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MA Gen L ch 140 § 177 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 177 - Licensing for Billiards, Pool or Sippio Table or Bowling Alley; Public Hearing

Section 177. The licensing board of Boston, the license commission of Lowell, the aldermen of any other city, and the selectmen of any town may grant and may suspend or revoke at pleasure a license which shall be subject to sections two hundred and two to two hundred and five, inclusive, to a person to keep a billiard, pool or sippio table or a bowling alley for hire, gain or reward, upon such terms and conditions as they deem proper, to be used for amusement merely and not for the purpose of gaming for money or for property.  No original license shall be granted under the provisions of this section, except after a public hearing by the appropriate licensing authority, notice of the time and place of which shall have been given, at the expense of the applicant, by the clerk of such licensing authority, by publication not less than seven days prior thereto in a newspaper, if any, published in the city or town of application; otherwise, in the county in which such city or town lies; and notice of which shall also have been given by the applicant, by registered mail, not less than seven days prior to such hearing, to all owners of real estate abutting on the the land on which is located the premises for which said license is sought or directly opposite said land on any public or private street as such owners appear on the most recent local tax list at the time the application for such license is filed.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 178 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 178 - Business Operated Without License

Section 178. Whoever without such license keeps or suffers to be kept in a house, building, yard or dependency thereof, actually occupied or owned by him, a table for the purpose of playing at billiards, pool or sippio, or a bowling alley or an automatic amusement device for hire, gain or reward, or whoever for hire, gain or reward suffers any person to resort thereto for such purpose shall forfeit not more than one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 179 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 179 - Minors Admitted to Places of Business

Section 179. The keeper of a billiard, pool or sippio room or table, or place in which pictures are displayed upon the deposit of money in a coin controlled apparatus, who admits a minor under the age of eighteen thereto without the written consent of his parent or guardian, or the keeper of a bowling alley in which alcoholic beverages are sold who admits thereto a minor under the age of sixteen without such consent, shall forfeit ten dollars for the first and twenty dollars for each subsequent offence.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 180 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 180 - Location of Bowling Alleys in Places Other Than as Ordered; Restraint

Section 180. Whoever erects, occupies or uses a building for bowling alleys, except in such part of a town as the aldermen or selectmen order, shall forfeit not more than fifty dollars for every month he so occupies or uses such building, and in like proportion for a shorter time. The superior court may restrain such erection, occupancy or use without such order.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 180a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 180a - Definitions

Section 180A. The following words, as used in this section and in sections one hundred and eighty B to one hundred and eighty F, inclusive, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:—  ''Theatrical engagement'', any engagement or employment of a person as an actor, performer or entertainer in a circus, agricultural fair, vaudeville, banquet and other stage performances, stage productions in theaters, including floor shows, so called, in restaurants, clubs, beer gardens, tents, arenas, halls and similar places of amusement.  ''Booking agent, personal agent or actor's manager'', any person who holds himself out as an agent of a person who is seeking employment or who is available for a theatrical engagement, including actors, actresses, chorus girls or chorus boys, musicians and entertainers of all descriptions.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 180b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 180b - Necessity of License for Booking Agent, Personal Agent or Actor's Manager; Office of Licensee; Penalty

[ First paragraph effective until July 18, 2021. For text effective July 18, 2021, see below.]  Section 180B. No person shall act as a booking agent, personal agent or actor's manager, or engage, directly or indirectly, in the business of acting as an agent in the employment of persons for a theatrical engagement in the commonwealth unless he has obtained a license from the commissioner of the division of professional licensure. Any person so licensed shall maintain one or more offices in the commonwealth.[ First paragraph as amended by 2021, 39, Sec. 75 effective July 18, 2021. See 2021, 39, Sec. 128. For text effective until July 18, 2021, see above.]  No person shall act as a booking agent, personal agent or actor's manager, or engage, directly or indirectly, in the business of acting as an agent in the employment of persons for a theatrical engagement in the commonwealth unless he has obtained a license from the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure. Any person so licensed shall maintain one or more offices in the commonwealth.  Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 180d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 180d - Agency Contracts

Section 180D. Every licensee who shall procure for, or offer to an actor, performer or entertainer, hereafter referred to as a client, a theatrical engagement, shall execute in triplicate a contract containing the name and address of the client; the name and address of the employer of the client and the person acting for such employer; the time and duration of such engagement; the amount to be paid to such client; the character of entertainment to be given or services to be rendered; the number of performances per day or per week that are to be given by said client; the name of the person by whom the transportation is to be paid, and the cost of transportation; and the gross commission or fees to be paid by said client and to whom. The licensee shall deliver to each party to the contract a copy thereof and shall keep a copy. The licensee procuring such engagement for such client shall keep a copy of such contract.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 180e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 180e - Bond

Section 180E. No license under section one hundred and eighty B shall be issued unless and until the applicant therefor deposits with the commissioner a bond for the faithful compliance by such applicant, as licensee, during the term of the license, with the provisions of sections one hundred and eighty A to one hundred and eighty D, inclusive, such bond to run to the commonwealth, to be in the sum of one thousand dollars, and to be in force during the term of the license. At the option of the commissioner, such bond shall have as sureties either two or more individuals or a surety company authorized to do business in the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 180f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 180f - Action on Bond

Section 180F. Any person from whom any licensee under section one hundred and eighty B has withheld any sum in excess of the amount permitted under any agreement between the licensee and such person may, without expense to the commonwealth, bring an action in the name of the state treasurer upon the bond of such licensee, and may recover upon such bond for his own benefit, up to the sum of such bond, the amount improperly withheld from him by such licensee.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 180g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 180g - Rules and Regulations

[ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For text effective July 18, 2021, see below.]  Section 180G. The commissioner of the division of professional licensure shall make rules and regulations for the proper enforcement of sections one hundred and eighty A to one hundred and eighty F, inclusive. Chapter 140: Section 180G. Rules and regulations [ Text of section as amended by 2021, 39, Sec. 77 effective July 18, 2021. See 2021, 39, Sec. 128. For text effective until July 18, 2021, see above.]  Section 180G. The commissioner of the division of occupational licensure shall make rules and regulations for the proper enforcement of sections one hundred and eighty A to one hundred and eighty F, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 181a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 181a - Appearance Under Assumed Name; Statement Filed; Penalty

[ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For text effective July 18, 2021, see below.]  Section 181A. Whoever, for compensation, appears in a public exhibition, public show, public amusement or other public performance under an assumed name shall file with the commissioner of the division of professional licensure on a form prescribed by him a statement containing the true name, legal address and the assumed name of such person. Such statement shall be under the penalties of perjury and shall be accompanied by a fee, the amount of which shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for the filing thereof. Violations of this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars for each offence. Chapter 140: Section 181A. Appearance under assumed name; statement filed; penalty [ Text of section as amended by 2021, 39, Sec. 78 effective July 18, 2021. See 2021, 39, Sec. 128. For text effective until July 18, 2021, see above.]  Section 181A. Whoever, for compensation, appears in a public exhibition, public show, public amusement or other public performance under an assumed name shall file with the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure on a form prescribed by him a statement containing the true name, legal address and the assumed name of such person. Such statement shall be under the penalties of perjury and shall be accompanied by a fee, the amount of which shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for the filing thereof. Violations of this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars for each offence.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 181b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 181b - Schedule of Prices for Patrons Posted; Penalty

Section 181B. The manager of every traveling circus, carnival or other entertainment which members of the general public are invited to attend and view shall cause a complete schedule of the prices for admission to the same, and for seating or other necessary accommodations for its patrons, to be posted, in letters at least one inch high, in a conspicuous place at every box office, ticket booth or other location at which tickets or tokens for such admission are offered for sale. Any person violating this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 182 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 182 - Entertainment Without License; Exceptions

Section 182. Whoever offers to view, sets up, sets on foot, maintains, carries on, publishes or otherwise assists in or promotes any such exhibition, show or amusement without such license shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars for each day in violation; and whoever commits a second such offense shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars for each day in violation; and whoever commits a third such offense shall be punished by a fine of five hundred dollars for each day in violation; and whoever commits a fourth such offense shall be punished by a fine of one thousand dollars a day for the next five days in violation and whoever commits a fifth or subsequent such offense shall be punished by a fine of five thousand dollars for each day in violation. This and the preceding section shall not apply to public entertainments by religious societies in their usual places of worship for a religious or charitable purpose, or to entertainments given in school buildings by or for the benefit of the pupils thereof and under the supervision of the principal or teacher in charge of the school classes therein, or to entertainments given in a private dwelling, except in apartments thereof having a seating capacity of four hundred or more, or to enterprises required to be licensed under section one hundred and eighty-three A.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 182a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 182a - Price to Appear on Ticket; Penalty

Section 182A. Every ticket of admission or other evidence of right of entry to any theatrical exhibition, public show or public amusement or exhibition required to be licensed by sections one hundred and eighty-one and one hundred and eighty-two, for admission to which a price is charged, shall bear on its face the price charged for such ticket or other evidence of right of entry by the person issuing the same or causing the same to be issued. Whoever issues or causes to be issued such a ticket or other evidence of right of entry in violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 183 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 183 - Darkened Dance Hall and Places Connected Therewith; Degree of Light; Regulations and Statute Posted; Penalty

[ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For text effective July 18, 2021, see below.]  Section 183. No person shall darken in whole or in part the hall, room, piazza, roof garden or other place in which a public dance required to be licensed under section one hundred and eighty-one is held, or any stairway, anteroom or passageway connected therewith, during the progress of a dance therein or until all persons except the proprietor and his employees have withdrawn from the premises. The degree of light required in such places shall be fixed by regulations prescribed by the commissioner of the division of professional licensure, copies of which and of this section shall be conspicuously posted in every such place. Violations of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. Chapter 140: Section 183. Darkened dance hall and places connected therewith; degree of light; regulations and statute posted; penalty [ Text of section as amended by 2021, 39, Sec. 79 effective July 18, 2021. See 2021, 39, Sec. 128. For text effective until July 18, 2021, see above.]  Section 183. No person shall darken in whole or in part the hall, room, piazza, roof garden or other place in which a public dance required to be licensed under section one hundred and eighty-one is held, or any stairway, anteroom or passageway connected therewith, during the progress of a dance therein or until all persons except the proprietor and his employees have withdrawn from the premises. The degree of light required in such places shall be fixed by regulations prescribed by the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure, copies of which and of this section shall be conspicuously posted in every such place. Violations of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 183c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 183c - Violation of Statute; Report of Conviction; Revocation of Charter of Corporation

Section 183C. Any person described in section one hundred and eighty-three A who engages in a business required to be licensed by said section unless authorized so to do by a license in full force and effect, and any holder of such a license who violates any condition thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both. The clerk of the court in which a corporation engaged in such business is convicted under this section shall forthwith report such conviction to the state secretary, who shall thereupon revoke the charter of such corporation.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 183d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 183d - Minimum or Cover Charge

Section 183D. No innholder, common victualler or person owning, managing or controlling a cafe, restaurant, or other eating or drinking establishment shall require any person to pay a minimum charge or cover charge unless a sign is conspicuously posted at every entrance to any dining room or rooms where such charge is required, in letters no less than one inch in height, stating that a minimum charge or cover charge shall be charged and also stating the amount of charge; provided, however, that no such innholder, common victualler or person owning, managing or controlling a cafe, restaurant or other eating or drinking establishment shall require a person under thirteen years of age to pay a minimum charge or cover charge. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 184 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 184 - Entertainments at Which Alcoholic Beverages Are Sold

Section 184. Whoever offers to view, sets up, sets on foot, maintains or carries on a theatrical exhibition, public show, concert or dance hall exhibition, of any description, at which alcoholic beverages, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, are sold or exposed for sale with the consent of those who get up, set on foot or otherwise promote such exhibition or show, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years, unless such exhibition or show has been duly licensed as provided by section one hundred and eight-one. This section shall not authorize the licensing of the sale of such beverages contrary to law.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 185b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 185b - Fees For, and for Renewal Of, Licenses to Resell Tickets

Section 185B. The fee for each license granted under section one hundred and eighty-five A and for each annual renewal thereof shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for the filing thereof.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 185c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 185c - Revocation or Suspension of License

Section 185C. The commissioner, after notice to the licensee and reasonable opportunity for him to be heard, may revoke his license or may suspend the same for such period as the commissioner may deem proper, upon satisfactory proof that the licensee has violated or permitted a violation of any condition of his license or of any rule or regulation of the commissioner under section one hundred and eighty-five E. If the license is revoked, the licensee shall be disqualified to receive a license for one year after the expiration of the term of the license so revoke.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 185d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 185d - Resale Price

Section 185D. No licensee under section one hundred and eighty-five A shall resell any ticket or other evidence of right of entry to any theatrical exhibition, public show or public amusement or exhibition of any description at a price in excess of two dollars in advance of the price printed on the face of such ticket or other evidence of right of entry as the purchase price thereof; provided, however, that a price in excess of the above maximum shall not be deemed in violation of this section if the amount in excess of the above maximum is solely attributable to service charges. For the purpose of this section, service charges are defined as costs incurred by said licensee related solely to the procuring and selling of such ticket or other evidence of right of entry and not related to the general business operation of said licensee. Service charges include, but are not limited to, charges for messengers, postage, and long distance telephone calls, extensions of credit and costs attributable thereto.  The imposition of a fee, on an annual or per order basis, for customers purchasing tickets other than by immediate payment therefor in cash, which includes a membership fee, office expenses and the cost of processing credit card orders, shall not be deemed a violation of this section.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 185e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 185e - Rules and Regulations Relative to Reselling of Tickets; Investigations; Record of Licenses

Section 185E. The commissioner shall establish and may from time to time alter rules and regulations relative to the granting of licenses and the business carried on by persons licensed under section one hundred and eighty-five A. He shall, either personally or by such subordinates as he may designate, as often as he deems it necessary, investigate the affairs of such licensees and for that purpose shall have free access to the books and papers of such licensees and shall ascertain the condition of the business and whether it is being transacted in compliance with law and the rules and regulations made hereunder, and with the terms and conditions of the license. The commissioner shall keep a book or books in which shall be entered in alphabetical order a record of all licenses granted under section one hundred and eighty-five A, which record shall be open to public inspection.