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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183A, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183A / Section 11
By-laws; mandatory provisions
Status: in_force

Section 11. In addition to other provisions required or permitted by law, the by-laws of the organization of unit owners shall provide at all times for at least the following:— (a) The method of providing for the necessary work of maintenance, repair and replacement of the common areas and facilities and payments therefor, including the method of approving payment vouchers. (b) The manner of collecting from the unit owners their share of the common expenses. (c) The procedure for hiring all personnel, including whether or not a manager or managing agent may be engaged. (d) The method of adopting and of amending administrative rules and regulations governing the details of the operation and use of the common areas and facilities. (e) Such restrictions on and requirements respecting the use and maintenance of the units and the use of the common areas and facilities, not set forth in the master deed, as are designed to prevent unreasonable interference with the use of their respective units and of the common areas and facilities by the several unit owners.

Section 11. In addition to other provisions required or permitted by law, the by-laws of the organization of unit owners shall provide at all times for at least the following:—

(a) The method of providing for the necessary work of maintenance, repair and replacement of the common areas and facilities and payments therefor, including the method of approving payment vouchers.

(b) The manner of collecting from the unit owners their share of the common expenses.

(c) The procedure for hiring all personnel, including whether or not a manager or managing agent may be engaged.

(d) The method of adopting and of amending administrative rules and regulations governing the details of the operation and use of the common areas and facilities.

(e) Such restrictions on and requirements respecting the use and maintenance of the units and the use of the common areas and facilities, not set forth in the master deed, as are designed to prevent unreasonable interference with the use of their respective units and of the common areas and facilities by the several unit owners.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 35 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 35
Juror service performed at any location within judicial district
Status: in_force

Section 35. Grand and trial jurors shall be summoned at random from the entire judicial district to perform juror service at any particular location within the judicial district, unless the supreme judicial court, by rule of court, orders otherwise. The office of jury commissioner and the court shall have discretionary authority to permit a juror to perform his juror service at a different jury-trial location within the judicial district upon a finding that hardship will be imposed upon the juror if he were required to serve at the original location. The jury commissioner, with the approval of the jury management advisory committee, shall have discretionary authority to limit the numbers of courthouse transfers allowed each day to or from each courthouse in order to maintain the integrity of the demographic cross-sections appearing in the juror pools.

Section 35. Grand and trial jurors shall be summoned at random from the entire judicial district to perform juror service at any particular location within the judicial district, unless the supreme judicial court, by rule of court, orders otherwise. The office of jury commissioner and the court shall have discretionary authority to permit a juror to perform his juror service at a different jury-trial location within the judicial district upon a finding that hardship will be imposed upon the juror if he were required to serve at the original location. The jury commissioner, with the approval of the jury management advisory committee, shall have discretionary authority to limit the numbers of courthouse transfers allowed each day to or from each courthouse in order to maintain the integrity of the demographic cross-sections appearing in the juror pools.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 78, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 78 / Section 13
Applicability of sections relating to trustees
Status: in_force

Section 13. The three preceding sections shall not apply to library associations, nor to a library organized under a special act.

Section 13. The three preceding sections shall not apply to library associations, nor to a library organized under a special act.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 27
Reduction of capital stock; approval of department; liability of directors
Status: in_force

Section 27. On petition of a company for authority to reduce its capital stock, presented in accordance with a vote of the stockholders at a meeting called therefor, the department may, after a hearing and such examination of the financial condition of the company as it considers necessary, authorize such reduction, if it appears to be consistent with the public interest and with the limitations imposed by general or special laws. A certificate of the amount of the reduction and of any terms and conditions imposed shall be forthwith filed by the department in the office of the state secretary. When such reduction is made, no money or other property shall be paid or transferred to the stockholders unless specially authorized by the department, and by vote of the directors of the company taken by yeas and nays at a meeting called therefor. The directors voting therefor shall be jointly and severally liable for the debts or contracts of the company existing when the capital stock is reduced, to the extent of the money or property paid or transferred to the stockholders.

Section 27. On petition of a company for authority to reduce its capital stock, presented in accordance with a vote of the stockholders at a meeting called therefor, the department may, after a hearing and such examination of the financial condition of the company as it considers necessary, authorize such reduction, if it appears to be consistent with the public interest and with the limitations imposed by general or special laws. A certificate of the amount of the reduction and of any terms and conditions imposed shall be forthwith filed by the department in the office of the state secretary. When such reduction is made, no money or other property shall be paid or transferred to the stockholders unless specially authorized by the department, and by vote of the directors of the company taken by yeas and nays at a meeting called therefor. The directors voting therefor shall be jointly and severally liable for the debts or contracts of the company existing when the capital stock is reduced, to the extent of the money or property paid or transferred to the stockholders.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 102, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 102 / Section 6
Weighers of lighters or other vessels transporting stones, gravel or sand; appointment
Status: in_force

Section 6. The mayor of a city and the selectmen of a town in which lighters or other vessels are employed in transporting stones, gravel or sand shall annually, in March or April, appoint one or more sworn weighers of vessels.

Section 6. The mayor of a city and the selectmen of a town in which lighters or other vessels are employed in transporting stones, gravel or sand shall annually, in March or April, appoint one or more sworn weighers of vessels.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 46, sec. 9B — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 46 / Section 9B
Penalties
Status: in_force

Section 9B. A physician or officer neglecting or refusing to furnish a certificate as provided in section nine or making a false statement therein, shall forfeit not more than fifty dollars.

Section 9B. A physician or officer neglecting or refusing to furnish a certificate as provided in section nine or making a false statement therein, shall forfeit not more than fifty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 4
Effect of adoption of governmental plan on ordinances, etc.
Status: repealed

Section 4. Ordinances, resolutions, orders or other regulations of a city or of any authorized body or official thereof, existing at the time when such city adopts a plan of government set forth in this chapter, shall continue in full force and effect until repealed, modified or superseded.

Section 4. Ordinances, resolutions, orders or other regulations of a city or of any authorized body or official thereof, existing at the time when such city adopts a plan of government set forth in this chapter, shall continue in full force and effect until repealed, modified or superseded.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 207 / Section 51
Violation of certain provisions of this chapter; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 51. Violations of any provision of section 7 or 26, shall, upon complaint made within one year thereafter, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Section 51. Violations of any provision of section 7 or 26, shall, upon complaint made within one year thereafter, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21D, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21D / Section 13
Siting agreements; negotiations
Status: in_force

Section 13. A siting agreement may be established by the signature of the chief executive officer of a host community who has been directed by a majority vote of the local assessment committee of said host community to sign and the signature of any officer of the developer expressly authorized by the developer to sign said agreement, or by arbitration pursuant to section fifteen. All state agencies shall endeavor to assist in facilitating negotiations between local assessment committees, the chief executive officer of abutting communities, and the developer. The council shall be available during such negotiations to assist in the exchange of information and to encourage and facilitate access to opinions, reports, documents and other materials relevant to the siting agreement including, but not limited to, all public records produced as part of the hazardous waste facility siting process established by this chapter.

Section 13. A siting agreement may be established by the signature of the chief executive officer of a host community who has been directed by a majority vote of the local assessment committee of said host community to sign and the signature of any officer of the developer expressly authorized by the developer to sign said agreement, or by arbitration pursuant to section fifteen.

All state agencies shall endeavor to assist in facilitating negotiations between local assessment committees, the chief executive officer of abutting communities, and the developer. The council shall be available during such negotiations to assist in the exchange of information and to encourage and facilitate access to opinions, reports, documents and other materials relevant to the siting agreement including, but not limited to, all public records produced as part of the hazardous waste facility siting process established by this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, sec. 59 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 279 / Section 59
Execution of death sentence; time constraints
Status: in_force

Section 59. The sentence of death shall be executed by the superintendent of the state prison, or by a person acting under his direction, not earlier than twenty days nor later than thirty days after service upon said superintendent, or officer performing his duties, of a certificate of the clerk of the court that the stay of the execution of the sentence has been revoked under section four, unless the governor pardons the crime, commutes the punishment therefor or respites the execution or said execution is otherwise delayed by process of law. If the execution is respited or stayed by process of law, the sentence of death shall be executed within the week beginning on the day next after the day on which the term of respite or stay expires. The sentence of death shall be executed upon such day within the limits of time provided in this section as the superintendent elects; but no previous announcement thereof shall be made, except to such persons as may be permitted to be present in accordance with section sixty-five.

Section 59. The sentence of death shall be executed by the superintendent of the state prison, or by a person acting under his direction, not earlier than twenty days nor later than thirty days after service upon said superintendent, or officer performing his duties, of a certificate of the clerk of the court that the stay of the execution of the sentence has been revoked under section four, unless the governor pardons the crime, commutes the punishment therefor or respites the execution or said execution is otherwise delayed by process of law. If the execution is respited or stayed by process of law, the sentence of death shall be executed within the week beginning on the day next after the day on which the term of respite or stay expires. The sentence of death shall be executed upon such day within the limits of time provided in this section as the superintendent elects; but no previous announcement thereof shall be made, except to such persons as may be permitted to be present in accordance with section sixty-five.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 22
Liability as trustee of assignee in insolvency
Status: in_force

Section 22. After a dividend on the estate of an insolvent debtor has been declared, it may, unless it is upon a claim for wages which would have been exempt from attachment by trustee process in the hands of the insolvent debtor, be so attached in the hands of the assignee.

Section 22. After a dividend on the estate of an insolvent debtor has been declared, it may, unless it is upon a claim for wages which would have been exempt from attachment by trustee process in the hands of the insolvent debtor, be so attached in the hands of the assignee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 174A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 174A
Prevention of defilement of domestic water supply by gulls or terns
Status: in_force

Section 174A. In order to preserve the purity and prevent the pollution of the waters of any reservoir, pond, and stream used for domestic water supply, by the watershed system of the division of watershed management of the metropolitan district commission, or by a town, water supply or fire and water district, public institution or water company, said division, the public board or commission, or the governing board in case of a water company, having control of such waters may authorize one or more of its employees, so far as permissible under federal law, to take such reasonable means and use such appliances and weapons as, in the judgment of such public board or commission, or governing board, as the case may be, will prevent the defilement of said waters by gulls or terns, any provision of chapter one hundred and thirty-one to the contrary notwithstanding. Every such division, public board or commission and governing board shall keep an accurate account of all birds killed by its employees under authority of this section and submit such account to the director of the division of fisheries and wildlife of the department of fish and game at such times and covering such periods as he may prescribe.

Section 174A. In order to preserve the purity and prevent the pollution of the waters of any reservoir, pond, and stream used for domestic water supply, by the watershed system of the division of watershed management of the metropolitan district commission, or by a town, water supply or fire and water district, public institution or water company, said division, the public board or commission, or the governing board in case of a water company, having control of such waters may authorize one or more of its employees, so far as permissible under federal law, to take such reasonable means and use such appliances and weapons as, in the judgment of such public board or commission, or governing board, as the case may be, will prevent the defilement of said waters by gulls or terns, any provision of chapter one hundred and thirty-one to the contrary notwithstanding. Every such division, public board or commission and governing board shall keep an accurate account of all birds killed by its employees under authority of this section and submit such account to the director of the division of fisheries and wildlife of the department of fish and game at such times and covering such periods as he may prescribe.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 77 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 77
Enforcement of statutes; supervisors of attendance; appointment; powers
Status: in_force

Section 77. Sections sixty-nine to seventy-three, inclusive, relating to minors engaged in the occupations mentioned in section sixty-nine, shall be enforced by supervisors of attendance, who are hereby vested with full police powers for the purpose, and by police officers. The school committee of each city may appoint or designate one or more special supervisors of attendance to have supervision over minors engaged in such occupations and over the enforcement of said sections.

Section 77. Sections sixty-nine to seventy-three, inclusive, relating to minors engaged in the occupations mentioned in section sixty-nine, shall be enforced by supervisors of attendance, who are hereby vested with full police powers for the purpose, and by police officers. The school committee of each city may appoint or designate one or more special supervisors of attendance to have supervision over minors engaged in such occupations and over the enforcement of said sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21, sec. 46A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21 / Section 46A
Judicial review; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Section 46A. Any person aggrieved by an order, permit determination or other action of the director, other than an order consented to, may obtain judicial review by filing an application for review in the superior court within thirty days after receipt of notice of the final decision of the director. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce any order, decision or determination of the director, and any provision of sections twenty-six to fifty-three, inclusive, or regulation issued thereunder.

Section 46A. Any person aggrieved by an order, permit determination or other action of the director, other than an order consented to, may obtain judicial review by filing an application for review in the superior court within thirty days after receipt of notice of the final decision of the director. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce any order, decision or determination of the director, and any provision of sections twenty-six to fifty-three, inclusive, or regulation issued thereunder.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 28
Exemption of gypsy and brown tail moths
Status: in_force

Section 28. Sections sixteen to twenty-seven, inclusive, twenty-nine and thirty, shall not apply to gypsy or brown tail moths in any stage of development except upon places where nursery stock is grown and upon property adjoining the same.

Section 28. Sections sixteen to twenty-seven, inclusive, twenty-nine and thirty, shall not apply to gypsy or brown tail moths in any stage of development except upon places where nursery stock is grown and upon property adjoining the same.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 241 / Section 18
Conclusiveness of partition
Status: in_force

Section 18. The partition by division, when confirmed and established by a final decree under section sixteen, or the sale if partition is made by sale, shall be conclusive upon all persons named in the petition or interested in the land therein described who appeared in the case or who waived notice or assented in writing to the same, or to whom due notice was given in accordance with section six or eight, or who were represented as provided in section nine, and upon all persons claiming through or under them or any of them, and, if the common title is derived through the settlement of the estate of a deceased person in any probate court within the commonwealth, upon all the heirs and devisees of such deceased person to whom the notice aforesaid was given or who were so represented, and upon all persons claiming through or under them.

Section 18. The partition by division, when confirmed and established by a final decree under section sixteen, or the sale if partition is made by sale, shall be conclusive upon all persons named in the petition or interested in the land therein described who appeared in the case or who waived notice or assented in writing to the same, or to whom due notice was given in accordance with section six or eight, or who were represented as provided in section nine, and upon all persons claiming through or under them or any of them, and, if the common title is derived through the settlement of the estate of a deceased person in any probate court within the commonwealth, upon all the heirs and devisees of such deceased person to whom the notice aforesaid was given or who were so represented, and upon all persons claiming through or under them.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 253, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 253 / Section 29
Tender; judgment upon acceptance; costs
Status: in_force

Section 29. If the plaintiff accepts the amount so offered for the past damage and for future annual compensation, he shall have judgment therefor and for costs to that time; or the plaintiff may accept either the amount tendered for past damages or the offer for future annual compensation, and proceed to trial on the residue of the complaint under the same liability for costs.

Section 29. If the plaintiff accepts the amount so offered for the past damage and for future annual compensation, he shall have judgment therefor and for costs to that time; or the plaintiff may accept either the amount tendered for past damages or the offer for future annual compensation, and proceed to trial on the residue of the complaint under the same liability for costs.