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MA Gen L ch 111 § 154 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 154 - Killing or Rendering of Horses; Licenses; Application; Notice to Director of Animal Health; Fees

Section 154. A person engaged in or desiring to engage in the business of killing horses, or in the rendering of horses or other animals, shall annually in March apply for a license to the board of health of the town where such business is to be carried on. The application shall be in writing and signed by the persons desiring to carry on such business, or, if the applicant is a corporation, by a duly authorized officer thereof. It shall state the names in full and the addresses of all persons desiring to carry on such business, or, if a corporation is the applicant, the names of all its officers, and the street or other place where the business is to be conducted. The board of health of a town may grant such licenses after it is satisfied that the applicants have a suitable building and plant in a situation approved by said board, and that they have suitable trucks or wagons for the removal of dead animals. The license shall state the name of the licensee, the situation of the building or establishment where the business is to be carried on, and shall continue in force until April first of the year next ensuing unless sooner revoked. The board of health shall keep a record of such licenses granted by it, and shall notify the director of animal health of the granting of any such license, giving the name and address of the licensee. Unless otherwise established in a town by town meeting action and in a city by city council action, and in a town with no town meeting by town council action, by adoption of appropriate by-laws and ordinances to set such fees, the fee for a license shall not exceed one dollar, and a license may be revoked at any time by the board of health, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than ten dollars. Licensees shall report to the director of animal health, in such form and at such times as he may order, every animal received by them which is infected with a contagious disease. No unlicensed person shall carry on the business of killing horses or of rendering horses or other animals. So much of section thirty of chapter one hundred and twenty-nine as provides that no person shall knowingly sell an animal with a contagious disease shall not apply to any person who sells such animal to a licensee under this section, if such animal is to be killed or rendered at the establishment of such licensee. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 155 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 155 - Licensing of Stables in Cities and Large Towns; Fees

Section 155. No person shall erect, occupy or use for a stable any building in a city, or in a town having more than five thousand inhabitants, unless such use is licensed by the board of health, and, in such case, only to the extent so licensed. The fee for such licenses shall be established in a town by town meeting action and in a city by city council action, and in a town with no town meeting by town council action, by adoption of appropriate by-laws and ordinances to set such fees, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than forty dollars. This section shall not prevent any such occupation and use authorized by law on May fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to the extent and by the person so authorized, but the board of health of such a city or town may make such regulations or orders as, in its judgment, the public health requires relative to drainage, ventilation, size and character of stalls, bedding, number of animals and storage and handling of manure in any stable in its city or town.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 156 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 156 - Stables in Vicinity of Churches

Section 156. No person shall in a city occupy or use a building for a livery stable, or a stable for taking or keeping horses and carriages for hire or to let, within two hundred feet of a church or meeting house erected and used for the public worship of God, without the written consent of the religious society or parish worshipping therein; but this section shall not prevent such occupation and use if authorized by law on May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to the extent then authorized.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 157 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 157 - Penalty for Violation of Secs. 155 and 156

Section 157. Whoever violates any provision of the two preceding sections or of a regulation or order made thereunder shall be punished by a fine of five dollars for each day such violation continues.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 158 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 158 - Licensing of Stables in Small Towns; Fees; Restraint of Erection, Occupancy or Use of Stables

Section 158. The selectmen of towns having a population of five thousand or less may license suitable persons to keep more than four horses in specified buildings or places within their respective towns, and may revoke such licenses at pleasure. The fee for such licenses shall be established by said selectmen, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than twenty dollars. Whoever, not being licensed as aforesaid, occupies or uses a building or place for a stable for more than four horses shall forfeit not more than fifty dollars for every month he so occupies or uses such building or place, and in like proportion for a shorter time. The superior court may restrain the erection, occupancy or use of stables contrary to this section or section one hundred and fifty-five or one hundred and fifty-six.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 159 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 159 - Supervision of Inland Waters

Section 159. The department of environmental protection, in this section and sections one hundred and sixty to one hundred and sixty-six, inclusive, called the department, shall have the general oversight and care of all inland waters and of all streams, ponds and underground waters used by any city, town, water supply or fire district or public institution or by any water or ice company or any person in the commonwealth as sources of ice or water supply and of all springs, streams and watercourses tributary thereto. It shall be provided with maps, plans and documents suitable for such purposes, and shall keep records of all its transactions relative thereto. It shall give notice to the attorney general of any violation of law relative to the pollution of water supplies and inland waters.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 160b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 160b - Water Quality Violations; Orders of Department of Environmental Quality Engineering; Enforcement

Section 160B. The department shall immediately report any violations of standards or regulations regulating the quality of water used for drinking, domestic or culinary purposes to the department of public health. If the department of public health ascertains from its own inspection or from the report of the department that there is a violation of those regulations or standards which may endanger the public health, it may order the appropriate party to cease violating the regulation and to take whatever steps are necessary to purify the water. If any such order of the department of public health conflicts with any order of the department the order of the department of public health shall take precedence. Such an order will be enforceable by the superior court sitting in equity upon the petition of the department of public health.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 160c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 160c - Home Water Treatment Devices; Definitions Applicable to Secs. 160b to 160g

Section 160C. As used in this section and sections one hundred and sixty B to one hundred and sixty G, inclusive, the following terms shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the following meanings:—  ''Department'', the department of environmental protection.  ''Home water treatment device'', any product that (a) is designed to alter the chemical, electro-chemical, or physical properties or characteristics of drinking water, and (b) is used, sold, leased, or rented for use on residential real property primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.  ''Purchaser'', a person who purchases, leases or rents home water treatment devices.  ''Seller'', a person who sells, leases, rents or promotes home water treatment devices.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 160d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 160d - Analysis of Drinking Water; Disclosure Form

Section 160D. Any person shall be permitted to test or analyze drinking water for the purpose of selling, leasing, renting or promoting home water treatment devices for the following substances: chlorine, chloride, color, iron, manganese, odor, hardness, hydrogen sulfide, PH, sulfate, TDS, zinc and such other substances as the department may by regulation allow; provided, however, that the test or analysis shall be accompanied by a form provided or approved by the department and given by the seller to the prospective purchaser setting out clearly and accurately the scope, limits, and results of said test or analysis. A civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars shall be assessed for a failure by the seller to provide prospective purchasers with the required form. The department, in consultation with representatives of consumer groups and the home water treatment device industry shall develop such form or approve such forms as may be submitted to the department. Failure by the department to provide or approve such form shall constitute a waiver of said requirement until such form shall be provided or approved by the department.  Any person may deliver to an independent laboratory, certified by the department to test for drinking water supply parameters, a sample of water collected and sealed in a manner approved by the department for the purpose of having said water tested or analyzed. Results of such testing and analysis, including a comparison of such results with Massachusetts drinking water standards and a brief description of the health effects of any contaminants shown to be present at levels that exceed the Massachusetts drinking water standards shall be reported in writing to the prospective purchaser by the certified laboratory on a standard testing result form, as approved by the department, prior to any sale, lease or rental arrangement of a home water treatment device.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 160e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 160e - Analysis of Drinking Water by Uncertified Person; Penalty

Section 160E. A civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars shall be assessed on any person who is not certified by the department to perform drinking water quality testing who tests or analyzes drinking water, except for those tests allowed under the provisions of section one hundred and sixty D for the purpose of selling, leasing, renting or promoting a home water treatment device.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 160f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 160f - Misrepresentations; Sale of Home Water Treatment Devices

Section 160F. Any misleading statement or material misrepresentation made in order to sell, lease, rent or promote for sale, lease, or rental of a home water treatment device shall constitute an unfair and deceptive practice under the provisions of chapter ninety-three A.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 160g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 160g - Enforcement of Secs. 160c to 160f

Section 160G. The department may make such rules and regulations or issue orders requiring such action as it deems necessary to enforce the provisions of sections one hundred and sixty C to one hundred and sixty F, inclusive. The department and cities, towns and districts acting through their local boards of health or boards or offices having like powers and duties where there is no board of health, shall have concurrent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of said sections one hundred and sixty C to one hundred and sixty F, inclusive. Any persons aggrieved by any action of a city, town or district pursuant to the provisions of said sections one hundred and sixty C to one hundred and sixty F, inclusive, may appeal to the department and said department may, after a hearing, affirm, rescind, modify or amend such action. Civil penalties collected by cities, towns, and districts from said enforcement shall be retained for use by the cities, towns, and districts.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 162 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 162 - Removal of Causes of Pollution; Petition; Hearing; Notice; Damages; Violation of Order

Section 162. Upon petition to the department by the mayor of a city or the selectmen of a town, the managing board or officer of any public institution, or by a board of water commissioners, or the president of a water or ice company, stating that manure, excrement, garbage, sewage or any other matter pollutes or tends to pollute the waters of any stream, pond, spring, underground waters, or watercourse used by such city, town, institution or company as a source of water supply, the department shall appoint a time and place within the county where the nuisance or pollution is alleged to exist for a hearing, and after notice thereof to parties interested and a hearing, if in its judgment the public health so requires, shall, by an order served upon the party causing or permitting such pollution, prohibit the deposit, keeping or discharge of any such cause of pollution, and shall order him to desist therefrom and to remove any such cause of pollution; but the department shall not prohibit the cultivation and use of the soil in the ordinary methods of agriculture if no human excrement is used thereon. The department shall not prohibit the use of any structure in existence on June eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, upon a complaint made by the board of water commissioners of any town or by any water or ice company unless such board of water commissioners or company files with the department a vote of its city council, selectmen or company that such town or company will at its own expense make such changes in said structure or its location as said department shall deem expedient. Such vote shall be binding on such town or company. All damages caused by such changes shall be paid by such town or company; and if the parties cannot agree thereon, the damages may be recovered under chapter seventy-nine. Whoever violates such an order, (a) shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars, to the use of the commonwealth, for each day that such violation occurs or continues, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment; or (b), shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars per day for each day that such violation occurs or continues.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 163 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 163 - Appeal

Section 163. Whoever is aggrieved by an order made under section one hundred and sixty or section one hundred and sixty-two may appeal therefrom as provided in section one hundred and forty-seven; but such notice as the court shall order shall also be given to the board of water commissioners and mayor, or chairman of the selectmen, or president or other officer of the water or ice company interested in such order. While the appeal is pending the order of the department shall be complied with, unless otherwise authorized by it.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 164 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 164 - Enforcement of Orders, Rules and Regulations

Section 164. The supreme judicial or superior court, upon the application of the department or of any party interested, may enforce the orders, rules and regulations of said department, and restrain the use or occupation of the premises or such portion thereof as said department may specify on which the material is deposited or kept, or such other cause of pollution exists, until the orders, rules and regulations of the department have been complied with.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 165 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 165 - Entry on Premises; Compensation of Agents; Apportionment

Section 165. The agents and servants of the department may enter any building, structure or premises to ascertain whether sources of pollution or danger to the water supply there exist, and whether the rules, regulations and orders aforesaid are obeyed. Their compensation for services rendered in connection with proceedings under section one hundred and sixty-two shall be fixed by the department, and shall in the first instance be paid by the commonwealth; but the whole amount so paid shall, at the end of each year, be justly and equitably apportioned by the commissioner of revenue between such towns or companies as, during said year, have instituted said proceedings, and may be recovered in an action by the state treasurer, with interest from the date of demand.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 167 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 167 - Protection of Sources of Water Supply

Section 167. No sewage, drainage, refuse or polluting matter, of such kind and amount as either by itself or in connection with other matter will corrupt or impair the quality of the water of any pond or stream used as a source of ice or water supply by a town, public institution or water company for domestic use, or render it injurious to health, and no human excrement, shall be discharged into any such stream or pond, or upon their banks if any filter basin so used is there situated, or into any feeders of such pond or stream within twenty miles above the point where such supply is taken.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 168 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 168 - Prescriptive Rights of Drainage; Application of Sec. 167

Section 168. The preceding section shall not destroy or impair rights acquired by legislative grant prior to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, or destroy or impair prescriptive rights of drainage or discharge to the extent to which they lawfully existed on that date; nor shall it be applicable to the Merrimack or Connecticut rivers, or to so much of the Concord river as lies within the limits of Lowell.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 169 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 169 - Injunction Against Pollution of Water Supply

Section 169. The supreme judicial or superior court, upon application of the mayor of a city, the selectmen of a town, the managing board or officer of a public institution, or a water or ice company which is interested, may enjoin the violation of section one hundred and sixty-seven.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 170 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 170 - Willful Defilement or Corruption of Spring or Source of Water

Section 170. Whoever willfully and maliciously defiles or corrupts any spring or other source of water, or reservoir, or destroys or injures any pipe, conductor of water or other property pertaining to an aqueduct, or aids or abets in any such trespass, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each day that such willful and malicious activity occurs or continues, or imprisonment in state prison for not more than 5 years or in the house of correction for not more than 2 years or by both such fine and imprisonment. Whoever otherwise defiles or corrupts any spring or other source of water, or reservoir, or destroys or injures any pipe, conductor of water or other property pertaining to an aqueduct shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars per day for each day that such violation occurs or continues.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 171 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 171 - Wilful Deposit of Excrement or Foul Matter Into Water Supply; Bathing in Water Supply

Section 171. Whoever wilfully deposits excrement or foul or decaying matter in water used for domestic water supply, or upon the shore thereof within five rods of the water, or whoever bathes in such water shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month. A police officer or constable of a town where such water is wholly or partially situated, acting within the limits of such town, and any executive officer or agent of a water board, board of water commissioners, public institution or water company furnishing water or ice for domestic purposes, acting upon the premises of such board, institution or company and not more than five rods from the water, may without a warrant arrest any person found in the act of violating this section and detain him in some convenient place until a complaint can be made against him therefor. The provisions of this section shall not interfere with the sewage of a town or public institution, or prevent the enrichment of land for agricultural purposes by the owner or occupant thereof.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 173a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 173a - Police Employed to Protect Water Supply; Powers and Duties

Section 173A. Police employed by the water board or board of water commissioners of a city, town or water district, a public institution or water company, and duly appointed in one of the cities or towns within an area from which water is being supplied under the direction of such board, institution or company, or over which such board, institution or company has control, or where such water is furnished by such city, town, district, institution or company shall within and throughout any or all of such areas have all the powers and duties of police officers of cities and towns.