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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, sec. 62 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 51 / Section 62
Certified copies for use at caucus; party enrollment designations
Status: in_force

Section 62. When a caucus is called, the registrars, on the request of the chairman of the ward or town committee of the party whose caucus is to be held or of the person designated to call the caucus to order, shall furnish him for use in the caucus a certified copy of the last published voting list of the town, or of the ward of the city for which the caucus is to be held, adding thereto the names of voters registered since such publication. Said lists, if intended for use in the caucus of a political party, shall contain the party enrollment of voters whose names appear thereon established as provided in sections thirty-seven and thirty-eight of chapter fifty-three.

Section 62. When a caucus is called, the registrars, on the request of the chairman of the ward or town committee of the party whose caucus is to be held or of the person designated to call the caucus to order, shall furnish him for use in the caucus a certified copy of the last published voting list of the town, or of the ward of the city for which the caucus is to be held, adding thereto the names of voters registered since such publication. Said lists, if intended for use in the caucus of a political party, shall contain the party enrollment of voters whose names appear thereon established as provided in sections thirty-seven and thirty-eight of chapter fifty-three.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 33
Duties and powers of marshal
Status: in_force

Section 33. The marshal shall study fire hazard and fire prevention and all matters relating thereto, hear suggestions and complaints from all persons and from all cities and towns, advise with the officers of such cities and towns and make suggestions to the general court and to the cities and towns looking to the improvement of the laws, ordinances and by-laws relating to fire departments, construction of buildings, building or fire limits, use and occupation of buildings and other premises, protection of existing buildings, fire escapes and other life-saving devices, segregation and licensing of trades dangerous by reason of fire hazard, and all other matters relating to fire prevention and fire hazard. The marshal may order the head of a fire department to assist, in his jurisdiction and may order the director of the division of fire safety to assist, in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

Section 33. The marshal shall study fire hazard and fire prevention and all matters relating thereto, hear suggestions and complaints from all persons and from all cities and towns, advise with the officers of such cities and towns and make suggestions to the general court and to the cities and towns looking to the improvement of the laws, ordinances and by-laws relating to fire departments, construction of buildings, building or fire limits, use and occupation of buildings and other premises, protection of existing buildings, fire escapes and other life-saving devices, segregation and licensing of trades dangerous by reason of fire hazard, and all other matters relating to fire prevention and fire hazard.

The marshal may order the head of a fire department to assist, in his jurisdiction and may order the director of the division of fire safety to assist, in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 100 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 100
Subordinate compelling surrender
Status: in_force

Article 100. Subordinate compelling surrender. A person subject to this code who compels or attempts to compel the commander of any of the state military forces or of the military forces of any other state, place, vessel, aircraft or other military property or of any body of members of the armed forces to give it up to an enemy or to abandon it or who strikes the colors or flag to an enemy without proper authority shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Article 100. Subordinate compelling surrender.

A person subject to this code who compels or attempts to compel the commander of any of the state military forces or of the military forces of any other state, place, vessel, aircraft or other military property or of any body of members of the armed forces to give it up to an enemy or to abandon it or who strikes the colors or flag to an enemy without proper authority shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 66, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title X / Chapter 66 / Section 1
Supervision of public records; powers and duties
Status: in_force

Section 1. The supervisor of public records, in this chapter called the supervisor of records, shall take necessary measures to put the records of the commonwealth, counties, cities or towns in the custody and condition required by law and to secure their preservation. He shall see that the records of churches, parishes or religious societies are kept in the custody and condition contemplated by the various laws relating to churches, parishes or religious societies, and for these purposes he may expend from the amount appropriated for expenses such amount as he considers necessary. The supervisor of records shall adopt regulations pursuant to the provisions of chapter thirty A to implement the provisions of this chapter.

Section 1. The supervisor of public records, in this chapter called the supervisor of records, shall take necessary measures to put the records of the commonwealth, counties, cities or towns in the custody and condition required by law and to secure their preservation. He shall see that the records of churches, parishes or religious societies are kept in the custody and condition contemplated by the various laws relating to churches, parishes or religious societies, and for these purposes he may expend from the amount appropriated for expenses such amount as he considers necessary. The supervisor of records shall adopt regulations pursuant to the provisions of chapter thirty A to implement the provisions of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 48 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 48
Expenses of militia; source of funds
Status: in_force

Section 48. The commander-in-chief may expend for carrying out the provisions of sections thirty-eight, forty, forty-one, fifty-four, sixty and sixty-one, such sums as may be appropriated therefor.

Section 48. The commander-in-chief may expend for carrying out the provisions of sections thirty-eight, forty, forty-one, fifty-four, sixty and sixty-one, such sums as may be appropriated therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 56 / Section 15
Reading or showing names selected on ballots during election
Status: in_force

Section 15. A presiding officer who, at a town election at which official ballots are not used, before the polls are closed and without the consent of a voter, reads or examines or permits to be read or examined, the names written or printed on the ballot of such voter, in order to ascertain the persons voted for by him, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 15. A presiding officer who, at a town election at which official ballots are not used, before the polls are closed and without the consent of a voter, reads or examines or permits to be read or examined, the names written or printed on the ballot of such voter, in order to ascertain the persons voted for by him, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 28
Mode of service
Status: in_force

Section 28. The notice shall be served by delivering an attested copy thereof to the person to be notified, or by leaving such copy at his place of abode, not less than twenty-four hours before the time appointed for taking the deposition, and also allowing not less time than at the rate of one day, Sundays excluded, for every twenty miles' travel to the place appointed.

Section 28. The notice shall be served by delivering an attested copy thereof to the person to be notified, or by leaving such copy at his place of abode, not less than twenty-four hours before the time appointed for taking the deposition, and also allowing not less time than at the rate of one day, Sundays excluded, for every twenty miles' travel to the place appointed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21C, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21C / Section 24
Appeals; judicial review
Status: in_force

Section 24. Any action of the board of directors or the insolvency fund may be appealed to the commissioner by any generator or any person adversely affected thereby, if such appeal is taken within thirty days of the action being appealed. If a generator is appealing an assessment, the amount assessed shall be paid to the insolvency fund and available to meet insolvency fund obligations during the pendency of an appeal. If the appeal on the assessment is upheld, the amount paid in error or excess shall be returned to the generator. Any final action or order of the commissioner shall be subject to judicial review, pursuant to chapter thirty A.

Section 24. Any action of the board of directors or the insolvency fund may be appealed to the commissioner by any generator or any person adversely affected thereby, if such appeal is taken within thirty days of the action being appealed. If a generator is appealing an assessment, the amount assessed shall be paid to the insolvency fund and available to meet insolvency fund obligations during the pendency of an appeal. If the appeal on the assessment is upheld, the amount paid in error or excess shall be returned to the generator. Any final action or order of the commissioner shall be subject to judicial review, pursuant to chapter thirty A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 126 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 126
Violations; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 126. A railroad corporation which neglects to comply with sections one hundred and twenty-three and one hundred and twenty-five shall forfeit one hundred dollars for each day such neglect is continued; and an engineer or draw tender who violates any provision of said sections or any regulation established in conformity therewith for such drawbridge by the corporation by which he is employed shall forfeit one hundred dollars for each offence, which shall be recovered in the county where the offence is committed, to the use of the informer.

Section 126. A railroad corporation which neglects to comply with sections one hundred and twenty-three and one hundred and twenty-five shall forfeit one hundred dollars for each day such neglect is continued; and an engineer or draw tender who violates any provision of said sections or any regulation established in conformity therewith for such drawbridge by the corporation by which he is employed shall forfeit one hundred dollars for each offence, which shall be recovered in the county where the offence is committed, to the use of the informer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 89 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 89
Filing and registration of execution or writ of seisin
Status: in_force

Section 89. If an execution or writ of seisin has been issued in an action under chapter two hundred and thirty-seven affecting registered land and served by the officer, he shall cause an attested copy of the execution, with a return of his doings thereon, to be filed and registered within three months after the service and before the return of the execution into the clerk's office, and the plaintiff, if the judgment was that he was entitled to an estate in fee simple in the demanded premises, or in any part thereof, and for which execution issued, shall thereupon be entitled to the entry of a new certificate of title; but in actions under chapter two hundred and forty-five the commonwealth shall be entitled to have the certificate of the registered owner cancelled by the land court as soon as judgment is rendered in its favor.

Section 89. If an execution or writ of seisin has been issued in an action under chapter two hundred and thirty-seven affecting registered land and served by the officer, he shall cause an attested copy of the execution, with a return of his doings thereon, to be filed and registered within three months after the service and before the return of the execution into the clerk's office, and the plaintiff, if the judgment was that he was entitled to an estate in fee simple in the demanded premises, or in any part thereof, and for which execution issued, shall thereupon be entitled to the entry of a new certificate of title; but in actions under chapter two hundred and forty-five the commonwealth shall be entitled to have the certificate of the registered owner cancelled by the land court as soon as judgment is rendered in its favor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 12
Removal of unfaithful or incompetent officers or employees
Status: in_force

Section 12. Any officer or employee in any correctional institution of the commonwealth who is unfaithful or incompetent, or uses intoxicating liquor to excess, shall be forthwith removed by the commissioner.

Section 12. Any officer or employee in any correctional institution of the commonwealth who is unfaithful or incompetent, or uses intoxicating liquor to excess, shall be forthwith removed by the commissioner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, sec. 8A — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 278 / Section 8A
Killing or injuring a person unlawfully in a dwelling; defense
Status: in_force

Section 8A. In the prosecution of a person who is an occupant of a dwelling charged with killing or injuring one who was unlawfully in said dwelling, it shall be a defense that the occupant was in his dwelling at the time of the offense and that he acted in the reasonable belief that the person unlawfully in said dwelling was about to inflict great bodily injury or death upon said occupant or upon another person lawfully in said dwelling, and that said occupant used reasonable means to defend himself or such other person lawfully in said dwelling. There shall be no duty on said occupant to retreat from such person unlawfully in said dwelling.

Section 8A. In the prosecution of a person who is an occupant of a dwelling charged with killing or injuring one who was unlawfully in said dwelling, it shall be a defense that the occupant was in his dwelling at the time of the offense and that he acted in the reasonable belief that the person unlawfully in said dwelling was about to inflict great bodily injury or death upon said occupant or upon another person lawfully in said dwelling, and that said occupant used reasonable means to defend himself or such other person lawfully in said dwelling. There shall be no duty on said occupant to retreat from such person unlawfully in said dwelling.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 27
Appointment of board of cemetery commissioners; powers and duties
Status: in_force

Section 27. If a town so votes under section twenty-one of chapter forty-one the selectmen shall appoint a board of cemetery commissioners to consist of three members, to be appointed for the term of three years. The commissioners shall, under the supervision and control of the selectmen, maintain the public cemeteries in the town, and shall with the approval of the selectmen, appoint such employees as are necessary to maintain such cemeteries.

Section 27. If a town so votes under section twenty-one of chapter forty-one the selectmen shall appoint a board of cemetery commissioners to consist of three members, to be appointed for the term of three years. The commissioners shall, under the supervision and control of the selectmen, maintain the public cemeteries in the town, and shall with the approval of the selectmen, appoint such employees as are necessary to maintain such cemeteries.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 14O — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 14O
New bonds; liability
Status: in_force

Section 14O. On the effective date of each new bond filed with the statement of registration, all liability on bonds previously filed shall terminate, and in the event of default by the trading stamp company to redeem such stamps the rightful holders of trading stamps shall file their proofs of claim with the state treasurer and shall have their claims satisfied, as provided in section fourteen Q, solely from the principal sum of the new bond.

Section 14O. On the effective date of each new bond filed with the statement of registration, all liability on bonds previously filed shall terminate, and in the event of default by the trading stamp company to redeem such stamps the rightful holders of trading stamps shall file their proofs of claim with the state treasurer and shall have their claims satisfied, as provided in section fourteen Q, solely from the principal sum of the new bond.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 155 / Section 4
Public service corporations; misleading use of names or titles
Status: in_force

Section 4. No person owning, holding or controlling shares of stock of any public service corporation shall hereafter use any name or title or other words that, in the opinion of the department of public utilities or the department of telecommunications and cable, might lead the public to believe that such person is a public service corporation or that its business is that of a public service corporation.

Section 4. No person owning, holding or controlling shares of stock of any public service corporation shall hereafter use any name or title or other words that, in the opinion of the department of public utilities or the department of telecommunications and cable, might lead the public to believe that such person is a public service corporation or that its business is that of a public service corporation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 17C — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 17C
Grant of additional licenses under former law for sale of alcoholic beverages drunk on premises
Status: in_force

Section 17C. Any city or town, which has accepted the provisions of section seventeen A of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the General Laws, as appearing in section two of chapter three hundred and seventy-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and seventy-eight, prior to January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-five, is hereby authorized to grant, in addition to and irrespective of any limitations of the number of licenses contained in section seventeen, additional licenses under section twelve but subject to all other provisions of this chapter.

Section 17C. Any city or town, which has accepted the provisions of section seventeen A of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the General Laws, as appearing in section two of chapter three hundred and seventy-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and seventy-eight, prior to January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-five, is hereby authorized to grant, in addition to and irrespective of any limitations of the number of licenses contained in section seventeen, additional licenses under section twelve but subject to all other provisions of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 171, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 171 / Section 22
Treasurer's additional duties under chapter 167 and this chapter
Status: in_force

Section 22. In addition to the duties imposed by law upon the treasurer of a credit union or the officer or employee thereof charged with the duties and functions usually preformed by the treasurer, he shall also be responsible for the performance of all acts and duties required of such corporation by the provisions of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven or one hundred and seventy-one except in so far as such performance has been expressly imposed on some other officer or employee of such credit union by its regulations or by-laws or by provision of law.

Section 22. In addition to the duties imposed by law upon the treasurer of a credit union or the officer or employee thereof charged with the duties and functions usually preformed by the treasurer, he shall also be responsible for the performance of all acts and duties required of such corporation by the provisions of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven or one hundred and seventy-one except in so far as such performance has been expressly imposed on some other officer or employee of such credit union by its regulations or by-laws or by provision of law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 47
Nomination papers; preparation; availability
Status: in_force

Section 47. Nomination papers for use in the nomination of candidates to be voted for at state primaries shall be prepared, and on request furnished, by the state secretary. Nomination papers for use in the nomination of candidates for all offices shall be available for use on or before the fifteenth Tuesday preceding the date for filing as provided in section forty-eight, except in the case of primaries before special elections. In no case shall any blank forms for such nominations be larger than eight and one half inches by fourteen inches, nor shall anyone be prohibited from making exact copies of such forms provided by the secretary of state for the purpose of collecting signatures for such nominations, nor shall any such copies be rejected for certification or submittal to the secretary of state.

Section 47. Nomination papers for use in the nomination of candidates to be voted for at state primaries shall be prepared, and on request furnished, by the state secretary. Nomination papers for use in the nomination of candidates for all offices shall be available for use on or before the fifteenth Tuesday preceding the date for filing as provided in section forty-eight, except in the case of primaries before special elections. In no case shall any blank forms for such nominations be larger than eight and one half inches by fourteen inches, nor shall anyone be prohibited from making exact copies of such forms provided by the secretary of state for the purpose of collecting signatures for such nominations, nor shall any such copies be rejected for certification or submittal to the secretary of state.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, sec. 36H — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 129 / Section 36H
Waiver of compliance with Secs. 36B, 36D to 36F
Status: in_force

Section 36H. The director may after a hearing grant, in suitable cases, waivers of compliance with the provisions of sections thirty-six B, thirty-six D, thirty-six E and thirty-six F.

Section 36H. The director may after a hearing grant, in suitable cases, waivers of compliance with the provisions of sections thirty-six B, thirty-six D, thirty-six E and thirty-six F.