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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 78 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 78
Filing and registration of attachments or liens
Status: in_force

Section 78. A writing of any description or a copy of any writ required by law to be filed or recorded in the registry of deeds in order to create or preserve any lien, right or attachment upon unregistered land, if intended to affect registered land shall, except in the case of notices, releases and discharges of child support liens pursuant to chapter one hundred and nineteen A, federal tax liens and other federal liens which may be filed in the commonwealth, in lieu of recording, be filed and registered in the office of the assistant recorder for the registry district where the land lies, and, in addition to any particulars required in such papers for recording with records of deeds, shall also contain a reference to the number of the certificate of title of the land to be affected, and the volume and page of the registration book in which the certificate is registered, and also, if the attachment, right or lien is not claimed on all the land in any certificate of title, shall contain a description sufficiently accurate for identification of the land intended to be affected.

Section 78. A writing of any description or a copy of any writ required by law to be filed or recorded in the registry of deeds in order to create or preserve any lien, right or attachment upon unregistered land, if intended to affect registered land shall, except in the case of notices, releases and discharges of child support liens pursuant to chapter one hundred and nineteen A, federal tax liens and other federal liens which may be filed in the commonwealth, in lieu of recording, be filed and registered in the office of the assistant recorder for the registry district where the land lies, and, in addition to any particulars required in such papers for recording with records of deeds, shall also contain a reference to the number of the certificate of title of the land to be affected, and the volume and page of the registration book in which the certificate is registered, and also, if the attachment, right or lien is not claimed on all the land in any certificate of title, shall contain a description sufficiently accurate for identification of the land intended to be affected.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90B, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90B / Section 38
Failure to disclose name and address, to stop when signaled, or to produce certificate of number
Status: in_force

Section 38. Any person who, while operating or in charge of a vessel shall refuse, when requested by any officer empowered to enforce this chapter, to give his name and address or the name and address of the owner of such vessel or who shall give a false name or address, or who shall refuse or neglect to stop when signaled or requested to do so by any such officer, or who refuses, on demand of such officer, to produce his certificate of number, or to permit such officer to take the certificate in hand for the purpose of examination, or who refuses, on demand of such officer, to sign his name in the presence of such officer, and any person who on the demand of such officer without a reasonable excuse fails to deliver the certificate of number of any vessel operated or owned by him, or who refuses or neglects to produce such certificate when requested by a court or trial justice, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars.

Section 38. Any person who, while operating or in charge of a vessel shall refuse, when requested by any officer empowered to enforce this chapter, to give his name and address or the name and address of the owner of such vessel or who shall give a false name or address, or who shall refuse or neglect to stop when signaled or requested to do so by any such officer, or who refuses, on demand of such officer, to produce his certificate of number, or to permit such officer to take the certificate in hand for the purpose of examination, or who refuses, on demand of such officer, to sign his name in the presence of such officer, and any person who on the demand of such officer without a reasonable excuse fails to deliver the certificate of number of any vessel operated or owned by him, or who refuses or neglects to produce such certificate when requested by a court or trial justice, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12C, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12C / Section 2
Center for health information and analysis; executive director; term; removal
Status: in_force

Section 2. There is hereby established a center for health information and analysis. There shall be in the center an executive director, who shall be the administrative head of the center and who shall be appointed by a majority vote of the attorney general, the state auditor and the governor for a term of 5 years. The person so appointed shall be selected without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of expertise in health care policy, expertise in health care finance and such other educational requirements and experience that the attorney general, state auditor and governor determine are necessary. In the case of a vacancy in the position of executive director, a successor shall be appointed in the same manner as the original appointment for the unexpired term. No person shall be appointed for more than 2 consecutive 5–year terms. The person so appointed may be removed from office, for cause, by a majority vote of the attorney general, the state auditor and the governor. Such cause may include substantial neglect of duty, gross misconduct or conviction of a crime. The reasons for removal of the executive director shall 1 be stated in writing and shall include the basis for such removal. The writing shall be sent to the clerk of the senate, the clerk of the house of representative and to the governor at the time of the removal and shall be a public record.

Section 2. There is hereby established a center for health information and analysis. There shall be in the center an executive director, who shall be the administrative head of the center and who shall be appointed by a majority vote of the attorney general, the state auditor and the governor for a term of 5 years. The person so appointed shall be selected without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of expertise in health care policy, expertise in health care finance and such other educational requirements and experience that the attorney general, state auditor and governor determine are necessary.

In the case of a vacancy in the position of executive director, a successor shall be appointed in the same manner as the original appointment for the unexpired term. No person shall be appointed for more than 2 consecutive 5–year terms.

The person so appointed may be removed from office, for cause, by a majority vote of the attorney general, the state auditor and the governor. Such cause may include substantial neglect of duty, gross misconduct or conviction of a crime. The reasons for removal of the executive director shall 1 be stated in writing and shall include the basis for such removal. The writing shall be sent to the clerk of the senate, the clerk of the house of representative and to the governor at the time of the removal and shall be a public record.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 143D — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 143D
Application of Secs. 143 to 143C; exceptions
Status: in_force

Section 143D. (a) Nothing in sections 143A to 143C, inclusive, shall be construed to apply to any person lawfully entitled to use or who causes to be used such sound or images for profit through public performance, or who transfers or causes to be transferred any such sound or images as part of a radio or television broadcast or for archival preservation. (b) Nothing in section 143A to 143C, inclusive, shall be construed to apply to local, state or federal law enforcement officers employing an audiovisual recording function during the lawful exercise of law enforcement duties.

Section 143D. (a) Nothing in sections 143A to 143C, inclusive, shall be construed to apply to any person lawfully entitled to use or who causes to be used such sound or images for profit through public performance, or who transfers or causes to be transferred any such sound or images as part of a radio or television broadcast or for archival preservation.

(b) Nothing in section 143A to 143C, inclusive, shall be construed to apply to local, state or federal law enforcement officers employing an audiovisual recording function during the lawful exercise of law enforcement duties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 1C — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 1C
Conflicts of interest
Status: in_force

Section 1C. No board member shall hold any other position in the department of fisheries, wildlife and environmental law enforcement while serving as such, nor for a period of one year thereafter.

Section 1C. No board member shall hold any other position in the department of fisheries, wildlife and environmental law enforcement while serving as such, nor for a period of one year thereafter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 9A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 9A
Partnership
Status: in_force

Section 9A. If and to the extent authorized by its articles of organization, a corporation may be a partner in any business enterprise which said corporation would have power to conduct by itself.

Section 9A. If and to the extent authorized by its articles of organization, a corporation may be a partner in any business enterprise which said corporation would have power to conduct by itself.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 235 / Section 9
Judgment for penalty forfeited
Status: in_force

Section 9. If in an action for a breach of the condition of a bond, or to recover a penalty for the non-performance of a covenant, contract or agreement, it is found that the condition has been broken or the penalty forfeited, judgment shall be entered for the penal sum, but execution shall issue only as provided in the following sections.

Section 9. If in an action for a breach of the condition of a bond, or to recover a penalty for the non-performance of a covenant, contract or agreement, it is found that the condition has been broken or the penalty forfeited, judgment shall be entered for the penal sum, but execution shall issue only as provided in the following sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 184 / Section 17
Judgments or decrees; effect of recording
Status: in_force

Section 17. A judgment or decree, at law or in equity, rendered after June eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, affecting the title to real property, shall not have any effect except against the parties thereto, their heirs and devisees and persons having actual notice thereof, unless a certified copy of the record thereof has been recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or district where the land lies, with a memorandum of the town where the land lies and a description thereof sufficiently accurate for identification if the record of the judgment or decree does not give those particulars. If a notice of the pendency of the action has been duly recorded in the registry of deeds, the record of the judgment or decree may be made within sixty days after its rendition, and the entry of an ordinary attachment of real property in the registry of deeds shall be considered notice of the pendency of the action.

Section 17. A judgment or decree, at law or in equity, rendered after June eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, affecting the title to real property, shall not have any effect except against the parties thereto, their heirs and devisees and persons having actual notice thereof, unless a certified copy of the record thereof has been recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or district where the land lies, with a memorandum of the town where the land lies and a description thereof sufficiently accurate for identification if the record of the judgment or decree does not give those particulars. If a notice of the pendency of the action has been duly recorded in the registry of deeds, the record of the judgment or decree may be made within sixty days after its rendition, and the entry of an ordinary attachment of real property in the registry of deeds shall be considered notice of the pendency of the action.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 73A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 73A
Removal of gravestones and other memorials for repair or reproduction
Status: in_force

Section 73A. In any city or town which accepts this section, the provisions of section seventy-three shall not prohibit the removal, in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the state secretary, of a gravestone or other structure or thing which is placed or designed as a memorial for the dead, for the purpose of repair or reproduction thereof by community sponsored, educationally oriented, and professionally directed repair teams.

Section 73A. In any city or town which accepts this section, the provisions of section seventy-three shall not prohibit the removal, in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the state secretary, of a gravestone or other structure or thing which is placed or designed as a memorial for the dead, for the purpose of repair or reproduction thereof by community sponsored, educationally oriented, and professionally directed repair teams.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 39A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 39A
Assistant treasurer
Status: in_force

Section 39A. The treasurer of a city or town may in writing appoint, with the approval of the mayor or the selectmen thereof, an assistant treasurer who may be an employee in the treasurer's department. The assistant treasurer shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his duties, and a record shall be made of his appointment and oath. The assistant treasurer shall be a citizen of the United States and shall give bond annually for the faithful performance of his duties in a form approved, and in an amount determined, by the commissioner of revenue. Unless a temporary treasurer is appointed in accordance with law, the assistant treasurer may, in the absence of the treasurer, perform his duties and when performing such duties shall have the powers and be subject to the requirements and penalties applicable to him. The person appointed as assistant treasurer may receive a salary from the city or town for service as such.

Section 39A. The treasurer of a city or town may in writing appoint, with the approval of the mayor or the selectmen thereof, an assistant treasurer who may be an employee in the treasurer's department. The assistant treasurer shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his duties, and a record shall be made of his appointment and oath. The assistant treasurer shall be a citizen of the United States and shall give bond annually for the faithful performance of his duties in a form approved, and in an amount determined, by the commissioner of revenue. Unless a temporary treasurer is appointed in accordance with law, the assistant treasurer may, in the absence of the treasurer, perform his duties and when performing such duties shall have the powers and be subject to the requirements and penalties applicable to him. The person appointed as assistant treasurer may receive a salary from the city or town for service as such.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 44A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 44A
Tax liens on realty taken
Status: in_force

Section 44A. If real estate taken in whole or in part by eminent domain was at the time of said taking subject to any lien for taxes, assessments or other charges, which is extinguished by such taking, and if the collector of taxes of the town in which such real estate is located gives written notice of a claim of the amount covered by such lien to the body politic or corporate, on behalf of which such taking was made, prior to the payment of any award of damages for such taking or to the entry of judgment therefor, said collector shall be entitled to be paid such amount before any payment of damages for such taking is made to any other party; and any amount so payable on account of such taxes, assessments or other charges shall be deducted from the amount of such damages otherwise payable.

Section 44A. If real estate taken in whole or in part by eminent domain was at the time of said taking subject to any lien for taxes, assessments or other charges, which is extinguished by such taking, and if the collector of taxes of the town in which such real estate is located gives written notice of a claim of the amount covered by such lien to the body politic or corporate, on behalf of which such taking was made, prior to the payment of any award of damages for such taking or to the entry of judgment therefor, said collector shall be entitled to be paid such amount before any payment of damages for such taking is made to any other party; and any amount so payable on account of such taxes, assessments or other charges shall be deducted from the amount of such damages otherwise payable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 56 / Section 4
Refusal or neglect to give information to registrars or other authorized persons
Status: in_force

Section 4. Whoever, being an inmate of a building and a resident seventeen years of age or upward, refuses or neglects to give the information required by section four of chapter fifty-one when asked by a registrar, assistant registrar, or anyone so authorized under section fourteen A of said chapter fifty-one to perform such duties, or whoever being an owner or an occupant of a building, or a clerk, superintendent, manager, administrator, or other person having in charge the affairs of a hotel, lodging house, public lodging house, multi-dwelling unit, nursing home, or rest home, as referred to in section ten A of said chapter fifty-one refuses or neglects to give the full and true information within his or her knowledge relating to all persons residing in such building, home, or unit, when asked by such registrar or other authorized person, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year. Whoever, being a licensed innholder, keeper of a lodging house, or public lodging house, keeper or owner of a multi-dwelling unit, or administrator of a nursing home or rest home, fails in any respect to make the reports required by said section ten A of said chapter fifty-one in the detail and manner and within the time therein provided shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.

Section 4. Whoever, being an inmate of a building and a resident seventeen years of age or upward, refuses or neglects to give the information required by section four of chapter fifty-one when asked by a registrar, assistant registrar, or anyone so authorized under section fourteen A of said chapter fifty-one to perform such duties, or whoever being an owner or an occupant of a building, or a clerk, superintendent, manager, administrator, or other person having in charge the affairs of a hotel, lodging house, public lodging house, multi-dwelling unit, nursing home, or rest home, as referred to in section ten A of said chapter fifty-one refuses or neglects to give the full and true information within his or her knowledge relating to all persons residing in such building, home, or unit, when asked by such registrar or other authorized person, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year. Whoever, being a licensed innholder, keeper of a lodging house, or public lodging house, keeper or owner of a multi-dwelling unit, or administrator of a nursing home or rest home, fails in any respect to make the reports required by said section ten A of said chapter fifty-one in the detail and manner and within the time therein provided shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 171 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 171
Failure to equip with mufflers; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 171. A corporation which violates any provision of the two preceding sections shall forfeit not less than one hundred nor more than three hundred dollars for every locomotive used by it in violation thereof, and a further sum of five dollars for each day upon which such locomotive shall be run in violation thereof.

Section 171. A corporation which violates any provision of the two preceding sections shall forfeit not less than one hundred nor more than three hundred dollars for every locomotive used by it in violation thereof, and a further sum of five dollars for each day upon which such locomotive shall be run in violation thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 132 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 132
Ancient and honorable artillery company; rights preserved
Status: in_force

Section 132. This chapter shall not affect the right of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts to maintain its organization as a military company and its constitution and by-laws in so far as the same are not repugnant to the laws of the commonwealth or of the United States.

Section 132. This chapter shall not affect the right of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts to maintain its organization as a military company and its constitution and by-laws in so far as the same are not repugnant to the laws of the commonwealth or of the United States.