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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 6I — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 6I
Superior court for county of Plymouth; equity proceedings clerk
Status: in_force

Section 6I. The justices of the superior court may designate for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Plymouth, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of courts for the county of Plymouth, the duties of clerk pertaining to the equity proceedings of said court, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk, a sum equivalent to five per cent of the salary of the clerk.

Section 6I. The justices of the superior court may designate for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Plymouth, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of courts for the county of Plymouth, the duties of clerk pertaining to the equity proceedings of said court, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk, a sum equivalent to five per cent of the salary of the clerk.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 9C — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 9C
Mental health, developmental services and public health department employees; damages caused by patients
Status: in_force

Section 9C. Any employee at the institutions under the control of the departments of mental health, developmental services and public health whose uniform or other clothing, eyeglasses, dentures and the like are destroyed or damaged because of the violence of any patient under his care as determined by the appointing authority of said employee, shall have the same replaced or repaired by the department employing said employee free of any charge to such employee.

Section 9C. Any employee at the institutions under the control of the departments of mental health, developmental services and public health whose uniform or other clothing, eyeglasses, dentures and the like are destroyed or damaged because of the violence of any patient under his care as determined by the appointing authority of said employee, shall have the same replaced or repaired by the department employing said employee free of any charge to such employee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19D, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 19D / Section 6
Denial, suspension or revocation of certification
Status: in_force

Section 6. (a) If the department determines a sponsor or applicant has failed or refused to comply with requirements established under this chapter or the regulations promulgated thereunder, the department may: (i) deny an application for recertification; (ii) modify, suspend or revoke a certification; or (iii) issue a fine of not more than $500 for each day of such failure or refusal to comply. (b) Notice of enforcement action and a sponsor's right to an adjudicatory proceeding shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 30A.

Section 6. (a) If the department determines a sponsor or applicant has failed or refused to comply with requirements established under this chapter or the regulations promulgated thereunder, the department may: (i) deny an application for recertification; (ii) modify, suspend or revoke a certification; or (iii) issue a fine of not more than $500 for each day of such failure or refusal to comply.

(b) Notice of enforcement action and a sponsor's right to an adjudicatory proceeding shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 30A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 81L — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 81L
Time and place of examination; scope; methods of procedure; re-examinations
Status: in_force

Section 81L. When oral or written examinations are required they shall be held at such time and place as the board shall determine. If examinations are required on fundamental engineering subjects, such as are ordinarily given in college curricula, the applicant shall be permitted to take this part of the professional examination prior to his completion of the requisite years of experience in engineering work. The scope of the examinations and the methods of procedure shall be prescribed by the board with special reference to the applicant's ability to design and supervise engineering works so as to insure the safety of life, health and property. Examinations for the purpose of determining the qualifications of applicants for registration in professional engineering and in land surveying shall be given separately. A candidate failing on his first examination, upon application therefor not less than six months thereafter, shall be entitled to be reexamined upon payment of the appropriate registration fee required by section eighty-one K. Upon request by any applicant who is rejected the board shall furnish him with the reasons for his rejection.

Section 81L. When oral or written examinations are required they shall be held at such time and place as the board shall determine. If examinations are required on fundamental engineering subjects, such as are ordinarily given in college curricula, the applicant shall be permitted to take this part of the professional examination prior to his completion of the requisite years of experience in engineering work.

The scope of the examinations and the methods of procedure shall be prescribed by the board with special reference to the applicant's ability to design and supervise engineering works so as to insure the safety of life, health and property. Examinations for the purpose of determining the qualifications of applicants for registration in professional engineering and in land surveying shall be given separately. A candidate failing on his first examination, upon application therefor not less than six months thereafter, shall be entitled to be reexamined upon payment of the appropriate registration fee required by section eighty-one K. Upon request by any applicant who is rejected the board shall furnish him with the reasons for his rejection.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 59E — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 59E
Appointments from civil service eligible list
Status: in_force

Section 59E. In any city which has accepted sections fifty-nine B to fifty-nine D, inclusive, and accepts this section, and in any city or town which has a reserve force of firemen under authority of special law and accepts this section, no person shall, after the date of acceptance of this section, be appointed to the reserve force of firemen thereof unless appointments to such force are subject to chapter thirty-one and the name of such person shall have been placed, on or before said date, on an eligible list established under said chapter and the rules made thereunder for such appointments.

Section 59E. In any city which has accepted sections fifty-nine B to fifty-nine D, inclusive, and accepts this section, and in any city or town which has a reserve force of firemen under authority of special law and accepts this section, no person shall, after the date of acceptance of this section, be appointed to the reserve force of firemen thereof unless appointments to such force are subject to chapter thirty-one and the name of such person shall have been placed, on or before said date, on an eligible list established under said chapter and the rules made thereunder for such appointments.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 171, sec. 41A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 171 / Section 41A
Assessment of fees and charges
Status: in_force

Section 41A. No credit union shall assess any fee, charge or other assessment against any account, established for personal, family or household purposes, of a depositor or shareholder who, as the payee of a check, draft or money order, of which the payee is not also the maker, deposits the same therein and payment on any such instrument is refused by the depository institution upon which it is drawn because of insufficient funds or because the maker thereof did not have an account at such depository institution; provided, however, that a credit union may assess a reasonable fee, charge or assessment that represents its direct costs, as established annually by the commissioner of banks, incurred for processing such check, draft or money order.

Section 41A. No credit union shall assess any fee, charge or other assessment against any account, established for personal, family or household purposes, of a depositor or shareholder who, as the payee of a check, draft or money order, of which the payee is not also the maker, deposits the same therein and payment on any such instrument is refused by the depository institution upon which it is drawn because of insufficient funds or because the maker thereof did not have an account at such depository institution; provided, however, that a credit union may assess a reasonable fee, charge or assessment that represents its direct costs, as established annually by the commissioner of banks, incurred for processing such check, draft or money order.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, sec. 27A — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 56 / Section 27A
Unlawful distribution of absent voter ballots
Status: in_force

Section 27A. Whoever, at any election at which absent voting is permitted, knowingly and wilfully delivers an absent voter ballot to a voter or other person in any other manner than as provided for in section ninety-one A and ninety-one B of chapter fifty-four shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars.

Section 27A. Whoever, at any election at which absent voting is permitted, knowingly and wilfully delivers an absent voter ballot to a voter or other person in any other manner than as provided for in section ninety-one A and ninety-one B of chapter fifty-four shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211C, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211C / Section 4
Annual report
Status: in_force

Section 4. The commission shall submit annually to the general court and the supreme judicial court a report of its activities together with recommendations. This report shall be a matter of public record and shall be printed as a public document.

Section 4. The commission shall submit annually to the general court and the supreme judicial court a report of its activities together with recommendations. This report shall be a matter of public record and shall be printed as a public document.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118C, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118C / Section 7
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 7. The state agency shall make and publish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, as it finds necessary or appropriate to the efficient administration of the functions with which it is charged under this chapter.

Section 7. The state agency shall make and publish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, as it finds necessary or appropriate to the efficient administration of the functions with which it is charged under this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 265 / Section 3
Duel; wound without and death within state; venue
Status: in_force

Section 3. An inhabitant or resident of this commonwealth who, by previous appointment or engagement made within the same, fights a duel outside its jurisdiction, and in so doing inflicts a mortal wound upon a person whereof he dies within the commonwealth shall be guilty of murder within this commonwealth, and may be indicted, tried and convicted in the county where the death occurs.

Section 3. An inhabitant or resident of this commonwealth who, by previous appointment or engagement made within the same, fights a duel outside its jurisdiction, and in so doing inflicts a mortal wound upon a person whereof he dies within the commonwealth shall be guilty of murder within this commonwealth, and may be indicted, tried and convicted in the county where the death occurs.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 35, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 35 / Section 7
Commissioners acting by appointment; compensation; travel expenses
Status: in_force

Section 7. The treasurer shall be provided by the county with an office and shall be allowed such clerical assistance as shall be approved by the county commissioners with compensation payable by the county.

Section 7. The treasurer shall be provided by the county with an office and shall be allowed such clerical assistance as shall be approved by the county commissioners with compensation payable by the county.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 33
Unnecessary and immaterial allegations
Status: in_force

Section 33. Presumptions and conclusions of law, matters of which judicial notice is taken and allegations not required to be proved need not be alleged. An indictment shall not be considered defective or insufficient because it omits to allege that the crime was committed, or the act was done ''traitorously'', ''feloniously'', ''burglariously'', ''wilfully'', ''maliciously'', ''negligently'', ''unlawfully'' or otherwise similarly to describe the crime, unless such description is an element of the crime charged, or because it omits to allege that the crime was committed or done with ''force and arms'', or ''against the peace'', or against the form of the statute or statutes, or against a by-law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation of any public authority, or because it omits to state or misstates the title, occupation, estate or degree of the defendant or of any other person named in the indictment, or of the name of the county, city, town or place of his residence, unless such omission or misstatement tends to the prejudice of the defendant, or by reason of describing a fine or forfeiture as enuring to the use of the commonwealth instead of to the use of the county, city or town, or by reason of any misstatement as to the appropriation of any fine or forfeiture, or by reason of its failure to allege or recite a special statute or a by-law or ordinance of a city or town or order of the mayor and aldermen or selectmen or rules or regulations of any public board of officers.

Section 33. Presumptions and conclusions of law, matters of which judicial notice is taken and allegations not required to be proved need not be alleged. An indictment shall not be considered defective or insufficient because it omits to allege that the crime was committed, or the act was done ''traitorously'', ''feloniously'', ''burglariously'', ''wilfully'', ''maliciously'', ''negligently'', ''unlawfully'' or otherwise similarly to describe the crime, unless such description is an element of the crime charged, or because it omits to allege that the crime was committed or done with ''force and arms'', or ''against the peace'', or against the form of the statute or statutes, or against a by-law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation of any public authority, or because it omits to state or misstates the title, occupation, estate or degree of the defendant or of any other person named in the indictment, or of the name of the county, city, town or place of his residence, unless such omission or misstatement tends to the prejudice of the defendant, or by reason of describing a fine or forfeiture as enuring to the use of the commonwealth instead of to the use of the county, city or town, or by reason of any misstatement as to the appropriation of any fine or forfeiture, or by reason of its failure to allege or recite a special statute or a by-law or ordinance of a city or town or order of the mayor and aldermen or selectmen or rules or regulations of any public board of officers.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 11
Labeling of baking power or mixture or compound intended for use as a baking powder; penalty for violation
Status: in_force

Section 11. Whoever manufactures for sale or offers or exposes for sale or sells any baking powder or mixture or compound intended for use as a baking powder under any name or title whatsoever shall securely affix or cause to be securely affixed to the outside of each box, can or package containing such baking powder or like mixture or compound, a label, distinctly printed in brevier gothic capital letters in the English language, containing the name and residence of the manufacturer and the ingredients of the baking powder, mixture or compound. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

Section 11. Whoever manufactures for sale or offers or exposes for sale or sells any baking powder or mixture or compound intended for use as a baking powder under any name or title whatsoever shall securely affix or cause to be securely affixed to the outside of each box, can or package containing such baking powder or like mixture or compound, a label, distinctly printed in brevier gothic capital letters in the English language, containing the name and residence of the manufacturer and the ingredients of the baking powder, mixture or compound. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 240 / Section 25
Boundaries determined concurrently with registration
Status: in_force

Section 25. A petitioner for registration may in his petition request the court to proceed under sections nineteen to twenty-four, inclusive, concurrently with the registration proceedings, and the court may comply with the request, if such compliance seems conducive to justice and the rights of all parties.

Section 25. A petitioner for registration may in his petition request the court to proceed under sections nineteen to twenty-four, inclusive, concurrently with the registration proceedings, and the court may comply with the request, if such compliance seems conducive to justice and the rights of all parties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255D, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 255D / Section 15
Security interest in certain goods; prohibition
Status: in_force

Section 15. No retail installment sale agreement shall provide for or create a security interest in (a) personal property other than the goods sold or worked on under a retail installment sale agreement unless such goods become affixed to such personal property; (b) after-acquired collateral other than accessions to the goods sold or worked on; or (c) goods subject to a prior retail installment sale agreement or agreements unless two or more such agreements are consolidated under a single agreement pursuant to section eighteen. Any agreement made in violation of this section may be declared void by the supreme judicial or superior court in equity upon petition of the installment buyer.

Section 15. No retail installment sale agreement shall provide for or create a security interest in (a) personal property other than the goods sold or worked on under a retail installment sale agreement unless such goods become affixed to such personal property; (b) after-acquired collateral other than accessions to the goods sold or worked on; or (c) goods subject to a prior retail installment sale agreement or agreements unless two or more such agreements are consolidated under a single agreement pursuant to section eighteen.

Any agreement made in violation of this section may be declared void by the supreme judicial or superior court in equity upon petition of the installment buyer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 113A, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 113A / Section 4
Who may make anatomical gift before donor's death
Status: in_force

Section 4. Subject to section 8, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education in the manner provided in section 5 by: (1) the donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is: (i) emancipated; or (ii) authorized under state law to apply for a driver's license or identification card; (2) an agent of the donor including, but not limited to, a health care agent appointed under a health care proxy pursuant to chapter 201D, unless the power of attorney for health care or other record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift; (3) a parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or (4) the donor's guardian.

Section 4. Subject to section 8, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education in the manner provided in section 5 by:

(1) the donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is:

(i) emancipated; or

(ii) authorized under state law to apply for a driver's license or identification card;

(2) an agent of the donor including, but not limited to, a health care agent appointed under a health care proxy pursuant to chapter 201D, unless the power of attorney for health care or other record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift;

(3) a parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or

(4) the donor's guardian.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 218 / Section 38
Access to courts; sittings; adjournments; filing of complaints
Status: in_force

Section 38. District courts and Boston municipal court divisions shall always be open and business may be transacted at any time, except as provided in section six of chapter two hundred and twenty. Sittings of the courts shall be held in the courthouses or other places provided therefor by the judicial branch, at the times and in the towns fixed by law; but if the times are not fixed by law, they shall be prescribed as provided in section fifteen. Sittings may be adjourned from time to time as occasion requires, and cases, civil or criminal, may be continued to any future day fixed for the sitting of the court. Subject to any other provisions of law relative to the filing of complaints for particular crimes, district courts and Boston municipal court divisions may place on file any complaint in a criminal case other than a complaint for the commission of a felony issued against a person who appears previously to have been convicted of a felony or previously to have had a complaint for felony placed on file.

Section 38. District courts and Boston municipal court divisions shall always be open and business may be transacted at any time, except as provided in section six of chapter two hundred and twenty. Sittings of the courts shall be held in the courthouses or other places provided therefor by the judicial branch, at the times and in the towns fixed by law; but if the times are not fixed by law, they shall be prescribed as provided in section fifteen. Sittings may be adjourned from time to time as occasion requires, and cases, civil or criminal, may be continued to any future day fixed for the sitting of the court. Subject to any other provisions of law relative to the filing of complaints for particular crimes, district courts and Boston municipal court divisions may place on file any complaint in a criminal case other than a complaint for the commission of a felony issued against a person who appears previously to have been convicted of a felony or previously to have had a complaint for felony placed on file.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 204, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 204 / Section 32
Restraint of alienation or anticipation provisions
Status: in_force

Section 32. Release of a power of appointment otherwise releasable shall not be prevented merely by provisions in restraint of alienation or anticipation contained in the instrument creating the power.

Section 32. Release of a power of appointment otherwise releasable shall not be prevented merely by provisions in restraint of alienation or anticipation contained in the instrument creating the power.