or other emergency, and no method of heating such cars nor heater shall be used until it shall have been approved in writing by the department; but the department may from time to time grant such exemptions from the requirements of this section as may seem to it necessary or reasonable, and may grant permission to any railroad corporation to make such experiments in heating its passenger cars as the department determines is proper. A corporation which violates this section shall forfeit not more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 248, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 248 / Section 34
Persons in custody of United States marshal
Status: in_force

Section 34. This chapter shall not authorize the taking of a person by writ of habeas corpus out of the custody of the United States marshal, or his deputy, who holds him by legal and sufficient process issued by any court or magistrate of competent jurisdiction; but this section shall not affect the authority of the supreme judicial court or of its justices, in accordance with the provisions of the constitution of the United States and of the commonwealth, to investigate and determine the validity and legal effect of any process which may be relied on to defeat the writ, or any other matter properly arising.

Section 34. This chapter shall not authorize the taking of a person by writ of habeas corpus out of the custody of the United States marshal, or his deputy, who holds him by legal and sufficient process issued by any court or magistrate of competent jurisdiction; but this section shall not affect the authority of the supreme judicial court or of its justices, in accordance with the provisions of the constitution of the United States and of the commonwealth, to investigate and determine the validity and legal effect of any process which may be relied on to defeat the writ, or any other matter properly arising.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 18
Licensing of nursery agents; application; revocation
Status: in_force

Section 18. Each agent or other person, except a grower, who sells nursery stock shall make application to the director for an agent's license, and shall file with him the names and addresses of all persons or nurseries from which he purchases his stock. On receipt of such application, the director shall issue an agent's license, valid for one year, in such form and with such provisions as the department prescribes. The license may be revoked at any time for failure to report the names and addresses of persons or nurseries from which stock is purchased, or for such other cause as may be deemed sufficient by the director and the commissioner. Each person except a grower who sells, or who takes or solicits orders for, nursery stock shall be regarded as a nursery agent for the purposes of sections eighteen to thirty-one, inclusive.

Section 18. Each agent or other person, except a grower, who sells nursery stock shall make application to the director for an agent's license, and shall file with him the names and addresses of all persons or nurseries from which he purchases his stock. On receipt of such application, the director shall issue an agent's license, valid for one year, in such form and with such provisions as the department prescribes. The license may be revoked at any time for failure to report the names and addresses of persons or nurseries from which stock is purchased, or for such other cause as may be deemed sufficient by the director and the commissioner. Each person except a grower who sells, or who takes or solicits orders for, nursery stock shall be regarded as a nursery agent for the purposes of sections eighteen to thirty-one, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111C, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111C / Section 25
Staffing of class I, II or V ambulances
Status: in_force

Section 25. When a class I, II or V ambulance transports a patient receiving care at the paramedic level of advanced life support the ambulance shall be staffed in accordance with regulations promulgated by the department, with a minimum of 2 emergency medical technicians, only 1 of whom shall be certified at the EMT–Paramedic level; provided, however, that the service staffing a class I, II or V ambulance may staff the ambulance with more than 1 emergency medical technician certified at the EMT–Paramedic level.

Section 25. When a class I, II or V ambulance transports a patient receiving care at the paramedic level of advanced life support the ambulance shall be staffed in accordance with regulations promulgated by the department, with a minimum of 2 emergency medical technicians, only 1 of whom shall be certified at the EMT–Paramedic level; provided, however, that the service staffing a class I, II or V ambulance may staff the ambulance with more than 1 emergency medical technician certified at the EMT–Paramedic level.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 13
Assistant clerk; notice to secretary of state of vacancies
Status: in_force

Section 13. Each clerk shall forthwith report to the state secretary a vacancy in the office of assistant clerk, and shall report the name and residence of the person appointed to fill such vacancy, and the date of the expiration of the term of service.

Section 13. Each clerk shall forthwith report to the state secretary a vacancy in the office of assistant clerk, and shall report the name and residence of the person appointed to fill such vacancy, and the date of the expiration of the term of service.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 109 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 109
Separation of private land; order of commissioners relative to crossing
Status: in_force

Section 109. If a railroad lawfully laid out through land without the consent of the owner thereof separates a portion of such land from another or from a public way, and the owner, having a right to cross the railroad, cannot agree with the corporation as to the place or manner in which he shall cross, or if a crossing is inconvenient, either party, in a case which does not involve the abolition of a crossing at grade, may apply to the county commissioners, who, after taking a recognizance from the applicant to the county, with sureties to their satisfaction, for the payment of costs and expenses according to their order, and after notice to the other party and a hearing, may make an order relative to such crossing and to the costs of the application; but they shall not order the corporation to construct or maintain a crossing without its consent, unless it is liable by law or by agreement to construct a crossing for the owner of the land, or is the applicant.

Section 109. If a railroad lawfully laid out through land without the consent of the owner thereof separates a portion of such land from another or from a public way, and the owner, having a right to cross the railroad, cannot agree with the corporation as to the place or manner in which he shall cross, or if a crossing is inconvenient, either party, in a case which does not involve the abolition of a crossing at grade, may apply to the county commissioners, who, after taking a recognizance from the applicant to the county, with sureties to their satisfaction, for the payment of costs and expenses according to their order, and after notice to the other party and a hearing, may make an order relative to such crossing and to the costs of the application; but they shall not order the corporation to construct or maintain a crossing without its consent, unless it is liable by law or by agreement to construct a crossing for the owner of the land, or is the applicant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 85F — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 85F
Examination by medical panel prerequisite to disability retirement
Status: in_force

Section 85F. No police officer shall be retired for either accidental or ordinary disability under section sixty-nine, and no police officer or fireman shall be retired therefor under sections eighty to eighty-five F, inclusive, or section eighty-five H, or any of them, unless he has first been examined by a medical panel consisting of three physicians, and unless a majority of the physicians on such medical panel shall, after such examination and after a review of all the pertinent facts in the case, certify in writing that such police officer or fireman is mentally or physically incapacitated for further duty and that such incapacity is likely to be permanent, and, in any case involving a retirement for accidental disability, that the disability is such as might be the natural and proximate result of the accident or hazard undergone on account of which such retirement is so claimed. Such medical panel of three physicians shall be designated as provided in subsection (3)(a) of section six, except that the retiring authority shall act in place of the retirement board in the case of any police officer or fireman retired under the provisions of the aforesaid sections; and, provided further that the expense of any medical examination of any such police officer or fireman shall be paid from the same source from which his compensation was paid.

Section 85F. No police officer shall be retired for either accidental or ordinary disability under section sixty-nine, and no police officer or fireman shall be retired therefor under sections eighty to eighty-five F, inclusive, or section eighty-five H, or any of them, unless he has first been examined by a medical panel consisting of three physicians, and unless a majority of the physicians on such medical panel shall, after such examination and after a review of all the pertinent facts in the case, certify in writing that such police officer or fireman is mentally or physically incapacitated for further duty and that such incapacity is likely to be permanent, and, in any case involving a retirement for accidental disability, that the disability is such as might be the natural and proximate result of the accident or hazard undergone on account of which such retirement is so claimed. Such medical panel of three physicians shall be designated as provided in subsection (3)(a) of section six, except that the retiring authority shall act in place of the retirement board in the case of any police officer or fireman retired under the provisions of the aforesaid sections; and, provided further that the expense of any medical examination of any such police officer or fireman shall be paid from the same source from which his compensation was paid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 36C — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 36C
Maple syrup and maple syrup food products; labelling
Status: in_force

Section 36C. No person shall manufacture, label, package, sell, keep for sale, expose or offer for sale any food article or food product branded as maple, maple syrup, maple candy, maple creams, maple butter, or maple sugar which is not made from pure maple syrup derived from the sap of the maple tree. Any compound or mixture branded or labelled as maple, maple syrup, maple candy, maple creams, maple butter or maple sugar, or branded as an imitation thereof, which consists of maple syrup mixed with any other substances or ingredients shall have printed on the package containing such compound or mixture a statement of the ingredients of which it is made, all said ingredients to be set forth in the same size type as the words ''maple syrup''. The use of the words ''maple'' or ''maple syrup'', shall not be used in the labelling or branding of any food product which does not contain any maple syrup in its ingredients.

Section 36C. No person shall manufacture, label, package, sell, keep for sale, expose or offer for sale any food article or food product branded as maple, maple syrup, maple candy, maple creams, maple butter, or maple sugar which is not made from pure maple syrup derived from the sap of the maple tree. Any compound or mixture branded or labelled as maple, maple syrup, maple candy, maple creams, maple butter or maple sugar, or branded as an imitation thereof, which consists of maple syrup mixed with any other substances or ingredients shall have printed on the package containing such compound or mixture a statement of the ingredients of which it is made, all said ingredients to be set forth in the same size type as the words ''maple syrup''.

The use of the words ''maple'' or ''maple syrup'', shall not be used in the labelling or branding of any food product which does not contain any maple syrup in its ingredients.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 68, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XI / Chapter 68 / Section 7
Conveyance of land by minister
Status: in_force

Section 7. No conveyance by a minister of land held by him in succession shall be valid longer than he continues to be such minister, unless made with the consent of the religious society of which he is minister, or unless he is the minister of an Episcopal church and makes the conveyance with the consent of the vestry.

Section 7. No conveyance by a minister of land held by him in succession shall be valid longer than he continues to be such minister, unless made with the consent of the religious society of which he is minister, or unless he is the minister of an Episcopal church and makes the conveyance with the consent of the vestry.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176H, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176H / Section 10
Rates under membership legal services plan
Status: in_force

Section 10. The rates to be charged by a sponsor under a membership legal services plan approved under this chapter shall be filed and determined in accordance with the provisions of sections one through five and six through twenty of chapter one hundred and seventy-five A.

Section 10. The rates to be charged by a sponsor under a membership legal services plan approved under this chapter shall be filed and determined in accordance with the provisions of sections one through five and six through twenty of chapter one hundred and seventy-five A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 9, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 9 / Section 17
Annual report
Status: in_force

Section 17. The state secretary shall, in addition to the special reports required by law, make an annual report describing the work of his department for the preceding fiscal year.

Section 17. The state secretary shall, in addition to the special reports required by law, make an annual report describing the work of his department for the preceding fiscal year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 251, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 251 / Section 17
Venue
Status: in_force

Section 17. An initial application shall be made to the superior court for the county in which the agreement provides the arbitration hearing shall be held or, if the hearing has been held, in the county in which it was held. Otherwise the application shall be made in the county where the adverse party resides or has a place of business or, if he has no residence or place of business in this state, to the superior court for any county. All subsequent applications shall be made to the court hearing the initial application unless the court otherwise directs.

Section 17. An initial application shall be made to the superior court for the county in which the agreement provides the arbitration hearing shall be held or, if the hearing has been held, in the county in which it was held. Otherwise the application shall be made in the county where the adverse party resides or has a place of business or, if he has no residence or place of business in this state, to the superior court for any county. All subsequent applications shall be made to the court hearing the initial application unless the court otherwise directs.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, sec. 74 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62C / Section 74
Disclosure of information by tax preparer
Status: in_force

Section 74. No person engaged in the business of preparing tax returns shall disclose any information obtained in the conduct of such business, unless such disclosure is consented to in writing by the taxpayer in a separate document, or is expressly authorized by state or federal law, or is necessary to the preparation of the return, or is made pursuant to court order. For the purposes of this section, a person is engaged in the business of preparing tax returns if he advertises, or gives publicity to the effect that he prepares or assists others in the preparation of tax returns, or if he prepares or assists others in the preparation of tax returns for compensation. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in jail for not more than six months, or both.

Section 74. No person engaged in the business of preparing tax returns shall disclose any information obtained in the conduct of such business, unless such disclosure is consented to in writing by the taxpayer in a separate document, or is expressly authorized by state or federal law, or is necessary to the preparation of the return, or is made pursuant to court order.

For the purposes of this section, a person is engaged in the business of preparing tax returns if he advertises, or gives publicity to the effect that he prepares or assists others in the preparation of tax returns, or if he prepares or assists others in the preparation of tax returns for compensation.

Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in jail for not more than six months, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, sec. 5F — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 18 / Section 5F
Father's leaving family to obtain assistance; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 5F. A father who leaves his family for the purpose of qualifying them for assistance under any of the programs administered by the department shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months.

Section 5F. A father who leaves his family for the purpose of qualifying them for assistance under any of the programs administered by the department shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 63, sec. 38F — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 63 / Section 38F
Deduction from net income for compensation paid to individuals employed by eligible business facility domiciled in present or former eligible section of substantial poverty
Status: in_force

Section 38F. In determining the net income subject to tax under this chapter, a business corporation may deduct, in addition to any other allowable deduction under this chapter, an amount equal to twenty-five per cent of the compensation paid during the taxable year to individuals employed in an eligible business facility, as defined in section 60A of chapter 23A, and either: (i) domiciled in an eligible section of substantial poverty as defined in section 60A of chapter 23A; or (ii) domiciled in an area which had been certified as such an eligible section of substantial poverty when the corporation first received a certificate of eligibility; provided, however, such individuals still live in the same city or town; and provided further such corporation has a certificate of eligibility with respect to such facility for the taxable year issued by the urban jobs incentive bureau of the Massachusetts office of business development. No deduction under this section shall exceed five thousand dollars for any qualifying individual.

Section 38F. In determining the net income subject to tax under this chapter, a business corporation may deduct, in addition to any other allowable deduction under this chapter, an amount equal to twenty-five per cent of the compensation paid during the taxable year to individuals employed in an eligible business facility, as defined in section 60A of chapter 23A, and either:

(i) domiciled in an eligible section of substantial poverty as defined in section 60A of chapter 23A; or

(ii) domiciled in an area which had been certified as such an eligible section of substantial poverty when the corporation first received a certificate of eligibility; provided, however, such individuals still live in the same city or town;

and provided further such corporation has a certificate of eligibility with respect to such facility for the taxable year issued by the urban jobs incentive bureau of the Massachusetts office of business development. No deduction under this section shall exceed five thousand dollars for any qualifying individual.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 73 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 73
Financing cost of abolishing crossing by street railway company
Status: in_force

Section 73. The amount of any expenditure under section eighty by a street railway company toward the cost of abolishing a grade crossing shall be deemed and taken in all proceedings thereafter as a part of the value of its property for street railway purposes; and such company may issue stocks or bonds to such amount as the department of telecommunications and energy shall, subject to the laws relating to the issue of stocks and bonds by street railway companies, approve as reasonably necessary to provide for the payment of such expenditure.

Section 73. The amount of any expenditure under section eighty by a street railway company toward the cost of abolishing a grade crossing shall be deemed and taken in all proceedings thereafter as a part of the value of its property for street railway purposes; and such company may issue stocks or bonds to such amount as the department of telecommunications and energy shall, subject to the laws relating to the issue of stocks and bonds by street railway companies, approve as reasonably necessary to provide for the payment of such expenditure.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 95 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 95
Territorial jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Section 95. A constable, in the execution of a warrant or writ directed to him, may convey prisoners and property in his custody under such process beyond the limits of his town, either to the justice who issued it or to the jail or house of correction of his county. If a warrant is issued against a person for an alleged crime committed within any town, any constable thereof to whom the warrant is directed may apprehend him in any place in the commonwealth.

Section 95. A constable, in the execution of a warrant or writ directed to him, may convey prisoners and property in his custody under such process beyond the limits of his town, either to the justice who issued it or to the jail or house of correction of his county. If a warrant is issued against a person for an alleged crime committed within any town, any constable thereof to whom the warrant is directed may apprehend him in any place in the commonwealth.