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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 23
Certificate of inspection; prerequisites; necessity
Status: in_force

Section 23. If upon inspection the district engineering inspector finds the boiler to be in safe working order with the fittings necessary to safely and properly set up the boiler and its appurtenances conform to the rules of the board, the department shall issue to the owner or user thereof a certificate of inspection stating the maximum pressure at which the boiler may be operated, as ascertained by the rules of the board, and thereupon such owner or user may operate the boiler mentioned in the certificate. If the district engineering inspector finds otherwise, the department shall withhold the certificate until the boiler and its fittings are put in a condition to ensure safety of operation and to ensure that the boiler and its appurtenances conform to the rules of the board and the owner or user shall not operate such boiler, or cause it to be operated, until such certificate has been granted.

Section 23. If upon inspection the district engineering inspector finds the boiler to be in safe working order with the fittings necessary to safely and properly set up the boiler and its appurtenances conform to the rules of the board, the department shall issue to the owner or user thereof a certificate of inspection stating the maximum pressure at which the boiler may be operated, as ascertained by the rules of the board, and thereupon such owner or user may operate the boiler mentioned in the certificate. If the district engineering inspector finds otherwise, the department shall withhold the certificate until the boiler and its fittings are put in a condition to ensure safety of operation and to ensure that the boiler and its appurtenances conform to the rules of the board and the owner or user shall not operate such boiler, or cause it to be operated, until such certificate has been granted.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 6
Owner of place inducing or suffering person to resort in such place for sexual intercourse
Status: in_force

Section 6. Whoever, being the owner of a place or having or assisting in the management or control thereof induces or knowingly suffers a person to resort to or be in or upon such place, for the purpose of unlawfully having sexual intercourse for money or other financial gain, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a period of five years and a five thousand dollar fine. The sentence of imprisonment imposed under this section shall not be reduced to less than two years, nor suspended, nor shall any person convicted under this section be eligible for probation, parole, or furlough or receive any deduction from his sentence for good conduct or otherwise until he shall have served two years of such sentence. Prosecutions commenced under this section shall not be continued without a finding nor placed on file.

Section 6. Whoever, being the owner of a place or having or assisting in the management or control thereof induces or knowingly suffers a person to resort to or be in or upon such place, for the purpose of unlawfully having sexual intercourse for money or other financial gain, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a period of five years and a five thousand dollar fine.

The sentence of imprisonment imposed under this section shall not be reduced to less than two years, nor suspended, nor shall any person convicted under this section be eligible for probation, parole, or furlough or receive any deduction from his sentence for good conduct or otherwise until he shall have served two years of such sentence. Prosecutions commenced under this section shall not be continued without a finding nor placed on file.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 121 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 121
Change in grades of railway fare
Status: in_force

Section 121. If, as of the last day of any March, June, September or December, the reserve fund shall exceed by thirty per cent or more the normal reserve fund, and during the three preceding months the income shall have exceeded the cost of the service, the company shall, within thirty days thereafter, put into effect the next lower grade of fare adopted as aforesaid; and if, as of the last day of any March, June, September or December, the reserve fund shall be less than seventy per cent of the normal reserve fund, and during the three preceding months the income has been less than the cost of service, the company shall, within thirty days thereafter, put into effect the next higher grade of fare, and the fare shall continue to be decreased or to be increased, if the amount of the reserve fund is above or below said limits, as of such quarterly dates. The company, with the consent of the department, may put into effect the next higher or lower grade of fare at any time when the reserve fund is below or above the normal amount.

Section 121. If, as of the last day of any March, June, September or December, the reserve fund shall exceed by thirty per cent or more the normal reserve fund, and during the three preceding months the income shall have exceeded the cost of the service, the company shall, within thirty days thereafter, put into effect the next lower grade of fare adopted as aforesaid; and if, as of the last day of any March, June, September or December, the reserve fund shall be less than seventy per cent of the normal reserve fund, and during the three preceding months the income has been less than the cost of service, the company shall, within thirty days thereafter, put into effect the next higher grade of fare, and the fare shall continue to be decreased or to be increased, if the amount of the reserve fund is above or below said limits, as of such quarterly dates. The company, with the consent of the department, may put into effect the next higher or lower grade of fare at any time when the reserve fund is below or above the normal amount.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25A, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 25A / Section 13
Department of Energy Resources Credit Trust Fund
Status: in_force

Section 13. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department may apply for, receive, retain, redeem, sell or transfer any energy conservation credits, renewable energy certificates or credits, emissions credits, or energy reduction allowances earned or received by the commonwealth including but not limited to allowances awarded through the public benefit set-aside provisions of the NOx Allowance Trading Program implemented by the department of environmental protection. (b) There shall be established upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Department of Energy Resources Credit Trust Fund. There shall be credited to said fund all amounts received through the redemption or sale of such certificates, credits and allowances specified in this section and any income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. All amounts credited to the fund shall be held in trust and shall be available for expenditure, without further appropriation, by the department for activities of the department related to the development, oversight and implementation of programs for energy reliability, renewable energy, public procurement of energy and energy efficiency, and climate change. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall be available for expenditure in the following fiscal year; provided however, that the fund shall not be in deficit at the end of any state fiscal year.

Section 13. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department may apply for, receive, retain, redeem, sell or transfer any energy conservation credits, renewable energy certificates or credits, emissions credits, or energy reduction allowances earned or received by the commonwealth including but not limited to allowances awarded through the public benefit set-aside provisions of the NOx Allowance Trading Program implemented by the department of environmental protection.

(b) There shall be established upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Department of Energy Resources Credit Trust Fund. There shall be credited to said fund all amounts received through the redemption or sale of such certificates, credits and allowances specified in this section and any income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. All amounts credited to the fund shall be held in trust and shall be available for expenditure, without further appropriation, by the department for activities of the department related to the development, oversight and implementation of programs for energy reliability, renewable energy, public procurement of energy and energy efficiency, and climate change. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall be available for expenditure in the following fiscal year; provided however, that the fund shall not be in deficit at the end of any state fiscal year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 35, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 35 / Section 43
Exchange of order instruments for bearer instruments; penalty for noncompliance
Status: in_force

Section 43. A county, city, town or district, or any domestic corporation, which shall have issued any bond, note or certificate of indebtedness payable to bearer, held by the sinking fund commissioners of a county, shall, at the request of such commissioners, issue in exchange therefor a bond, note or certificate to the same effect, payable to such commissioners by name; provided, that the county desiring such exchange shall, if requested, furnish the blank form for the bond, note or certificate therefor in the same general form as that furnished by the commonwealth under section thirty-nine of chapter twenty-nine. Any county, city, town, district or corporation neglecting or refusing to comply with this section shall be subject to a penalty of not more than fifty dollars.

Section 43. A county, city, town or district, or any domestic corporation, which shall have issued any bond, note or certificate of indebtedness payable to bearer, held by the sinking fund commissioners of a county, shall, at the request of such commissioners, issue in exchange therefor a bond, note or certificate to the same effect, payable to such commissioners by name; provided, that the county desiring such exchange shall, if requested, furnish the blank form for the bond, note or certificate therefor in the same general form as that furnished by the commonwealth under section thirty-nine of chapter twenty-nine. Any county, city, town, district or corporation neglecting or refusing to comply with this section shall be subject to a penalty of not more than fifty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 202, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 202 / Section 16
Affidavits; evidence of notice
Status: in_force

Section 16. An affidavit of the executor, administrator, guardian or conservator, or of a person in his behalf, filed and recorded with a copy of the notice in the registry of probate, or such affidavit made by any person and filed and recorded with such copy by permission of the court upon satisfactory evidence that the notice was given as ordered, shall be admitted as evidence of the time, place and manner in which the notice was given.

Section 16. An affidavit of the executor, administrator, guardian or conservator, or of a person in his behalf, filed and recorded with a copy of the notice in the registry of probate, or such affidavit made by any person and filed and recorded with such copy by permission of the court upon satisfactory evidence that the notice was given as ordered, shall be admitted as evidence of the time, place and manner in which the notice was given.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 36
Discontinuance of petition
Status: in_force

Section 36. No petition brought under section fourteen shall be discontinued except by leave of court or by agreement of all the parties thereto; and any party thereto may prosecute the same.

Section 36. No petition brought under section fourteen shall be discontinued except by leave of court or by agreement of all the parties thereto; and any party thereto may prosecute the same.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XI / Chapter 67 / Section 18
Assessments on pews and property of members; liability of members for parish debts
Status: in_force

Section 18. No parish or religious society shall assess taxes on the polls or estates of its members; but pews may be assessed as heretofore. No member of any territorial or other parish shall, as such, be personally liable for any debt or obligation of the parish incurred after April sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.

Section 18. No parish or religious society shall assess taxes on the polls or estates of its members; but pews may be assessed as heretofore. No member of any territorial or other parish shall, as such, be personally liable for any debt or obligation of the parish incurred after April sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 158, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 158 / Section 43
Filing fees
Status: in_force

Section 43. The fees for filing certificates and copies of votes required to be filed with the state secretary shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for the following: Of Organization .—The certificates required by section nine, including the issuing of the certificate of incorporation. Of Increase of Capital .—The certificate required by section thirty-nine. Other Certificates .—The copies of the votes or certificates required by section eleven, thirty-six, thirty-seven, or forty of this chapter or section sixteen of chapter one hundred and fifty-five, and any other certificate required by law.

Section 43. The fees for filing certificates and copies of votes required to be filed with the state secretary shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for the following:

Of Organization .—The certificates required by section nine, including the issuing of the certificate of incorporation.

Of Increase of Capital .—The certificate required by section thirty-nine.

Other Certificates .—The copies of the votes or certificates required by section eleven, thirty-six, thirty-seven, or forty of this chapter or section sixteen of chapter one hundred and fifty-five, and any other certificate required by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 158A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 158A
Work without compensation
Status: in_force

Section 158A. Whoever requires or permits any person, as a condition of securing employment, to work in any factory, workshop, manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment without monetary compensation shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.

Section 158A. Whoever requires or permits any person, as a condition of securing employment, to work in any factory, workshop, manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment without monetary compensation shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 60 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 60
Property held by trustee as security; tender by attaching creditor
Status: in_force

Section 60. If the court finds that property in the hands of a person summoned as trustee is mortgaged, pledged or in any way liable for the payment of a debt to the person so summoned, it may allow the attaching creditor to pay or tender the amount due to the trustee, who shall thereupon deliver the property, in the manner before provided, to the officer holding the execution.

Section 60. If the court finds that property in the hands of a person summoned as trustee is mortgaged, pledged or in any way liable for the payment of a debt to the person so summoned, it may allow the attaching creditor to pay or tender the amount due to the trustee, who shall thereupon deliver the property, in the manner before provided, to the officer holding the execution.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 244 / Section 24
Costs
Status: in_force

Section 24. The court may award costs in the suit for redemption to either party; but if suit is brought without previous tender and it is found that the condition of the mortgage has not been performed, the plaintiff shall pay costs of suit, unless the court finds that the defendant has unreasonably refused or neglected, when requested, to render a just and true account of the money due upon the mortgage and of rents and profits and amounts paid for taxes, repairs, improvements and other necessary expenses, or that he otherwise by his default prevented the plaintiff from performing or tendering performance of the condition before commencement of suit.

Section 24. The court may award costs in the suit for redemption to either party; but if suit is brought without previous tender and it is found that the condition of the mortgage has not been performed, the plaintiff shall pay costs of suit, unless the court finds that the defendant has unreasonably refused or neglected, when requested, to render a just and true account of the money due upon the mortgage and of rents and profits and amounts paid for taxes, repairs, improvements and other necessary expenses, or that he otherwise by his default prevented the plaintiff from performing or tendering performance of the condition before commencement of suit.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 155 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 155
Marking of canned soaked goods and molasses
Status: in_force

Section 155. All canned articles of food which have been prepared from dry products and have been soaked before canning shall be plainly marked by an adhesive label having on its face the word ''soaked'' in letters of legible type not smaller than two line pica. All cans, jugs and other packages containing molasses shall be plainly marked by an adhesive label having on its face in the English language in letters of the size and description aforesaid the name and address of the person who made and prepared the same together with the name and quality of the ingredients thereof.

Section 155. All canned articles of food which have been prepared from dry products and have been soaked before canning shall be plainly marked by an adhesive label having on its face the word ''soaked'' in letters of legible type not smaller than two line pica. All cans, jugs and other packages containing molasses shall be plainly marked by an adhesive label having on its face in the English language in letters of the size and description aforesaid the name and address of the person who made and prepared the same together with the name and quality of the ingredients thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 32
Licenses; expiration; loan or transfer; production for examination; suspension or revocation
Status: in_force

Section 32. Unless otherwise specified, all licenses, permits and certificates issued under any provision of this chapter shall expire at twelve midnight on December thirty-first next succeeding the effective date of such license, permit or certificate. Such licenses, permits and certificates shall not be loaned or transferred. Such licenses, permits or certificates shall be produced for examination upon the demand of the director of law enforcement, deputy directors of enforcement, chiefs of enforcement, deputy chiefs of enforcement, environmental police officers, deputy environmental police officers, deputies, wardens, or other officers qualified to serve criminal process, the director of fisheries and wildlife and his agents, or the owner or lessee of land upon which the privileges of the license, permit or certificate are being exercised. A person shall not falsely make any representation or statement for the purpose of procuring any such license, permit or certificate for himself or another. All licenses, permits or certificates issued under any provision of this chapter, except hunting, fishing, sporting or trapping licenses, may, after a hearing, due notice of which shall have been given, be suspended or revoked for cause by the director.

Section 32. Unless otherwise specified, all licenses, permits and certificates issued under any provision of this chapter shall expire at twelve midnight on December thirty-first next succeeding the effective date of such license, permit or certificate. Such licenses, permits and certificates shall not be loaned or transferred. Such licenses, permits or certificates shall be produced for examination upon the demand of the director of law enforcement, deputy directors of enforcement, chiefs of enforcement, deputy chiefs of enforcement, environmental police officers, deputy environmental police officers, deputies, wardens, or other officers qualified to serve criminal process, the director of fisheries and wildlife and his agents, or the owner or lessee of land upon which the privileges of the license, permit or certificate are being exercised. A person shall not falsely make any representation or statement for the purpose of procuring any such license, permit or certificate for himself or another. All licenses, permits or certificates issued under any provision of this chapter, except hunting, fishing, sporting or trapping licenses, may, after a hearing, due notice of which shall have been given, be suspended or revoked for cause by the director.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 145 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 145
Cash surrender value of policies of industrial life insurance
Status: in_force

Section 145. On policies of industrial insurance issued on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eleven, by a domestic life company on which premiums are paid weekly and are not more than fifty cents each, the surrender value shall in all cases be payable in cash, which shall be a legal claim for not more than two years from the date of lapse, and be payable within sixty days after the demand therefor. Within ninety days after the lapse of any policy which has a surrender value and upon which a settlement has not been made, the company shall send a notice thereof to the last known address of the holder of said policy, which shall state the amount of the surrender value of said policy. The affidavit of any officer, clerk or agent of the company, or any one authorized to mail such notice, that the notice required herein has been duly mailed by the company, shall be prima facie evidence that such notice was duly given.

Section 145. On policies of industrial insurance issued on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eleven, by a domestic life company on which premiums are paid weekly and are not more than fifty cents each, the surrender value shall in all cases be payable in cash, which shall be a legal claim for not more than two years from the date of lapse, and be payable within sixty days after the demand therefor. Within ninety days after the lapse of any policy which has a surrender value and upon which a settlement has not been made, the company shall send a notice thereof to the last known address of the holder of said policy, which shall state the amount of the surrender value of said policy. The affidavit of any officer, clerk or agent of the company, or any one authorized to mail such notice, that the notice required herein has been duly mailed by the company, shall be prima facie evidence that such notice was duly given.