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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211C, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211C / Section 10
Physical or mental disabilities
Status: in_force

Section 10. (1) The commission shall have authority to receive information, investigate, conduct hearings, and make recommendations to the court relating to mental or physical disability affecting a judge's performance. (2) In carrying out its responsibilities regarding physical or mental disabilities, the commission shall follow the same procedures that it employs with respect to discipline for misconduct. (3) If the judge in a matter relating to physical or mental disability is not represented by counsel, the commission shall appoint an attorney to represent him at public expense. (4) If a complaint involves the physical or mental condition of the judge, a denial of the alleged condition shall constitute a waiver of medical privilege and the judge shall be required to produce his medical records. (5) If medical privilege is waived, the judge shall be deemed to have consented to a physical or mental examination by a qualified medical practitioner designated by the commission. The report of the medical practitioner shall be furnished to the commission and the judge.

Section 10. (1) The commission shall have authority to receive information, investigate, conduct hearings, and make recommendations to the court relating to mental or physical disability affecting a judge's performance.

(2) In carrying out its responsibilities regarding physical or mental disabilities, the commission shall follow the same procedures that it employs with respect to discipline for misconduct.

(3) If the judge in a matter relating to physical or mental disability is not represented by counsel, the commission shall appoint an attorney to represent him at public expense.

(4) If a complaint involves the physical or mental condition of the judge, a denial of the alleged condition shall constitute a waiver of medical privilege and the judge shall be required to produce his medical records.

(5) If medical privilege is waived, the judge shall be deemed to have consented to a physical or mental examination by a qualified medical practitioner designated by the commission. The report of the medical practitioner shall be furnished to the commission and the judge.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 86 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 86
Public employees; certified copy of order, decision, or agreement mailed to public employee retirement administration commission, etc.
Status: in_force

Section 86. Within fifteen days of an order or decision of the division, of a member or of a reviewing board, or the approval of a memorandum of agreement by the division, with respect to a claim by an employee of the commonwealth, a city, a town or a district which has accepted the provisions of chapter eight hundred and seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, or of any town or district which has accepted or accepts the provisions of section sixty-nine, the division shall mail to the public employee retirement administration commission, and the board of the retirement system of which the employee is a member, a certified copy of said order or decision of the division, of a member or of a reviewing board or the memorandum of agreement approved by the division.

Section 86. Within fifteen days of an order or decision of the division, of a member or of a reviewing board, or the approval of a memorandum of agreement by the division, with respect to a claim by an employee of the commonwealth, a city, a town or a district which has accepted the provisions of chapter eight hundred and seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, or of any town or district which has accepted or accepts the provisions of section sixty-nine, the division shall mail to the public employee retirement administration commission, and the board of the retirement system of which the employee is a member, a certified copy of said order or decision of the division, of a member or of a reviewing board or the memorandum of agreement approved by the division.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 38
Larceny; wrongful detention of money by carriers
Status: in_force

Section 38. Whoever, being engaged in the business of transporting merchandise, parcels or other property for hire, accepts from a consignor or his agent or from a connecting carrier any merchandise, parcel or other property for delivery to a consignee upon payment by the consignee of an amount of money for said merchandise, parcel or other property, and embezzles or fraudulently converts to his own use, or with intent to use or embezzle, takes, secretes or otherwise disposes of, or fraudulently withholds, appropriates, lends, invests or otherwise uses or applies such money in whole or in part or any substitute therefor received by him from such consignee, contrary to the instructions or without the consent of the consignor, shall be deemed guilty of larceny. A member or employee of a co-partnership, or an officer or employee of a corporation, engaged in said business of transporting merchandise, parcels or other property for hire who so disposes of such money in whole or in part or any substitute therefor for his own use or for the use of said co-partnership or corporation, contrary to the instructions or without the consent of the consignor, shall be guilty of larceny.

Section 38. Whoever, being engaged in the business of transporting merchandise, parcels or other property for hire, accepts from a consignor or his agent or from a connecting carrier any merchandise, parcel or other property for delivery to a consignee upon payment by the consignee of an amount of money for said merchandise, parcel or other property, and embezzles or fraudulently converts to his own use, or with intent to use or embezzle, takes, secretes or otherwise disposes of, or fraudulently withholds, appropriates, lends, invests or otherwise uses or applies such money in whole or in part or any substitute therefor received by him from such consignee, contrary to the instructions or without the consent of the consignor, shall be deemed guilty of larceny. A member or employee of a co-partnership, or an officer or employee of a corporation, engaged in said business of transporting merchandise, parcels or other property for hire who so disposes of such money in whole or in part or any substitute therefor for his own use or for the use of said co-partnership or corporation, contrary to the instructions or without the consent of the consignor, shall be guilty of larceny.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150C, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150C / Section 13
Effect of judgment or decree
Status: in_force

Section 13. Upon the granting of an order confirming, modifying or correcting an award, judgment or decree shall be entered in conformity therewith and shall be enforced as any other judgment or decree. Costs of the application and of the proceedings subsequent thereto, and disbursements in connection therewith may be awarded by the court.

Section 13. Upon the granting of an order confirming, modifying or correcting an award, judgment or decree shall be entered in conformity therewith and shall be enforced as any other judgment or decree. Costs of the application and of the proceedings subsequent thereto, and disbursements in connection therewith may be awarded by the court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 88 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 88
Refrigeration technicians, inapplicability of provisions
Status: in_force

Section 88. The provisions of sections eighty-one to eighty-six, inclusive, relative to the examining and licensing of refrigeration technicians, contractors or trainees shall not apply to the installation, replacement, maintenance or alteration of any air conditioning or refrigeration systems, including apparatus or equipment, covered under the provisions of this chapter as are found on the premises or property of such industrial plant, public or private utility company, firm, corporation, hospital, school or college, by a person regularly in the employ of such industrial plant, public or private utility company, firm, corporation, hospital, school or college.

Section 88. The provisions of sections eighty-one to eighty-six, inclusive, relative to the examining and licensing of refrigeration technicians, contractors or trainees shall not apply to the installation, replacement, maintenance or alteration of any air conditioning or refrigeration systems, including apparatus or equipment, covered under the provisions of this chapter as are found on the premises or property of such industrial plant, public or private utility company, firm, corporation, hospital, school or college, by a person regularly in the employ of such industrial plant, public or private utility company, firm, corporation, hospital, school or college.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, sec. 53B — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 262 / Section 53B
Witness fees of uniformed members of department of state police
Status: in_force

Section 53B. Any uniformed member of the department of state police, appointed under section ten of chapter twenty-two C, on duty at night, or on vacation or furlough, or on a day off, who attends as a witness in a civil or criminal suit pending in a district court or in a juvenile court or in the superior court shall be allowed a witness fee in the amount of three dollars for each day's attendance including his first day's attendance as arresting officer. Any such officer who attends court held at a place other than his residence in a criminal case pending in any court of the commonwealth shall be reimbursed in accordance with the mileage rate then in effect for state employees as set by the commissioner of administration for travel out and home for each day's attendance, except that travel allowance shall not be allowed when such travel is made in state-owned vehicles. Each officer shall certify in writing under the penalties of perjury the amount of his travel and attendance. Such payments shall be in addition to his other expenses necessarily and actually incurred as provided for in section fifty and shall be paid in the same manner.

Section 53B. Any uniformed member of the department of state police, appointed under section ten of chapter twenty-two C, on duty at night, or on vacation or furlough, or on a day off, who attends as a witness in a civil or criminal suit pending in a district court or in a juvenile court or in the superior court shall be allowed a witness fee in the amount of three dollars for each day's attendance including his first day's attendance as arresting officer. Any such officer who attends court held at a place other than his residence in a criminal case pending in any court of the commonwealth shall be reimbursed in accordance with the mileage rate then in effect for state employees as set by the commissioner of administration for travel out and home for each day's attendance, except that travel allowance shall not be allowed when such travel is made in state-owned vehicles. Each officer shall certify in writing under the penalties of perjury the amount of his travel and attendance. Such payments shall be in addition to his other expenses necessarily and actually incurred as provided for in section fifty and shall be paid in the same manner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 1. The following words as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires: ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of agricultural resources. ''Department'', the department of agricultural resources. ''Director'', in sections 16 to 31A, inclusive, the director of the division of regulatory services in the department of agricultural resources. ''Inspector'', in sections thirty-two to thirty-eight, inclusive, the inspector of apiaries. ''Nursery stock'', trees, shrubs, woody plants and strawberry plants, whether wild or cultivated, and parts thereof for propagation. ''Riding school operator'', any person owning or having the custody of one or more horses which are let for hire to be ridden or driven, with or without the furnishing of riding or driving instructions. ''Trustees'', the trustees for county cooperative extension service.

Section 1. The following words as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires: ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of agricultural resources. ''Department'', the department of agricultural resources. ''Director'', in sections 16 to 31A, inclusive, the director of the division of regulatory services in the department of agricultural resources. ''Inspector'', in sections thirty-two to thirty-eight, inclusive, the inspector of apiaries. ''Nursery stock'', trees, shrubs, woody plants and strawberry plants, whether wild or cultivated, and parts thereof for propagation. ''Riding school operator'', any person owning or having the custody of one or more horses which are let for hire to be ridden or driven, with or without the furnishing of riding or driving instructions. ''Trustees'', the trustees for county cooperative extension service.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, sec. 60 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 130 / Section 60
Hearing on issuance of license; notice; publication
Status: in_force

Section 60. No license referred to in section fifty-seven shall be granted, transferred or renewed until after a public hearing, due notice of which has been posted in three or more public places, and published in a newspaper, if any, published in the city or town where the territory described in the application is situated at least ten days before the time fixed for the hearing, stating the name and residence of the applicant or transferee, as the case may be, the date of the filing of the application for such license, transfer or renewal, and the location, area and description of said territory.

Section 60. No license referred to in section fifty-seven shall be granted, transferred or renewed until after a public hearing, due notice of which has been posted in three or more public places, and published in a newspaper, if any, published in the city or town where the territory described in the application is situated at least ten days before the time fixed for the hearing, stating the name and residence of the applicant or transferee, as the case may be, the date of the filing of the application for such license, transfer or renewal, and the location, area and description of said territory.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 81, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 81 / Section 2
Road information; duties of local officials
Status: in_force

Section 2. County commissioners and city and town officers who have the care of and authority over public ways shall, on request, furnish the department with any information required by it concerning such ways.

Section 2. County commissioners and city and town officers who have the care of and authority over public ways shall, on request, furnish the department with any information required by it concerning such ways.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 254, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 254 / Section 18
Sale of property
Status: in_force

Section 18. If a lien is established the court shall order a sale of the property to be made by an officer qualified to serve civil process. The court may order a sale of a part of the property sufficient to satisfy the claims allowed, if such part can be set off from the residue and sold without damage to the whole.

Section 18. If a lien is established the court shall order a sale of the property to be made by an officer qualified to serve civil process. The court may order a sale of a part of the property sufficient to satisfy the claims allowed, if such part can be set off from the residue and sold without damage to the whole.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 117 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 117
Effect of Sec. 116 on employees and subordinates of nursing home administrator
Status: in_force

Section 117. Section one hundred and sixteen shall not be construed so as to prevent or to affect the work of an employee or subordinate of a licensed nursing home administrator, provided such work is done under the direct responsibility and supervision of a licensed nursing home administrator.

Section 117. Section one hundred and sixteen shall not be construed so as to prevent or to affect the work of an employee or subordinate of a licensed nursing home administrator, provided such work is done under the direct responsibility and supervision of a licensed nursing home administrator.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 68, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title XI / Chapter 68 / Section 25
Records; public inspection
Status: in_force

Section 25. Registration statements, applications, reports, contracts or agreements of professional fund-raising counsel, commercial co-venturers and professional solicitors, and all other documents and information required to be filed under sections eighteen to thirty-five, inclusive, or by the division, shall be public records in the office of the division and shall be open to the general public for inspection at such times as the division may prescribe.

Section 25. Registration statements, applications, reports, contracts or agreements of professional fund-raising counsel, commercial co-venturers and professional solicitors, and all other documents and information required to be filed under sections eighteen to thirty-five, inclusive, or by the division, shall be public records in the office of the division and shall be open to the general public for inspection at such times as the division may prescribe.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 23N — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 23N
Athletic trainers; necessity of license
Status: in_force

Section 23N. No person shall hold himself out as an athletic trainer or as being able to practice athletic training or to render athletic training services in this commonwealth unless he is licensed in accordance with section twenty-three B.

Section 23N. No person shall hold himself out as an athletic trainer or as being able to practice athletic training or to render athletic training services in this commonwealth unless he is licensed in accordance with section twenty-three B.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 26
Resorting to restaurants or taverns for immoral purposes
Status: in_force

Section 26. Whoever, for the purpose of immoral solicitation or immoral bargaining, shall resort to any café, restaurant, tavern, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, or other place where food or drink is sold or served to be consumed upon the premises, and whoever shall resort to any such place for the purpose of, in any manner, inducing another person to engage in immoral conduct, and whoever, being in or about any such place, shall engage in any such acts, and any person owning, managing or controlling such place and any employee of such person who induces or knowingly suffers any person to resort to, or be in such place for the purpose of immoral solicitation or immoral bargaining, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Section 26. Whoever, for the purpose of immoral solicitation or immoral bargaining, shall resort to any café, restaurant, tavern, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, or other place where food or drink is sold or served to be consumed upon the premises, and whoever shall resort to any such place for the purpose of, in any manner, inducing another person to engage in immoral conduct, and whoever, being in or about any such place, shall engage in any such acts, and any person owning, managing or controlling such place and any employee of such person who induces or knowingly suffers any person to resort to, or be in such place for the purpose of immoral solicitation or immoral bargaining, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 93 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 93
Perishable property; delivery to debtor; condition
Status: in_force

Section 93. The property so appraised shall, if he requires it, be delivered to the debtor upon his depositing with the attaching officer the appraised value thereof in money, or upon giving bond to the officer in a sufficient sum, with two sufficient sureties, conditioned to pay to him the appraised value of the property or to satisfy all such judgments as may be recovered in the actions in which the property was attached, if demanded within the time during which the property would have been held by the respective attachments or within thirty days after the time when the creditors, respectively, would have been entitled to demand payment out of the proceeds of the property if it had been sold as before provided.

Section 93. The property so appraised shall, if he requires it, be delivered to the debtor upon his depositing with the attaching officer the appraised value thereof in money, or upon giving bond to the officer in a sufficient sum, with two sufficient sureties, conditioned to pay to him the appraised value of the property or to satisfy all such judgments as may be recovered in the actions in which the property was attached, if demanded within the time during which the property would have been held by the respective attachments or within thirty days after the time when the creditors, respectively, would have been entitled to demand payment out of the proceeds of the property if it had been sold as before provided.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15CCCC — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15CCCC
Robert Frost Day
Status: in_force

Section 15CCCC. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fourth Saturday in October as Robert Frost Day, in recognition of Robert Frost's years in the commonwealth, during which time he lived and was educated in the city of Lawrence, and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15CCCC. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fourth Saturday in October as Robert Frost Day, in recognition of Robert Frost's years in the commonwealth, during which time he lived and was educated in the city of Lawrence, and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62D, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62D / Section 9
Notice to debtor of finalization of set-off; disbursement of outstanding balance due
Status: in_force

Section 9. Upon transfer of the debt due and owing from the escrow account, established pursuant to section five, to the credit of the debtor's account, the claimant agency shall notify the debtor in writing of the finalization of the set-off. Such notice shall include the amount of the refund transferred to the claimant agency, the amount of the set-off, the amount of the refund, if any, returned to the nondebtor spouse, and the amount of any outstanding balance, if any, due to the debtor after the set-off. The claimant agency shall disburse any such outstanding balance due to the debtor.

Section 9. Upon transfer of the debt due and owing from the escrow account, established pursuant to section five, to the credit of the debtor's account, the claimant agency shall notify the debtor in writing of the finalization of the set-off. Such notice shall include the amount of the refund transferred to the claimant agency, the amount of the set-off, the amount of the refund, if any, returned to the nondebtor spouse, and the amount of any outstanding balance, if any, due to the debtor after the set-off. The claimant agency shall disburse any such outstanding balance due to the debtor.