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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 108K — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 108K
Female police officers; equality of compensation
Status: in_force

Section 108K. A female regular police officer in a city or town shall receive compensation equal, in all respects, to the compensation received by a male regular police officer of equal rank and seniority.

Section 108K. A female regular police officer in a city or town shall receive compensation equal, in all respects, to the compensation received by a male regular police officer of equal rank and seniority.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 59 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 59
Eminent domain; application of other sections
Status: in_force

Section 59. A company acting under authority of the preceding section shall be subject to sections seventy-five, seventy-six, eighty, eighty-one, eighty-six, ninety to ninety-three, inclusive, ninety-six and two hundred and fifty-two of chapter one hundred and sixty, and, if its railway crosses a public way or another street railway, except where its railway is constructed within the limits of another public way crossing such way or street railway, it shall also be subject to sections ninety-seven to one hundred and three, inclusive, one hundred and forty, one hundred and forty-one, and one hundred and forty-seven to one hundred and fifty, inclusive, of said chapter; provided, that wherever by said sections any jurisdiction is conferred upon a board of county commissioners, the same shall in the case of a company be exercised by the board of aldermen of the city or by the selectmen of the town where the land or other property proposed to be taken is situated.

Section 59. A company acting under authority of the preceding section shall be subject to sections seventy-five, seventy-six, eighty, eighty-one, eighty-six, ninety to ninety-three, inclusive, ninety-six and two hundred and fifty-two of chapter one hundred and sixty, and, if its railway crosses a public way or another street railway, except where its railway is constructed within the limits of another public way crossing such way or street railway, it shall also be subject to sections ninety-seven to one hundred and three, inclusive, one hundred and forty, one hundred and forty-one, and one hundred and forty-seven to one hundred and fifty, inclusive, of said chapter; provided, that wherever by said sections any jurisdiction is conferred upon a board of county commissioners, the same shall in the case of a company be exercised by the board of aldermen of the city or by the selectmen of the town where the land or other property proposed to be taken is situated.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 13B — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 13B
Renewal of licenses and permits; delegation of authority
Status: in_force

Section 13B. In a city in which the board of aldermen or city council is the licensing authority such board or council may delegate from time to time to the city clerk of such city, subject to such conditions and limitations as it may impose, the powers vested in such board or council to renew licenses or permits authorized to be renewed under the provisions of chapter one hundred and forty, or of any other general or special law.

Section 13B. In a city in which the board of aldermen or city council is the licensing authority such board or council may delegate from time to time to the city clerk of such city, subject to such conditions and limitations as it may impose, the powers vested in such board or council to renew licenses or permits authorized to be renewed under the provisions of chapter one hundred and forty, or of any other general or special law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 82, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 82 / Section 38
Acquisition of land for road materials
Status: in_force

Section 38. The county commissioners, aldermen or selectmen or road commissioners may purchase or select and lay out land within their respective counties, cities or towns, not appropriated to public uses or owned by any other town, from which may be taken materials necessary for the construction, repair or improvement of public ways; and may lay out such ways as they consider necessary for convenient access thereto. All proceedings relative to such land and ways shall be the same as are provided in the laying out of other ways, and if it is necessary to acquire land for the purposes of this section, the same may be taken by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine.

Section 38. The county commissioners, aldermen or selectmen or road commissioners may purchase or select and lay out land within their respective counties, cities or towns, not appropriated to public uses or owned by any other town, from which may be taken materials necessary for the construction, repair or improvement of public ways; and may lay out such ways as they consider necessary for convenient access thereto. All proceedings relative to such land and ways shall be the same as are provided in the laying out of other ways, and if it is necessary to acquire land for the purposes of this section, the same may be taken by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 82 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 82
Penalty
Status: in_force

Section 82. Whoever violates any provision of the six preceding sections shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two months, or both.

Section 82. Whoever violates any provision of the six preceding sections shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two months, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 34
Use of land for burial; new cemeteries or extensions; approval of board of health; description of land
Status: in_force

Section 34. Except in the case of the erection or use of a tomb on private land for the exclusive use of the family of the owner, no land, other than that already so used or appropriated, shall be used for burial, unless by permission of the town or of the mayor and aldermen of the city in which the same lies; but no such permission shall be given until the location of the lands intended for such use has been approved in writing by the board of health of the town where the lands are situated after notice to all persons interested and a hearing; and the board of health, upon approval of the use of any lands either for new cemeteries or for the extension of existing cemeteries, shall include in the records of the said board a description of such lands sufficient for their identification. For every interment in violation of this section in a town in which the notice prescribed in section thirty-seven has been given, the owner of the land so used shall forfeit not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars.

Section 34. Except in the case of the erection or use of a tomb on private land for the exclusive use of the family of the owner, no land, other than that already so used or appropriated, shall be used for burial, unless by permission of the town or of the mayor and aldermen of the city in which the same lies; but no such permission shall be given until the location of the lands intended for such use has been approved in writing by the board of health of the town where the lands are situated after notice to all persons interested and a hearing; and the board of health, upon approval of the use of any lands either for new cemeteries or for the extension of existing cemeteries, shall include in the records of the said board a description of such lands sufficient for their identification. For every interment in violation of this section in a town in which the notice prescribed in section thirty-seven has been given, the owner of the land so used shall forfeit not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 139 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 139
Tables and abstracts prepared by department
Status: in_force

Section 139. The department shall prepare tables and abstracts of the returns of the several companies, and may include in its annual report such of them as it deems expedient.

Section 139. The department shall prepare tables and abstracts of the returns of the several companies, and may include in its annual report such of them as it deems expedient.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, sec. 67 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 279 / Section 67
Warrant for execution of death sentence; return to clerk of court after execution
Status: in_force

Section 67. When the superintendent has executed the sentence of death upon a prisoner in obedience to a warrant from the court, he shall forthwith make return thereof under his hand, with the doings thereon, to the office of the clerk of said court.

Section 67. When the superintendent has executed the sentence of death upon a prisoner in obedience to a warrant from the court, he shall forthwith make return thereof under his hand, with the doings thereon, to the office of the clerk of said court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 81A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 81A
Use of intradermal tuberculin tests to show freedom from tuberculosis
Status: in_force

Section 81A. No ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation of a board of health or the requirements of any public or private institution, school or college shall be enacted, promulgated, or continued in effect which would require a chest x-ray examination to show freedom from tuberculosis in a communicable form, unless the recipient of such x-ray is known to be tuberculin positive. Any report required by such ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation showing freedom from tuberculosis in a communicable form shall be based upon a negative intradermal tuberculin test that is administered and interpreted in a manner approved by the commissioner. In the case of a person whose tuberculin test is positive, a statement by a physician, based upon the results of a standard chest x-ray film shall be required, and such other laboratory and clinical examinations as may be necessary for the exclusion of tuberculosis in a communicable form.

Section 81A. No ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation of a board of health or the requirements of any public or private institution, school or college shall be enacted, promulgated, or continued in effect which would require a chest x-ray examination to show freedom from tuberculosis in a communicable form, unless the recipient of such x-ray is known to be tuberculin positive. Any report required by such ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation showing freedom from tuberculosis in a communicable form shall be based upon a negative intradermal tuberculin test that is administered and interpreted in a manner approved by the commissioner. In the case of a person whose tuberculin test is positive, a statement by a physician, based upon the results of a standard chest x-ray film shall be required, and such other laboratory and clinical examinations as may be necessary for the exclusion of tuberculosis in a communicable form.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 57 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 57
Proceedings if trustee is charged for specific property
Status: in_force

Section 57. If a person is charged as trustee by reason of personal property other than money, which he holds or is bound to deliver to the defendant, he shall deliver it, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the officer holding the execution, who shall sell the property and apply and account for the proceeds in the same manner as if the property had been taken on execution.

Section 57. If a person is charged as trustee by reason of personal property other than money, which he holds or is bound to deliver to the defendant, he shall deliver it, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the officer holding the execution, who shall sell the property and apply and account for the proceeds in the same manner as if the property had been taken on execution.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 12A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 12A
Award of costs and attorney's fees
Status: in_force

Section 12A. If on appeal to the appeals court or the supreme judicial court pursuant to section twelve the claimant prevails, the court shall allow the claimant, in addition to the award in the judgement, an amount equal to the reasonable cost of his attorney's fees, briefs and other necessary expenses that result from the appeal. When any party in interest obtains an enforcement order from the superior court department of the trial court pursuant to said section twelve, the court shall also allow the party the reasonable cost of attorney's fees, briefs and other expenses provided for by this section.

Section 12A. If on appeal to the appeals court or the supreme judicial court pursuant to section twelve the claimant prevails, the court shall allow the claimant, in addition to the award in the judgement, an amount equal to the reasonable cost of his attorney's fees, briefs and other necessary expenses that result from the appeal. When any party in interest obtains an enforcement order from the superior court department of the trial court pursuant to said section twelve, the court shall also allow the party the reasonable cost of attorney's fees, briefs and other expenses provided for by this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40T, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40T / Section 9
Certificate of compliance; request; time for issuance; filing requirements
Status: in_force

Section 9. An owner who has complied with sections 2 through 4, inclusive, which has not resulted in a purchase by the department or which has resulted in a sale pursuant to section 4, may apply to the department for a certificate of compliance by submitting a written request for the certificate in a form and with such documentation as required by the department to establish the owner's compliance to the satisfaction of the department. Upon submission of the written request, the owner shall provide a copy of the request to CEDAC and the chief executive officer of the affected municipality. Upon request by a tenant of the affected publicly-assisted housing, the owner shall provide a copy of the owner's request for a certificate of compliance. The department shall issue the certificate of compliance within 30 days after receipt of the application if it determines that the owner has complied with said sections 2 to 4, inclusive. The certificate of compliance shall be filed with the registry of deeds or the registry district of the land court of the county in which the real property is located within 1 year after the date of issuance.

Section 9. An owner who has complied with sections 2 through 4, inclusive, which has not resulted in a purchase by the department or which has resulted in a sale pursuant to section 4, may apply to the department for a certificate of compliance by submitting a written request for the certificate in a form and with such documentation as required by the department to establish the owner's compliance to the satisfaction of the department. Upon submission of the written request, the owner shall provide a copy of the request to CEDAC and the chief executive officer of the affected municipality. Upon request by a tenant of the affected publicly-assisted housing, the owner shall provide a copy of the owner's request for a certificate of compliance. The department shall issue the certificate of compliance within 30 days after receipt of the application if it determines that the owner has complied with said sections 2 to 4, inclusive. The certificate of compliance shall be filed with the registry of deeds or the registry district of the land court of the county in which the real property is located within 1 year after the date of issuance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175F, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175F / Section 12
Trust instrument provisions
Status: in_force

Section 12. The trust instrument may provide (a) that there shall be a minimum period during which any participant must participate in the fund; (b) that the fund may provide tail coverage to any participant which joins or withdraws from the fund; (c) that all participants shall execute a participation agreement; (d) that the trustee shall be free of all personal liability for his actions in good faith on behalf of the fund; and (e) that the trustee may be either an individual or an institution such as a bank, an insurance company or any other appropriate entity.

Section 12. The trust instrument may provide (a) that there shall be a minimum period during which any participant must participate in the fund; (b) that the fund may provide tail coverage to any participant which joins or withdraws from the fund; (c) that all participants shall execute a participation agreement; (d) that the trustee shall be free of all personal liability for his actions in good faith on behalf of the fund; and (e) that the trustee may be either an individual or an institution such as a bank, an insurance company or any other appropriate entity.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 6L — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 6L
Stormy weather work clothes; lease or rental
Status: in_force

Section 6L. A city or town which accepts this section may appropriate money for the lease or rental of stormy weather work clothes, including rubber boots, and other work clothes for its employees, which lease or rental agreement may provide for periodical laundering and repairs.

Section 6L. A city or town which accepts this section may appropriate money for the lease or rental of stormy weather work clothes, including rubber boots, and other work clothes for its employees, which lease or rental agreement may provide for periodical laundering and repairs.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 69C — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 69C
Submission of adoption of board of public works to electorate; ballot
Status: in_force

Section 69C. By vote of a town meeting called for the purpose in any town at least ninety days before an annual town meeting, or, in the case of a town which voted thereon and the vote was not in the affirmative, upon request by petition of ten per cent of the qualified voters of any town filed with the selectmen at least sixty days before an annual town meeting, the selectmen shall include in the warrant for such annual meeting for submission to the voters the following question, to be placed on the official ballot in towns using such ballots:—''Shall sections sixty-nine C to sixty-nine F, inclusive, of chapter forty-one of the General Laws, providing for the establishment of a board of public works exercising the powers of certain other departments and town officers be accepted?'' If a majority of the votes cast in answer to such question is in the affirmative, this section and sections sixty-nine D to sixty-nine F, inclusive, shall become fully effective beginning with, and for the purposes of, the next annual town election.

Section 69C. By vote of a town meeting called for the purpose in any town at least ninety days before an annual town meeting, or, in the case of a town which voted thereon and the vote was not in the affirmative, upon request by petition of ten per cent of the qualified voters of any town filed with the selectmen at least sixty days before an annual town meeting, the selectmen shall include in the warrant for such annual meeting for submission to the voters the following question, to be placed on the official ballot in towns using such ballots:—''Shall sections sixty-nine C to sixty-nine F, inclusive, of chapter forty-one of the General Laws, providing for the establishment of a board of public works exercising the powers of certain other departments and town officers be accepted?'' If a majority of the votes cast in answer to such question is in the affirmative, this section and sections sixty-nine D to sixty-nine F, inclusive, shall become fully effective beginning with, and for the purposes of, the next annual town election.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 42
Primaries held by wards, precincts or groups of precincts; notice to state secretary
Status: in_force

Section 42. In cities or towns where the aldermen or selectmen determine the question of holding state primaries by wards, precincts or groups of precincts, they shall give notice of their determination to the state secretary on or before June first; except that in the case of primaries before special elections they shall give such notice at least twenty-one days before the primaries.

Section 42. In cities or towns where the aldermen or selectmen determine the question of holding state primaries by wards, precincts or groups of precincts, they shall give notice of their determination to the state secretary on or before June first; except that in the case of primaries before special elections they shall give such notice at least twenty-one days before the primaries.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 35M — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 35M
Board of Registration in Medicine Trust Fund
Status: in_force

Section 35M. There shall be established upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Board of Registration in Medicine Trust Fund to be used, without prior appropriation, by the board of registration in medicine established in section 10 of chapter 13. Forty per cent of the revenues collected by said board shall be deposited into said trust fund; provided however, that 100 per cent of revenues collected by the board that are generated by any increase in the licensing fee occurring after January 1, 2002 shall be deposited into said trust fund. All monies deposited into said fund shall be expended exclusively by the board for its operations and administration. The board may incur expenses, and the comptroller may certify for payment, amounts in anticipation of expected receipts; but no expenditure shall be made from said fund which shall cause said fund to be in deficit at the close of a fiscal year.

Section 35M. There shall be established upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Board of Registration in Medicine Trust Fund to be used, without prior appropriation, by the board of registration in medicine established in section 10 of chapter 13. Forty per cent of the revenues collected by said board shall be deposited into said trust fund; provided however, that 100 per cent of revenues collected by the board that are generated by any increase in the licensing fee occurring after January 1, 2002 shall be deposited into said trust fund. All monies deposited into said fund shall be expended exclusively by the board for its operations and administration. The board may incur expenses, and the comptroller may certify for payment, amounts in anticipation of expected receipts; but no expenditure shall be made from said fund which shall cause said fund to be in deficit at the close of a fiscal year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43C, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43C / Section 2
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 2. As used in this chapter, the words ''board of registrars of voters'', ''city council'' and ''board of selectmen'' shall include any local authority of different designation performing like duties. The word ''agency'' shall include any multiple member body, department, division or office of a city or town.

Section 2. As used in this chapter, the words ''board of registrars of voters'', ''city council'' and ''board of selectmen'' shall include any local authority of different designation performing like duties. The word ''agency'' shall include any multiple member body, department, division or office of a city or town.