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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 31
Contracts for administrative or other services; loans and investments
Status: in_force

Section 31. Any corporation subject to this chapter may contract with any person for the purpose of providing administrative or other services relating to the providing of hospital or other health services or reimbursement therefor. In addition, with the approval of the commissioner of insurance who shall consider the effect upon subscriber agreements and subscriber rates, a hospital service corporation may, after being authorized by its board of directors or by a committee thereof charged with the duty of authorizing transactions under this section, make loans to, guarantee loans of, make investments in hospitals and providers of other health services for the purpose of improving efficiency, reducing costs, or increasing benefits in the delivery of health services to subscribers and others.

Section 31. Any corporation subject to this chapter may contract with any person for the purpose of providing administrative or other services relating to the providing of hospital or other health services or reimbursement therefor. In addition, with the approval of the commissioner of insurance who shall consider the effect upon subscriber agreements and subscriber rates, a hospital service corporation may, after being authorized by its board of directors or by a committee thereof charged with the duty of authorizing transactions under this section, make loans to, guarantee loans of, make investments in hospitals and providers of other health services for the purpose of improving efficiency, reducing costs, or increasing benefits in the delivery of health services to subscribers and others.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 101H — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 101H
Sound value
Status: in_force

Section 101H. In all cases involving actual cash value coverage, sound value shall be synonymous with actual cash value.

Section 101H. In all cases involving actual cash value coverage, sound value shall be synonymous with actual cash value.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 75 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 75
Use of data processing equipment, etc. and electronic telecommunications systems
Status: in_force

Section 75. The use of data processing equipment, methods, services, forms, and electronic telecommunications systems by the office of jury commissioner for the implementation and administration of this chapter shall be specifically authorized. The office of jury commissioner may establish an on-line interactive data processing system in some or all of the participating counties. The office of jury commissioner, with the approval of the committee and with authorized approvals of representatives of the executive branch, may share in the use of the TELPAC telecommunications system of the commonwealth. The data processing center in the judicial branch, if possible, shall provide without cost to the office of jury commissioner such data processing capacity, file storage, and related services and supplies with highest priority access during regular business hours as shall be adequate for the orderly implementation and administration of this chapter in all participating counties. In the event the data processing center is unable to provide the aforementioned data processing services, the office of jury commissioner may, with the approval of the committee, procure these data processing services, in part or in full, from another governmental agency or from a private source, with or without the necessity for purchasing such services.

Section 75. The use of data processing equipment, methods, services, forms, and electronic telecommunications systems by the office of jury commissioner for the implementation and administration of this chapter shall be specifically authorized. The office of jury commissioner may establish an on-line interactive data processing system in some or all of the participating counties. The office of jury commissioner, with the approval of the committee and with authorized approvals of representatives of the executive branch, may share in the use of the TELPAC telecommunications system of the commonwealth. The data processing center in the judicial branch, if possible, shall provide without cost to the office of jury commissioner such data processing capacity, file storage, and related services and supplies with highest priority access during regular business hours as shall be adequate for the orderly implementation and administration of this chapter in all participating counties. In the event the data processing center is unable to provide the aforementioned data processing services, the office of jury commissioner may, with the approval of the committee, procure these data processing services, in part or in full, from another governmental agency or from a private source, with or without the necessity for purchasing such services.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 2F — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 2F
Norfolk county; issuance of writs of venire facias for grand jurors
Status: in_force

Section 2F. The clerk of the court for Norfolk county shall, not less than twenty-eight days before the first Mondays of January and July respectively, issue writs of venire facias for fifty veniremen from whom the court shall select twenty-three grand jurors to serve in said court, who shall serve for each sitting thereof for six months and until another grand jury has been impanelled in their stead.

Section 2F. The clerk of the court for Norfolk county shall, not less than twenty-eight days before the first Mondays of January and July respectively, issue writs of venire facias for fifty veniremen from whom the court shall select twenty-three grand jurors to serve in said court, who shall serve for each sitting thereof for six months and until another grand jury has been impanelled in their stead.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 187H — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 187H
Owner's right to cancel policy; notice; refund of prepaid premiums
Status: in_force

Section 187H. No policy of individual life insurance with a face amount of less than twenty-five thousand dollars shall be delivered or issued for delivery in the commonwealth unless it shall have printed thereon or attached thereto a notice stating in substance that the owner of the policy shall be permitted to cancel said policy within ten days of its delivery by the insurer if, after examination of the policy, the owner is not satisfied with it for any reason. If the owner, pursuant to such notice, surrenders the policy to the insurer by delivering it to the home office or branch office of said insurer, or to the agent through whom it was purchased, any premium paid shall be refunded and the policy shall upon such delivery be deemed void from the beginning.

Section 187H. No policy of individual life insurance with a face amount of less than twenty-five thousand dollars shall be delivered or issued for delivery in the commonwealth unless it shall have printed thereon or attached thereto a notice stating in substance that the owner of the policy shall be permitted to cancel said policy within ten days of its delivery by the insurer if, after examination of the policy, the owner is not satisfied with it for any reason. If the owner, pursuant to such notice, surrenders the policy to the insurer by delivering it to the home office or branch office of said insurer, or to the agent through whom it was purchased, any premium paid shall be refunded and the policy shall upon such delivery be deemed void from the beginning.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43A, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43A / Section 2
Adoption procedure; submission to electorate
Status: in_force

Section 2. Five per cent of the registered voters of any such town may, not less than ninety days before its annual town meeting, file with the selectmen a petition that there be submitted to the voters of the town the matter of the acceptance of such standard form of representative town meeting government. The selectmen shall thereupon direct the town clerk to cause to be printed on the official ballot used for the election of town officers at such meeting substantially the following question: Shall the town adopt the standard form of representative town meeting government provided by chapter forty-three A of the General Laws? If a majority of the votes cast thereon are in the affirmative such standard form shall thereupon become effective in such town, and the acceptance by the town of the special statute under which it was theretofore governed shall be deemed to be revoked by such vote; provided, that the town meeting members elected at such election or in office under the provisions of such special statute shall, except as otherwise provided therein, remain in office until the next annual town election.

Section 2. Five per cent of the registered voters of any such town may, not less than ninety days before its annual town meeting, file with the selectmen a petition that there be submitted to the voters of the town the matter of the acceptance of such standard form of representative town meeting government. The selectmen shall thereupon direct the town clerk to cause to be printed on the official ballot used for the election of town officers at such meeting substantially the following question:

If a majority of the votes cast thereon are in the affirmative such standard form shall thereupon become effective in such town, and the acceptance by the town of the special statute under which it was theretofore governed shall be deemed to be revoked by such vote; provided, that the town meeting members elected at such election or in office under the provisions of such special statute shall, except as otherwise provided therein, remain in office until the next annual town election.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 40
Length of trial; excuse of juror
Status: in_force

Section 40. In the event a trial is expected by the court to last more than three trial days, the trial judge shall announce this fact to jurors before the jury is impanelled. The trial judge may excuse a juror from performing his juror service on such an extended trial upon a finding of hardship, inconvenience, or public necessity taking into consideration the expected length of the extended trial, but any juror so excused shall otherwise complete his term of juror service.

Section 40. In the event a trial is expected by the court to last more than three trial days, the trial judge shall announce this fact to jurors before the jury is impanelled. The trial judge may excuse a juror from performing his juror service on such an extended trial upon a finding of hardship, inconvenience, or public necessity taking into consideration the expected length of the extended trial, but any juror so excused shall otherwise complete his term of juror service.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 176 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 176
Weight; definition; tolerances or variations
Status: in_force

Section 176. ''Weight'' in a sale of commodities by weight shall mean the net weight of all commodities so sold; and contracts concerning such sales shall be so construed; provided, that in respect to commodities not intended for food or fuel reasonable tolerances or variations shall be permitted in accordance with established trade customs. As defined in section one, ready-to-eat food sold from bulk or in single servings packed on the premises, may be sold by weight, measure or count; provided, however, that count shall include servings. Violation hereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A of chapter 98.

Section 176. ''Weight'' in a sale of commodities by weight shall mean the net weight of all commodities so sold; and contracts concerning such sales shall be so construed; provided, that in respect to commodities not intended for food or fuel reasonable tolerances or variations shall be permitted in accordance with established trade customs. As defined in section one, ready-to-eat food sold from bulk or in single servings packed on the premises, may be sold by weight, measure or count; provided, however, that count shall include servings. Violation hereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A of chapter 98.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, sec. 29A — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 217 / Section 29A
Dukes county; clerk to administer oaths in probate proceedings
Status: in_force

Section 29A. The first justice of the Dukes county court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, appoint a clerk who may administer the oaths required in probate proceedings that are not prescribed by law to be administered by the judge or register and shall perform such clerical and other duties as may be required by the first justice, with the approval of the chief justice. The clerk may be removed by the first justice with the approval of the chief justice. The register may, with the approval of the chief justice, designate 1 employee as deputy assistant register and with the approval of the chief justice remove a deputy assistant register. The deputy assistant register shall receive additional compensation in an amount equal to 15 per cent of the annual salary of the Dukes county register of probate.

Section 29A. The first justice of the Dukes county court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, appoint a clerk who may administer the oaths required in probate proceedings that are not prescribed by law to be administered by the judge or register and shall perform such clerical and other duties as may be required by the first justice, with the approval of the chief justice. The clerk may be removed by the first justice with the approval of the chief justice. The register may, with the approval of the chief justice, designate 1 employee as deputy assistant register and with the approval of the chief justice remove a deputy assistant register. The deputy assistant register shall receive additional compensation in an amount equal to 15 per cent of the annual salary of the Dukes county register of probate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 77 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 77
Burdens and incidents attaching by law
Status: in_force

Section 77. Registered land, and ownership therein, shall in all respects be subject to the burdens and incidents attaching by law to unregistered land. This chapter shall not relieve registered land or the owners thereof from any rights incident to the relation of husband and wife, or from liability to attachment on mesne process or levy on execution, or from liability to any lien of any description established by law on land and the buildings thereon, or on the interest of the owner in such land or buildings, nor shall it change the laws of descent, or the rights of partition between co-tenants, or the right to take the same by eminent domain, or relieve such land from liability to be recovered by an assignee in insolvency or trustee in bankruptcy under the laws relative to preferences, or change or affect in any way any other rights or liabilities created by law and applicable to unregistered land, except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter.

Section 77. Registered land, and ownership therein, shall in all respects be subject to the burdens and incidents attaching by law to unregistered land. This chapter shall not relieve registered land or the owners thereof from any rights incident to the relation of husband and wife, or from liability to attachment on mesne process or levy on execution, or from liability to any lien of any description established by law on land and the buildings thereon, or on the interest of the owner in such land or buildings, nor shall it change the laws of descent, or the rights of partition between co-tenants, or the right to take the same by eminent domain, or relieve such land from liability to be recovered by an assignee in insolvency or trustee in bankruptcy under the laws relative to preferences, or change or affect in any way any other rights or liabilities created by law and applicable to unregistered land, except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 26
Expenses in excess of appropriations or allotments
Status: in_force

Section 26. Expenses of offices and departments for compensation of officers, members and employees and for other purposes shall not exceed the appropriations made therefor by the general court or the allotments made therefor by the governor. No obligation incurred by any officer or servant of the commonwealth for any purpose in excess of the appropriation or allotment for such purpose for the office, department or institution which the officer or servant represents, shall impose any liability upon the commonwealth nor shall any liability be imposed upon the commonwealth under a subsequent appropriation by any ongoing commitment against a current year appropriation.

Section 26. Expenses of offices and departments for compensation of officers, members and employees and for other purposes shall not exceed the appropriations made therefor by the general court or the allotments made therefor by the governor. No obligation incurred by any officer or servant of the commonwealth for any purpose in excess of the appropriation or allotment for such purpose for the office, department or institution which the officer or servant represents, shall impose any liability upon the commonwealth nor shall any liability be imposed upon the commonwealth under a subsequent appropriation by any ongoing commitment against a current year appropriation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 141, sec. 2A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 141 / Section 2A
Examinations; uniform requirements for towns; credit to veterans; frequency; types; supervision; sanction of examiners
Status: in_force

Section 2A. In the conduct of examinations they shall make uniform requirements for all towns, which may be revised from time to time, as circumstances require. They shall grant a credit of five per cent to the examination standing of each applicant who is a veteran, as defined in clause Forty-third of section seven of chapter four. Said examinations shall be sufficiently frequent to give ample opportunity for all applicants to be thoroughly and carefully examined, may be written or in practical work, and may be supervised by one or more of the examiners, but no license shall be granted without the sanction of the examiners. The examiners shall promulgate regulations to determine the allowable education and work hour credits for veterans and military personnel.

Section 2A. In the conduct of examinations they shall make uniform requirements for all towns, which may be revised from time to time, as circumstances require. They shall grant a credit of five per cent to the examination standing of each applicant who is a veteran, as defined in clause Forty-third of section seven of chapter four. Said examinations shall be sufficiently frequent to give ample opportunity for all applicants to be thoroughly and carefully examined, may be written or in practical work, and may be supervised by one or more of the examiners, but no license shall be granted without the sanction of the examiners. The examiners shall promulgate regulations to determine the allowable education and work hour credits for veterans and military personnel.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 112 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 112
Accounting for military property upon change of command or disbandment
Status: in_force

Section 112. (a) An officer of the military forces of the commonwealth, upon vacating an office, shall turn over to an immediate successor or other officer designated by the commander-in-chief all records, reports and military property in the officer's possession belonging or in any way pertaining to the office. (b) Upon the disbandment of any unit which has received military property for military use, the service members responsible for the property shall return the property to the officer ordered to receive the property. (c) Until the service member responsible for the military property or a legal representative receives from the adjutant general notice that the property accounts of the service member have been found correct, the liability of the service member or the estate of the service member for military property shall continue. Upon the death or desertion of a service member responsible for military property, the immediate commanding officer shall immediately cause the property to be collected and a correct inventory made by physical count and examination. The inventory shall be forwarded to the adjutant general and compensation for any shortage may be recovered as provided in subsection (a) of section 111.

Section 112. (a) An officer of the military forces of the commonwealth, upon vacating an office, shall turn over to an immediate successor or other officer designated by the commander-in-chief all records, reports and military property in the officer's possession belonging or in any way pertaining to the office.

(b) Upon the disbandment of any unit which has received military property for military use, the service members responsible for the property shall return the property to the officer ordered to receive the property.

(c) Until the service member responsible for the military property or a legal representative receives from the adjutant general notice that the property accounts of the service member have been found correct, the liability of the service member or the estate of the service member for military property shall continue. Upon the death or desertion of a service member responsible for military property, the immediate commanding officer shall immediately cause the property to be collected and a correct inventory made by physical count and examination. The inventory shall be forwarded to the adjutant general and compensation for any shortage may be recovered as provided in subsection (a) of section 111.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 125 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 125
Show bill or advertisement; penalty for malicious injury
Status: in_force

Section 125. Whoever wilfully and maliciously removes, destroys or mutilates a show bill, placard, program or other advertisement posted upon a wall, fence, billboard or structure not lawfully under his control, of an exhibition, show or amusement licensed under section one hundred and eighty-one of chapter one hundred and forty, before such exhibition, show or amusement has taken place, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars.

Section 125. Whoever wilfully and maliciously removes, destroys or mutilates a show bill, placard, program or other advertisement posted upon a wall, fence, billboard or structure not lawfully under his control, of an exhibition, show or amusement licensed under section one hundred and eighty-one of chapter one hundred and forty, before such exhibition, show or amusement has taken place, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 123 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 123
Prepayment meters; risk of loss of deposits
Status: in_force

Section 123. All gas and electric companies using prepayment meters shall be responsible for the loss by fire of any money deposited in said meters.

Section 123. All gas and electric companies using prepayment meters shall be responsible for the loss by fire of any money deposited in said meters.