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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 72 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 72
Buying, selling or possessing dead bodies
Status: in_force

Section 72. Whoever buys or sells, or has in his possession for the purpose of buying, selling or trafficking in, the dead body of a human being shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not less than three months nor more than two and one half years.

Section 72. Whoever buys or sells, or has in his possession for the purpose of buying, selling or trafficking in, the dead body of a human being shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not less than three months nor more than two and one half years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 75, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 75 / Section 6
Audit of accounts
Status: in_force

Section 6. All accounts of the university under the direction of the trustees, including the accounts of all property or funds received, held or disbursed by the trustees under any provision of section eleven, shall be audited by the state auditor, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, as often as the state auditor determines is necessary.

Section 6. All accounts of the university under the direction of the trustees, including the accounts of all property or funds received, held or disbursed by the trustees under any provision of section eleven, shall be audited by the state auditor, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, as often as the state auditor determines is necessary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 194, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 194 / Section 13
Administration of pending estates at expiration of administrator's term
Status: in_force

Section 13. Public administrators shall complete, as soon as they lawfully may, the administration of estates in their hands of which the administration is not complete at the date of the expiration of their terms.

Section 13. Public administrators shall complete, as soon as they lawfully may, the administration of estates in their hands of which the administration is not complete at the date of the expiration of their terms.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 20, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 20 / Section 4
Assistant commissioner
Status: in_force

Section 4. The commissioner, with the approval of the board of food and agriculture, may appoint an assistant commissioner and with like approval may remove him.

Section 4. The commissioner, with the approval of the board of food and agriculture, may appoint an assistant commissioner and with like approval may remove him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176U, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176U / Section 2
Extraterritorial jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Section 2. No group long-term care insurance policy shall be offered to a resident of the commonwealth under a group policy issued in another state to a group described in clause (4) of the definition of group long-term care insurance unless the commonwealth or another state having statutory and regulatory long-term care insurance requirements substantially similar to those adopted in the commonwealth has made a determination that the requirements of said clause (4) have been met.

Section 2. No group long-term care insurance policy shall be offered to a resident of the commonwealth under a group policy issued in another state to a group described in clause (4) of the definition of group long-term care insurance unless the commonwealth or another state having statutory and regulatory long-term care insurance requirements substantially similar to those adopted in the commonwealth has made a determination that the requirements of said clause (4) have been met.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, sec. 12F — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 25 / Section 12F
Transportation division; director; assistants
Status: in_force

Section 12F. There shall be in the department, and under the general supervision and control of the commission, a transportation division which shall be under the charge of a director, who shall be subject to chapter thirty-one and the rules and regulations made under authority thereof. The commission shall appoint said director. Said division, subject to such supervision and control, shall perform such functions in relation to the administration and enforcement of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine B imposed upon the department by said chapter as the commission may from time to time determine by order duly recorded in the office of the commission and open to public inspection. Such an order may also provide for appeals to the commission from rulings and decisions of said director. The commission may employ such assistants and employees to serve in said division as it may deem necessary, and may assign for service in said division such number, not exceeding twenty-five, of investigators and examiners as it may deem necessary. The railway and bus division and all the powers, duties and responsibilities assigned to said railway and bus division shall be transferred to said transportation division.

Section 12F. There shall be in the department, and under the general supervision and control of the commission, a transportation division which shall be under the charge of a director, who shall be subject to chapter thirty-one and the rules and regulations made under authority thereof. The commission shall appoint said director. Said division, subject to such supervision and control, shall perform such functions in relation to the administration and enforcement of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine B imposed upon the department by said chapter as the commission may from time to time determine by order duly recorded in the office of the commission and open to public inspection. Such an order may also provide for appeals to the commission from rulings and decisions of said director. The commission may employ such assistants and employees to serve in said division as it may deem necessary, and may assign for service in said division such number, not exceeding twenty-five, of investigators and examiners as it may deem necessary.

The railway and bus division and all the powers, duties and responsibilities assigned to said railway and bus division shall be transferred to said transportation division.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, sec. 45 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 129 / Section 45
License to deal in or auction equine animals
Status: in_force

Section 45. Every person engaging in the business of dealing in equine animals or auction of said animals and tack shall obtain a license therefor from the director, the fee for which shall be fifty dollars, and such license shall expire on October thirty-first following the date of issuance, unless sooner revoked, provided that the fee for any person licensed under the provisions of section two B of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight shall be five dollars. The director shall, subject to the approval of the commissioner of food and agriculture make rules and regulations governing the issuance and revocation of such licenses and the conduct of the businesses so licensed and relative to the maintenance of premises, buildings and conveyances, the health of equine animals and the method and time of checking and inspection of said animals. The purpose is to prohibit the transportation and slaughter of horses by inhumane means.

Section 45. Every person engaging in the business of dealing in equine animals or auction of said animals and tack shall obtain a license therefor from the director, the fee for which shall be fifty dollars, and such license shall expire on October thirty-first following the date of issuance, unless sooner revoked, provided that the fee for any person licensed under the provisions of section two B of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight shall be five dollars. The director shall, subject to the approval of the commissioner of food and agriculture make rules and regulations governing the issuance and revocation of such licenses and the conduct of the businesses so licensed and relative to the maintenance of premises, buildings and conveyances, the health of equine animals and the method and time of checking and inspection of said animals. The purpose is to prohibit the transportation and slaughter of horses by inhumane means.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, sec. 5A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 25 / Section 5A
Witnesses; summonses; subpoenas; fees
Status: in_force

Section 5A. In all investigations and inquiries authorized by law to be made by the department and in all proceedings before it, any commissioner of the department may summon witnesses, administer oaths and take testimony. The fees of such witnesses for attendance and travel shall be the same as for witnesses before the superior court and shall be paid by the commonwealth upon the certificate of the department filed with the comptroller. The fees of such witnesses need not be paid or tendered to them prior to their attendance and testimony. Subpoenas may be issued at the instance of a complainant, respondent or any other party to any proceeding before the commission under such rules as the department may establish, in which case the cost of service and the fees of witnesses shall be borne by the party at whose instance the witness is summoned, and such fees shall be paid to the witnesses as provided in the case of witnesses before the superior court.

Section 5A. In all investigations and inquiries authorized by law to be made by the department and in all proceedings before it, any commissioner of the department may summon witnesses, administer oaths and take testimony. The fees of such witnesses for attendance and travel shall be the same as for witnesses before the superior court and shall be paid by the commonwealth upon the certificate of the department filed with the comptroller. The fees of such witnesses need not be paid or tendered to them prior to their attendance and testimony. Subpoenas may be issued at the instance of a complainant, respondent or any other party to any proceeding before the commission under such rules as the department may establish, in which case the cost of service and the fees of witnesses shall be borne by the party at whose instance the witness is summoned, and such fees shall be paid to the witnesses as provided in the case of witnesses before the superior court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128A, sec. 13C — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128A / Section 13C
Influencing owner, trainer, jockey or agent to affect result of race
Status: repealed

[ Text of section effective until December 15, 2027. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; 2021, 27, Sec. 14; 2022, 128, Sec. 14; 2023, 26, Sec. 20; and 2025, 73, Sec. 73.] Section 13C. No person shall influence, induce or conspire or connive with, or attempt so to do, any owner, trainer, jockey, agent, driver, groom or other person associated with or interested in or having charge of or access to any horse or dog entered or to be entered in a race for the purpose of fraudulently affecting the ultimate result of such race. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than three thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

[ Text of section effective until December 15, 2027. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; 2021, 27, Sec. 14; 2022, 128, Sec. 14; 2023, 26, Sec. 20; and 2025, 73, Sec. 73.]

Section 13C. No person shall influence, induce or conspire or connive with, or attempt so to do, any owner, trainer, jockey, agent, driver, groom or other person associated with or interested in or having charge of or access to any horse or dog entered or to be entered in a race for the purpose of fraudulently affecting the ultimate result of such race. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than three thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, sec. 6B — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211D / Section 6B
Payment of counsel
Status: in_force

Section 6B. Not more than 1 counsel assigned or appointed under section 5, 6 or 6A shall be paid for representation of a party in civil proceedings pending in any trial court under paragraph C of section 23, section 24 or 29B or sections 39E to 39I, inclusive, of chapter 119 or section 3 of chapter 210. The chief counsel of the committee for public counsel services may permit an exception to this provision in extraordinary circumstances, such as the pendency of separate actions in distant counties on behalf of a client.

Section 6B. Not more than 1 counsel assigned or appointed under section 5, 6 or 6A shall be paid for representation of a party in civil proceedings pending in any trial court under paragraph C of section 23, section 24 or 29B or sections 39E to 39I, inclusive, of chapter 119 or section 3 of chapter 210. The chief counsel of the committee for public counsel services may permit an exception to this provision in extraordinary circumstances, such as the pendency of separate actions in distant counties on behalf of a client.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 207 / Section 26
Intention of marriage; notice without consent; liability; cancellation
Status: in_force

Section 26. Whoever, without the consent of both parties to an intended marriage, gives the notice of their intention of marriage required by law shall be liable in damages to either of such parties whose name was so used without such consent. The superior court, upon petition of either party alleged to intend marriage in such a notice given without the consent of both parties, and not followed by their intermarriage, may, after notice and a hearing, order that such notice of intention be cancelled in the town records.

Section 26. Whoever, without the consent of both parties to an intended marriage, gives the notice of their intention of marriage required by law shall be liable in damages to either of such parties whose name was so used without such consent. The superior court, upon petition of either party alleged to intend marriage in such a notice given without the consent of both parties, and not followed by their intermarriage, may, after notice and a hearing, order that such notice of intention be cancelled in the town records.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 41
Disturbance of libraries
Status: in_force

Section 41. Whoever wilfully disturbs persons assembled in a public library, or a reading room connected therewith, by making a noise or in any other manner during the time when such library or reading room is open to the public shall be punished as provided in the preceding section.

Section 41. Whoever wilfully disturbs persons assembled in a public library, or a reading room connected therewith, by making a noise or in any other manner during the time when such library or reading room is open to the public shall be punished as provided in the preceding section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 36 / Section 26
Entries in indexes; time and manner of making
Status: in_force

Section 26. He shall, within twenty-four hours after a deed or other instrument which he is by law required to record has been left for record, cause the name of each grantor, grantee or other party thereto to be entered at length and alphabetically in the appropriate index, and in the appropriate column, if any, the name of the town where the land described in the instrument lies, if the same is therein disclosed. Within a reasonable time after such instrument has been recorded, he shall affix to such entry the number of the book and leaf or page where recorded.

Section 26. He shall, within twenty-four hours after a deed or other instrument which he is by law required to record has been left for record, cause the name of each grantor, grantee or other party thereto to be entered at length and alphabetically in the appropriate index, and in the appropriate column, if any, the name of the town where the land described in the instrument lies, if the same is therein disclosed. Within a reasonable time after such instrument has been recorded, he shall affix to such entry the number of the book and leaf or page where recorded.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 213 / Section 5
Transaction of business in any county
Status: in_force

Section 5. The courts and the justices thereof, respectively, may in any county transact any business of such courts and direct the entry of any order, judgment or decree in an action, suit or proceeding pending in the same court in another county.

Section 5. The courts and the justices thereof, respectively, may in any county transact any business of such courts and direct the entry of any order, judgment or decree in an action, suit or proceeding pending in the same court in another county.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12 / Section 8
Due application of charity funds enforced
Status: in_force

Section 8. The attorney general shall enforce the due application of funds given or appropriated to public charities within the commonwealth and prevent breaches of trust in the administration thereof.

Section 8. The attorney general shall enforce the due application of funds given or appropriated to public charities within the commonwealth and prevent breaches of trust in the administration thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 89, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 89 / Section 4
Keeping to right while view obstructed
Status: in_force

Section 4. Whenever on any way, public or private, there is not an unobstructed view of the road for at least four hundred feet, the driver of every vehicle shall keep his vehicle on the right of the middle of the traveled part of the way, whenever it is safe and practicable so to do, except that the department of highways may alter this provision by the use of restrictive pavement markings in areas of limited sight distance, at intersections and at obstructions in the highway, on state highways, on ways leading thereto and on all main highways between cities and towns; and may by permit, revocable upon notice, authorize cities and towns to alter said provision by the use of such restrictive pavement markings; provided, that such markings shall be in accordance with accepted standards of engineering practice; but, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, every driver of a slow moving vehicle, while ascending a grade shall reasonably keep said vehicle in the extreme right-hand lane until the top of such grade has been reached.

Section 4. Whenever on any way, public or private, there is not an unobstructed view of the road for at least four hundred feet, the driver of every vehicle shall keep his vehicle on the right of the middle of the traveled part of the way, whenever it is safe and practicable so to do, except that the department of highways may alter this provision by the use of restrictive pavement markings in areas of limited sight distance, at intersections and at obstructions in the highway, on state highways, on ways leading thereto and on all main highways between cities and towns; and may by permit, revocable upon notice, authorize cities and towns to alter said provision by the use of such restrictive pavement markings; provided, that such markings shall be in accordance with accepted standards of engineering practice; but, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, every driver of a slow moving vehicle, while ascending a grade shall reasonably keep said vehicle in the extreme right-hand lane until the top of such grade has been reached.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 65Q — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 65Q
Enforcement of Secs. 65G to 65U; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 65Q. The department, and the local boards of health within their respective jurisdictions, shall enforce sections sixty-five G to sixty-five U, inclusive. The department shall from time to time, after inquiry and public hearing, adopt, amend and promulgate rules and regulations to supplement and give full effect to the provisions of said sections. Such rules and regulations shall, in addition to any other subjects, establish bacterial standards for frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mix, hereinafter referred to as products, sanitary regulations pertaining to the manufacture and distribution of such products, including the sanitary condition of premises and buildings wherein such products are manufactured, and the sanitary condition of containers in which such products are held or shipped. Such rules and regulations shall be filed at the office of the department and of each of the boards of health within the commonwealth, shall be open for public inspection, and shall have the force of law. Local boards of health may make rules and regulations relative to such products not inconsistent with rules or regulations of the department, or with law.

Section 65Q. The department, and the local boards of health within their respective jurisdictions, shall enforce sections sixty-five G to sixty-five U, inclusive. The department shall from time to time, after inquiry and public hearing, adopt, amend and promulgate rules and regulations to supplement and give full effect to the provisions of said sections. Such rules and regulations shall, in addition to any other subjects, establish bacterial standards for frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mix, hereinafter referred to as products, sanitary regulations pertaining to the manufacture and distribution of such products, including the sanitary condition of premises and buildings wherein such products are manufactured, and the sanitary condition of containers in which such products are held or shipped. Such rules and regulations shall be filed at the office of the department and of each of the boards of health within the commonwealth, shall be open for public inspection, and shall have the force of law.

Local boards of health may make rules and regulations relative to such products not inconsistent with rules or regulations of the department, or with law.