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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 157, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 157 / Section 2
Distribution of earnings or profits; sinking fund; limitation upon shares held
Status: in_force

Section 2. Such corporation shall distribute its earnings or profits among its workmen, purchasers and stockholders at such times and in such manner as its by-laws prescribe, but at least once in every twelve months. No distribution shall be made, unless at least ten per cent of the net profits have been appropriated for a contingent or sinking fund, until an amount has accumulated equal to thirty per cent of its capital stock issued and outstanding. No person shall hold shares in any such corporation to an amount exceeding one thousand dollars at their par value, nor shall a stockholder be entitled to more than one vote upon any subject.

Section 2. Such corporation shall distribute its earnings or profits among its workmen, purchasers and stockholders at such times and in such manner as its by-laws prescribe, but at least once in every twelve months. No distribution shall be made, unless at least ten per cent of the net profits have been appropriated for a contingent or sinking fund, until an amount has accumulated equal to thirty per cent of its capital stock issued and outstanding. No person shall hold shares in any such corporation to an amount exceeding one thousand dollars at their par value, nor shall a stockholder be entitled to more than one vote upon any subject.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 154 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 154
Service of process on foreign company; duty of commissioner; fees
Status: in_force

Section 154. When legal process is served upon the commissioner as attorney for a foreign company under the third clause of section one hundred and fifty-one, he shall forthwith forward by mail, postage prepaid, one of the duplicate copies of the process served on him, addressed to the company at its last home office address appearing on his records, or, in the case of a company of a foreign country, to its resident manager in the United States, addressed to him at the last address appearing on said records, or to such other person as may previously have been designated by the company by written notice filed in the office of the commissioner. As a condition of valid and effectual service and of the duty of the commissioner in the premises, there shall be paid to him, except as provided in section fourteen, at the time of service thereof the fee prescribed by said section, which the plaintiff shall recover as taxable costs if he prevails in his suit. The commissioner shall keep a record of all legal processes showing the day and hour of service.

Section 154. When legal process is served upon the commissioner as attorney for a foreign company under the third clause of section one hundred and fifty-one, he shall forthwith forward by mail, postage prepaid, one of the duplicate copies of the process served on him, addressed to the company at its last home office address appearing on his records, or, in the case of a company of a foreign country, to its resident manager in the United States, addressed to him at the last address appearing on said records, or to such other person as may previously have been designated by the company by written notice filed in the office of the commissioner. As a condition of valid and effectual service and of the duty of the commissioner in the premises, there shall be paid to him, except as provided in section fourteen, at the time of service thereof the fee prescribed by said section, which the plaintiff shall recover as taxable costs if he prevails in his suit. The commissioner shall keep a record of all legal processes showing the day and hour of service.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 46 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 46
Altitude of aircraft flights
Status: in_force

Section 46. Flight of aircraft over the lands and waters of this commonwealth, within the navigable air space as defined in section thirty-five, shall be lawful unless at such a low altitude as to interfere with the then existing use to which the land or water or space over the land or water is put by the owner or occupant, or unless so conducted as to be imminently dangerous to persons or property lawfully on the land or water beneath.

Section 46. Flight of aircraft over the lands and waters of this commonwealth, within the navigable air space as defined in section thirty-five, shall be lawful unless at such a low altitude as to interfere with the then existing use to which the land or water or space over the land or water is put by the owner or occupant, or unless so conducted as to be imminently dangerous to persons or property lawfully on the land or water beneath.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 99 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 99
Libraries; definitions
Status: in_force

Section 99. As used in sections ninety-nine A and one hundred, the following words shall have the following meanings:— ''Library materials and property'', any book, plate, picture, portrait, photograph, broadside, engraving, painting, drawing, map, specimen, print, lithograph, chart, musical score, catalog card, catalog record, statue, coin, medal, computer software, film, periodical, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, document, manuscript, letter, archival material, public record, microform, sound recording, audio-visual material in any format, magnetic or other tape, tape recorder, film projector or other machinery or equipment, electronic data-processing record, artifact or other documentary written or printed material regardless of the physical form or characteristics which is a constituent element of a library's collection or any part thereof, belonging to, on loan to or otherwise in the custody of any library. Library materials and property shall also include the walls, wainscotting or any part of the library, or any other building or room used for library business or the appurtenances thereof, including furnishings. ''Library premises'', the interior of the building, structure or other enclosure in which a library is located, bookmobiles and kiosks, the exterior appurtenances to such building, structure or enclosure is located.

Section 99. As used in sections ninety-nine A and one hundred, the following words shall have the following meanings:—

''Library materials and property'', any book, plate, picture, portrait, photograph, broadside, engraving, painting, drawing, map, specimen, print, lithograph, chart, musical score, catalog card, catalog record, statue, coin, medal, computer software, film, periodical, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, document, manuscript, letter, archival material, public record, microform, sound recording, audio-visual material in any format, magnetic or other tape, tape recorder, film projector or other machinery or equipment, electronic data-processing record, artifact or other documentary written or printed material regardless of the physical form or characteristics which is a constituent element of a library's collection or any part thereof, belonging to, on loan to or otherwise in the custody of any library. Library materials and property shall also include the walls, wainscotting or any part of the library, or any other building or room used for library business or the appurtenances thereof, including furnishings.

''Library premises'', the interior of the building, structure or other enclosure in which a library is located, bookmobiles and kiosks, the exterior appurtenances to such building, structure or enclosure is located.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176G, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176G / Section 2
Application of laws
Status: in_force

Section 2. Except as hereinafter provided in this chapter, the provisions of chapters one hundred and seventy-five, one hundred and seventy-six A, one hundred and seventy-six B, one hundred and seventy-six C, one hundred and seventy-six E, and one hundred and seventy-six F, shall not apply to a health maintenance organization, provided, however, that in the case of any company doing business in the commonwealth and otherwise subject to the provisions of said chapters, this section shall apply only with respect to its health maintenance organization activities.

Section 2. Except as hereinafter provided in this chapter, the provisions of chapters one hundred and seventy-five, one hundred and seventy-six A, one hundred and seventy-six B, one hundred and seventy-six C, one hundred and seventy-six E, and one hundred and seventy-six F, shall not apply to a health maintenance organization, provided, however, that in the case of any company doing business in the commonwealth and otherwise subject to the provisions of said chapters, this section shall apply only with respect to its health maintenance organization activities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 140C — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 140C
Settlement or partial payment by insurer as admission of liability
Status: in_force

Section 140C. No settlement or partial payment made under a liability insurance policy of a claim against any person insured thereunder shall be construed as an admission of liability by such person, with respect to any claim arising from the same event.

Section 140C. No settlement or partial payment made under a liability insurance policy of a claim against any person insured thereunder shall be construed as an admission of liability by such person, with respect to any claim arising from the same event.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 15
Erroneous venue; procedure
Status: in_force

Section 15. If an error in venue is discovered at any stage of the proceedings of a civil action in the supreme judicial or superior court, the court may, upon motion of either party, order the action, with all papers relating thereto, to be removed to the proper county upon terms to the defendant; and it shall thereupon be entered and prosecuted in the same court for that county as if it had been originally commenced therein, and all prior proceedings otherwise regularly taken shall be valid.

Section 15. If an error in venue is discovered at any stage of the proceedings of a civil action in the supreme judicial or superior court, the court may, upon motion of either party, order the action, with all papers relating thereto, to be removed to the proper county upon terms to the defendant; and it shall thereupon be entered and prosecuted in the same court for that county as if it had been originally commenced therein, and all prior proceedings otherwise regularly taken shall be valid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 55 / Section 37
Witnesses; attendance; process; fees
Status: in_force

Section 37. Such court or attorney may issue subpoenas for witnesses, who shall be allowed the same fees, whose attendance may be enforced in the same manner, and who shall be subject to the same penalties, as if served with a subpoena in behalf of the commonwealth in a criminal prosecution before such court.

Section 37. Such court or attorney may issue subpoenas for witnesses, who shall be allowed the same fees, whose attendance may be enforced in the same manner, and who shall be subject to the same penalties, as if served with a subpoena in behalf of the commonwealth in a criminal prosecution before such court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 68 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 68
Contracts made in violation of Secs. 61 to 69 void and unenforceable
Status: in_force

Section 68. A contract made in violation of sections 61 to 69, inclusive, shall be void and the governmental unit shall make no payment under any such contract. Minor informalities shall not render a contract void.

Section 68. A contract made in violation of sections 61 to 69, inclusive, shall be void and the governmental unit shall make no payment under any such contract. Minor informalities shall not render a contract void.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 58
Notice of directors' meeting
Status: in_force

Section 58. The by-laws may prescribe what shall constitute proper notice of meetings of the directors. A notice or waiver of notice need not specify the purpose of any special meeting of the directors unless required by the by-laws. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director, if a written waiver of notice, executed by him before or after the meeting, is filed with the records of the meeting, or to any director who attends the meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement the lack of notice to him.

Section 58. The by-laws may prescribe what shall constitute proper notice of meetings of the directors. A notice or waiver of notice need not specify the purpose of any special meeting of the directors unless required by the by-laws. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director, if a written waiver of notice, executed by him before or after the meeting, is filed with the records of the meeting, or to any director who attends the meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement the lack of notice to him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 28F — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 28F
Fire sales; advertising
Status: in_force

Section 28F. No person shall advertise or offer for sale a stock of goods, wares or merchandise under designation of ''fire sale'', or other designation of like meaning, indicating the effect or result of fire, water or smoke, unless the goods, wares or merchandise so advertised or so offered for sale have, in fact, been salvaged from a fire, and unless such goods, wares or merchandise are segregated and identified. No other goods, wares or merchandise shall be included under such designation in any form of advertising, tagging or labeling.

Section 28F. No person shall advertise or offer for sale a stock of goods, wares or merchandise under designation of ''fire sale'', or other designation of like meaning, indicating the effect or result of fire, water or smoke, unless the goods, wares or merchandise so advertised or so offered for sale have, in fact, been salvaged from a fire, and unless such goods, wares or merchandise are segregated and identified. No other goods, wares or merchandise shall be included under such designation in any form of advertising, tagging or labeling.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 171, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 171 / Section 47
Agreements exculpating credit union for wrongful payment of account
Status: in_force

Section 47. Any agreement between a depositor or shareholder and any credit union which exculpates such credit union when an account, or any part thereof, is paid by such credit union to a person unlawfully presenting a passbook, or other instrument as evidence of such account is hereby declared to be contrary to public policy and void.

Section 47. Any agreement between a depositor or shareholder and any credit union which exculpates such credit union when an account, or any part thereof, is paid by such credit union to a person unlawfully presenting a passbook, or other instrument as evidence of such account is hereby declared to be contrary to public policy and void.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 177D — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 177D
Statement and receipt from insurance adviser specifying advice given and fee paid
Status: in_force

Section 177D. An insurance adviser who furnishes any advice or counsel as such adviser, makes any recommendation or gives any information except under the terms of a previously executed written contract conforming to the preceding section and in full force and effect shall thereupon, in every case, give to the recipient thereof a statement in writing, signed by him, in a form currently approved by the commissioner, specifying the advice, counsel, recommendation or information given, and a receipt, in a form currently approved by the commissioner, for the fee paid to him, or a statement, in a form currently approved by the commissioner, of the fee to be received by him therefor. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 177D. An insurance adviser who furnishes any advice or counsel as such adviser, makes any recommendation or gives any information except under the terms of a previously executed written contract conforming to the preceding section and in full force and effect shall thereupon, in every case, give to the recipient thereof a statement in writing, signed by him, in a form currently approved by the commissioner, specifying the advice, counsel, recommendation or information given, and a receipt, in a form currently approved by the commissioner, for the fee paid to him, or a statement, in a form currently approved by the commissioner, of the fee to be received by him therefor. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 264, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 264 / Section 20
Public office; ineligibility of certain persons; removal of disability
Status: in_force

Section 20. No person who has been convicted of a violation of the provisions of section eleven, nineteen or twenty-three shall be eligible to election or appointment to any public office, or employment, nor as a teacher in any public or private educational institution, nor shall any person continue to hold any such office after final conviction. The superior court on petition of the attorney general shall have jurisdiction in equity to restrain and enjoin any such person from performing such duties thereafter and to prevent any such person's name being placed on any ballot for election to any office. The court may upon petition in its discretion after a lapse of five years from the date of final conviction under sections eleven, nineteen or twenty-three remove the disability if in its opinion such person can then be adjudged to be loyal to the government of the commonwealth and the United States.

Section 20. No person who has been convicted of a violation of the provisions of section eleven, nineteen or twenty-three shall be eligible to election or appointment to any public office, or employment, nor as a teacher in any public or private educational institution, nor shall any person continue to hold any such office after final conviction. The superior court on petition of the attorney general shall have jurisdiction in equity to restrain and enjoin any such person from performing such duties thereafter and to prevent any such person's name being placed on any ballot for election to any office. The court may upon petition in its discretion after a lapse of five years from the date of final conviction under sections eleven, nineteen or twenty-three remove the disability if in its opinion such person can then be adjudged to be loyal to the government of the commonwealth and the United States.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 210, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 210 / Section 9
Succession to property; right of child adopted in foreign state
Status: in_force

Section 9. A person adopted in another state or country, in accordance with the laws thereof, shall upon proof of such fact be entitled in this commonwealth to the same rights of succession to property by grant, trust settlement, entail, devise, bequest, or by intestacy as he would have had if he had been adopted in the commonwealth.

Section 9. A person adopted in another state or country, in accordance with the laws thereof, shall upon proof of such fact be entitled in this commonwealth to the same rights of succession to property by grant, trust settlement, entail, devise, bequest, or by intestacy as he would have had if he had been adopted in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 20
Effect of attachment
Status: in_force

Section 20. The goods, effects or credits of the defendant intrusted to, or deposited in the hands or possession of, a person summoned as his trustee shall, except as hereinafter provided, be attached and held to respond to the final judgment, as if they had been attached upon an original writ of attachment; provided, that any moneys of the defendant deposited in any account designated as a payroll account shall not be subject to attachment hereunder. Any defendant who deposits moneys in such payroll account with intent to evade attachment by trustee process shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than three months, or both. If such a deposit or deposits are made by a corporation, the president and the treasurer and any other officer or agent causing such deposit or deposits to have been made shall be subject to prosecution as defendants under this section, and each of such persons shall be jointly and severally civilly liable to the plaintiff for any loss suffered by the making of such deposit or deposits.

Section 20. The goods, effects or credits of the defendant intrusted to, or deposited in the hands or possession of, a person summoned as his trustee shall, except as hereinafter provided, be attached and held to respond to the final judgment, as if they had been attached upon an original writ of attachment; provided, that any moneys of the defendant deposited in any account designated as a payroll account shall not be subject to attachment hereunder. Any defendant who deposits moneys in such payroll account with intent to evade attachment by trustee process shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than three months, or both. If such a deposit or deposits are made by a corporation, the president and the treasurer and any other officer or agent causing such deposit or deposits to have been made shall be subject to prosecution as defendants under this section, and each of such persons shall be jointly and severally civilly liable to the plaintiff for any loss suffered by the making of such deposit or deposits.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 8A — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185C / Section 8A
Chief justice authority and responsibility
Status: in_force

Section 8A. The justice as provided under section 1 of chapter 211B as the chief justice for the housing court department, in addition to his judicial powers and duties shall, subject to the superintendence authority of the supreme judicial court as provided in section 3 of chapter 211, have the power, authority and responsibility of a chief justice as set forth in section 10 of chapter 211B.

Section 8A. The justice as provided under section 1 of chapter 211B as the chief justice for the housing court department, in addition to his judicial powers and duties shall, subject to the superintendence authority of the supreme judicial court as provided in section 3 of chapter 211, have the power, authority and responsibility of a chief justice as set forth in section 10 of chapter 211B.