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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 61A — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 61A
Lands subject to tax titles held by municipalities; taking for nonpayment of taxes
Status: in_force

Section 61A. Anything contained in section sixty-one to the contrary notwithstanding, if a tax is a lien on land only part of which is subject to a tax title or tax titles held by the town or part of which is subject to a tax title held by the town and the remainder of which is subject to another tax title or tax titles held by the town, the tax shall not be certified as provided in section sixty-one; but the collector shall take the land for the nonpayment of the tax as if no part of such land were subject to a tax title held by the town, except that the notice prior to the taking and the instrument of taking shall, after describing the land, state:—''A portion or all of this land is subject to a tax title or tax titles held by the Town [or City] of ''. The tax title account set up for the tax title resulting from such a taking and the tax title account set up for the prior tax title or tax titles shall be cross-referenced by the treasurer; and no tax title the account for which is so cross-referenced shall be assigned by the town.

Section 61A. Anything contained in section sixty-one to the contrary notwithstanding, if a tax is a lien on land only part of which is subject to a tax title or tax titles held by the town or part of which is subject to a tax title held by the town and the remainder of which is subject to another tax title or tax titles held by the town, the tax shall not be certified as provided in section sixty-one; but the collector shall take the land for the nonpayment of the tax as if no part of such land were subject to a tax title held by the town, except that the notice prior to the taking and the instrument of taking shall, after describing the land, state:—''A portion or all of this land is subject to a tax title or tax titles held by the Town [or City] of ''. The tax title account set up for the tax title resulting from such a taking and the tax title account set up for the prior tax title or tax titles shall be cross-referenced by the treasurer; and no tax title the account for which is so cross-referenced shall be assigned by the town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 130 / Section 58
Transfer or renewal of licenses
Status: in_force

Section 58. Any license granted under section fifty-seven or corresponding provisions of earlier laws may be transferred with the approval of the city council or selectmen to any person to whom it might originally have been granted, and, whether or not so transferred, may, within two years before the expiration of its then current term, be renewed from the expiration of the original term for a further term or terms, each term not to exceed fifteen years. The provisions of this chapter or of corresponding provisions of earlier laws applicable to the original issuance of such license shall, so far as apt, apply to a transfer or a renewal thereof hereunder.

Section 58. Any license granted under section fifty-seven or corresponding provisions of earlier laws may be transferred with the approval of the city council or selectmen to any person to whom it might originally have been granted, and, whether or not so transferred, may, within two years before the expiration of its then current term, be renewed from the expiration of the original term for a further term or terms, each term not to exceed fifteen years. The provisions of this chapter or of corresponding provisions of earlier laws applicable to the original issuance of such license shall, so far as apt, apply to a transfer or a renewal thereof hereunder.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209B, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 209B / Section 9
Testimony of witnesses outside state
Status: in_force

Section 9. In addition to other procedural devices available to a party, any party to the proceeding or a guardian ad litem or other representative of the child may adduce testimony of witnesses, including parties and the child, by deposition or otherwise, in another state. The court on its own motion may direct that the testimony of a person be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony shall be taken.

Section 9. In addition to other procedural devices available to a party, any party to the proceeding or a guardian ad litem or other representative of the child may adduce testimony of witnesses, including parties and the child, by deposition or otherwise, in another state. The court on its own motion may direct that the testimony of a person be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony shall be taken.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 240 / Section 22
Costs
Status: in_force

Section 22. The expenses and charges of the commissioners shall be allowed by the court; the other costs shall be taxed in the usual manner, and the whole shall be apportioned by the court among all parties interested in the determination of the boundary lines in such flats, and shall be paid in proportion to the value of the interests which they respectively hold therein.

Section 22. The expenses and charges of the commissioners shall be allowed by the court; the other costs shall be taxed in the usual manner, and the whole shall be apportioned by the court among all parties interested in the determination of the boundary lines in such flats, and shall be paid in proportion to the value of the interests which they respectively hold therein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 152 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 152
Reasonable use of crossing; regulation by department
Status: in_force

Section 152. Upon an application to the department, according to section twenty-four of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, stating that a crossing of a railroad with a public way at the same level is improperly used by a railroad corporation with its freight engines, freight cars or freight trains to the unreasonable inconvenience or danger of the public, the department, after notice, shall hear the parties; and, if public convenience or safety so requires, it may direct that after a date to be fixed by it such railroad corporation shall not use such crossing or any part thereof for making up, connecting or disconnecting freight trains, or the engines or cars of such trains, or for the purpose of distributing freight or freight cars; and to prevent the same may prescribe such changes to be made in the construction of side tracks, branches and connections, in proximity to such crossings, and such regulations limiting the use of such crossings, as may be necessary. The department may at any time modify its order after a hearing and for cause shown.

Section 152. Upon an application to the department, according to section twenty-four of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, stating that a crossing of a railroad with a public way at the same level is improperly used by a railroad corporation with its freight engines, freight cars or freight trains to the unreasonable inconvenience or danger of the public, the department, after notice, shall hear the parties; and, if public convenience or safety so requires, it may direct that after a date to be fixed by it such railroad corporation shall not use such crossing or any part thereof for making up, connecting or disconnecting freight trains, or the engines or cars of such trains, or for the purpose of distributing freight or freight cars; and to prevent the same may prescribe such changes to be made in the construction of side tracks, branches and connections, in proximity to such crossings, and such regulations limiting the use of such crossings, as may be necessary. The department may at any time modify its order after a hearing and for cause shown.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 87 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 87
Intelligence test scores; records
Status: in_force

Section 87. The score of any group intelligence test administered to a student enrolled in a public school shall be removed from the record of said student at the end of the school year in which such test was so administered.

Section 87. The score of any group intelligence test administered to a student enrolled in a public school shall be removed from the record of said student at the end of the school year in which such test was so administered.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 6
Purchase of railroad by commonwealth
Status: reserved

Section 6. This chapter and chapter one hundred and fifty-nine shall not impair the rights of the commonwealth as asserted or reserved in previous statutes, and the commonwealth may, at any time during the continuance of the charter of a railroad corporation after the expiration of twenty years from the opening of its railroad for use, purchase of the corporation its railroad and all its franchise, property, rights and privileges by paying therefor such amount as will reimburse to it the amount of capital paid in, with a net profit thereon of ten per cent a year from the time of the payment thereof by the stockholders to the time of the purchase.

Section 6. This chapter and chapter one hundred and fifty-nine shall not impair the rights of the commonwealth as asserted or reserved in previous statutes, and the commonwealth may, at any time during the continuance of the charter of a railroad corporation after the expiration of twenty years from the opening of its railroad for use, purchase of the corporation its railroad and all its franchise, property, rights and privileges by paying therefor such amount as will reimburse to it the amount of capital paid in, with a net profit thereon of ten per cent a year from the time of the payment thereof by the stockholders to the time of the purchase.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 165, sec. 1A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 165 / Section 1A
Adequacy of distribution system; approval
Status: in_force

Section 1A. No corporation or company shall engage in the distribution or sale of water in the commonwealth through its pipes or mains unless written approval of the adequacy of its distribution system has first been obtained from the department, and unless proof of compliance with chapter one hundred and eleven has been furnished to the department.

Section 1A. No corporation or company shall engage in the distribution or sale of water in the commonwealth through its pipes or mains unless written approval of the adequacy of its distribution system has first been obtained from the department, and unless proof of compliance with chapter one hundred and eleven has been furnished to the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 244 / Section 11
Mortgages containing power of sale; court order for sale
Status: in_force

Section 11. If a conditional judgment has been entered upon a mortgage containing a power of sale, the court shall, instead of issuing a writ of possession, at the request of the plaintiff order the property to be sold pursuant to such power. The plaintiff shall thereupon execute the power and do all things required by it or by the court.

Section 11. If a conditional judgment has been entered upon a mortgage containing a power of sale, the court shall, instead of issuing a writ of possession, at the request of the plaintiff order the property to be sold pursuant to such power. The plaintiff shall thereupon execute the power and do all things required by it or by the court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 157A, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 157A / Section 10
Internal capital account cooperatives
Status: in_force

Section 10. (a) An internal capital account cooperative is an employee cooperative whose entire net book value is reflected in internal capital accounts, one for each member, and a collective reserve account, and in which no persons other than members own capital stock. In an internal capital account cooperative, each member shall have one and only one vote in any matter requiring voting by stockholders. (b) An internal capital account cooperative shall credit the paid-in membership fee and additional paid-in capital of a member to the member's internal capital account, and shall also record the apportionment of retained net earnings or net losses to the members in accordance with patronage by appropriately crediting or debiting the internal capital accounts of members. The collective reserve account in an internal capital account cooperative shall reflect any paid-in capital, net losses, and retained net earnings not allocated to individual members. (c) In an internal capital account cooperative, the balances in all the individual internal capital accounts and collective reserve account, if any, shall be adjusted at the end of each accounting period so that the sum of the balances is equal to the net book value of the employee cooperative. (d) Sections seventy-six and eighty-five to ninety-eight, inclusive, of said chapter one hundred and fifty-six B shall not apply to an internal capital account cooperative.

Section 10. (a) An internal capital account cooperative is an employee cooperative whose entire net book value is reflected in internal capital accounts, one for each member, and a collective reserve account, and in which no persons other than members own capital stock. In an internal capital account cooperative, each member shall have one and only one vote in any matter requiring voting by stockholders.

(b) An internal capital account cooperative shall credit the paid-in membership fee and additional paid-in capital of a member to the member's internal capital account, and shall also record the apportionment of retained net earnings or net losses to the members in accordance with patronage by appropriately crediting or debiting the internal capital accounts of members. The collective reserve account in an internal capital account cooperative shall reflect any paid-in capital, net losses, and retained net earnings not allocated to individual members.

(c) In an internal capital account cooperative, the balances in all the individual internal capital accounts and collective reserve account, if any, shall be adjusted at the end of each accounting period so that the sum of the balances is equal to the net book value of the employee cooperative.

(d) Sections seventy-six and eighty-five to ninety-eight, inclusive, of said chapter one hundred and fifty-six B shall not apply to an internal capital account cooperative.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 6
Acquisition of rights, privileges, lands and properties
Status: in_force

Section 6. The director, with the approval of the fisheries and wildlife board, may:— (1) for the purpose of providing public fishing grounds, acquire by gift, lease, easement, purchase, exchange or license or accept by transfer, fishing rights and privileges or lands or interests therein necessary for such purpose, together with rights of ingress and egress; (2) for the purpose of fish and wildlife management and propagation, acquire by gift, lease, easement, purchase, exchange or license or accept by transfer, properties or interests therein at such places in the commonwealth as he may select. (3) for the purpose of providing public shooting grounds, acquire by gift, purchase, lease or easement, or without consideration therefor obtain by license or permit the use of lands or waters within the commonwealth, of shooting rights thereon or therein, together with necessary and proper rights of ingress and egress. The director may, subject to the provisions of section thirty-seven of chapter thirty, make rules and regulations relative to the public rights, privileges and use of lands, waters and properties acquired hereunder. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit the director from disposing, through sale or exchange, of mammals, birds, birds' eggs, fish, fish eggs or the vegetable products of such lands in connection with propagation or management.

Section 6. The director, with the approval of the fisheries and wildlife board, may:—

(1) for the purpose of providing public fishing grounds, acquire by gift, lease, easement, purchase, exchange or license or accept by transfer, fishing rights and privileges or lands or interests therein necessary for such purpose, together with rights of ingress and egress;

(2) for the purpose of fish and wildlife management and propagation, acquire by gift, lease, easement, purchase, exchange or license or accept by transfer, properties or interests therein at such places in the commonwealth as he may select.

(3) for the purpose of providing public shooting grounds, acquire by gift, purchase, lease or easement, or without consideration therefor obtain by license or permit the use of lands or waters within the commonwealth, of shooting rights thereon or therein, together with necessary and proper rights of ingress and egress.

The director may, subject to the provisions of section thirty-seven of chapter thirty, make rules and regulations relative to the public rights, privileges and use of lands, waters and properties acquired hereunder.

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit the director from disposing, through sale or exchange, of mammals, birds, birds' eggs, fish, fish eggs or the vegetable products of such lands in connection with propagation or management.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 129 / Section 22
Service of notice or order of quarantine; return; evidence
Status: in_force

Section 22. Such notice or order may be served by an inspector or officer qualified to serve civil process, by delivery in hand to, or leaving at the last and usual place of abode of, the owner or person having an interest in or in charge of the animal concerned, or by posting upon the premises where said animal is quarantined or isolated. A copy thereof, with the return of said officer or inspector thereon that such service has been made, shall be competent evidence in any court that such quarantine has been imposed. If an animal has been so quarantined, it shall remain in quarantine until the further order of the director.

Section 22. Such notice or order may be served by an inspector or officer qualified to serve civil process, by delivery in hand to, or leaving at the last and usual place of abode of, the owner or person having an interest in or in charge of the animal concerned, or by posting upon the premises where said animal is quarantined or isolated. A copy thereof, with the return of said officer or inspector thereon that such service has been made, shall be competent evidence in any court that such quarantine has been imposed. If an animal has been so quarantined, it shall remain in quarantine until the further order of the director.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 7
Boilers excepted from inspections
Status: in_force

Section 7. The preceding section shall not apply to boilers of railroad locomotives, motor vehicles or steam fire engines brought into the commonwealth for temporary use in times of emergency, nor to boilers used in private residences, nor to those used for heating purposes which carry pressures not exceeding fifteen pounds to the square inch and have less than four square feet of grate surface, nor to boilers of not more than three horse power. The said section shall not apply to boilers under the jurisdiction of the United States nor to those used exclusively for horticultural or agricultural purposes.

Section 7. The preceding section shall not apply to boilers of railroad locomotives, motor vehicles or steam fire engines brought into the commonwealth for temporary use in times of emergency, nor to boilers used in private residences, nor to those used for heating purposes which carry pressures not exceeding fifteen pounds to the square inch and have less than four square feet of grate surface, nor to boilers of not more than three horse power. The said section shall not apply to boilers under the jurisdiction of the United States nor to those used exclusively for horticultural or agricultural purposes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 34
Disposition of fees
Status: in_force

Section 34. The fees received under the preceding sections, together with all other fees received by the registrar or any other person under the laws of the commonwealth relating to the use and operation of motor vehicles and trailers, shall be disposed of as follows: (i) $2 from every motorcycle registration issued pursuant to section 2 shall be deposited into the General Fund and used solely for the purpose of promoting and advancing motorcycle safety; (ii) all fees from the issuance of veterans plates pursuant to section 2, in excess of the fees set for the registration of the motor vehicle, shall be deposited into the General Fund; and (iii) any amount remaining after compliance with clauses (i) and (ii) shall be deposited into the Commonwealth Transportation Fund established in section 2ZZZ of chapter 29.

Section 34. The fees received under the preceding sections, together with all other fees received by the registrar or any other person under the laws of the commonwealth relating to the use and operation of motor vehicles and trailers, shall be disposed of as follows: (i) $2 from every motorcycle registration issued pursuant to section 2 shall be deposited into the General Fund and used solely for the purpose of promoting and advancing motorcycle safety; (ii) all fees from the issuance of veterans plates pursuant to section 2, in excess of the fees set for the registration of the motor vehicle, shall be deposited into the General Fund; and (iii) any amount remaining after compliance with clauses (i) and (ii) shall be deposited into the Commonwealth Transportation Fund established in section 2ZZZ of chapter 29.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 248, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 248 / Section 9
Expense of transporting prisoner; advance payment
Status: in_force

Section 9. If the person restrained is confined in jail or is in the custody of a civil officer, the court or magistrate granting the writ shall certify thereon the amount to be paid for the expense of transporting him from the place of imprisonment, and the officer shall not be bound to obey the writ unless that amount is paid or tendered to him.

Section 9. If the person restrained is confined in jail or is in the custody of a civil officer, the court or magistrate granting the writ shall certify thereon the amount to be paid for the expense of transporting him from the place of imprisonment, and the officer shall not be bound to obey the writ unless that amount is paid or tendered to him.