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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 134, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 134 / Section 6
Rights of owner and finder of stray beasts
Status: in_force

Section 6. If the owner of stray beasts appears within one year after the finding thereof, and proves title thereto, he shall, if they have not been sold under the preceding section, have restitution thereof upon payment, except as provided in section two, of all reasonable expenses incurred by the finder in keeping such beasts and in complying with this chapter; but if they have been sold he shall be entitled to receive the proceeds of the sale after deducting the expenses aforesaid. If no such owner appears within said year the beasts, or the proceeds, shall enure to the finder, provided he has complied with this chapter.

Section 6. If the owner of stray beasts appears within one year after the finding thereof, and proves title thereto, he shall, if they have not been sold under the preceding section, have restitution thereof upon payment, except as provided in section two, of all reasonable expenses incurred by the finder in keeping such beasts and in complying with this chapter; but if they have been sold he shall be entitled to receive the proceeds of the sale after deducting the expenses aforesaid. If no such owner appears within said year the beasts, or the proceeds, shall enure to the finder, provided he has complied with this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150 / Section 9
Local boards; composition; powers and duties; jurisdiction; decision; compensation
Status: in_force

Section 9. The parties to any controversy described in section five may submit it in writing to a local board of conciliation and arbitration, which may be composed either of three members mutually agreed upon, or of a member chosen by the employer, a member chosen by the employees or their authorized representative, and a third, who shall be chairman, chosen by the other two. Such local board shall have and exercise, relative to matters referred to it, all the powers of the state board, and its decision shall have such binding effect as may be agreed upon in the written submission. Such local board shall have exclusive jurisdiction of the controversy submitted to it, but it may ask the advice and assistance of the state board. The decision of such local board shall be rendered within ten days after the close of any hearing held by it, and shall forthwith be filed with the clerk of the city or town where the controversy arose, and a copy thereof shall be forwarded by said clerk to the state board. Each of such arbitrators shall be entitled to receive from the treasury of the city or town where the controversy arose, with the approval in writing of the mayor of the city or the selectmen of the town, the sum of fifteen dollars for each day of actual service, not exceeding fifty dollars for any one arbitration.

Section 9. The parties to any controversy described in section five may submit it in writing to a local board of conciliation and arbitration, which may be composed either of three members mutually agreed upon, or of a member chosen by the employer, a member chosen by the employees or their authorized representative, and a third, who shall be chairman, chosen by the other two. Such local board shall have and exercise, relative to matters referred to it, all the powers of the state board, and its decision shall have such binding effect as may be agreed upon in the written submission. Such local board shall have exclusive jurisdiction of the controversy submitted to it, but it may ask the advice and assistance of the state board. The decision of such local board shall be rendered within ten days after the close of any hearing held by it, and shall forthwith be filed with the clerk of the city or town where the controversy arose, and a copy thereof shall be forwarded by said clerk to the state board. Each of such arbitrators shall be entitled to receive from the treasury of the city or town where the controversy arose, with the approval in writing of the mayor of the city or the selectmen of the town, the sum of fifteen dollars for each day of actual service, not exceeding fifty dollars for any one arbitration.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 182, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 182 / Section 12
Annual reports
Status: in_force

Section 12. Every association or trust shall annually on or before June first file with the state secretary a report signed under the penalties of perjury by its trustees stating (a) the name of the association or trust; (b) the location (with street address) of its principal office in this commonwealth and elsewhere if the trust or association does business outside the commonwealth; (c) the number of its issued and outstanding transferable certificates of participation or shares; and (d) the names and addresses of its trustees.

Section 12. Every association or trust shall annually on or before June first file with the state secretary a report signed under the penalties of perjury by its trustees stating (a) the name of the association or trust; (b) the location (with street address) of its principal office in this commonwealth and elsewhere if the trust or association does business outside the commonwealth; (c) the number of its issued and outstanding transferable certificates of participation or shares; and (d) the names and addresses of its trustees.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 82, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 82 / Section 21
Authority to lay out ways
Status: in_force

Section 21. The selectmen or road commissioners of a town or city council of a city may lay out, relocate or alter town ways, for the use of the town or city, and private ways for the use of one or more of the inhabitants thereof; or they may order specific repairs to be made upon such ways; and a town, at a meeting, or the city council of a city, may discontinue a town way or a private way.

Section 21. The selectmen or road commissioners of a town or city council of a city may lay out, relocate or alter town ways, for the use of the town or city, and private ways for the use of one or more of the inhabitants thereof; or they may order specific repairs to be made upon such ways; and a town, at a meeting, or the city council of a city, may discontinue a town way or a private way.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21C, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21C / Section 12
Disclosure of information
Status: in_force

Section 12. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, any information, record, or particular part thereof, obtained by the department pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall, upon request, be kept confidential and not considered to be public record when it is deemed by the commissioner that such information, record, or report relates to secret processes, methods of manufacture, or production or that such information, record, or report if made public would divulge a trade secret. This section shall not prevent disclosure of any information necessary for an enforcement action or to comply with RCRA.

Section 12. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, any information, record, or particular part thereof, obtained by the department pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall, upon request, be kept confidential and not considered to be public record when it is deemed by the commissioner that such information, record, or report relates to secret processes, methods of manufacture, or production or that such information, record, or report if made public would divulge a trade secret. This section shall not prevent disclosure of any information necessary for an enforcement action or to comply with RCRA.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 58
Execution of confinement
Status: in_force

Article 58. Execution of confinement. (a) A sentence of confinement adjudged by a court-martial, whether or not the sentence includes discharge or dismissal, and whether or not the discharge or dismissal has been executed, may be carried into execution by confinement in any place authorized by this code. Persons so confined are subject to the same discipline and treatment as persons regularly confined or committed to that place of confinement. (b) No place of confinement may require payment of any fee or charge for so receiving or confining a person except as otherwise provided by law.

Article 58. Execution of confinement.

(a) A sentence of confinement adjudged by a court-martial, whether or not the sentence includes discharge or dismissal, and whether or not the discharge or dismissal has been executed, may be carried into execution by confinement in any place authorized by this code. Persons so confined are subject to the same discipline and treatment as persons regularly confined or committed to that place of confinement.

(b) No place of confinement may require payment of any fee or charge for so receiving or confining a person except as otherwise provided by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 193K — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 193K
Professional services; provisions for payment; discrimination
Status: in_force

Section 193K. Wherever an insurance policy, certificate or service contract provides for reimbursement or payment for any services which may be legally performed by any person, licensed under the provisions of chapter one hundred and twelve, reimbursements or payments under such insurance policy, certificate or service contract shall not be denied because of race, color or creed nor shall any insurer make or permit any unfair discrimination against particular individuals or persons licensed under said chapter to whom reimbursement or payment would be due and payable.

Section 193K. Wherever an insurance policy, certificate or service contract provides for reimbursement or payment for any services which may be legally performed by any person, licensed under the provisions of chapter one hundred and twelve, reimbursements or payments under such insurance policy, certificate or service contract shall not be denied because of race, color or creed nor shall any insurer make or permit any unfair discrimination against particular individuals or persons licensed under said chapter to whom reimbursement or payment would be due and payable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 10
Armed forces of commonwealth; composition
Status: in_force

Section 10. The armed forces of the commonwealth shall consist of the active drilling national guard, army and air, the inactive national guard, army and air, and, whenever necessary, a state defense force or similar organization composed as the commander-in-chief may prescribe.

Section 10. The armed forces of the commonwealth shall consist of the active drilling national guard, army and air, the inactive national guard, army and air, and, whenever necessary, a state defense force or similar organization composed as the commander-in-chief may prescribe.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 262 / Section 24
Bail fees; bail taken outside of regular working hours; persons authorized to take bail; restriction on delegation
Status: in_force

Section 24. (a) The maximum fee to be charged by a person authorized to take bail or release on personal recognizance in the case of a person arrested for any misdemeanor or felony shall be $80. (b) The trial court shall be responsible for paying fees charged to take bail outside of regular working hours pursuant to this section and any fee charged pursuant to this section for a bail taken outside of regular working hours shall be charged only to the trial court. Fee splitting arrangements shall be prohibited. (c) A person authorized to take bail may administer through wire or electronic means any oath or affirmation required in the course of taking bail or releasing on personal recognizance. No person authorized to take bail shall delegate: (i) the setting or taking of bail; or (ii) the setting or taking of release on personal recognizance to any other person. (d) A person authorized to take bail shall receive the fee under subsection (a) after determining the terms of release and the prisoner ultimately recognizes out-of-court.

Section 24. (a) The maximum fee to be charged by a person authorized to take bail or release on personal recognizance in the case of a person arrested for any misdemeanor or felony shall be $80.

(b) The trial court shall be responsible for paying fees charged to take bail outside of regular working hours pursuant to this section and any fee charged pursuant to this section for a bail taken outside of regular working hours shall be charged only to the trial court. Fee splitting arrangements shall be prohibited.

(c) A person authorized to take bail may administer through wire or electronic means any oath or affirmation required in the course of taking bail or releasing on personal recognizance. No person authorized to take bail shall delegate: (i) the setting or taking of bail; or (ii) the setting or taking of release on personal recognizance to any other person.

(d) A person authorized to take bail shall receive the fee under subsection (a) after determining the terms of release and the prisoner ultimately recognizes out-of-court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, sec. 51A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 155 / Section 51A
Distribution of assets on petition; notice; liability of directors
Status: in_force

Section 51A. At any time within the period of three years or the extension of such period by reason of the pendency of any suit, as provided in section fifty-one, such corporation may petition the supreme judicial or superior court for leave to distribute the whole or part of its assets to the stockholders entitled thereto, and, after notice by certified or registered mail to the secretary and to all known creditors and by publication once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or town in which the principal office of the corporation is located, or in the county if no such newspaper is published in said city or town, the court may, after hearing, upon a finding that the interests of creditors, if any, and those of the commonwealth, if any, are reasonably protected, enter a decree permitting such distribution; and the directors shall not be subject to the liability set forth in section thirty-seven of chapter one hundred and fifty-six, on account of their declaration or assent to a dividend, including one or more liquidating dividends, to the stockholders entitled thereto, in accordance with said decree.

Section 51A. At any time within the period of three years or the extension of such period by reason of the pendency of any suit, as provided in section fifty-one, such corporation may petition the supreme judicial or superior court for leave to distribute the whole or part of its assets to the stockholders entitled thereto, and, after notice by certified or registered mail to the secretary and to all known creditors and by publication once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or town in which the principal office of the corporation is located, or in the county if no such newspaper is published in said city or town, the court may, after hearing, upon a finding that the interests of creditors, if any, and those of the commonwealth, if any, are reasonably protected, enter a decree permitting such distribution; and the directors shall not be subject to the liability set forth in section thirty-seven of chapter one hundred and fifty-six, on account of their declaration or assent to a dividend, including one or more liquidating dividends, to the stockholders entitled thereto, in accordance with said decree.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, sec. 58C — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 218 / Section 58C
Special justices of juvenile court
Status: in_force

Section 58C. (a) Any special justice of a juvenile court who assumes office after January first, nineteen hundred and seventy-six shall devote full time during ordinary business hours to the duties of his office and shall not engage directly or indirectly in the practice of law. (b) Said special justice shall be paid the salary provided in section seventy-seven A for justices of the district courts who are required to devote full time to their duties, other than the chief justice thereof, said salary to be paid from the same source and in the same manner as the salary paid to a justice of a juvenile court, and travel and expense allowance to the same extent as is provided for justices of district courts. (c) Said special justice shall sit in such other divisions or departments within the trial court as the law provides for a justice of a juvenile court; and he shall have such other powers, duties, rights and privileges as has a special justice under clauses (4) and (5) of paragraph (b) of section six A. (d) Said special justice shall have the same rights of vacation and sick leave and the same pension rights and responsibilities as are provided a special justice of a district court under paragraph (d) of section six A.

Section 58C. (a) Any special justice of a juvenile court who assumes office after January first, nineteen hundred and seventy-six shall devote full time during ordinary business hours to the duties of his office and shall not engage directly or indirectly in the practice of law.

(b) Said special justice shall be paid the salary provided in section seventy-seven A for justices of the district courts who are required to devote full time to their duties, other than the chief justice thereof, said salary to be paid from the same source and in the same manner as the salary paid to a justice of a juvenile court, and travel and expense allowance to the same extent as is provided for justices of district courts.

(c) Said special justice shall sit in such other divisions or departments within the trial court as the law provides for a justice of a juvenile court; and he shall have such other powers, duties, rights and privileges as has a special justice under clauses (4) and (5) of paragraph (b) of section six A.

(d) Said special justice shall have the same rights of vacation and sick leave and the same pension rights and responsibilities as are provided a special justice of a district court under paragraph (d) of section six A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 62S — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 62S
Assignment of state minor wards to hospital; approval
Status: in_force

Section 62S. No state minor wards shall be assigned to the said hospital until the commissioner, with the approval of the governor and council, finds that sufficient new building accommodations have been constructed to provide for the number thus to be assigned.

Section 62S. No state minor wards shall be assigned to the said hospital until the commissioner, with the approval of the governor and council, finds that sufficient new building accommodations have been constructed to provide for the number thus to be assigned.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 200A, sec. 6A — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 200A / Section 6A
Property distributable upon dissolution or liquidation; presumption of abandonment
Status: in_force

Section 6A. All property distributable in the course of a voluntary or involuntary dissolution or liquidation of a person that remains unclaimed by the person entitled thereto, within one year after the date of final distribution or liquidation, shall be presumed abandoned. This section shall apply to all tangible personal property located in the commonwealth and subject to the provisions of section one A to all intangible personal property.

Section 6A. All property distributable in the course of a voluntary or involuntary dissolution or liquidation of a person that remains unclaimed by the person entitled thereto, within one year after the date of final distribution or liquidation, shall be presumed abandoned. This section shall apply to all tangible personal property located in the commonwealth and subject to the provisions of section one A to all intangible personal property.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 172, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 172 / Section 9
List of stockholders; issuance of certificate authorizing corporation to begin transaction of business
Status: in_force

Section 9. When all the capital stock has been issued, a list of the stockholders, with the name, residence and post office address of each, and the number of shares in each class held by each stockholder, shall be filed with the board of bank incorporation, which list shall be verified by the clerk of the corporation. Upon receipt of such list the board shall cause an examination to be made of the method of payment of the capital stock, of the personnel of the corporation, including the officers and directors thereof, and if, after such examination, it appears that the whole capital stock, surplus account and undivided profits account have been paid in cash, that all requirements of law have been complied with, that the bank is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and that the qualifications of the personnel are satisfactory, the board shall, if satisfied that the public convenience and advantage will be promoted thereby, issue a certificate authorizing such corporation to begin the transaction of business. No such corporation shall begin the transaction of business until such a certificate has been granted.

Section 9. When all the capital stock has been issued, a list of the stockholders, with the name, residence and post office address of each, and the number of shares in each class held by each stockholder, shall be filed with the board of bank incorporation, which list shall be verified by the clerk of the corporation. Upon receipt of such list the board shall cause an examination to be made of the method of payment of the capital stock, of the personnel of the corporation, including the officers and directors thereof, and if, after such examination, it appears that the whole capital stock, surplus account and undivided profits account have been paid in cash, that all requirements of law have been complied with, that the bank is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and that the qualifications of the personnel are satisfactory, the board shall, if satisfied that the public convenience and advantage will be promoted thereby, issue a certificate authorizing such corporation to begin the transaction of business. No such corporation shall begin the transaction of business until such a certificate has been granted.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 155 / Section 19
Preferred stock; content of certificate
Status: in_force

Section 19. Such stock shall be issued subject to all general laws governing the issue of capital stock; and each certificate subsequently issued of stock in the corporation shall have fully and plainly printed thereon the preferences and voting powers or restrictions or qualifications thereof as fixed and determined in respect of each class of preferred stock pursuant to the provisions of section eighteen.

Section 19. Such stock shall be issued subject to all general laws governing the issue of capital stock; and each certificate subsequently issued of stock in the corporation shall have fully and plainly printed thereon the preferences and voting powers or restrictions or qualifications thereof as fixed and determined in respect of each class of preferred stock pursuant to the provisions of section eighteen.