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MA Gen L ch 78 § 33 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 78 - Libraries|Section 33 - Policy for Selection and Use of Library Materials and Facilities

Section 33. The board of trustees of a free public library in any city or town, or in the absence of such board, the city or town official possessing the appointive powers of such board, shall establish a written policy for the selection of library materials and the use of materials and facilities in accordance with standards adopted by the American Library Association. No employee shall be dismissed for the selection of library materials when the selection is made in good faith and in accordance with the approved policy adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section.
MA Gen L ch 78 § 34 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XII - Education|Chapter 78 - Libraries|Section 34 - Employment Contracts for Library Employees

Section 34. The board of trustees of a free public library in any city or town, or in the absence of such board, the city or town official possessing the appointive powers of such board shall, except in the case of those employees subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty E, execute a written employment contract with an employee of said library outlining the basic conditions of employment, including but not limited to the establishment of a probationary period and the procedure for dismissal during this period and the establishment of a procedure which specifies the cause for dismissal after the completion of such probationary period.
MA Gen L ch 79 § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments|Chapter 79 - Eminent Domain|Section 1 - Order of Taking; Contents

Section 1. The taking of real estate or of any interest therein by right of eminent domain may be effected in the following manner. A board of officers upon whom authority to take real estate by eminent domain on behalf of any body politic or corporate has been conferred by law, having first complied with all the preliminary requirements prescribed by law, may adopt an order of taking, which shall contain a description of the land taken sufficiently accurate for identification, and shall state the interest therein taken and the purpose for which such property is taken, and in case such taking if for an improvement for which betterments may be assessed shall state whether betterments are to be assessed therefor. In case there are trees upon the land taken, or structures affixed thereto, the order of taking shall state whether the same are to be included in the taking, and, if they are not so included, shall allow the owner a reasonable time after the date of the order or after entry or possession to remove the same, to be specified in the order.
MA Gen L ch 79 § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments|Chapter 79 - Eminent Domain|Section 2 - Officials Authorized to Exercise Eminent Domain

Section 2. Where no other provision is made by law, a taking of land by eminent domain by or on behalf of the commonwealth shall be made by the governor and council, a taking by or on behalf of a county by the county commissioners of such county, a taking by or on behalf of a city by the aldermen, a taking by or on behalf of a town by the selectmen, a taking by or on behalf of a district by its prudential committee and a taking by or on behalf of a private corporation by its board of directors.
MA Gen L ch 79 § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments|Chapter 79 - Eminent Domain|Section 3 - Recordation of Taking Order; Procedure to Acquire Possession

Section 3. The board of officers by whom an order of taking has been adopted under section one shall within thirty days thereafter cause a copy thereof, signed by them or certified by their secretary or clerk, or, in case of a taking by or on behalf of a city by a board of officers having no secretary or clerk, certified by the city clerk, to be recorded in the registry of deeds of every county or district in which the property taken or any of it lies. The copy of an order of taking made under chapter one hundred and fifty-nine in connection with proceedings thereunder to abolish grade crossings by the department of highways, or by the department of telecommunications and energy, may be filed and recorded without the payment of any fee therefor. Upon the recording of an order of taking under this section, title to the fee of the property taken or to such other interest therein as has been designated in such order shall vest in the body politic or corporate on behalf of which the taking was made; and the right to damages for such taking shall thereupon vest in the persons entitled thereto unless otherwise provided by law.  If the person in possession of property which has been taken in fee, or in which an easement has been taken, by eminent domain under this chapter refuses to permit the body politic or corporate by which the taking was made to enter thereon and take possession thereof or to exercise its rights under the taking after thirty days' notice in writing sent to him by registered mail or posted upon the property so taken or in which an easement has been so taken, the board of officers having the direction and control of the public improvement in connection with which the taking was made may issue its warrant to the sheriff of the county in which the property is situated or to his deputy directing him to make entry on the property so taken and to take possession thereof or of the easement therein which has been taken, on behalf of said body politic or corporate, and such sheriff or his deputy shall forthwith execute said warrant using such force as he may deem necessary for the purpose.
MA Gen L ch 79 § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments|Chapter 79 - Eminent Domain|Section 4 - Taking Registered Land

Section 4. If land of a registered owner, or any right or interest therein, is taken by eminent domain, the board of officers by whom the taking is made shall file for registration in the proper registry district a description of the registered land so taken, giving the name of each owner thereof, referring by number and place of registration in the registration book to each certificate of title, and stating what estate or interest in the land is taken, and for what purpose. A memorandum of the right or interest taken shall be made on each certificate of title by the assistant recorder. If the fee simple of part of the registered land is taken a new certificate shall be entered to the owner for the land remaining to him after such taking. All fees on account of any memorandum of registration or entry of new certificates shall be paid by the body politic or corporate which takes the land.  If the body politic or corporate which takes the land acquires the fee simple of all or part of the registered land, a new certificate shall be entered to the body politic or corporate making the fee simple taking.
MA Gen L ch 79 § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments|Chapter 79 - Eminent Domain|Section 5 - Taking of Land Already in Public Use

Section 5. No portion of a state institution shall be taken for a public way, canal, railroad or railway without leave of the general court specially obtained. No portion of a highway, public building or cemetery shall be taken for railroad purposes outside the limits of the route fixed for such railroad without the consent of the town in which the land sought to be taken is situated. No portion of the land taken for or held as a park by a town under chapter forty-five shall be taken or used for a public way, canal, railroad or railway, or for altering or widening the same, without the approval of the board having control of the public parks of such town. No portion of a common or park dedicated to the use of the public, or appropriated to such use without interruption for a period of twenty years, shall be taken or used for a public way, canal, railroad or railway, or for altering or widening the same, except with the consent of the city or town in which such common or park is situated after public notice, given in the manner provided in cases of the laying out and alteration of highways, stating the extent and limits of the portion thereof proposed to be taken. Such consent shall be expressed by a vote of the inhabitants, if ten or more voters file a request in writing to that effect with the selectmen or aldermen within thirty days after the publication of the notice; in the absence of such request, consent shall be presumed. In a city such vote shall be taken by ballot on a day appointed for the purpose by the aldermen, which may be the day of any election. Notice that such vote is to be taken with a statement of the question to be voted upon shall be given by the aldermen in the manner provided by law for giving notice of city elections, fourteen days at least before the day appointed therefor, and all provisions of law relative to elections consistent herewith shall be applicable to such vote, and a certificate of the result shall be recorded by the city clerk.
MA Gen L ch 79 § 5a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments|Chapter 79 - Eminent Domain|Section 5a - Historical or Archeological Landmarks; Ancient Landmarks; Taking

Section 5A. No historical or archeological landmark certified under the provisions of section twenty-seven of chapter nine and no property owned, preserved and maintained by any historical organization or society as an ancient landmark or as property of historical or antiquarian interest shall be taken without leave of the general court specially obtained.
MA Gen L ch 79 § 5b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments|Chapter 79 - Eminent Domain|Section 5b - Agricultural Land

Section 5B. No property used for agriculture or farming as defined in section one A of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight shall be taken without the consent of the owner thereof, nor shall an easement be taken on such property without such consent, except after a hearing by the board at which such owner shall be entitled to be heard and allowed to introduce evidence that other land not used for agriculture or farming, as so defined, and without occupied buildings situated thereon is available for the public use for which it is intended to take his property. If such evidence is introduced and accepted by the board as valid, the board shall exempt said property from the taking. The provisions of this section shall not apply to takings in behalf of the commonwealth, takings for highway purposes, nor to takings authorized by the department of telecommunications and energy, except that in such takings notices of hearings required by section seventy-two of chapter one hundred and sixty-four shall be sent to all interested parties.
MA Gen L ch 79 § 5c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments|Chapter 79 - Eminent Domain|Section 5c - Notice of Intent Prior to Taking; Exceptions

Section 5C. No property shall be taken without the consent of the owner thereof, nor shall an easement be taken on such property without such consent, unless notice of intent to take such property is given to the owner of such property at least thirty days prior to the date of the actual taking. The provisions of this section shall not apply to takings on behalf of the commonwealth, county, city or town. Said provisions shall also not apply to takings authorized by the department of telecommunications and energy, except that in such takings notice of hearings required by section seventy-two of chapter one hundred and sixty-four shall be sent to the owners of any property to be taken.
MA Gen L ch 79 § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments|Chapter 79 - Eminent Domain|Section 6 - Taking by Public; Award of Damages; Amendment of Award; Payment

Section 6. When a taking is made on behalf of a body politic or corporate other than a corporation described in section seven, the board of officers by whom the order of taking is adopted shall, at the time of the adoption thereof, award the damages sustained by every person in his property by reason of such taking. Such award may be amended by said board of officers at any time prior to the payment thereof by reason of a change in ownership or value of said property before the right to damages therefor has become vested or for other good cause shown. Such damages shall be paid by such body politic or corporate unless other provision is made by law.
MA Gen L ch 79 § 6a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments|Chapter 79 - Eminent Domain|Section 6a - Moving Expenses; Exemption From Attachment or Execution

Section 6A. Any person lawfully occupying real property who is displaced therefrom and caused to move as a result of a taking of such property by eminent domain, shall be paid by the body politic or corporate on behalf of which the taking is made, unless other provision is made by law, the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by him, as determined by said body, in moving his personal property to another location within the commonwealth, but in no event more than the amounts permitted by the provisions of chapter seventy-nine A. Moving expense payments granted under the provisions of this section shall not be subject to attachment by trustee process or otherwise, nor shall they be subject to be taken on execution or other process.
MA Gen L ch 79 § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments|Chapter 79 - Eminent Domain|Section 7 - Taking by Private Corporations; Award of Damages; Time of Payment

Section 7. When a taking is made on behalf of a railroad corporation, the damages shall be awarded by the county commissioners of the county in which the land taken lies, upon the petition of such corporation or of any person entitled thereto, if filed within one year of the date when the taking is recorded. When the taking is made on behalf of a private corporation other than a railroad corporation the damages shall be awarded by the aldermen of the city, or the selectmen of the town, in which the land taken lies, upon the petition of such corporation or of any person entitled thereto, if filed within one year of the date when the taking is recorded; provided, that there shall be no award of the damages caused by the taking of land or other acts performed in the abolition or alteration of a grade crossing under chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, but the amount of such damages may be agreed upon by the party primarily liable therefor and any person entitled thereto. A petition for an award of damages under this section may be filed in the office of the board having jurisdiction of the subject matter thereof at any time within the period herein limited, but no petition shall be received or damages awarded under this section after a petition with respect to the same subject matter has been filed in the superior court under section fourteen.
MA Gen L ch 79 § 7a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments|Chapter 79 - Eminent Domain|Section 7a - Appraisal as Pre-Requisite to Payment of Damages

Section 7A. An award of damages made pursuant to section six or section seven shall not be made until at least one appraisal has been made in accordance with section twelve on behalf of the taking authority and filed therewith; unless all persons entitled to damages by reason of the taking shall have made a prior written request of the taking authority that the taking be made without awaiting such appraisal and filing, in which event the taking authority may award only nominal damages at the time of adoption of the order but shall, within four months after the taking and after such appraisal is made and filed, amend the award of damages to reflect the damages sustained, and shall immediately after such amendment given written notice thereof to the same persons and in the same manner of service specified by section seven C and, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, any interest either on damages or on the excess of any payment or deposit made by the taking authority over damages subsequently assessed shall run only from the date of such amendment or the expiration of such four months, whichever is earlier. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no appraisal shall be made by the taking authority if all persons entitled to damages by reason of such taking waive, in writing, their right to any damages.
MA Gen L ch 79 § 7b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments|Chapter 79 - Eminent Domain|Section 7b - Payment of Damages; Execution of Necessary Documents; Time of Issuance of Checks

Section 7B. Immediately after the right to damages becomes vested, the board of officers who have made a taking under this chapter shall do all things and execute all documents necessary and within their lawful authority for the prompt payment of all damages awarded in the order of taking. In the event that authority to make or approve such payments, or to perform any act necessary thereto, is conferred by law upon any person other than said board of officers, such person shall do all things and execute all documents necessary and within his lawful authority for such prompt payment. Any check for the payment of such damages shall be issued either within sixty days after the right thereto becomes vested, or within fifteen days after demand therefor by any person entitled thereto is made, as said board of officers shall determine, and shall, except as provided in section seven D, be made immediately available to the persons entitled thereto at such time and place as may be designated by said board of officers.
MA Gen L ch 79 § 7c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments|Chapter 79 - Eminent Domain|Section 7c - Notice of Taking and Amount of Damages; Contents; Service

Section 7C. Immediately after the right to damages becomes vested, the board of officers who have made a taking under this chapter shall give notice thereof to every person, including every mortgagee of record, whose property has been taken or who is otherwise entitled to damages on account of such taking. Such notice shall be in writing and shall describe in general terms the purpose and extent of the taking, and shall state the amount of damages, if any, awarded for such taking and the time and place at which he may obtain payment thereof, or, if no damages have been awarded, the time within which he may petition for an award of the same, and the time within which he may petition the superior court to determine his damages under section fourteen. Such notice may be served by personal service, or by leaving an attested copy thereof at the last and usual place of abode of the person to be notified if he is a resident of the commonwealth, by any person authorized to serve civil process, or notice may be given to persons within or without the commonwealth, by registered mail or other suitable means. Failure to give notice shall not affect the time within which a petition for damages may be filed, except as provided by section sixteen.
MA Gen L ch 79 § 7d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments|Chapter 79 - Eminent Domain|Section 7d - Unknown Persons or Persons Under Legal Disability; Manner of Payment of Damages; Apportionment of Damages; Deposits

Section 7D. If the board of officers by whom a taking has been made is unable, upon reasonable investigation, to determine the name of any person entitled to damages awarded under section six, or if said board of officers determines that any person entitled to such damages is under a legal disability from receiving payment thereof, any check on account of such damages shall be made payable to the treasurer or other officer having like powers of the body politic or corporate on behalf of which such taking has been made, hereinafter in this section and in section seven E called the treasurer, and deposited with him for the benefit of the person or persons entitled thereto. If said board of officers determines that damages awarded under section six should be apportioned between two or more persons having an estate or interest in a single parcel of land, any check on account of such damages may be made payable to the treasurer and deposited with him for the benefit of the persons entitled thereto. The treasurer shall deposit any such check in a savings bank or other like institution, or in savings accounts in a trust company, or invest the same in share accounts in a federal savings and loan association or a savings and loan association located in the commonwealth, or in investments described in section thirty-eight of chapter twenty-nine, to accumulate for the benefit of the person or persons entitled thereto. Such deposit or investment shall be made in the name of the treasurer. When the person entitled to such amount or any portion thereof satisfies said board of officers of his right to receive it, said board of officers shall, after such notice as it may order, order such amount or portion thereof, or the proceeds of its investment, to be transferred to him by the treasurer. Amounts deposited or invested under this section shall be subject to the provisions of chapter two hundred A, relating to unclaimed and abandoned property, and the treasurer shall, insofar as practicable, make such reports and give such notice concerning the same as are required respectively by sections seven and eight of said chapter two hundred A. No action by a taking authority under the provisions of this section shall be construed so as to prevent or delay the operation of section sixteen.
MA Gen L ch 79 § 7e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments|Chapter 79 - Eminent Domain|Section 7e - Unclaimed Checks

Section 7E. If any check issued in accordance with section seven B remains unclaimed by any person entitled thereto for a period of sixty days after notice in accordance with section seven C, such check shall be withdrawn and a new check issued in like amount. Such new check shall be made payable to the treasurer and shall be deposited, held and disposed of in accordance with section seven D.
MA Gen L ch 79 § 7f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments|Chapter 79 - Eminent Domain|Section 7f - Copies of Notice or Notice of Deposit; Sending to Tax Collectors

Section 7F. The board of officers shall, immediately upon giving notice in accordance with section seven C or upon depositing a check in accordance with sections seven D or seven E, send a copy of such notice or of notice of such deposit, as the case may be, to the collector of taxes of the city or town in which the land to which such notice or petition pertains is located.