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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, sec. 49 — MA Code / Part I / Title XI / Chapter 67 / Section 49
Election of officers
Status: in_force

Section 49. At the time and place stated in said notice, the resident members of such church may assemble at their place of worship and by ballot elect a moderator, a clerk, who shall be sworn, a treasurer, a standing committee of not less than three nor more than twenty-four members or a board of trustees, managers, directors, executive committee, prudential committee, wardens and vestry or other officers with the powers of a standing committee, and such other officers as they may deem necessary.

Section 49. At the time and place stated in said notice, the resident members of such church may assemble at their place of worship and by ballot elect a moderator, a clerk, who shall be sworn, a treasurer, a standing committee of not less than three nor more than twenty-four members or a board of trustees, managers, directors, executive committee, prudential committee, wardens and vestry or other officers with the powers of a standing committee, and such other officers as they may deem necessary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 60F — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 60F
Seal of registered architect
Status: in_force

Section 60F. Every registered architect shall have a seal of a design authorized by the board. All plans and specifications and reports prepared by a registered architect, or under his supervision shall be stamped with the impression of such seal. A registered architect shall impress his seal on any plans or specifications only if his certificate of registration is in full force and if he was the author of such plans and specifications or in responsible charge of their preparation.

Section 60F. Every registered architect shall have a seal of a design authorized by the board. All plans and specifications and reports prepared by a registered architect, or under his supervision shall be stamped with the impression of such seal. A registered architect shall impress his seal on any plans or specifications only if his certificate of registration is in full force and if he was the author of such plans and specifications or in responsible charge of their preparation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278A, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 278A / Section 17
Civil or criminal liability of governmental officials; willful or wanton misconduct or gross negligence by governmental entities resulting in deterioration or destruction of evidence; damages
Status: in_force

Section 17. (a) Governmental officials and employees acting in good faith shall not be liable in a civil or criminal proceeding for any act under this chapter. (b) If a governmental entity responsible for the preservation of evidence or biological material engages in willful or wanton misconduct or gross negligence, which results in the deterioration or destruction of evidence or biological material so that a laboratory is unable to perform adequate or proper analysis, that entity shall be subject to proceedings for contempt. (c) Nothing in this chapter shall create any cause of action for damages against the commonwealth or any of its subdivisions or officers, employees, agents or subdivisions, except as provided in this section.

Section 17. (a) Governmental officials and employees acting in good faith shall not be liable in a civil or criminal proceeding for any act under this chapter.

(b) If a governmental entity responsible for the preservation of evidence or biological material engages in willful or wanton misconduct or gross negligence, which results in the deterioration or destruction of evidence or biological material so that a laboratory is unable to perform adequate or proper analysis, that entity shall be subject to proceedings for contempt.

(c) Nothing in this chapter shall create any cause of action for damages against the commonwealth or any of its subdivisions or officers, employees, agents or subdivisions, except as provided in this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 108H — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 108H
Fire fighters assigned to photographic work; additional compensation
Status: in_force

Section 108H. In any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section, a member of the fire department assigned to photographic work in said department shall, after completing one year's service in such assignment, receive in addition to his annual salary as a fire fighter a salary increase of six hundred dollars a year, to be paid so long as he is assigned to said photographic work.

Section 108H. In any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section, a member of the fire department assigned to photographic work in said department shall, after completing one year's service in such assignment, receive in addition to his annual salary as a fire fighter a salary increase of six hundred dollars a year, to be paid so long as he is assigned to said photographic work.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132B, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 132B / Section 12
Hazards; adverse environmental effects; departmental orders; violations
Status: in_force

Section 12. Whenever it appears to the department that there is an imminent hazard, or a potential threat of unreasonable adverse effect on the environment, or a violation or a potential violation of any provision of this chapter or of any license, certification, permit, order, registration or regulation issued or adopted thereunder, the department may issue to such persons as it deems necessary an order requiring the production of samples and records, or an order imposing restraints on or requiring such action, as it deems necessary. Issuance of an order under this section shall not preclude and shall not be deemed an election to forego any action to recover for damages to interests of the commonwealth or, under section fourteen of this act, for civil penalties or for criminal fines and penalties.

Section 12. Whenever it appears to the department that there is an imminent hazard, or a potential threat of unreasonable adverse effect on the environment, or a violation or a potential violation of any provision of this chapter or of any license, certification, permit, order, registration or regulation issued or adopted thereunder, the department may issue to such persons as it deems necessary an order requiring the production of samples and records, or an order imposing restraints on or requiring such action, as it deems necessary. Issuance of an order under this section shall not preclude and shall not be deemed an election to forego any action to recover for damages to interests of the commonwealth or, under section fourteen of this act, for civil penalties or for criminal fines and penalties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 132 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 132
Error not affecting substantial rights; partial new trial
Status: in_force

Section 132. No new trial shall be granted in any civil action or proceeding on the ground of improper admission or rejection of evidence, or for any error as to any matter of pleading or procedure, if the judge who presided at the trial when application is made by motion for a new trial, or the appeals court or the supreme judicial court when application is made by appeal or otherwise, deems that the error complained of has not injuriously affected the substantial rights of the parties; and, if it appears to such court that said error affects part only of the matter in controversy or some or one only of the parties, the court may direct final judgment as to part thereof, or some or one only of the parties, and may direct a new trial as to the other part only or as to the other parties.

Section 132. No new trial shall be granted in any civil action or proceeding on the ground of improper admission or rejection of evidence, or for any error as to any matter of pleading or procedure, if the judge who presided at the trial when application is made by motion for a new trial, or the appeals court or the supreme judicial court when application is made by appeal or otherwise, deems that the error complained of has not injuriously affected the substantial rights of the parties; and, if it appears to such court that said error affects part only of the matter in controversy or some or one only of the parties, the court may direct final judgment as to part thereof, or some or one only of the parties, and may direct a new trial as to the other part only or as to the other parties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 241 / Section 5
Division of shares
Status: in_force

Section 5. The court may set off to the petitioner his share, leaving the residue of the land for the persons entitled thereto, subject to a future partition; or it may set off to the persons entitled to the residue their respective shares therein. If two or more co-tenants consent to hold their shares undivided, such shares may be so set off.

Section 5. The court may set off to the petitioner his share, leaving the residue of the land for the persons entitled thereto, subject to a future partition; or it may set off to the persons entitled to the residue their respective shares therein. If two or more co-tenants consent to hold their shares undivided, such shares may be so set off.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 63 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 63
Calling city and town elections; notice
Status: in_force

Section 63. Elections of state officers and city officers shall be called by the aldermen, and the city clerk shall, under their direction, cause notice of such elections to be conspicuously posted in the office of the city clerk or on the principal official bulletin board of such city and any other public building they deem necessary. Before every city election, the clerk shall make available a list of all candidates. He shall also print with said list the form of any question to be submitted to the voters. Such lists shall be public records and one copy shall be sent to every newspaper in said city listed in the Directory of New England Newspapers and Periodicals, to be used at the discretion of said newspapers. Such notices shall be in lieu of the notices or warrants for election required in any city by special statutes. Elections of state officers and town officers shall be called in towns as provided in section ten of chapter thirty-nine. The biennial state and the annual or biennial city and town elections shall be called at least seven days before the day prescribed for the holding thereof.

Section 63. Elections of state officers and city officers shall be called by the aldermen, and the city clerk shall, under their direction, cause notice of such elections to be conspicuously posted in the office of the city clerk or on the principal official bulletin board of such city and any other public building they deem necessary. Before every city election, the clerk shall make available a list of all candidates. He shall also print with said list the form of any question to be submitted to the voters. Such lists shall be public records and one copy shall be sent to every newspaper in said city listed in the Directory of New England Newspapers and Periodicals, to be used at the discretion of said newspapers. Such notices shall be in lieu of the notices or warrants for election required in any city by special statutes. Elections of state officers and town officers shall be called in towns as provided in section ten of chapter thirty-nine. The biennial state and the annual or biennial city and town elections shall be called at least seven days before the day prescribed for the holding thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 147, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 147 / Section 43
Financial interest of licensee in boxer; prepayment of contestant
Status: in_force

Section 43. No licensee under section thirty-three shall have, directly or indirectly, any financial interest in a boxer competing on premises owned or leased by the licensee, or in which the licensee is otherwise interested. No contestant in such a match or exhibition shall be paid for services before the same are rendered.

Section 43. No licensee under section thirty-three shall have, directly or indirectly, any financial interest in a boxer competing on premises owned or leased by the licensee, or in which the licensee is otherwise interested. No contestant in such a match or exhibition shall be paid for services before the same are rendered.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 141 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 141
Fees for weighing cattle
Status: in_force

Section 141. Fees for weighing cattle shall be paid by the vendor and, unless otherwise established in a town by town meeting action and in a city by city council action, and in a town with no town meeting by town council action, by adoption of appropriate by-laws and ordinances to set such fees, shall be twenty cents for each of the first five cattle, fifteen cents for each of the second five, ten cents each from eleventh to the twentieth, inclusive, and five cents for each cattle weighed above twenty; also twelve and one-half cents for each certificate, which shall contain the weight of each of the cattle weighed for one person unless the vender requests a division thereof.

Section 141. Fees for weighing cattle shall be paid by the vendor and, unless otherwise established in a town by town meeting action and in a city by city council action, and in a town with no town meeting by town council action, by adoption of appropriate by-laws and ordinances to set such fees, shall be twenty cents for each of the first five cattle, fifteen cents for each of the second five, ten cents each from eleventh to the twentieth, inclusive, and five cents for each cattle weighed above twenty; also twelve and one-half cents for each certificate, which shall contain the weight of each of the cattle weighed for one person unless the vender requests a division thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 129 / Section 44
Testing of imported equine animals for infectious anemia; certification
Status: in_force

Section 44. No person shall import into the commonwealth any equine animal without a certificate relative to such animal from a laboratory approved by the United States Department of Agriculture, dated within one year from the time of such importation certifying a negative test for infectious equine anemia by a method approved by the United States Department of Agriculture for detecting said disease. Whoever violates any provisions of this section, or of any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder, shall be punished for a first offense by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and for any subsequent offense by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two and one-half years, or both.

Section 44. No person shall import into the commonwealth any equine animal without a certificate relative to such animal from a laboratory approved by the United States Department of Agriculture, dated within one year from the time of such importation certifying a negative test for infectious equine anemia by a method approved by the United States Department of Agriculture for detecting said disease. Whoever violates any provisions of this section, or of any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder, shall be punished for a first offense by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and for any subsequent offense by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two and one-half years, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 248, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 248 / Section 4
Issuance of writ; return
Status: in_force

Section 4. The court or magistrate to whom the petition is presented shall, without delay, issue a writ of habeas corpus, substantially in the form heretofore established and used in the commonwealth, and returnable forthwith to the supreme judicial court, or a justice thereof, at such place as shall be designated in the writ.

Section 4. The court or magistrate to whom the petition is presented shall, without delay, issue a writ of habeas corpus, substantially in the form heretofore established and used in the commonwealth, and returnable forthwith to the supreme judicial court, or a justice thereof, at such place as shall be designated in the writ.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 84, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 84 / Section 10
Entry upon land to secure and protect public way; damages
Status: in_force

Section 10. The selectmen or road commissioners may enter upon, use or survey or take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine any land they may deem necessary for the purpose of securing or protecting a public way; and any person thereby injured in his property and any owner of land adjoining a way who has sustained damage in his property by an act done for the purpose of repairing the way may recover such damages under chapter seventy-nine.

Section 10. The selectmen or road commissioners may enter upon, use or survey or take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine any land they may deem necessary for the purpose of securing or protecting a public way; and any person thereby injured in his property and any owner of land adjoining a way who has sustained damage in his property by an act done for the purpose of repairing the way may recover such damages under chapter seventy-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 35, sec. 19C — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 35 / Section 19C
Deposits in credit union; pension or retirement allowances
Status: in_force

Section 19C. Any county treasurer may deduct from the pension or retirement allowance of a retired person who was a member of such county retirement system, such sum as such retired person may specify in writing and shall transmit the same to a credit union designated by such retired person.

Section 19C. Any county treasurer may deduct from the pension or retirement allowance of a retired person who was a member of such county retirement system, such sum as such retired person may specify in writing and shall transmit the same to a credit union designated by such retired person.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23G, sec. 16C — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23G / Section 16C
Taking of land by eminent domain
Status: in_force

Section 16C. The department of fisheries, wildlife and environmental law enforcement may take by eminent domain under chapter 79 of the General Laws for endangered species habitat and open space protection purposes a portion of the registered and unregistered land in Dennis, Barnstable county, Massachusetts, taken by the Dennis Water District, a body politic, for water well protection purposes described in an Order of Taking dated May 6, 1996 and recorded in the Barnstable county registry of deeds in book 10191 at page 272 and registered as document numbered 665160, which portion to be taken by the department shall be shown on a plan of land to be prepared by said department.

Section 16C. The department of fisheries, wildlife and environmental law enforcement may take by eminent domain under chapter 79 of the General Laws for endangered species habitat and open space protection purposes a portion of the registered and unregistered land in Dennis, Barnstable county, Massachusetts, taken by the Dennis Water District, a body politic, for water well protection purposes described in an Order of Taking dated May 6, 1996 and recorded in the Barnstable county registry of deeds in book 10191 at page 272 and registered as document numbered 665160, which portion to be taken by the department shall be shown on a plan of land to be prepared by said department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 208 / Section 23
Resumption of former name by woman
Status: in_force

Section 23. The court granting a divorce may allow a woman to resume her maiden name or that of a former husband.

Section 23. The court granting a divorce may allow a woman to resume her maiden name or that of a former husband.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 10D — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 10D
Consultation; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 10D. The division shall consult with the nature preserve council in implementing and effectuating the nature preserve program established pursuant to sections ten A to ten C, inclusive. The division shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate said nature preserve program.

Section 10D. The division shall consult with the nature preserve council in implementing and effectuating the nature preserve program established pursuant to sections ten A to ten C, inclusive. The division shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate said nature preserve program.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64H, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64H / Section 32
Service of process; nonresident vendors
Status: in_force

Section 32. Any person not a resident of the commonwealth who engages in business in the commonwealth, as defined in section one, shall, as a condition precedent to engaging in business in the commonwealth and by so engaging in business in the commonwealth, be deemed thereby to appoint the secretary of the commonwealth his agent for the service of process in any judicial proceeding under this chapter. Such process shall be served by leaving a copy of the process in the hands of the secretary of the commonwealth or a deputy or in the office of said secretary. Such service shall be sufficient service upon the person; provided, that notice of such service and a copy of the process is, at least fifteen days before the return day of such process, sent by registered mail to such person's last known address, and that the sender's registered mail receipt and the commissioner's affidavit of compliance with this section are appended to the process and filed in the action or proceeding on or before the return day of the process or within such further time as the court may allow. The court in which the action or proceeding is pending may order such continuances as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to defend the action. Service of process in the foregoing manner shall be of the same force and validity as if served upon the taxpayer personally within the commonwealth.

Section 32. Any person not a resident of the commonwealth who engages in business in the commonwealth, as defined in section one, shall, as a condition precedent to engaging in business in the commonwealth and by so engaging in business in the commonwealth, be deemed thereby to appoint the secretary of the commonwealth his agent for the service of process in any judicial proceeding under this chapter. Such process shall be served by leaving a copy of the process in the hands of the secretary of the commonwealth or a deputy or in the office of said secretary. Such service shall be sufficient service upon the person; provided, that notice of such service and a copy of the process is, at least fifteen days before the return day of such process, sent by registered mail to such person's last known address, and that the sender's registered mail receipt and the commissioner's affidavit of compliance with this section are appended to the process and filed in the action or proceeding on or before the return day of the process or within such further time as the court may allow. The court in which the action or proceeding is pending may order such continuances as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to defend the action. Service of process in the foregoing manner shall be of the same force and validity as if served upon the taxpayer personally within the commonwealth.