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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 31A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 31A
Transportation by motor vehicle of personal property; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 31A. The department after a public hearing may make, and may alter, rescind or add to, rules and regulations for the reasonable and proper control and regulation of the transportation by motor vehicle of personal property over the ways of this commonwealth, except ways under the control of the metropolitan district commission. Said rules and regulations shall cover, among other matters which the department may deem necessary or desirable, the fixing of routes with respect to the physical capacity of such ways to carry traffic; the establishment of the maximum weight of loads per commercial motor vehicle and per inch of tire in contact with the surface of such ways; the maximum dimensions of loads; and the regulation of the rate of speed of such vehicles over such ways. Said rules and regulations and any changes therein shall be subject to approval, and shall take effect, in the manner provided by section six of chapter sixteen. Any person convicted of a violation of any rule or regulation made under this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars and in case of a second or subsequent offense, the registration of the vehicle or vehicles involved shall be suspended for such length of time as the registrar shall determine.

Section 31A. The department after a public hearing may make, and may alter, rescind or add to, rules and regulations for the reasonable and proper control and regulation of the transportation by motor vehicle of personal property over the ways of this commonwealth, except ways under the control of the metropolitan district commission. Said rules and regulations shall cover, among other matters which the department may deem necessary or desirable, the fixing of routes with respect to the physical capacity of such ways to carry traffic; the establishment of the maximum weight of loads per commercial motor vehicle and per inch of tire in contact with the surface of such ways; the maximum dimensions of loads; and the regulation of the rate of speed of such vehicles over such ways. Said rules and regulations and any changes therein shall be subject to approval, and shall take effect, in the manner provided by section six of chapter sixteen. Any person convicted of a violation of any rule or regulation made under this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars and in case of a second or subsequent offense, the registration of the vehicle or vehicles involved shall be suspended for such length of time as the registrar shall determine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 235 / Section 51
Death of party; completion of service
Status: in_force

Section 51. If either party dies after any property, real or personal, has been seized on execution, the service thereof may be completed in like manner and with like effect as if both parties were living and the officer may appoint an appraiser for the deceased party.

Section 51. If either party dies after any property, real or personal, has been seized on execution, the service thereof may be completed in like manner and with like effect as if both parties were living and the officer may appoint an appraiser for the deceased party.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 74, sec. 42Q — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 74 / Section 42Q
Control, movement and parking of motor vehicles
Status: in_force

Section 42Q. The trustees shall make rules and regulations for the control, movement and parking of vehicles on the campus of the college and the institute, and may provide reasonable penalties for the violation of said rules and regulations. The trustees may appoint as police officers persons in the employ of the college and the institute who in the enforcement of said rules and regulations and throughout the college and the institute property shall have the powers of police officers, except as to service of civil process. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fines and penalties recovered for violation of rules and regulations made under authority of this section shall be accounted for by the clerk of the court and forwarded to the trustees of the college or to the trustees of the institute, as the case may be, to be deposited in the scholarship trust fund of said college or institute for scholarship purposes.

Section 42Q. The trustees shall make rules and regulations for the control, movement and parking of vehicles on the campus of the college and the institute, and may provide reasonable penalties for the violation of said rules and regulations. The trustees may appoint as police officers persons in the employ of the college and the institute who in the enforcement of said rules and regulations and throughout the college and the institute property shall have the powers of police officers, except as to service of civil process. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fines and penalties recovered for violation of rules and regulations made under authority of this section shall be accounted for by the clerk of the court and forwarded to the trustees of the college or to the trustees of the institute, as the case may be, to be deposited in the scholarship trust fund of said college or institute for scholarship purposes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, sec. 54 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 130 / Section 54
Cultivation, propagation and protection of shellfish; appropriations by cities and towns; close seasons
Status: in_force

Section 54. Cities by a vote of the board of aldermen, or city council, and towns by a vote at a town meeting, may appropriate money for the cultivation, propagation and protection of shellfish. The board of aldermen, or city council, or selectmen when so authorized by their town may from time to time declare a close season for any or all kinds of shellfish for not more than three years in such waters, flats or creeks, not then the subject of a private grant, within the limits of their respective cities and towns, as they deem proper, and may plant, grow and protect shellfish in such waters, flats or creeks; provided, that no private rights are impaired; and provided, further, that when any close season, declared as aforesaid, shall have ended, such flats, waters or creeks shall not within two years thereafter be licensed for the private cultivation of shellfish.

Section 54. Cities by a vote of the board of aldermen, or city council, and towns by a vote at a town meeting, may appropriate money for the cultivation, propagation and protection of shellfish. The board of aldermen, or city council, or selectmen when so authorized by their town may from time to time declare a close season for any or all kinds of shellfish for not more than three years in such waters, flats or creeks, not then the subject of a private grant, within the limits of their respective cities and towns, as they deem proper, and may plant, grow and protect shellfish in such waters, flats or creeks; provided, that no private rights are impaired; and provided, further, that when any close season, declared as aforesaid, shall have ended, such flats, waters or creeks shall not within two years thereafter be licensed for the private cultivation of shellfish.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 123A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 123A
Assistant treasurers and assistant clerks; appointment; bond
Status: in_force

Section 123A. In a district, the prudential committee, if any, otherwise the commissioners, may in writing appoint an assistant treasurer who may be an employee of the district, and an assistant clerk of the district. Such assistants shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties and a record shall be made of any such appointment and oath. They shall be citizens of the United States and residents of the commonwealth, and shall give bond annually for the faithful performance of their duties in a form approved, and in an amount determined by the commissioner of revenue. Unless a temporary treasurer or a temporary clerk has been appointed in accordance with law, the assistant treasurer or the assistant clerk, as the case may be, may, in the absence of the treasurer or clerk, as the case may be, perform the duties of such office and in the performance of such duties shall have the powers and be subject to the requirements and penalties applicable thereto.

Section 123A. In a district, the prudential committee, if any, otherwise the commissioners, may in writing appoint an assistant treasurer who may be an employee of the district, and an assistant clerk of the district. Such assistants shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties and a record shall be made of any such appointment and oath. They shall be citizens of the United States and residents of the commonwealth, and shall give bond annually for the faithful performance of their duties in a form approved, and in an amount determined by the commissioner of revenue. Unless a temporary treasurer or a temporary clerk has been appointed in accordance with law, the assistant treasurer or the assistant clerk, as the case may be, may, in the absence of the treasurer or clerk, as the case may be, perform the duties of such office and in the performance of such duties shall have the powers and be subject to the requirements and penalties applicable thereto.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175E, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175E / Section 3
Application of chapter 175A
Status: in_force

Section 3. Such provisions of chapter one hundred and seventy-five A as are not inconsistent with this chapter shall apply to rate regulation pursuant to this chapter.

Section 3. Such provisions of chapter one hundred and seventy-five A as are not inconsistent with this chapter shall apply to rate regulation pursuant to this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 184 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 184
Hearing before prosecution; prosecution of guarantor
Status: in_force

Section 184. Prosecutions under the preceding section shall not be commenced until the party concerned is notified and given an opportunity to be heard before the director of standards. No dealer shall be prosecuted thereunder if he establishes a guaranty, signed by the wholesaler, jobber, manufacturer, dealer or other person residing in the United States, from whom he purchased such articles, that they are correctly marked or labelled under section one hundred and eighty-one, designating it, and containing the name and address of such vendor, but in that case such guarantor shall be liable to prosecution and to the penalties provided by section one hundred and eighty-three. If section one hundred and eighty-one has been violated and the guarantor is without the commonwealth, no action shall be brought, but the director of standards shall report the facts to the proper national authorities.

Section 184. Prosecutions under the preceding section shall not be commenced until the party concerned is notified and given an opportunity to be heard before the director of standards. No dealer shall be prosecuted thereunder if he establishes a guaranty, signed by the wholesaler, jobber, manufacturer, dealer or other person residing in the United States, from whom he purchased such articles, that they are correctly marked or labelled under section one hundred and eighty-one, designating it, and containing the name and address of such vendor, but in that case such guarantor shall be liable to prosecution and to the penalties provided by section one hundred and eighty-three. If section one hundred and eighty-one has been violated and the guarantor is without the commonwealth, no action shall be brought, but the director of standards shall report the facts to the proper national authorities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 165, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 165 / Section 13
Certificate of payment of capital stock
Status: in_force

Section 13. Immediately after the payment of the capital of an aqueduct company, as authorized by the state secretary, a certificate, signed and sworn to by its president, treasurer and a majority of its directors, stating the fact of such payment, the manner in which the capital has been paid in and has been invested or voted to be invested, and approved by said secretary, shall be filed in the office of the state secretary.

Section 13. Immediately after the payment of the capital of an aqueduct company, as authorized by the state secretary, a certificate, signed and sworn to by its president, treasurer and a majority of its directors, stating the fact of such payment, the manner in which the capital has been paid in and has been invested or voted to be invested, and approved by said secretary, shall be filed in the office of the state secretary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40N, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40N / Section 14
Payment of bonds from bond proceeds; liability
Status: in_force

Section 14. Bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued or entered into under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to be a debt or a pledge of the faith and credit of the commonwealth or, excepting any note guaranteed by the municipality pursuant to section nine, of any city or town, but shall be payable solely from the revenues of the commission. All bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness, excepting any note guaranteed by the municipality pursuant to section nine, shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that neither the commonwealth nor any city or town shall be obligated to pay the same and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the commonwealth or of any city or town is pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on such bonds or notes. Each bond shall also recite whether it is a general obligation of the commission or a special obligation thereof payable solely from particular funds pledged to its payment.

Section 14. Bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued or entered into under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to be a debt or a pledge of the faith and credit of the commonwealth or, excepting any note guaranteed by the municipality pursuant to section nine, of any city or town, but shall be payable solely from the revenues of the commission. All bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness, excepting any note guaranteed by the municipality pursuant to section nine, shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that neither the commonwealth nor any city or town shall be obligated to pay the same and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the commonwealth or of any city or town is pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on such bonds or notes. Each bond shall also recite whether it is a general obligation of the commission or a special obligation thereof payable solely from particular funds pledged to its payment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 22
Poultry thieves; detention by owner; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 22. Whoever, with intent to commit larceny, breaks or enters or enters in the night without breaking any building or enclosure wherein is kept or confined any kind of live poultry, may be detained or kept in custody in a convenient place by the owner of the poultry, or by his agent or employee, for not more than twenty-four hours, Sunday excepted, until a complaint can be made against him for the offence and he be taken upon a warrant issued upon such complaint, and, upon conviction of such trespassing or breaking or entering shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than two years.

Section 22. Whoever, with intent to commit larceny, breaks or enters or enters in the night without breaking any building or enclosure wherein is kept or confined any kind of live poultry, may be detained or kept in custody in a convenient place by the owner of the poultry, or by his agent or employee, for not more than twenty-four hours, Sunday excepted, until a complaint can be made against him for the offence and he be taken upon a warrant issued upon such complaint, and, upon conviction of such trespassing or breaking or entering shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than two years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 76 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 76
Dissenting stockholder; right to demand payment for stock
Status: in_force

Section 76. A stockholder in any corporation which shall have voted to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all its property and assets, or which shall have adopted any amendment of its articles of organization which adversely affects the rights of such stockholder, who objects to such action, in the manner provided in section eighty-six, shall be entitled, if such sale, lease or exchange shall have been consummated or such amendment shall have become effective, as the case may be, to demand payment for his stock from the corporation and an appraisal thereof in accordance with the provisions of sections eighty-six to ninety-eight, inclusive, and such stockholder and the corporation shall have the rights and duties and follow the procedure set forth in those sections.

Section 76. A stockholder in any corporation which shall have voted to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all its property and assets, or which shall have adopted any amendment of its articles of organization which adversely affects the rights of such stockholder, who objects to such action, in the manner provided in section eighty-six, shall be entitled, if such sale, lease or exchange shall have been consummated or such amendment shall have become effective, as the case may be, to demand payment for his stock from the corporation and an appraisal thereof in accordance with the provisions of sections eighty-six to ninety-eight, inclusive, and such stockholder and the corporation shall have the rights and duties and follow the procedure set forth in those sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 88 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 88
Religious services
Status: in_force

Section 88. An inmate of any prison or other place of confinement shall not be denied the free exercise of his religious belief and the liberty of worshipping God according to the dictates of his conscience in the place where he is confined; and he shall not be required to attend any service or religious instruction other than that of his own religious belief, if religious services and instructions of his own belief are regularly held at the institution; and he may, in illness, upon request to the superintendent, keeper, receive the visits of any clergyman whom he may wish. The officers having the management and direction of such institutions shall make necessary regulations to carry out the intent of this section. This section shall not be so construed as to impair the discipline of any such institution so far as may be needful for the good government and the safe custody of its inmates, nor prevent the assembling of all the inmates, who do not attend a regularly held religious service of their own belief, in the chapel thereof for such general religious instruction, including the reading of the Bible, as the officer having charge of the institution considers expedient.

Section 88. An inmate of any prison or other place of confinement shall not be denied the free exercise of his religious belief and the liberty of worshipping God according to the dictates of his conscience in the place where he is confined; and he shall not be required to attend any service or religious instruction other than that of his own religious belief, if religious services and instructions of his own belief are regularly held at the institution; and he may, in illness, upon request to the superintendent, keeper, receive the visits of any clergyman whom he may wish. The officers having the management and direction of such institutions shall make necessary regulations to carry out the intent of this section. This section shall not be so construed as to impair the discipline of any such institution so far as may be needful for the good government and the safe custody of its inmates, nor prevent the assembling of all the inmates, who do not attend a regularly held religious service of their own belief, in the chapel thereof for such general religious instruction, including the reading of the Bible, as the officer having charge of the institution considers expedient.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161A, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161A / Section 37
Proclamation of state of emergency; powers of Governor; operation of facilities
Status: in_force

Section 37. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, whenever there exists a continued interruption, stoppage or slowdown of transportation of passengers on any vehicle or line of the authority or a strike causing the same, and which is in violation of an injunction, a temporary injunction, a restraining order, or other order of a court of competent jurisdiction, and which threatens the availability of essential services of transportation to such an extent as to endanger the health, safety or welfare of the community, the governor may declare that an emergency exists. During such emergency he may take possession of, and operate in whole or in part, the lines and facilities of the authority in order to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare. Such power and authority may be exercised through any department or agency of the commonwealth or through any person or persons and with the assistance of such public or private instrumentalities as may be designated by him. Such lines and facilities shall be operated for the account of the authority. The powers hereby granted to the governor shall expire 45 days after his proclamation that a state of emergency exists.

Section 37. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, whenever there exists a continued interruption, stoppage or slowdown of transportation of passengers on any vehicle or line of the authority or a strike causing the same, and which is in violation of an injunction, a temporary injunction, a restraining order, or other order of a court of competent jurisdiction, and which threatens the availability of essential services of transportation to such an extent as to endanger the health, safety or welfare of the community, the governor may declare that an emergency exists. During such emergency he may take possession of, and operate in whole or in part, the lines and facilities of the authority in order to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare. Such power and authority may be exercised through any department or agency of the commonwealth or through any person or persons and with the assistance of such public or private instrumentalities as may be designated by him. Such lines and facilities shall be operated for the account of the authority. The powers hereby granted to the governor shall expire 45 days after his proclamation that a state of emergency exists.