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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 10
Arrest without warrant
Status: in_force

Section 10. Nothing in the preceding section shall prevent the arrest and detention without a warrant of any person who, the officer serving said process may have reasonable cause to believe, is violating any provision of this chapter, or is keeping a house, room or place resorted to for prostitution or lewdness, and said officer may upon such search arrest without a warrant any such person, and detain him until complaint may be made against him.

Section 10. Nothing in the preceding section shall prevent the arrest and detention without a warrant of any person who, the officer serving said process may have reasonable cause to believe, is violating any provision of this chapter, or is keeping a house, room or place resorted to for prostitution or lewdness, and said officer may upon such search arrest without a warrant any such person, and detain him until complaint may be made against him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 67 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 67
Revocation of rights, locations or licenses
Status: in_force

Section 67. No town having within its limits the main gas works or the central electric station, or the major portion of the wires, poles, conduits or pipes used in connection with any such works or plant, shall, except for a violation of the terms or conditions upon which the same were granted or for a violation of law respecting the exercise thereof, revoke any rights granted to any person or corporation engaged in manufacturing or distributing gas or electricity for sale after the introduction of the first vote authorizing the establishment of a gas or electric plant in a city council under section thirty-five or after the calling of a town meeting under a warrant including an article on the passage of such vote, until the proceedings so begun have been finally determined by granting or denying authority to establish such plant. After the ratification of the votes required by section thirty-five and the passage of both votes required by section thirty-six, no town, except as hereinbefore provided, shall revoke any rights, locations or licenses granted to any such person.

Section 67. No town having within its limits the main gas works or the central electric station, or the major portion of the wires, poles, conduits or pipes used in connection with any such works or plant, shall, except for a violation of the terms or conditions upon which the same were granted or for a violation of law respecting the exercise thereof, revoke any rights granted to any person or corporation engaged in manufacturing or distributing gas or electricity for sale after the introduction of the first vote authorizing the establishment of a gas or electric plant in a city council under section thirty-five or after the calling of a town meeting under a warrant including an article on the passage of such vote, until the proceedings so begun have been finally determined by granting or denying authority to establish such plant. After the ratification of the votes required by section thirty-five and the passage of both votes required by section thirty-six, no town, except as hereinbefore provided, shall revoke any rights, locations or licenses granted to any such person.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 82 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 82
Power of department of highways
Status: in_force

Section 82. If a public way in which a street railway location has been granted shall be thereafter laid out, taken charge of or constructed by or under the authority of said department of highways, it shall thereafter, relative to the location and maintenance of a street railway upon such state highway, have the authority conferred by sections seven, seventy, seventy-one, seventy-seven and eighty-nine upon boards of aldermen and selectmen, and shall exercise such authority in the same manner, and subject to the same rights and limitations, except that subject to the approval of the department of telecommunications and energy an order of said department of highways for the alteration of a location may be made without the written acceptance of alterations required by said section seventy-one. If the company fails to comply with such order so approved within the time specified therein, said department of highways may carry out the work at the expense of the company, and such expense shall be recovered in contract.

Section 82. If a public way in which a street railway location has been granted shall be thereafter laid out, taken charge of or constructed by or under the authority of said department of highways, it shall thereafter, relative to the location and maintenance of a street railway upon such state highway, have the authority conferred by sections seven, seventy, seventy-one, seventy-seven and eighty-nine upon boards of aldermen and selectmen, and shall exercise such authority in the same manner, and subject to the same rights and limitations, except that subject to the approval of the department of telecommunications and energy an order of said department of highways for the alteration of a location may be made without the written acceptance of alterations required by said section seventy-one. If the company fails to comply with such order so approved within the time specified therein, said department of highways may carry out the work at the expense of the company, and such expense shall be recovered in contract.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278A, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 278A / Section 15
Waiver of right to file motion prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 15. The right to file a motion under this chapter shall not be waived. This prohibition of any waiver includes, but is not limited to, any stated or unstated waiver that is or is alleged to be part of any agreement or understanding related to any plea of guilty or of nolo contendere or to any sentencing or appellate proceeding or to any correctional placement or conditions.

Section 15. The right to file a motion under this chapter shall not be waived. This prohibition of any waiver includes, but is not limited to, any stated or unstated waiver that is or is alleged to be part of any agreement or understanding related to any plea of guilty or of nolo contendere or to any sentencing or appellate proceeding or to any correctional placement or conditions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 264, sec. 10A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 264 / Section 10A
Uniforms; penalty for unlawful use
Status: in_force

Section 10A. Whoever wears the uniform, or any distinctive part thereof, of the United States army, navy, marine corps, revenue cutter service, or coast guard, or of the national guard, or of any organization enumerated in section seventy of chapter two hundred and sixty-six, or wears a hat, cap or other apparel similar to or resembling the hat, cap or other distinctive part of any such uniform, while engaged, for personal profit, in soliciting alms, in selling merchandise or taking orders for the same, in seeking or receiving contributions in support of any cause, enterprise or undertaking or in soliciting or receiving subscriptions to any book, paper or magazine, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than three months; provided, that this section shall not apply to the sale of property or any other act or transaction conducted under authority of the government of the United States, and provided further, that no person shall be subject to prosecution hereunder for wearing the uniform, or any distinctive part thereof, while engaged as aforesaid, of any organization enumerated in said section seventy if he so acted under authority of such organization or any post, camp or other unit thereof.

Section 10A. Whoever wears the uniform, or any distinctive part thereof, of the United States army, navy, marine corps, revenue cutter service, or coast guard, or of the national guard, or of any organization enumerated in section seventy of chapter two hundred and sixty-six, or wears a hat, cap or other apparel similar to or resembling the hat, cap or other distinctive part of any such uniform, while engaged, for personal profit, in soliciting alms, in selling merchandise or taking orders for the same, in seeking or receiving contributions in support of any cause, enterprise or undertaking or in soliciting or receiving subscriptions to any book, paper or magazine, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than three months; provided, that this section shall not apply to the sale of property or any other act or transaction conducted under authority of the government of the United States, and provided further, that no person shall be subject to prosecution hereunder for wearing the uniform, or any distinctive part thereof, while engaged as aforesaid, of any organization enumerated in said section seventy if he so acted under authority of such organization or any post, camp or other unit thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 84, sec. 5A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 84 / Section 5A
Removal of snow or ice; equipment and employees
Status: in_force

Section 5A. The selectmen, highway surveyor, highway commissioners, or other board or officer having charge of the maintenance of highways in any town which accepts this section may enter into agreements for the removal of snow or ice from, including sanding on, such public ways in adjoining towns as circumstances make necessary or convenient, and any town performing work in accordance with such agreement may be reimbursed for the expense thereof by the town for which such work is performed from the regular appropriation voted for highway maintenance or snow removal. For the purposes of this section, equipment and employees of a town while engaged in the removal of snow or ice from, including sanding on, such public ways in another town in accordance with this section shall be deemed to be engaged in the service and employ of the town performing the work hereby authorized.

Section 5A. The selectmen, highway surveyor, highway commissioners, or other board or officer having charge of the maintenance of highways in any town which accepts this section may enter into agreements for the removal of snow or ice from, including sanding on, such public ways in adjoining towns as circumstances make necessary or convenient, and any town performing work in accordance with such agreement may be reimbursed for the expense thereof by the town for which such work is performed from the regular appropriation voted for highway maintenance or snow removal.

For the purposes of this section, equipment and employees of a town while engaged in the removal of snow or ice from, including sanding on, such public ways in another town in accordance with this section shall be deemed to be engaged in the service and employ of the town performing the work hereby authorized.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 171, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 171 / Section 38
Accounts for holding residential lease security deposits
Status: in_force

Section 38. Any credit union may establish an account to receive deposits from a lessor acting as a trustee for funds received and held by such trustee pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section fifteen B of chapter one hundred and eighty-six. Such account may be established as required by said section fifteen B for the purpose of holding security deposits taken by a lessor of residential dwelling units owned or managed by said lessor, but the terms of said account shall be such as to place said deposit beyond the claim of a creditor of the lessor, including a foreclosing mortgagee or trustee in bankruptcy, and as will provide for the transfer of said deposit to a subsequent owner of any property for which such security deposit was taken. Interest or dividends accruing on said deposit shall be paid to the lessor pursuant to the terms of the deposit. Withdrawals and payments made by the corporation from said account shall discharge the liability of said corporation to all persons.

Section 38. Any credit union may establish an account to receive deposits from a lessor acting as a trustee for funds received and held by such trustee pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section fifteen B of chapter one hundred and eighty-six. Such account may be established as required by said section fifteen B for the purpose of holding security deposits taken by a lessor of residential dwelling units owned or managed by said lessor, but the terms of said account shall be such as to place said deposit beyond the claim of a creditor of the lessor, including a foreclosing mortgagee or trustee in bankruptcy, and as will provide for the transfer of said deposit to a subsequent owner of any property for which such security deposit was taken. Interest or dividends accruing on said deposit shall be paid to the lessor pursuant to the terms of the deposit. Withdrawals and payments made by the corporation from said account shall discharge the liability of said corporation to all persons.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 157A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 157A
Employees paid by piece; tickets stating basis of remuneration; posting statement of amount of pay earned
Status: in_force

Section 157A. Every person operating a factory or workshop shall supply to each employee therein who is paid by the piece, either at the time when such employee starts work or before the particular job or unit of work assigned to him is completed, and in any event before the day on which the next pay roll is calculated, a printed or written ticket, stating the basis of remuneration for the particular operation to be performed by such employee, or, in lieu of supplying such ticket, shall post in such factory or workshop within forty-eight hours after any such employee has completed any particular job or unit of work a statement showing the amount of pay earned thereon by such employee in addition to any hourly, daily or weekly rate, or by such other method as may be approved by the department of labor and workforce development, to which he may be entitled therefor.

Section 157A. Every person operating a factory or workshop shall supply to each employee therein who is paid by the piece, either at the time when such employee starts work or before the particular job or unit of work assigned to him is completed, and in any event before the day on which the next pay roll is calculated, a printed or written ticket, stating the basis of remuneration for the particular operation to be performed by such employee, or, in lieu of supplying such ticket, shall post in such factory or workshop within forty-eight hours after any such employee has completed any particular job or unit of work a statement showing the amount of pay earned thereon by such employee in addition to any hourly, daily or weekly rate, or by such other method as may be approved by the department of labor and workforce development, to which he may be entitled therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15DDDDD — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15DDDDD
Leopoldville Disaster Remembrance Day
Status: in_force

Section 15DDDDD. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart December 24 as Leopoldville Disaster Remembrance Day, in recognition of the victims and survivors of the S.S. Leopoldville disaster of December 24, 1944, and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15DDDDD. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart December 24 as Leopoldville Disaster Remembrance Day, in recognition of the victims and survivors of the S.S. Leopoldville disaster of December 24, 1944, and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 129 / Section 19
Inspections of domestic animals
Status: in_force

Section 19. Inspectors shall make regular and thorough inspections of all neat cattle, sheep and swine found within the limits of their respective towns. Such inspections shall be made at such times and in such manner as the director shall from time to time order. They shall also from time to time make inspections of all other domestic animals within the limits of their respective towns if they know, or have reason to suspect, that such animals are affected with or have been exposed to any contagious disease, and they shall immediately inspect all domestic animals and any place where any such animals are kept whenever directed so to do by the director; but this section shall not apply to the inspection of sheep or swine slaughtered in wholesale slaughtering establishments, or to the obtaining of a license for the slaughtering of such sheep or swine.

Section 19. Inspectors shall make regular and thorough inspections of all neat cattle, sheep and swine found within the limits of their respective towns. Such inspections shall be made at such times and in such manner as the director shall from time to time order. They shall also from time to time make inspections of all other domestic animals within the limits of their respective towns if they know, or have reason to suspect, that such animals are affected with or have been exposed to any contagious disease, and they shall immediately inspect all domestic animals and any place where any such animals are kept whenever directed so to do by the director; but this section shall not apply to the inspection of sheep or swine slaughtered in wholesale slaughtering establishments, or to the obtaining of a license for the slaughtering of such sheep or swine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 31
Penalty for improper issue of stocks and bonds
Status: in_force

Section 31. A director, treasurer or other officer or agent of a company who knowingly votes to authorize the issue of, or knowingly signs, certifies or issues, stock or bonds contrary to any provision of section twenty-eight or twenty-nine, or who knowingly votes to authorize the application, or knowingly applies the proceeds, of such stock or bonds contrary to any provision of said sections, or who knowingly votes to assume or incur, or knowingly assumes or incurs in the name or behalf of such company, any debt or liability except for legitimate purposes of the company shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Section 31. A director, treasurer or other officer or agent of a company who knowingly votes to authorize the issue of, or knowingly signs, certifies or issues, stock or bonds contrary to any provision of section twenty-eight or twenty-nine, or who knowingly votes to authorize the application, or knowingly applies the proceeds, of such stock or bonds contrary to any provision of said sections, or who knowingly votes to assume or incur, or knowingly assumes or incurs in the name or behalf of such company, any debt or liability except for legitimate purposes of the company shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 23Y — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 23Y
Unauthorized practice of medicine by respiratory therapist
Status: in_force

Section 23Y. Nothing in sections twenty-three R to twenty-three BB, inclusive, shall be construed as authorizing a respiratory therapist to practice medicine or any other form or methods of healing not specified in said sections.

Section 23Y. Nothing in sections twenty-three R to twenty-three BB, inclusive, shall be construed as authorizing a respiratory therapist to practice medicine or any other form or methods of healing not specified in said sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 11
Description of land in certificate of appraisers; return
Status: in_force

Section 11. Land levied upon, whether an entire parcel or an undivided part, and whether the debtor's estate therein is a fee simple or a less estate, and whether it is in possession, reversion or remainder, shall be described, by metes and bounds or otherwise, with as much precision as is necessary in a deed of land, and in such manner that the land may be known and identified. Such description may be contained in the certificate of the appraisers or in the return of the officer, and the description in either may be referred to and adopted in the other.

Section 11. Land levied upon, whether an entire parcel or an undivided part, and whether the debtor's estate therein is a fee simple or a less estate, and whether it is in possession, reversion or remainder, shall be described, by metes and bounds or otherwise, with as much precision as is necessary in a deed of land, and in such manner that the land may be known and identified. Such description may be contained in the certificate of the appraisers or in the return of the officer, and the description in either may be referred to and adopted in the other.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19B, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 19B / Section 10
Crimes committed by or upon persons on facility premises or persons in care of facility
Status: in_force

Section 10. The superintendent of any state school, or the director of any intellectual disability facility of the department, who has reason to believe that a crime which is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison has been committed by or upon any person on the premises of the particular facility or by or upon any person in the care of the particular facility but not on the premises thereof, shall, no later than one week from the date of the commission of such crime, report the same to the district attorney of the district within which the crime was committed.

Section 10. The superintendent of any state school, or the director of any intellectual disability facility of the department, who has reason to believe that a crime which is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison has been committed by or upon any person on the premises of the particular facility or by or upon any person in the care of the particular facility but not on the premises thereof, shall, no later than one week from the date of the commission of such crime, report the same to the district attorney of the district within which the crime was committed.