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MA Gen L ch 127 § 164 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVIII - Prisons, Imprisonment, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 127 - Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions. Paroles and Pardons|Section 164 - County Commissioners; Aid to Prisoners

Section 164. The county commissioners may provide a prisoner released from prison with such amount of money as in their opinion can be wisely used to encourage his reformation, or they may pay it to a suitable person designated by them to be used for such prisoner.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 165 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVIII - Prisons, Imprisonment, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 127 - Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions. Paroles and Pardons|Section 165 - Expenditures by Superintendent or Keeper of Jail in Aid of Discharged Prisoners

Section 165. The superintendent or keeper of a jail or house of correction may, with the approval of the county commissioners, expend such amount, not exceeding twenty-five dollars, in aiding a prisoner discharged from his custody as in his opinion will assist such prisoner in his endeavor to reform. He may in his discretion pay it to the prisoner, or to some person selected by the superintendent or keeper, to be expended by him in behalf of the prisoner or for providing the prisoner with board, clothing, transportation or tools. The amount so paid by a superintendent or keeper shall be allowed and paid by the county like other prison expenses.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 166 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVIII - Prisons, Imprisonment, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 127 - Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions. Paroles and Pardons|Section 166 - Payment or Receipt of Money for Obtaining Pardon, Parole, Commutation of or Respite From Sentence

Section 166. No person shall, in the attempt to procure, or for the procurement of, any pardon, parole, commutation of or respite from sentence of a prisoner then confined in, or at liberty after having been confined in, any of the penal institutions of this commonwealth, or then under sentence to serve a term of imprisonment in any of said institutions, knowingly pay or offer to pay, or solicit, offer to receive or receive, either by way of gift or of reward or of compensation for services, or otherwise, except for proper legal services, any money or other thing of value, or shall transmit the same from one person to another; nor in such attempt or for such procurement shall any person make, or offer or promise to make, or to procure or induce the making of, any appointment to any position, whether or not in the public service.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 167 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVIII - Prisons, Imprisonment, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 127 - Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions. Paroles and Pardons|Section 167 - Persons Representing Applicants for Pardons, Parole or Commutation of Sentence; Statements

Section 167. No person shall represent or purport to represent any prisoner then confined in, or at liberty after having been confined in, any of the penal institutions of this commonwealth or then under sentence to serve a term of imprisonment in any of said institutions, in the attempt to procure or for the procurement of any pardon, parole, commutation of or respite from sentence, unless such person shall first have filed in the office of the state secretary a written statement signed by him and made under the penalties of perjury, stating in substance that none of the provisions of section one hundred and sixty-six has been violated, that such person is acting with the written consent of the prisoner, and that such person has not received or been promised, and does not expect to receive or to be promised, any money or other reward for so acting, except fees or other reward for legal services, the amount of which fees or other reward and a detailed description of which services shall be set forth in such statement. If any person receives any additional fee or other reward for legal services different from that disclosed in the statement referred to in this section, such person shall forthwith file in the same form and manner as the original statement an additional statement setting forth the amount of such additional fees or the exact nature and extent of such reward, with a detailed description of the legal services rendered for such fee or reward. Said statements shall be kept as permanent records in the office of the state secretary and shall be open to public inspection at any reasonable time.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 168 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVIII - Prisons, Imprisonment, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 127 - Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions. Paroles and Pardons|Section 168 - Violation of Sec. 166 or 167

Section 168. Whoever violates any provision of section one hundred and sixty-six or one hundred and sixty-seven shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 169 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVIII - Prisons, Imprisonment, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 127 - Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions. Paroles and Pardons|Section 169 - Copy of Secs. 166 to 169; Printing on Petition for Pardon Forms

Section 169. A copy of sections one hundred and sixty-six to one hundred and sixty-nine, inclusive, shall be printed on the form of any petition for pardon, parole, commutation of or respite from sentence, but shall not be deemed a part of such petition.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. The following words as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires: ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of agricultural resources. ''Department'', the department of agricultural resources. ''Director'', in sections 16 to 31A, inclusive, the director of the division of regulatory services in the department of agricultural resources. ''Inspector'', in sections thirty-two to thirty-eight, inclusive, the inspector of apiaries. ''Nursery stock'', trees, shrubs, woody plants and strawberry plants, whether wild or cultivated, and parts thereof for propagation. ''Riding school operator'', any person owning or having the custody of one or more horses which are let for hire to be ridden or driven, with or without the furnishing of riding or driving instructions. ''Trustees'', the trustees for county cooperative extension service.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 1a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 1a - Farming, Agriculture, Farmer; Definitions

Section 1A. ''Farming'' or ''agriculture'' shall include farming in all of its branches and the cultivation and tillage of the soil, dairying, the production, cultivation, growing and harvesting of any agricultural, aquacultural, floricultural or horticultural commodities, the growing and harvesting of forest products upon forest land, the raising of livestock including horses, the keeping of horses as a commercial enterprise, the keeping and raising of poultry, swine, cattle and other domesticated animals used for food purposes, bees, fur-bearing animals, and any forestry or lumbering operations, performed by a farmer, who is hereby defined as one engaged in agriculture or farming as herein defined, or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with such farming operations, including preparations for market, delivery to storage or to market or to carriers for transportation to market.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 2a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 2a - Horse Riding Instructors; Licenses; Fees; Validity of License; Duplicate Licenses; Rules and Regulations

Section 2A. No person shall hold himself out to be a horse riding instructor for hire without being licensed for such purpose by the commissioner. Application for a license under this section may be filed with the commissioner and shall contain such information as he shall prescribe. Every such application shall be accompanied by a registration fee of 20 dollars, which shall in no event be refunded. If an application is approved by the commissioner, the applicant upon the payment of an additional fee of 30 dollars shall be granted a license, which shall expire on March thirty-first following the date of issue, unless sooner revoked. The annual fee for renewal thereafter shall be 30 dollars.  Every person licensed as aforesaid shall endorse his usual signature on the margin of the license in the space provided for such purpose immediately upon the receipt of said license, and such license shall not be valid until so endorsed. In case of loss, mutilation, or destruction of a license, the commissioner shall issue a duplicate upon proper proof thereof and payment of a fee of 4 dollars.  The commissioner shall make rules and regulations governing the issuance and revocation of said license, and shall establish the minimum qualifications for the issuance thereof. If the qualifications of an applicant meet or exceed the minimum qualifications established by the commissioner he shall be issued such license.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 2b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 2b - Riding Schools or Stables; License; Fee; Rules and Regulations; Penalties

Section 2B. Every person engaged in the business of operating a riding school or a stable where horses are kept for hire, shall obtain a license therefor from the commissioner, the fee for which shall be $100, and such license shall expire on March thirty-first following the date of issuance, unless sooner revoked. The commissioner, subject to the approval of the governor may make rules and regulations governing the issuance and revocation of such licenses and the conducting of the businesses so licensed and relative to the maintenance of the premises, buildings and conveyances, the health of the horses or other equine animals, and the method and time of inspection and checking of said animals. Whoever violates any provision of this section or of any rule or regulation made thereunder shall be punished for a first offence by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and for any subsequent offence by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two and one half years, or both.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 2c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 2c - Horses Participating in Contests at Agricultural Fairs; Administering of Drugs Prohibited; Testing, Prima Facie Evidence; Eligibility Restricted; Rules and Regulations

Section 2C. No person shall administer or cause to be administered any drug, internally or externally by injection, drench or otherwise, to any animal for the purpose of retarding, stimulating or in any other manner affecting the performance of such animal in or in connection with a contest conducted under the provisions of paragraph (f) of section two.  The commissioner is hereby authorized to make such tests of saliva, blood and urine of any animal entered into a pulling contest as he may deem necessary. If a drug is found in the chemical analysis of said saliva, blood or urine, it shall be prima facie evidence that a drug has been administered.  The owner of any animal which has been tested and in which a drug has been found, his representative, and any animals owned by or leased to such person shall be ineligible to participate in or receive premiums offered at any agricultural fair or any pulling contest in the commonwealth pending an investigation, finding, and order of the commissioner.  The commissioner may make rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 2e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 2e - Agricultural Harvesting or ''pick-Your-Own'' Farming Operations; Liability of Owners or Operators

Section 2E. No owner, operator, or employee of a farm who allows any person to enter said farm for the purpose of agricultural harvesting, including the cutting of Christmas trees under a so-called ''pick-your-own'' agreement shall be liable for injuries or death to persons, or damage to property, resulting from the conduct of such operation in the absence of wilful, wanton, or reckless conduct on the part of said owner, operator, or employee.  Said owner or operator of said farm shall post and maintain signs which contain the warning notice specified herein. Such signs shall be placed in a location visible to persons allowed to enter said farm for the purpose of agricultural harvesting. The warning notice shall appear on a sign in black letters, with each letter to be a minimum of one inch in height and shall contain the following notice:  WARNING  Under section 2E of chapter 128 of the General Laws the owner, operator, or any employees of this farm, shall not be liable for injury or death of persons, or damage to property, resulting out of the conduct of this ''pick-your-own'' harvesting activity in the absence of wilful, wanton, or reckless conduct.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 3 - Collection and Circulation of Information Regarding Development of Agricultural Resources

Section 3. The department may collect all necessary information in regard to the opportunities for developing agricultural resources through the reoccupancy of idle or partly improved farms and farm land, and may cause the facts so obtained, and a statement of the advantages offered, to be circulated where and how it deems for the best interest of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 4 - Trust Funds, Gifts or Bequests

Section 4. The department may take, and hold in trust, funds collected pursuant to marketing orders or agreements as set forth in sections one hundred and two through one hundred and fifteen of this chapter, and gifts and bequests to it for promoting agricultural education or the general interests of husbandry.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 5 - Annual Report

Section 5. The department shall make an annual report, including the number of agents, assistants and scientific experts employed in the various divisions together with their expenses and disbursements, of all investigations made by the department of all cases prosecuted with the results thereof, and any other information advantageous to the public and agricultural industry.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 6 - Lectures and Publications

Section 6. The commissioner may arrange for lectures before the department, and may issue for general distribution such publications as he considers best adapted to promote the interests of agriculture including, but not limited to, reports, bulletins, special circulars, or otherwise, the results of analysis of commercial fertilizers and feedstuffs made under sections fifty-one to eighty, inclusive of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 7 - Posters Containing Extracts of Laws; Preparation and Distribution

Section 7. The commissioner shall cause to be printed on durable material, suitable to be affixed to trees or otherwise to be posted in the open air, copies of such extracts from section thirty-six of chapter one hundred and thirty-one and sections one hundred and five, one hundred and thirteen, one hundred and fifteen, one hundred and seventeen, one hundred and twenty-two and one hundred and thirty-one of chapter two hundred and sixty-six as in his opinion will tend to prevent depredations on farm and forest lands, and shall furnish a reasonable number of such copies to any owner or tenant of land, upon application, at a price not less than the cost thereof.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 7a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 7a - Definitions

Section 7A. As used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:—  ''Agriculture'' and ''farming'', as defined in section 1A of chapter 128.  ''Arbor'', an area of land devoted to the propagation and cultivation of fruitbearing trees and shrubs, and nut trees.  ''Bureau'', the bureau of land use in the division of agricultural development.  ''Chief'', the chief of the bureau of land use.  ''Elderly persons of low income'', persons who are age 65 or over and whose annual income is less than the amount necessary to enable them to maintain a decent standard of living, except that where there exists a surplus of land appropriate for garden use, the age requirement may be reduced by the director to age 62; but the oldest of the applicants between 62 and 65 shall be given preference.  ''Families of low income'', families and persons whose net annual income is less than the amount necessary to enable them to maintain a decent standard of living.  ''Farm'', a body of land devoted to agriculture.  ''Garden'', a piece of land appropriate for the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.  ''Greenhouse gas benefits'', greenhouse gas emissions source reduction or carbon sequestration.  ''Healthy soils'', soils that enhance their continuing capacity to function as a biological system, increase soil organic matter, improve soil structure and water and nutrient-holding capacity and result in net long-term greenhouse gas benefits.  ''Healthy soils practices'', practices that: (i) improve measurable soil health on lands utilized for commercial farming, suburban and urban lawns, yards and gardens, public and private forests, parks and other open spaces and non-paved outdoor areas of office complexes, mixed-use facilities, businesses, industries and colleges and other institutions; (ii) provide 1 or more of the following benefits: (A) improve food production; (B) encourage the health, growth and biological diversity of plants and forests; (C) increase water infiltration reducing storm water run-off; (D) provide drought and crop resilience; (E) enhance water quality; and (F) reduce the use of fertilizers and herbicides; and (iii) provide greenhouse gas benefits.  ''Use'', when applied to gardening; to make use of, without conveyance of title or any other ownership.  ''Vacant public land'', any land owned by the commonwealth, or any county or municipality therein, that is not in use for public purpose.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 7b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 7b - Use of Public Lands; Application; Indemnification

Section 7B. Any person may make application to the bureau of land use on a form to be furnished by the bureau for a permit to use available vacant public land for garden, arbor, or farm purposes. Applicants shall submit a plan for said use and shall agree to maintain the land in a condition consistent with said land use plan, and shall agree to abide by the rules and regulations promulgated by said bureau. Failure to carry out the conditions of agreement shall result in the forfeiture of the garden, arbor or farm permit. Any person who is granted the use of garden, arbor, or farm land shall indemnify and save harmless the commonwealth, the department of agricultural resources and all of its officers, agents and employees against suits and claims of liability of each name and nature arising out of, or in consequence of the use of vacant public land.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 7c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 7c - Priority in Allotment of Public Lands

Section 7C. Priority in the allotment of vacant public land for garden and arbor purposes shall be given to elderly persons of low income, families of low income and children between the ages of 7 and 16. Products grown in gardens and arbors shall not be sold.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 7d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 7d - Bureau Contracts for Use of Public Lands

Section 7D. The bureau shall, with the cooperation of other state agencies and cities and towns, compile a list of all vacant land, that in the opinion of the agencies and cities and towns, can be feasibly used for gardening, arbor culture or farming. The bureau shall, by letters of agreement, contract with such agencies or cities and towns for the use of said vacant land. Contracts may contain a termination date. If no date is determined, either party may terminate the contract by written notice given within 60 days; but no contract shall be terminated until the end of the harvest season. The bureau shall notify the gardeners or farmers of the notice of termination.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 7e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 7e - Making Land Available to Bureau

Section 7E. Owners of land may make available to the bureau parcels of land for the purposes set forth in section 7B under terms and conditions agreed upon between the owners and the bureau, and the commonwealth, the department and all of its officers, agents and employees shall be saved harmless as provided in section 7B.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 7f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 7f - Adoption of Rules and Regulations

Section 7F. The commissioner after a public hearing shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with chapter 30A and consistent with sections 7A to 7E, inclusive of this chapter.