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MA Gen L ch 33a § 115 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 115 - Malingering

Article 115. Malingering.  A person subject to this code who for the purpose of avoiding work, duty or service: (1) feigns illness, physical disablement, mental lapse or derangement; or (2) intentionally inflicts self-injury shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 116 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 116 - Riot or Breach of Peace

Article 116. Riot or breach of peace.  A person subject to this code who causes or participates in a riot or breach of the peace shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 117 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 117 - Provoking Speeches or Gestures

Article 117. Provoking speeches or gestures.  A person subject to this code who uses provoking or reproachful words or gestures towards another person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 132 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 132 - Frauds Against the Government

Article 132. Frauds against the government.  A person subject to this code who engages in the following conduct shall be punished as a court-martial may direct:  (1) knowing it to be false or fraudulent, (A) makes a claim against the United States, the commonwealth or an officer thereof or (B) presents to a person in the civil or military service thereof, for approval or payment, a claim against the United States, the commonwealth or an officer thereof;  (2) for the purpose of obtaining the approval, allowance or payment of a claim against the United States, the commonwealth or an officer thereof (A) makes or uses a writing or other paper knowing it to contain any false or fraudulent statements, (B) makes an oath, affirmation or certification to a fact or to a writing or other paper knowing the oath, affirmation or certification to be false or (C) forges or counterfeits a signature upon a writing or other paper or uses any such signature knowing it to be forged or counterfeited;  (3) having charge, possession, custody or control of any money or other property of the United States or the commonwealth that was furnished or intended for the armed forces of the United States or the state military forces, knowingly delivers to a person having authority to receive it, an amount thereof that is less than that for which such person received a certificate or receipt;  or (4) being authorized to make or deliver a paper certifying the receipt of any property of the United States or the commonwealth that was furnished or intended for the armed forces of the United States or the state military forces, makes or delivers to another such writing without having full knowledge of the truth of the statements contained therein and with intent to defraud the United States or the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 133 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 133 - Conduct Unbecoming an Officer

Article 133. Conduct unbecoming an officer.  A commissioned officer, cadet, candidate or midshipman who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 134 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 134 - General Article

Article 134. General article.  In addition to the crimes enumerated in this code, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the state military forces and all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the state military forces shall be taken cognizance of by a court-martial and punished at the discretion of a military court; provided, however, that where a crime constitutes an offense that violates both this code and the criminal laws of the state where the offense was committed or the criminal laws of the United States, jurisdiction of the military court shall be determined in accordance with subsection (b) of article 2.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 135 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 135 - Courts of Inquiry

Article 135. Courts of inquiry.  (a) Courts of inquiry to investigate any matter of concern to the state military forces may be convened by a person authorized to convene a general court-martial, whether or not the persons involved have requested such an inquiry.  (b) A court of inquiry shall consist of at least 3 commissioned officers. For each court of inquiry, the convening authority shall also appoint counsel for the court.  (c) A person subject to this code whose conduct is subject to inquiry shall be designated as a party. A person subject to this code who has a direct interest in the subject of inquiry shall have the right to be designated as a party upon request to the court. A person designated as a party shall be given due notice and shall have the right to be present, to be represented by counsel, to cross-examine witnesses and to introduce evidence.  (d) Members of a court of inquiry may be challenged by a party but only for cause stated to the court.  (e) The members, counsel, the reporter and interpreters of courts of inquiry shall take an oath to faithfully perform their duties.  (f) Witnesses may be summoned to appear and testify and be examined before courts of inquiry as provided for courts-martial.  (g) Courts of inquiry shall make findings of fact but shall not express opinions or make recommendations unless required to do so by the convening authority.  (h) Each court of inquiry shall keep a record of its proceedings which shall be authenticated by the signatures of the president and counsel for the court and forwarded to the convening authority. If the record cannot be authenticated by the president, it shall be signed by a member in lieu of the president. If the record cannot be authenticated by the counsel for the court, it shall be signed by a member in lieu of the counsel.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 136 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 136 - Authority to Administer Oaths and to Act as Notary

Article 136. Authority to administer oaths and to act as notary.  (a) The following persons may administer oaths for the purposes of military administration, including military justice:  (1) judge advocates;  (2) summary courts-martial;  (3) adjutants, assistant adjutants, acting adjutants and personnel adjutants;  (4) commanding officers of the naval militia; and  (5) all other persons designated by regulations of the armed forces of the United States or by law.  (b) The following persons may administer oaths necessary in the performance of their duties:  (1) the president, military judges and trial counsel for all general and special courts-martial;  (2) the president and the counsel for the court of any court of inquiry;  (3) officers designated to take a deposition;  (4) persons detailed to conduct an investigation;  (5) recruiting officers; and  (6) all other persons designated by regulations of the Armed Forces of the United States or by law.  (c) The signature without seal of the person, together with the title of the person's office, shall be prima facie evidence of the person's authority.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 137 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 137 - Articles to Be Made Available

Article 137. Articles to be made available.  The text of the code and of the regulations prescribed under the code shall be made available to a member of the state military forces, upon request by the member, for the member's personal examination.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 138 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 138 - Complaints of Wrongs

Article 138. Complaints of wrongs.  A member of the state military forces who believes they have been wronged by a commanding officer and who, upon due application to that commanding officer, is refused redress may complain to a superior commissioned officer who shall forward the complaint to the officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction over the officer against whom it is made. The officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction shall investigate the complaint and take proper measures for redressing the wrong complained of and shall, as soon as possible, send to the adjutant general a true statement of that complaint, with the proceedings had thereon.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 139 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 139 - Redress of Injuries to Property

Article 139. Redress of injuries to property.  (a) Whenever complaint is made to a commanding officer that willful damage has been done to the property of a person or that the person's property has been wrongfully taken by members of the state military forces, the commanding officer may, under such regulations prescribed, convene a board to investigate the complaint. The board shall consist of from 1 to 3 commissioned officers and, for the purposes of that investigation, may summon witnesses and examine them upon oath, receive depositions or other documentary evidence and assess the damages sustained against the responsible parties. The assessment of damages made by the board shall be subject to the approval of the commanding officer and the amount approved by that officer shall be charged against the pay of the offenders. The order of the commanding officer directing charges herein authorized shall be conclusive on any disbursing officer for payment to the injured parties of the damages so assessed and approved.  (b) If the offenders cannot be ascertained but the organization or detachment to which they belong is known, charges totaling the amount of damages assessed and approved may be made in such proportion as may be considered just upon the individual members thereof who are shown to have been present at the scene at the time the damages complained of were inflicted, as determined by the approved findings of the board.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 140 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 140 - Delegation by the Commander-in-Chief

Article 140. Delegation by the Commander-in-chief.  The commander-in-chief may delegate any authority vested in the commander-in-chief under this code and may provide for the subdelegation of any such authority, except the power given to the commander-in-chief by article 22.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 141 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 141 - Payment of Fees, Costs, and Expenses

Article 141. Payment of fees, costs, and expenses.  (a) The fees and authorized travel expenses of all witnesses, experts, victims, court reporters and interpreters, the fees for the service of process, the costs of collection, apprehension, detention and confinement and all other necessary expenses of prosecution and the administration of military justice that are not otherwise payable by any other source shall be paid out of the Military Justice Fund.  (b) There shall be a Military Justice Fund that shall be administered by the adjutant general, from which expenses of military justice shall be paid in the amounts and manner as prescribed by law. Funds may be appropriated and deposited into the fund as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the code.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 142 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 142 - Payment of Fines and Disposition Thereof

Article 142. Payment of fines and disposition thereof.  (a) Fines imposed by a military court or through imposition of non-judicial punishment may be paid to the commonwealth and delivered to the court or imposing officer or to a person executing their process. Fines may be collected by:  (1) cash or money order;  (2) retention of any pay or allowances due or to become due to the person fined from any state or the United States; or  (3) garnishment or levy, together with costs, on the wages, goods and chattels of a person delinquent in paying a fine, as provided by law.  (b) Any sum so received or retained shall be deposited to whomever the court so directs.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 143 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 143 - Uniformity of Interpretation and Military Rules of Evidence

Article 143. Uniformity of interpretation and Military Rules of Evidence.  (a) This code shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make it uniform, so far as practical, with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. section 801, et seq.  (b) The federal Military Rules of Evidence at the time of the offense shall apply to court-martial proceedings convened under this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 144 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 144 - Immunity for Action of Military Courts

Article 144. Immunity for action of military courts.  A person acting under this code, whether as a member of the military or as a civilian, shall be immune from personal liability for any acts or omissions which they did or failed to do as part of their duties under this code.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 145 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 145 - Severability

Article 145. Severability.  The provisions of this code shall be severable and if any provision of this code or the application of such provision to a person or circumstance is declared invalid for any reason, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the code.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 146 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 146 - Short Title

Article 146. Short Title.  This chapter may be cited as the Massachusetts Code of Military Justice.
MA Gen L ch 34 § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VI - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 34 - Counties and County Commissioners|Section 1 - Boundaries in Tide Water; Powers

Section 1. The seaward boundary of counties bordering on the open sea shall coincide with the marine boundary of the commonwealth. The boundary lines in tide water between adjacent coastal counties shall coincide with and are hereby established to be the boundary lines in tide water between the adjoining coastal municipalities of said counties, as confirmed and established by section one of chapter forty-two. Counties separated by waters within the jurisdiction of the commonwealth shall exercise a concurrent jurisdiction over such waters. Each county shall be a body politic and corporate for the purposes of suit, of buying and holding, for county uses, personal estate and land lying therein, and of contracting and doing other necessary acts relative to its property and affairs.
MA Gen L ch 34 § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VI - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 34 - Counties and County Commissioners|Section 2 - Alteration of Maps

Section 2. County commissioners shall cause changes in the boundaries of towns, in the courses of highways, railroads and canals, and other topographical alterations to be correctly delineated on the county maps, which shall remain in their possession.  The state secretary, as often as necessary, shall transmit the manuscript county maps in his office to the respective county commissioners who shall cause a competent engineer or surveyor under their direction to transfer thereto all changes, and shall, within two months after their receipt, return them to the secretary, who shall forthwith cause the changes to be copied on the plates of the state map.
MA Gen L ch 34 § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VI - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 34 - Counties and County Commissioners|Section 3 - Public Buildings

Section 3. Each county shall provide suitable jails, houses of correction, fireproof offices and other public buildings, including both the structures and the land upon which such structures are sited, necessary for its use; provided, however, that the county of Dukes need not provide a house of correction; provided, further, that the city of Boston shall provide necessary public buildings, including both the structures and the land upon which such structures are sited, for Suffolk county; provided, further, that the obligation to provide suitable structures of jails and houses of correction shall become that of the commonwealth and shall cease to be that of such counties or city in the event that the commonwealth constructs such facilities for such county or city; provided, further, that in any such county or city which has been ordered by a court to construct a new correctional facility, state assumption of the responsibility to provide such structure shall occur when the state appropriates funds therefor and such county or city has complied with any conditions attached to such appropriation, if any; and, provided further, that notwithstanding the fact that the commonwealth may have assumed the responsibilities of providing a suitable structure for such facilities, the counties and the city shall retain the obligation to provide for the operation and maintenance of such facilities. No courtroom of the superior court shall contain a cage for defendants.
MA Gen L ch 34 § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VI - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 34 - Counties and County Commissioners|Section 4 - Election; Tenure

Section 4. Except in Nantucket and Suffolk counties, there shall be elected in each county, as provided in section one hundred and fifty-eight of chapter fifty-four, for terms of four years beginning the first Wednesday of January following their election and until their successors are qualified, three county commissioners, who shall be sworn before entering upon their duties, and shall annually, at their first meeting after the first Wednesday of January, choose by ballot a chairman. In Nantucket county the selectmen of Nantucket, and in Suffolk county the mayor and city council of Boston, the municipal council of Chelsea and the city council of Revere, in their respective cities, and the selectmen of Winthrop in said town, shall, except as otherwise provided, have the powers and perform the duties of county commissioners.
MA Gen L ch 34 § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VI - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 34 - Counties and County Commissioners|Section 5 - Salaries

Section 5. The salaries of county commissioners, payable by their respective counties in full for all services performed by said commissioners except as otherwise provided, shall be as follows:—  Middlesex $9,505.16  Essex8,799.73  Norfolk8,799.73  Worcester8,799.73  Bristol7,388.87  Hampden7,388.87  Barnstable6,683.44  Berkshire6,683.44  Plymouth6,683.44  Franklin5,272.58  Hampshire5,272.58  Dukes2,963.90
MA Gen L ch 34 § 5a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VI - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 34 - Counties and County Commissioners|Section 5a - Salaries; Acceptance of Provision of This Section

Section 5A. Subject to the acceptance of this section as hereinafter provided, the salaries of county commissioners, payable by their respective counties in full for all services performed by said commissioners except as otherwise provided, shall be as follows:  Effective July 1, 1976.  Middlesex$9,805.16  Essex9,099.73  Norfolk9,099.73  Worcester9,099.73  Bristol7,688.87  Hampden7,688.87  Barnstable6,983.44  Berkshire6,983.44  Plymouth6,983.44  Franklin5,572.58  Hampshire5,572.58  Dukes3,263.90  Effective January 1, 1977.  Middlesex$10,055.16  Essex9,349.73  Norfolk9,349.73  Worcester9,349.73  Bristol7,938.87  Hampden7,938.87  Barnstable7,233.44  Berkshire7,233.44  Plymouth7,233.44  Franklin5,822.58  Hampshire5,822.58  Dukes3,513.90  Effective April 1, 1977.  Middlesex$10,355.16  Essex9,649.73  Norfolk9,649.73  Worcester9,649.73  Bristol8,238.87  Hampden8,238.87  Barnstable7,533.44  Berkshire7,533.44  Plymouth7,533.44  Franklin6,122.58  Hampshire6,122.58  Dukes3,813.90  No salary payable under section five shall be increased in any county under the provisions of this section unless the county commissioners of such county have voted to accept the provisions of this section.
MA Gen L ch 34 § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VI - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 34 - Counties and County Commissioners|Section 7 - Commissioners Acting by Appointment; Compensation; Travel Expenses

Section 7. A person acting as commissioner by appointment under section twelve shall be paid by the county not less than five dollars for each day of actual service, not exceeding five hundred dollars in any year, and ten cents a mile for travel each way.
MA Gen L ch 34 § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VI - Counties and County Officers|Chapter 34 - Counties and County Commissioners|Section 8 - Statement of Expenses; Certification; Payment; Audit

Section 8. An itemized statement of the actual and proper cost to each commissioner for transportation and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his official duties shall, on the first day of each month, be approved by a majority of the county commissioners and certified by their clerk to the county treasurer who shall reimburse them. The director of accounts shall audit such expenses in the course of his examination of the books and accounts of the county treasurer pursuant to section forty-four of chapter thirty-five.