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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 179 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 179
Real estate appraisers; examinations for original certification; requirements
Status: in_force

Section 179. An original certification as a state-certified general real estate appraiser, state-certified residential real estate appraiser or state-licensed real estate appraiser shall not be issued to any person who has not demonstrated through a written examination process that he possesses the following: (1) appropriate knowledge of technical terms commonly used in or related to real estate appraising, appraisal report writing, and economic concepts applicable to real estate; (2) an understanding of the principles of land economics, real estate appraisal processes, and of problems likely to be encountered in gathering, interpreting, and processing data in carrying out appraisal disciplines; (3) an understanding of the standards for the development and communication of real estate appraisals as provided herein; (4) knowledge of theories of depreciation, cost estimating, methods of capitalization, and the mathematics of real estate appraisal that are appropriate for the classification of certificate applied for; (5) knowledge of other principles and procedures as may be appropriate for the respective classifications; (6) a basic understanding of real estate law; and (7) understanding of the types of misconduct for which disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against a state-certified or state-licensed real estate appraiser.

Section 179. An original certification as a state-certified general real estate appraiser, state-certified residential real estate appraiser or state-licensed real estate appraiser shall not be issued to any person who has not demonstrated through a written examination process that he possesses the following:

(1) appropriate knowledge of technical terms commonly used in or related to real estate appraising, appraisal report writing, and economic concepts applicable to real estate;

(2) an understanding of the principles of land economics, real estate appraisal processes, and of problems likely to be encountered in gathering, interpreting, and processing data in carrying out appraisal disciplines;

(3) an understanding of the standards for the development and communication of real estate appraisals as provided herein;

(4) knowledge of theories of depreciation, cost estimating, methods of capitalization, and the mathematics of real estate appraisal that are appropriate for the classification of certificate applied for;

(5) knowledge of other principles and procedures as may be appropriate for the respective classifications;

(6) a basic understanding of real estate law; and

(7) understanding of the types of misconduct for which disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against a state-certified or state-licensed real estate appraiser.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 84 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 84
Prosecutions under Secs. 77 to 81
Status: in_force

Section 84. Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables and police officers shall prosecute all violations of sections seventy-seven to eighty-one, inclusive, which come to their notice.

Section 84. Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables and police officers shall prosecute all violations of sections seventy-seven to eighty-one, inclusive, which come to their notice.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 65B, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 65B / Section 6
Application of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 6. The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to cases in which each of the states involved has in effect a law substantially similar to this chapter.

Section 6. The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to cases in which each of the states involved has in effect a law substantially similar to this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 237 / Section 42
Recording execution for possession and return
Status: in_force

Section 42. An officer serving an execution issued upon a judgment for possession shall, within three months after the service, and before the return of the execution into the recorder's office, cause such execution with his return thereon to be recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or district where the land affected thereby lies, and the expense thereof shall be added to his charge for service.

Section 42. An officer serving an execution issued upon a judgment for possession shall, within three months after the service, and before the return of the execution into the recorder's office, cause such execution with his return thereon to be recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or district where the land affected thereby lies, and the expense thereof shall be added to his charge for service.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 143, sec. 71B — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 143 / Section 71B
License for construction, maintenance or repair; necessity; application of law
Status: in_force

Section 71B. No person shall work as an elevator constructor, maintenance man and repairman in the construction, maintenance or repair of elevators unless he holds a license therefor granted by the board, or a temporary license therefor granted by the commissioner. This section shall not apply to any person who furnishes the commissioner with satisfactory proof that he has worked as an elevator constructor, maintenance man or repairman without direct and immediate supervision for not less than five years immediately prior to July seventeenth, nineteen hundred and forty-five, and such person shall, upon making application for a license and paying the license fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, be entitled to receive a license without examination. No person shall work as an elevator inspector or supervising elevator inspector in the employ of the division of occupational licensure unless he holds a license granted by the board, for the construction, maintenance, or repair of elevators as provided by this section.

Section 71B. No person shall work as an elevator constructor, maintenance man and repairman in the construction, maintenance or repair of elevators unless he holds a license therefor granted by the board, or a temporary license therefor granted by the commissioner. This section shall not apply to any person who furnishes the commissioner with satisfactory proof that he has worked as an elevator constructor, maintenance man or repairman without direct and immediate supervision for not less than five years immediately prior to July seventeenth, nineteen hundred and forty-five, and such person shall, upon making application for a license and paying the license fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, be entitled to receive a license without examination. No person shall work as an elevator inspector or supervising elevator inspector in the employ of the division of occupational licensure unless he holds a license granted by the board, for the construction, maintenance, or repair of elevators as provided by this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 235 / Section 27
Set-off of execution generally; exceptions
Status: in_force

Section 27. Executions between the same parties may, if required by either party, be set off one against the other. In such case, the debtor in an execution which has been delivered to an officer to be served shall deliver his execution to the same officer, whether directed to him or to another, and the officer shall apply the smaller execution, so far as it will extend, to the satisfaction of the larger execution, and the balance due on the larger execution may be collected and paid by him as if there had been no set-off; but such set-off shall not be allowed— First, If the creditor in one of the executions is not, in the same capacity and trust, the debtor in the other. Second, If the amount due on the first execution was lawfully and in good faith assigned to another person before the creditor in the second execution became entitled to the amount due thereon. Third, If there are several creditors in one execution, from a part of whom only the amount due on the other is due. Fourth, If there are several debtors in one execution, to a part of whom only the amount due on the other is due. Fifth, As to the portion of either execution upon which the attorney has a lien under section fifty of chapter two hundred and twenty-one.

Section 27. Executions between the same parties may, if required by either party, be set off one against the other. In such case, the debtor in an execution which has been delivered to an officer to be served shall deliver his execution to the same officer, whether directed to him or to another, and the officer shall apply the smaller execution, so far as it will extend, to the satisfaction of the larger execution, and the balance due on the larger execution may be collected and paid by him as if there had been no set-off; but such set-off shall not be allowed—

First, If the creditor in one of the executions is not, in the same capacity and trust, the debtor in the other.

Second, If the amount due on the first execution was lawfully and in good faith assigned to another person before the creditor in the second execution became entitled to the amount due thereon.

Third, If there are several creditors in one execution, from a part of whom only the amount due on the other is due.

Fourth, If there are several debtors in one execution, to a part of whom only the amount due on the other is due.

Fifth, As to the portion of either execution upon which the attorney has a lien under section fifty of chapter two hundred and twenty-one.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 66 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 66
Guaranty of steamship company bonds
Status: in_force

Section 66. A railroad corporation may guarantee, to an amount not exceeding five per cent of its capital stock, the bonds of any corporation incorporated in the commonwealth for the purpose of carrying freight, passengers and mails between any port of this commonwealth and Europe; or, upon adequate security therefor, may issue its own bonds to the same amount, conformably to the provisions of sections forty-seven and forty-eight.

Section 66. A railroad corporation may guarantee, to an amount not exceeding five per cent of its capital stock, the bonds of any corporation incorporated in the commonwealth for the purpose of carrying freight, passengers and mails between any port of this commonwealth and Europe; or, upon adequate security therefor, may issue its own bonds to the same amount, conformably to the provisions of sections forty-seven and forty-eight.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 101 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 101
Enclosure of platforms during winter months
Status: in_force

Section 101. Every street car in use for the transportation of passengers in December, January, February and March, which, while in motion, requires the constant care or service of an employee upon its platforms or upon one of them, shall have said platforms enclosed in such manner as to protect the motormen, conductors or other employees operating such car from exposure to wind and weather in such manner as the department shall approve.

Section 101. Every street car in use for the transportation of passengers in December, January, February and March, which, while in motion, requires the constant care or service of an employee upon its platforms or upon one of them, shall have said platforms enclosed in such manner as to protect the motormen, conductors or other employees operating such car from exposure to wind and weather in such manner as the department shall approve.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B, sec. 4A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151B / Section 4A
Conveyance by void instruments; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 4A. Whoever conveys real property by an instrument which contains a provision which he knows is void under the provisions of section twenty-three B of chapter one hundred and eighty-four shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.

Section 4A. Whoever conveys real property by an instrument which contains a provision which he knows is void under the provisions of section twenty-three B of chapter one hundred and eighty-four shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 160 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 160
Violations; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 160. A railroad corporation which violates any provision of sections one hundred and fifty-five, one hundred and fifty-seven, one hundred and fifty-eight and one hundred and fifty-nine, shall forfeit one hundred dollars, to be recovered in an action of tort brought in the name and for the use of the commonwealth by the attorney general or the district attorney for the district where the offence was committed.

Section 160. A railroad corporation which violates any provision of sections one hundred and fifty-five, one hundred and fifty-seven, one hundred and fifty-eight and one hundred and fifty-nine, shall forfeit one hundred dollars, to be recovered in an action of tort brought in the name and for the use of the commonwealth by the attorney general or the district attorney for the district where the offence was committed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 3
Change of venue
Status: in_force

Section 3. If, in an action in the supreme judicial or superior court in which trustee process is used in connection with the commencement thereof, the court finds that the trustee was made a party in order to give the court jurisdiction of the action in the county where the trustee dwells or has a usual place of business, and that neither the plaintiff nor the principal defendant dwells or has a usual place of business therein, it may, upon motion of the defendant at any time before trial, order the action and all papers relating thereto transferred to a county where some one of the principal parties dwells or has a usual place of business, upon terms. The action shall thereupon be entered and prosecuted in the same court for that county as if originally brought therein, and all prior proceedings otherwise regularly taken shall thereafter be valid.

Section 3. If, in an action in the supreme judicial or superior court in which trustee process is used in connection with the commencement thereof, the court finds that the trustee was made a party in order to give the court jurisdiction of the action in the county where the trustee dwells or has a usual place of business, and that neither the plaintiff nor the principal defendant dwells or has a usual place of business therein, it may, upon motion of the defendant at any time before trial, order the action and all papers relating thereto transferred to a county where some one of the principal parties dwells or has a usual place of business, upon terms. The action shall thereupon be entered and prosecuted in the same court for that county as if originally brought therein, and all prior proceedings otherwise regularly taken shall thereafter be valid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 174A, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 174A / Section 2
Purpose; construction
Status: in_force

Section 2. The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public welfare by regulating insurance rates to the end that they shall not be excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory, and to authorize and regulate co-operative action among insurers in rate making and in other matters within the scope of this chapter. Nothing in this chapter is intended (1) to prohibit or discourage reasonable competition, or (2) to prohibit, or encourage, except to the extent necessary to accomplish the aforementioned purpose, uniformity in insurance rates, rating systems, rating plans or practices. This chapter shall be liberally interpreted to carry into effect the provisions of this section.

Section 2. The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public welfare by regulating insurance rates to the end that they shall not be excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory, and to authorize and regulate co-operative action among insurers in rate making and in other matters within the scope of this chapter. Nothing in this chapter is intended (1) to prohibit or discourage reasonable competition, or (2) to prohibit, or encourage, except to the extent necessary to accomplish the aforementioned purpose, uniformity in insurance rates, rating systems, rating plans or practices. This chapter shall be liberally interpreted to carry into effect the provisions of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167F, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167F / Section 8
Subscription for and acquisition of stock issued by Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Status: in_force

Section 8. Any such bank may subscribe for and acquire stock issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston for the purpose of qualifying for membership in the federal reserve system, and while a member of such system may have and exercise any and all of the corporate powers and privileges which may be exercised by federal reserve member banks.

Section 8. Any such bank may subscribe for and acquire stock issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston for the purpose of qualifying for membership in the federal reserve system, and while a member of such system may have and exercise any and all of the corporate powers and privileges which may be exercised by federal reserve member banks.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XI / Chapter 67 / Section 4
By-laws
Status: in_force

Section 4. A religious society may make by-laws consistent with law, prescribing the manner in which persons may become members and the mode of calling and warning its meetings, and regulating the management of its affairs.

Section 4. A religious society may make by-laws consistent with law, prescribing the manner in which persons may become members and the mode of calling and warning its meetings, and regulating the management of its affairs.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255B, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 255B / Section 14
Finance charges; rate; computation
Status: reserved

Section 14. A retail seller may charge, receive and collect for any new or used motor vehicle, a finance charge not in excess of an annual percentage rate of twenty-one per cent. Such finance charge shall be computed on the amount financed as determined under chapter one hundred and forty D on contracts payable in successive monthly instalments substantially equal in amount. On contracts providing for instalments extending for a period less than or greater than one year, the finance charge shall be computed proportionately. The finance charge may be computed on the basis of a full month for any fractional month period in excess of fifteen days. When a retail instalment contract provides for unequal or irregular instalments, the finance charge shall be no more than the effective rate provided in this section, having due regard for the schedule of instalments. The finance charge shall be inclusive of all charges incident to investigating and making the contract, and for the extension of the credit provided for in the contract and no fee, expense or other charge whatsoever shall be taken, received, reserved or contracted for except as provided in this section and in section eleven and section seventeen and for those items expressly provided for in the retail instalment contract as set forth in chapter one hundred and forty D.

Section 14. A retail seller may charge, receive and collect for any new or used motor vehicle, a finance charge not in excess of an annual percentage rate of twenty-one per cent.

Such finance charge shall be computed on the amount financed as determined under chapter one hundred and forty D on contracts payable in successive monthly instalments substantially equal in amount.

On contracts providing for instalments extending for a period less than or greater than one year, the finance charge shall be computed proportionately. The finance charge may be computed on the basis of a full month for any fractional month period in excess of fifteen days.

When a retail instalment contract provides for unequal or irregular instalments, the finance charge shall be no more than the effective rate provided in this section, having due regard for the schedule of instalments.

The finance charge shall be inclusive of all charges incident to investigating and making the contract, and for the extension of the credit provided for in the contract and no fee, expense or other charge whatsoever shall be taken, received, reserved or contracted for except as provided in this section and in section eleven and section seventeen and for those items expressly provided for in the retail instalment contract as set forth in chapter one hundred and forty D.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 94B — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 94B
Detention of patient at sanatorium; petition; transfer to tuberculosis treatment center; release
Status: in_force

Section 94B. If any active tuberculosis patient in a municipal, county, state or private sanatorium or hospital indicates his desire to leave the institution against the medical advice of the superintendent or manager of the institution in accord with the accepted medical policy of the institution, and the superintendent or manager determines that to allow his release would be a serious danger to the public health, he may detain the patient, or, if he fears the patient may try to leave the hospital, he may request the local police department to transport the patient immediately to the tuberculosis treatment center established under section ninety-four D. If the superintendent or manager detains the patient at his own institution, he shall immediately file a petition in the district court under section ninety-four C for the prolonged hospitalization of the patient. The patient may be detained at the institution pending disposition of the petition. If the patient is transported to the tuberculosis treatment center he shall be detained there no longer than fifteen days, and upon the expiration of that time he shall be released, unless a petition for the prolonged hospitalization of such patient is filed by the superintendent thereof in the district court under section ninety-four C.

Section 94B. If any active tuberculosis patient in a municipal, county, state or private sanatorium or hospital indicates his desire to leave the institution against the medical advice of the superintendent or manager of the institution in accord with the accepted medical policy of the institution, and the superintendent or manager determines that to allow his release would be a serious danger to the public health, he may detain the patient, or, if he fears the patient may try to leave the hospital, he may request the local police department to transport the patient immediately to the tuberculosis treatment center established under section ninety-four D.

If the superintendent or manager detains the patient at his own institution, he shall immediately file a petition in the district court under section ninety-four C for the prolonged hospitalization of the patient. The patient may be detained at the institution pending disposition of the petition.

If the patient is transported to the tuberculosis treatment center he shall be detained there no longer than fifteen days, and upon the expiration of that time he shall be released, unless a petition for the prolonged hospitalization of such patient is filed by the superintendent thereof in the district court under section ninety-four C.