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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 25A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 25A
Discrimination in prices and discounts prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 25A. No licensee authorized under this chapter to sell alcoholic beverages to wholesalers or retailers shall— (a) Discriminate, directly or indirectly, in price, in discounts for time of payment or in discounts on quantity of merchandise sold, between one wholesaler and another wholesaler, or between one retailer and another retailer purchasing alcoholic beverages bearing the same brand or trade name and of like age and quality; [There is no clause (b).]

Section 25A. No licensee authorized under this chapter to sell alcoholic beverages to wholesalers or retailers shall—

(a) Discriminate, directly or indirectly, in price, in discounts for time of payment or in discounts on quantity of merchandise sold, between one wholesaler and another wholesaler, or between one retailer and another retailer purchasing alcoholic beverages bearing the same brand or trade name and of like age and quality;

[There is no clause (b).]

All price lists or price quotations made to a licensee by a wholesaler shall remain in effect for at least thirty days after the establishment of such price list or quotation. Any sale by a wholesaler of any alcoholic beverages at prices lower than the price reflected in such price list or quotation within such thirty day period shall constitute price discrimination under this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 1D — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 1D
Prohibition of adoption or implementation of policy or code in sports or athletic events that impairs or prohibits hairstyle historically associated with race
Status: in_force

Section 1D. A school district, school committee, public school, nonsectarian school, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association or any equivalent school organization or an entity or board that provides athletic officials, including, but not limited to, referees and umpires, for school sports or athletic events, shall not adopt or implement a policy or code, including, but not limited to, any policy or code pertaining to a student's participation in sports or athletic events, that impairs or prohibits a hairstyle that is historically associated with race. The department of elementary and secondary education shall provide written guidance for the administration of this section.

Section 1D. A school district, school committee, public school, nonsectarian school, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association or any equivalent school organization or an entity or board that provides athletic officials, including, but not limited to, referees and umpires, for school sports or athletic events, shall not adopt or implement a policy or code, including, but not limited to, any policy or code pertaining to a student's participation in sports or athletic events, that impairs or prohibits a hairstyle that is historically associated with race. The department of elementary and secondary education shall provide written guidance for the administration of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 38
Closing of tombs, burial ground or cemetery; hearing; notice
Status: in_force

Section 38. Before a tomb, burial ground or cemetery is closed by order of the board of health for more than one month, all persons interested shall have an opportunity to be heard, and personal notice of the time and place of hearing shall be given to at least one owner of the tomb, and to three at least, if there are so many, of the owners of such burial ground or cemetery, and notice shall be published for at least two successive weeks preceding such hearing in two newspapers published in the county.

Section 38. Before a tomb, burial ground or cemetery is closed by order of the board of health for more than one month, all persons interested shall have an opportunity to be heard, and personal notice of the time and place of hearing shall be given to at least one owner of the tomb, and to three at least, if there are so many, of the owners of such burial ground or cemetery, and notice shall be published for at least two successive weeks preceding such hearing in two newspapers published in the county.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 19
Submission of map and report to local officials
Status: in_force

Section 19. The directors shall submit said map and report to the board of aldermen of every city and to the selectmen of every town named in the agreement of association, who shall thereupon appoint a time and place for a hearing, of which notice shall be given by publication in a newspaper published in said city or town, or if none is published therein, in such newspaper published in the county where said city or town is situated as shall be designated by the department, at least once in each of two successive weeks, the last publication to be at least two days before the hearing; and by posting copies of said notice in two or more public places in said city or town at least two weeks before such hearing.

Section 19. The directors shall submit said map and report to the board of aldermen of every city and to the selectmen of every town named in the agreement of association, who shall thereupon appoint a time and place for a hearing, of which notice shall be given by publication in a newspaper published in said city or town, or if none is published therein, in such newspaper published in the county where said city or town is situated as shall be designated by the department, at least once in each of two successive weeks, the last publication to be at least two days before the hearing; and by posting copies of said notice in two or more public places in said city or town at least two weeks before such hearing.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 45 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 45
Provisions applicable to adoption of any governmental plan
Status: in_force

Section 45. Sections one to forty-four G, inclusive, shall, upon the adoption by any city of any of the plans hereinafter set forth, apply to the plan so adopted, except as is otherwise provided in such plan.

Section 45. Sections one to forty-four G, inclusive, shall, upon the adoption by any city of any of the plans hereinafter set forth, apply to the plan so adopted, except as is otherwise provided in such plan.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 44C — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 44C
Regional refuse disposal planning board; agreement for establishment of district
Status: in_force

Section 44C. The regional refuse disposal planning board, consisting only of the regional refuse disposal planning committees which vote in favor of the establishment of a regional refuse disposal district, shall draw up a proposed agreement. The said agreement shall contain provisions describing the sharing of construction and operating costs, the number, method of selection and terms of office of the members of the regional refuse disposal district committee, the general area in which the refuse disposal facility shall be constructed, the terms by which another city or town may be admitted to the district, the method by which the agreement may be amended, the procedure for the preparation and adoption of the annual budget and any other matters, not incompatible with law, which the said board may deem advisable; provided, however, that all plans for refuse disposal facilities shall be subject to the approval of the state department of environmental protection.

Section 44C. The regional refuse disposal planning board, consisting only of the regional refuse disposal planning committees which vote in favor of the establishment of a regional refuse disposal district, shall draw up a proposed agreement. The said agreement shall contain provisions describing the sharing of construction and operating costs, the number, method of selection and terms of office of the members of the regional refuse disposal district committee, the general area in which the refuse disposal facility shall be constructed, the terms by which another city or town may be admitted to the district, the method by which the agreement may be amended, the procedure for the preparation and adoption of the annual budget and any other matters, not incompatible with law, which the said board may deem advisable; provided, however, that all plans for refuse disposal facilities shall be subject to the approval of the state department of environmental protection.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12 / Section 22
Clerical and stenographic workers
Status: in_force

Section 22. The district attorney for the Northern, Norfolk and Plymouth districts may employ persons for clerical or stenographic work and may remove them at his pleasure. Their compensation shall be paid by the commonwealth.

Section 22. The district attorney for the Northern, Norfolk and Plymouth districts may employ persons for clerical or stenographic work and may remove them at his pleasure. Their compensation shall be paid by the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 16
Courts-martial classified
Status: in_force

Article 16. Courts-martial classified. The 3 kinds of courts-martial in the state military forces shall be: (1) general courts-martial, consisting of: (A) a military judge and not less than 5 members; or (B) only a military judge if, before the court is assembled, the accused, knowing the identity of the military judge and after consultation with defense counsel, requests orally on the record or in writing a court composed only of a military judge and the military judge approves; (2) special courts-martial, consisting of: (A) a military judge and not less than 3 members; or (B) only a military judge, if one has been detailed to the court, and the accused under the same conditions as those prescribed in paragraph (B) of subsection (1) so requests; and (3) summary courts-martial, consisting of 1 commissioned officer.

Article 16. Courts-martial classified.

The 3 kinds of courts-martial in the state military forces shall be:

(1) general courts-martial, consisting of:

(A) a military judge and not less than 5 members; or

(B) only a military judge if, before the court is assembled, the accused, knowing the identity of the military judge and after consultation with defense counsel, requests orally on the record or in writing a court composed only of a military judge and the military judge approves;

(2) special courts-martial, consisting of:

(A) a military judge and not less than 3 members; or

(B) only a military judge, if one has been detailed to the court, and the accused under the same conditions as those prescribed in paragraph (B) of subsection (1) so requests; and

(3) summary courts-martial, consisting of 1 commissioned officer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 25A — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 25A
Display of national flag
Status: in_force

Section 25A. In any city or town which accepts this section by vote of its city council or selectmen, the national flag shall be displayed at each polling place during the hours when voting is taking place thereat.

Section 25A. In any city or town which accepts this section by vote of its city council or selectmen, the national flag shall be displayed at each polling place during the hours when voting is taking place thereat.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 295C — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 295C
Display of price of motor fuel on dispensing devices
Status: in_force

Section 295C. A retail dealer of motor fuel shall publicly display and maintain on each pump or other dispensing device from which motor fuel is sold by him, at least 1 sign, clearly visible, stating the price per gallon of each grade of motor fuel sold from the pump or device. A sign shall be not less than 8 inches by 10 inches in size. The price shown on a sign shall include all taxes imposed with respect to the manufacture or sale of the motor fuel sold at that pump or device and shall contain either a statement of the taxes included in the price or, without specifying the amount of the taxes, shall state that such taxes are included in the price. All figures, including fractions, on a sign, other than figures and fractions used in a price computing mechanism and constituting a part of a pump or dispensing device, shall be the same size. No sign, advertising material or other display or product that is placed upon, above or around a pump or dispenser shall directly or indirectly obscure the posted price sign as required by the preceding paragraph.

Section 295C. A retail dealer of motor fuel shall publicly display and maintain on each pump or other dispensing device from which motor fuel is sold by him, at least 1 sign, clearly visible, stating the price per gallon of each grade of motor fuel sold from the pump or device. A sign shall be not less than 8 inches by 10 inches in size. The price shown on a sign shall include all taxes imposed with respect to the manufacture or sale of the motor fuel sold at that pump or device and shall contain either a statement of the taxes included in the price or, without specifying the amount of the taxes, shall state that such taxes are included in the price. All figures, including fractions, on a sign, other than figures and fractions used in a price computing mechanism and constituting a part of a pump or dispensing device, shall be the same size.

No sign, advertising material or other display or product that is placed upon, above or around a pump or dispenser shall directly or indirectly obscure the posted price sign as required by the preceding paragraph.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 5
Investigations of industrial conditions; complaints; prosecutions
Status: in_force

Section 5. The attorney general may investigate conditions existing in any line of industry, and such investigations may be extended outside of the commonwealth to procure information to promote industrial development or to improve industrial conditions. He shall receive all complaints concerning conditions existing in any industry carried on in the commonwealth, or concerning alleged violations of any laws enforced under his direction, and shall thereupon make or direct all needful and appropriate investigations and prosecutions.

Section 5. The attorney general may investigate conditions existing in any line of industry, and such investigations may be extended outside of the commonwealth to procure information to promote industrial development or to improve industrial conditions. He shall receive all complaints concerning conditions existing in any industry carried on in the commonwealth, or concerning alleged violations of any laws enforced under his direction, and shall thereupon make or direct all needful and appropriate investigations and prosecutions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, sec. 49 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 155 / Section 49
Statement required by foreign law; penalty for falsifying
Status: in_force

Section 49. Whoever knowingly makes, executes or publishes any report or statement required by the law of another state or country to be made, executed, or published by a corporation, or whoever causes the same to be done, within this commonwealth, which report or statement is false in any material representation, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three years, or both.

Section 49. Whoever knowingly makes, executes or publishes any report or statement required by the law of another state or country to be made, executed, or published by a corporation, or whoever causes the same to be done, within this commonwealth, which report or statement is false in any material representation, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three years, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 89, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 89 / Section 6
Applicability of rules of road to street railway cars
Status: in_force

Section 6. In construing rules, by-laws and regulations concerning the use and operation of vehicles on ways, street railway cars or other cars moving upon rails shall not be considered to be vehicles within the provisions of the five preceding sections, unless it is expressly so provided.

Section 6. In construing rules, by-laws and regulations concerning the use and operation of vehicles on ways, street railway cars or other cars moving upon rails shall not be considered to be vehicles within the provisions of the five preceding sections, unless it is expressly so provided.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118 / Section 10
Exemption from trustee process; assignment; false statement or fraud
Status: in_force

Section 10. Aid hereunder shall not be subject to trustee process and no assignment thereof shall be valid. No applicant for aid hereunder, who knowingly makes any false statement, or seeks to perpetrate any fraud or deception, in or relative to his application for such aid, shall be granted any aid hereunder upon such application.

Section 10. Aid hereunder shall not be subject to trustee process and no assignment thereof shall be valid. No applicant for aid hereunder, who knowingly makes any false statement, or seeks to perpetrate any fraud or deception, in or relative to his application for such aid, shall be granted any aid hereunder upon such application.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 41A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 41A
Delivery of payroll checks to department heads
Status: in_force

Section 41A. Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty-five, the treasurer of a city or town may deliver or cause to be delivered to the head of a municipal department or his designee the payroll checks for the employees of such department, with the approval of the board of selectmen in towns, and of the mayor in cities, or of the city manager in cities operating under a Plan D or Plan E charter.

Section 41A. Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty-five, the treasurer of a city or town may deliver or cause to be delivered to the head of a municipal department or his designee the payroll checks for the employees of such department, with the approval of the board of selectmen in towns, and of the mayor in cities, or of the city manager in cities operating under a Plan D or Plan E charter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44, sec. 8C — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44 / Section 8C
Cities and towns; acquisition of land for conservation or recreation purposes in anticipation of state or federal reimbursement of expense; temporary debt outside limit authorized
Status: in_force

Section 8C. A city or town which has appropriated money for the acquisition of land, to be expended together with a sum or sums of money allotted by the commissioner of natural resources under section eleven of chapter one hundred and thirty-two A or by the United States or by both, may, if said city or town is required primarily to pay a portion of the expense of acquiring such land which is to be reimbursed by the commonwealth or the United States or both, incur debt outside its debt limit in the amount of such reimbursable expense and may issue notes therefor which shall be payable in or within two years from their dates; provided, that prior to the issuance of such notes such reimbursement has been agreed upon by the commonwealth or the United States or by both; and provided, further, that the proceeds of such reimbursement shall be applied to the payment of the notes without further appropriation, notwithstanding the provisions of section fifty-three. The provisions of chapter seventy-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five shall not apply to borrowing under this section.

Section 8C. A city or town which has appropriated money for the acquisition of land, to be expended together with a sum or sums of money allotted by the commissioner of natural resources under section eleven of chapter one hundred and thirty-two A or by the United States or by both, may, if said city or town is required primarily to pay a portion of the expense of acquiring such land which is to be reimbursed by the commonwealth or the United States or both, incur debt outside its debt limit in the amount of such reimbursable expense and may issue notes therefor which shall be payable in or within two years from their dates; provided, that prior to the issuance of such notes such reimbursement has been agreed upon by the commonwealth or the United States or by both; and provided, further, that the proceeds of such reimbursement shall be applied to the payment of the notes without further appropriation, notwithstanding the provisions of section fifty-three. The provisions of chapter seventy-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five shall not apply to borrowing under this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 131 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 131
Unauthorized parades by armed citizens; unlawful maintenance of armories; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 131. Whoever violates any provision of section one hundred and twenty-nine or one hundred and thirty shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.

Section 131. Whoever violates any provision of section one hundred and twenty-nine or one hundred and thirty shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.