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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 241 / Section 12
Commissioners; appointment; duties
Status: in_force

Section 12. If the court determines the petitioner entitled to partition, it shall thereupon appoint one or more disinterested commissioners and issue a warrant to them to make partition. The commissioners, before entering upon their duties, shall be sworn to execute the warrant faithfully and impartially, and a certificate of the oath shall be made on the warrant by the person administering it. They shall give at least seven days' notice of the time and place appointed for making the partition, either personally or by registered mail, to all known persons interested therein, and shall make and sign a report of their doings and return it with their warrant.

Section 12. If the court determines the petitioner entitled to partition, it shall thereupon appoint one or more disinterested commissioners and issue a warrant to them to make partition. The commissioners, before entering upon their duties, shall be sworn to execute the warrant faithfully and impartially, and a certificate of the oath shall be made on the warrant by the person administering it. They shall give at least seven days' notice of the time and place appointed for making the partition, either personally or by registered mail, to all known persons interested therein, and shall make and sign a report of their doings and return it with their warrant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 279 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 279
Marking or branding of cask of nails or brads
Status: in_force

Section 279. Each cask of wrought, cut or wire nails or brads shall be marked or branded on the head by the manufacturer, in plain, legible letters in the English language, with his name and the net weight of the contents of the cask.

Section 279. Each cask of wrought, cut or wire nails or brads shall be marked or branded on the head by the manufacturer, in plain, legible letters in the English language, with his name and the net weight of the contents of the cask.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161B, sec. 6A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161B / Section 6A
Complementary transportation required pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act; reimbursement of fare; collection of ridership data; promulgation of regulations
Status: in_force

[ Text of section added by 2025, 9, Sec. 52 effective July 1, 2025. See 2025, 9, Sec. 138.] Section 6A. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, an authority established pursuant to this chapter shall not, subject to appropriation, charge passenger fare for a trip on regularly scheduled fixed route service, or for a trip on complementary paratransit service that an authority is required to provide pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. 12143. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall, subject to appropriation, reimburse an authority for lost fare revenue attributable to providing fare-free service pursuant to this section. (b) An authority shall collect and report ridership data to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation in such form and with such frequency as the department may prescribe. (c) The Massachusetts Department of Transportation may promulgate regulations to implement this section.

[ Text of section added by 2025, 9, Sec. 52 effective July 1, 2025. See 2025, 9, Sec. 138.]

Section 6A. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, an authority established pursuant to this chapter shall not, subject to appropriation, charge passenger fare for a trip on regularly scheduled fixed route service, or for a trip on complementary paratransit service that an authority is required to provide pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. 12143. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall, subject to appropriation, reimburse an authority for lost fare revenue attributable to providing fare-free service pursuant to this section.

(b) An authority shall collect and report ridership data to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation in such form and with such frequency as the department may prescribe.

(c) The Massachusetts Department of Transportation may promulgate regulations to implement this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 133 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 133
Conduct unbecoming an officer
Status: in_force

Article 133. Conduct unbecoming an officer. A commissioned officer, cadet, candidate or midshipman who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Article 133. Conduct unbecoming an officer.

A commissioned officer, cadet, candidate or midshipman who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 76 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 76
Finality of proceedings, findings and sentences
Status: in_force

Article 76. Finality of proceedings, findings and sentences. The appellate review of records of trial provided by this code, the proceedings, findings, and sentences of courts-martial as approved, reviewed or affirmed as required by this code and all dismissals and discharges carried into execution under sentences by courts-martial following approval, review or affirmation as required by this code shall be final and conclusive. Orders publishing the proceedings of courts-martial and all action taken pursuant to those proceedings shall be binding upon all departments, courts, agencies and officers of the commonwealth, subject only to action upon a petition for a new trial as provided in article 73 and to action under article 74.

Article 76. Finality of proceedings, findings and sentences.

The appellate review of records of trial provided by this code, the proceedings, findings, and sentences of courts-martial as approved, reviewed or affirmed as required by this code and all dismissals and discharges carried into execution under sentences by courts-martial following approval, review or affirmation as required by this code shall be final and conclusive. Orders publishing the proceedings of courts-martial and all action taken pursuant to those proceedings shall be binding upon all departments, courts, agencies and officers of the commonwealth, subject only to action upon a petition for a new trial as provided in article 73 and to action under article 74.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 23
Fire observation towers
Status: in_force

Section 23. Towns may construct, in co-operation with other towns or with the commonwealth, forest fire observations towers, the situation and construction of which shall be subject to the direction of the forester.

Section 23. Towns may construct, in co-operation with other towns or with the commonwealth, forest fire observations towers, the situation and construction of which shall be subject to the direction of the forester.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 269 / Section 4
Requiring aid; dispersing and suppressing assembly; seizure of persons
Status: in_force

Section 4. If any persons who are so riotously or unlawfully assembled, and who have been commanded to disperse, as before provided, refuse or neglect to disperse without unnecessary delay, any two of the magistrates or officers before mentioned may require the aid of a sufficient number of persons, in arms or otherwise as may be necessary, and shall proceed, in such manner as they deem expedient, forthwith to disperse and suppress such assembly, and seize and secure the persons composing the same, so that they may be proceeded with according to law.

Section 4. If any persons who are so riotously or unlawfully assembled, and who have been commanded to disperse, as before provided, refuse or neglect to disperse without unnecessary delay, any two of the magistrates or officers before mentioned may require the aid of a sufficient number of persons, in arms or otherwise as may be necessary, and shall proceed, in such manner as they deem expedient, forthwith to disperse and suppress such assembly, and seize and secure the persons composing the same, so that they may be proceeded with according to law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, sec. 35 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 51 / Section 35
Omitted listings compared with annual register of voters; exceptions
Status: in_force

Section 35. Except in any city or town as to which it is otherwise provided by special law, registrars shall compare all omitted listings with the annual register of voters for the preceding year, and if it appears to their satisfaction that any of said omitted listings is that of a person entitled to vote in such preceding year they shall at any time up to and including the day of the next primary or election enter such name on the current annual register. In every case they shall require the vote by virtue of which such entry or correction is made to be attested by their clerk. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section or of any other general or special law, this section shall apply to the city of Boston and the election commissioners thereof.

Section 35. Except in any city or town as to which it is otherwise provided by special law, registrars shall compare all omitted listings with the annual register of voters for the preceding year, and if it appears to their satisfaction that any of said omitted listings is that of a person entitled to vote in such preceding year they shall at any time up to and including the day of the next primary or election enter such name on the current annual register. In every case they shall require the vote by virtue of which such entry or correction is made to be attested by their clerk. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section or of any other general or special law, this section shall apply to the city of Boston and the election commissioners thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109, sec. 66 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 109 / Section 66
Application for reinstatement after administrative dissolution or revocation of right to transact business; contents
Status: in_force

Section 66. A limited partnership administratively dissolved under section 64 or whose authority to transact business in the commonwealth has been revoked under section 65 may apply to the state secretary for reinstatement at any time. The application for reinstatement shall: (1) recite the name of the limited partnership and the effective date of its administrative dissolution or revocation; (2) state that the grounds for dissolution or revocation either did not exist or have been corrected; and (3) state that the name of the limited partnership satisfies the requirements of section 2; provided, however, that if the state secretary determines that the application contains the full and correct information, he shall reinstate the limited partnership.

Section 66. A limited partnership administratively dissolved under section 64 or whose authority to transact business in the commonwealth has been revoked under section 65 may apply to the state secretary for reinstatement at any time. The application for reinstatement shall:

(1) recite the name of the limited partnership and the effective date of its administrative dissolution or revocation;

(2) state that the grounds for dissolution or revocation either did not exist or have been corrected; and

(3) state that the name of the limited partnership satisfies the requirements of section 2; provided, however, that if the state secretary determines that the application contains the full and correct information, he shall reinstate the limited partnership.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 39
Hours of labor in institutions; employees with less hours under other statutes; emergencies
Status: in_force

Section 39. The maximum hours of labor of laborers, workmen and mechanics, of ward attendants, ward nurses, industrial and occupational therapists and watchmen, and of employees in kitchen, dining-room and domestic services, in state and county institutions, and of officers and instructors of state penal institutions and county penal and reformatory institutions, shall not exceed forty in each week. The foregoing provision shall not be construed as authorizing the employment of any such officer or employee whose work day and week is fixed under section thirty A or any other provision of law at less than said forty hours maximum to be employed beyond the hours so fixed and within said maximum without the payment of overtime. This section shall not prevent the superintendent, warden or executive officer from requiring the services of any person in any emergency where the health or safety of patients or inmates would otherwise be endangered, or in any extraordinary emergency, or in apprehending an escaped inmate.

Section 39. The maximum hours of labor of laborers, workmen and mechanics, of ward attendants, ward nurses, industrial and occupational therapists and watchmen, and of employees in kitchen, dining-room and domestic services, in state and county institutions, and of officers and instructors of state penal institutions and county penal and reformatory institutions, shall not exceed forty in each week. The foregoing provision shall not be construed as authorizing the employment of any such officer or employee whose work day and week is fixed under section thirty A or any other provision of law at less than said forty hours maximum to be employed beyond the hours so fixed and within said maximum without the payment of overtime. This section shall not prevent the superintendent, warden or executive officer from requiring the services of any person in any emergency where the health or safety of patients or inmates would otherwise be endangered, or in any extraordinary emergency, or in apprehending an escaped inmate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 16
Publication of agreement of association
Status: in_force

Section 16. The directors, before fixing the route of the railroad as hereinafter provided, shall publish a copy of the agreement of association in a newspaper, if any, published in each of the cities and towns where the railroad is to be located, and if, in any county, a newspaper is published in none of said cities and towns therein, in such newspaper published in said county as shall be designated by the department, at least once in each of three successive weeks; and, three weeks before fixing said route, shall also post a copy of said agreement in two or more public places in each of said cities and towns where said railroad is to be located; and the sworn certificate of the clerk shall be conclusive evidence of such publication and posting.

Section 16. The directors, before fixing the route of the railroad as hereinafter provided, shall publish a copy of the agreement of association in a newspaper, if any, published in each of the cities and towns where the railroad is to be located, and if, in any county, a newspaper is published in none of said cities and towns therein, in such newspaper published in said county as shall be designated by the department, at least once in each of three successive weeks; and, three weeks before fixing said route, shall also post a copy of said agreement in two or more public places in each of said cities and towns where said railroad is to be located; and the sworn certificate of the clerk shall be conclusive evidence of such publication and posting.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, sec. 2A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 25 / Section 2A
Energy advisory board; membership; duties
Status: in_force

Section 2A. There is hereby established within the executive office of energy and environmental affairs an energy advisory board, appointed by the governor, consisting of thirteen members: three representatives of investor-owned electric utilities; one representative of an investor-owned gas utility; two representatives of the environmental community; two representatives of the business community; one consumer representative; one representative of organized labor appointed from a list of three qualified names submitted by the Massachusetts State Labor Council, AFL–CIO; one representative of energy conservation providers; one representative of the independent power industry and the secretary of consumer affairs and business regulation. Said advisory board shall meet at least four times each fiscal year and shall make recommendations to the governor respecting mandated assessments and fees; relating to the provision of energy and energy services in the commonwealth; the relationship between existing fees and assessments on public utilities and patterns of timely regulatory action; the elimination of duplication of regulatory activity and relative to long-term planning and the future of the commonwealth's energy policy. Said advisory board shall report to the governor annually, which report shall also be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than October first of each year. The members of the advisory board shall serve without compensation.

Section 2A. There is hereby established within the executive office of energy and environmental affairs an energy advisory board, appointed by the governor, consisting of thirteen members: three representatives of investor-owned electric utilities; one representative of an investor-owned gas utility; two representatives of the environmental community; two representatives of the business community; one consumer representative; one representative of organized labor appointed from a list of three qualified names submitted by the Massachusetts State Labor Council, AFL–CIO; one representative of energy conservation providers; one representative of the independent power industry and the secretary of consumer affairs and business regulation. Said advisory board shall meet at least four times each fiscal year and shall make recommendations to the governor respecting mandated assessments and fees; relating to the provision of energy and energy services in the commonwealth; the relationship between existing fees and assessments on public utilities and patterns of timely regulatory action; the elimination of duplication of regulatory activity and relative to long-term planning and the future of the commonwealth's energy policy. Said advisory board shall report to the governor annually, which report shall also be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than October first of each year. The members of the advisory board shall serve without compensation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 2C — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 2C
Horses participating in contests at agricultural fairs; administering of drugs prohibited; testing, prima facie evidence; eligibility restricted; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 2C. No person shall administer or cause to be administered any drug, internally or externally by injection, drench or otherwise, to any animal for the purpose of retarding, stimulating or in any other manner affecting the performance of such animal in or in connection with a contest conducted under the provisions of paragraph (f) of section two. The commissioner is hereby authorized to make such tests of saliva, blood and urine of any animal entered into a pulling contest as he may deem necessary. If a drug is found in the chemical analysis of said saliva, blood or urine, it shall be prima facie evidence that a drug has been administered. The owner of any animal which has been tested and in which a drug has been found, his representative, and any animals owned by or leased to such person shall be ineligible to participate in or receive premiums offered at any agricultural fair or any pulling contest in the commonwealth pending an investigation, finding, and order of the commissioner. The commissioner may make rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

Section 2C. No person shall administer or cause to be administered any drug, internally or externally by injection, drench or otherwise, to any animal for the purpose of retarding, stimulating or in any other manner affecting the performance of such animal in or in connection with a contest conducted under the provisions of paragraph (f) of section two.

The commissioner is hereby authorized to make such tests of saliva, blood and urine of any animal entered into a pulling contest as he may deem necessary. If a drug is found in the chemical analysis of said saliva, blood or urine, it shall be prima facie evidence that a drug has been administered.

The owner of any animal which has been tested and in which a drug has been found, his representative, and any animals owned by or leased to such person shall be ineligible to participate in or receive premiums offered at any agricultural fair or any pulling contest in the commonwealth pending an investigation, finding, and order of the commissioner.

The commissioner may make rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 209 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 209
Commissioner's issuance of licenses to banks or credit unions to act as insurance producers
Status: in_force

Section 209. The commissioner may issue a license pursuant to section 162M and section 162N to a bank or credit union chartered by the commonwealth pursuant to chapter 168, 170, 171 or 172, and to a bank or credit union chartered by the United States, to act as an insurance producer pursuant to this chapter and in accordance with the provisions of section 2A of chapter 167F and section 75B of chapter 171, respectively, for the solicitation and sale of insurance products as the company, for which such bank or credit union acts as producer, is authorized to issue in the commonwealth.

Section 209. The commissioner may issue a license pursuant to section 162M and section 162N to a bank or credit union chartered by the commonwealth pursuant to chapter 168, 170, 171 or 172, and to a bank or credit union chartered by the United States, to act as an insurance producer pursuant to this chapter and in accordance with the provisions of section 2A of chapter 167F and section 75B of chapter 171, respectively, for the solicitation and sale of insurance products as the company, for which such bank or credit union acts as producer, is authorized to issue in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 10K — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 10K
Penalties for violations of Secs. 10H to 10J
Status: in_force

Section 10K. Whoever violates any provision of sections ten H to ten J, inclusive, or any rule or regulation of the department of public health promulgated thereunder shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for the first offence or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both, for each subsequent offence. The act, omission or failure of an agent or employee shall be deemed to be the act, omission or failure of the person referred to in sections ten H to ten K, inclusive, as defined in section one.

Section 10K. Whoever violates any provision of sections ten H to ten J, inclusive, or any rule or regulation of the department of public health promulgated thereunder shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for the first offence or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both, for each subsequent offence. The act, omission or failure of an agent or employee shall be deemed to be the act, omission or failure of the person referred to in sections ten H to ten K, inclusive, as defined in section one.