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MA Gen L ch 140 § 185f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 185f - Violation of Statutes and Regulations Relative to Reselling of Tickets

Section 185F. Whoever violates any provision of section one hundred and eight-five A to section one hundred and eighty-five G, inclusive, or any rule or regulation of the commissioner made under section one hundred and eighty-five E, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars; provided, however, that whoever, after being convicted of a second violation of section one hundred and eighty-five A, again violates said section shall, for such third or subsequent offense, be punished by such find and by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 185g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 185g - Nonapplicability of Statutes to Tickets for Entertainment of Nonprofit Organizations

Section 185G. The provisions of section one hundred and eighty-two A and the six preceding sections shall not apply to tickets or other evidences of entry to theatrical exhibitions, public shows or public amusements or exhibitions, all the proceeds of the sale or resale of which inure exclusively to the benefit of religious, educational or charitable institutions, societies or organizations or civic leagues or organizations not organized for profit but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare or to associations of veterans of any wars of the United States, or to tickets or other evidences of entry to agricultural fairs, none of the profits of the sale or resale of which are distributed to stockholders or members of the association conducting the same.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 185h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 185h - Dancing Schools; Grants, Terms, Revocation, Suspension, Contents Coverage and Expiration of License for Dancing Schools; Fees; Inspection and Supervision; Penalty

Section 185H. In Boston, and in any other city or town which accepts the provisions of this section, the mayor or selectmen thereof may grant upon such terms and conditions as he or they may deem reasonable licenses for dancing schools, so called, to be conducted on week days only, and may fix the fee for said licenses within the limit hereinafter provided. He or they may revoke or suspend such licenses for just cause after hearing, due notice whereof shall have been given. The head of the police department in such city or town may cause such dancing schools to be inspected and supervised. Licenses granted as aforesaid shall specify the street or place and the number if there be any, or, if there is no number, then the location of the place, in which the license is to be exercised, and the license shall not be valid in any other place. Licenses so issued shall expire on April thirtieth of each year. The fee for such license shall not exceed five dollars. Whoever conducts a dancing school in such city or town unless authorized so to do by a license in full force and effect shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 185i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 185i - Fortune Tellers; License

Section 185I. No person shall tell fortunes for money unless a license therefor has been issued by the local licensing authority. Said license shall be granted only to applicants who have resided continuously in the city or town in which the license is sought for at least twelve months immediately preceding the date of the application. No such license shall be transferred or assigned. 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 each license granted under this section shall be two dollars, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than fifty dollars. Whoever tells fortunes for money unless licensed under this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 186 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 186 - Grant of License for Roller Skating, Carousels, Inclined Railways, Ferris Wheels and Exhibitions of Fire Fighting; Terms, Conditions and Regulations

Section 186. The license commission of Lowell, the mayor of any other city, and the selectmen of any town, may grant a license to any person to establish, keep open and maintain staking rinks to be used for roller skating, carousels, inclined railways, Ferris wheels and outdoor exhibitions of fire fighting for the amusement of the public, for hire, gain or reward, upon such terms, conditions and regulations as they deem proper, subject to sections two hundred and two to two hundred and five, inclusive, and to the provisions of law relating to the observance of Sunday.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 187 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 187 - Maintenance of Rink Without License

Section 187. Whoever, without such license, establishes, keeps open or maintains a skating rink to be used for the amusement of roller skating or any other amusement referred to in the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 188 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 188 - Grant of License for Picnic Grove; Terms, Conditions and Regulations

Section 188. In a city or town which accepts the provisions of this and the two following sections or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the aldermen, except in Boston and Lowell, or the selectmen may grant a license to any person to establish, let, keep open and maintain a grove to be used for picnics or other lawful gatherings and amusements for hire, gain or reward, upon such conditions and regulations as they deem proper, subject to the provisions of sections two hundred and two to two hundred and five, inclusive. In Lowell the license commission and in Boston the licensing board may grant such licenses.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 189 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 189 - Maintenance of Grove Without License

Section 189. Whoever, without such license, establishes, lets, keeps open or maintains, himself or by another, a grove to be used for picnics or other amusements for hire, gain or reward shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 190 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 190 - Peddling, Selling, Gaming, Horse Racing or Exhibitions Near Grove

Section 190. Whoever, not having his residence or regular place of business within one half mile of a grove licensed under section one hundred and eighty-eight, during the time of holding a picnic or other lawful gathering in such licensed grove and within one half mile thereof hawks or peddles goods, wares or merchandise, or establishes or maintains a tent, booth, vehicle or building for vending provisions or refreshments without the consent of the licensee of such grove, or engages in gaming or horse racing, or exhibits or offers to exhibit any show or play, shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 191 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 191 - Grant of License for Power Propelled Boats

Section 191. The aldermen or selectmen may license any person to run a steamboat or other boat propelled by power other than muscular power for the conveyance for hire of passengers on lakes, ponds or waters not within the maritime jurisdiction of the United States.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 192 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 192 - Term; Record; Fee; Contents; Posting; Maximum Number of Passengers

Section 192. Such licenses shall be granted for a term of not more than one year, and shall be recorded by the clerk of the city or town where they are granted, who shall receive a fee of one dollar for recording each license, unless a different fee is 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, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than twenty dollars. Every such license shall set forth the name of the steamboat or other boat, of the master and owner, and the number of passengers it is permitted to carry at any one time, with the number of life preservers that shall be carried. The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place therein, and the number of passengers specified in such license shall in no case be exceeded.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 193 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 193 - Running of Boats Without License

Section 193. Whoever runs a steamboat or other boat propelled by power other than muscular power for the conveyance of passengers for hire on such waters without first obtaining such license from the aldermen of every city and the selectmen of every town within which such steamboat or other boat lands or receives passengers for hire shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 194 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 194 - Prohibition of Business of Renting of Boats or Bathing Suits Without a License

Section 194. Cities and towns which accept this and the two following sections or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws by a vote of the city council or of the town at a town meeting called for the purpose may prohibit any person from carrying on the business of renting boats or bathing suits, for use upon or in so much of the waters of any great pond as is situated within the town, without first obtaining a license so to do from the aldermen or selectmen.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 195 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 195 - Posting of Notices Relative to Statutes

Section 195. The aldermen of such cities and the selectmen of such towns shall cause to be posted in the immediate vicinity of such ponds notices stating that sections one hundred and ninety-four to one hundred and ninety-six, inclusive, have been accepted by the city or town.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 196 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 196 - Engagement in Business Without License

Section 196. Whoever in such a city or town, without obtaining a license under section one hundred and ninety-four, if one is required, engages in the business described in said section, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 197 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 197 - Admission of Children to Entertainments

Section 197. Whoever, himself or by his servant or agent, admits a child under fourteen to any licensed show or place of amusement unless such child is accompanied by a person who has attained the age of eighteen, shall, on complaint of a parent or guardian of the child or of any police officer or of a supervisor of attendance of the town in which the child is so admitted, be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars; but he shall not be liable to said fine if a child apparently fourteen years old has obtained admission by any written misrepresentation or by any unauthorized entrance to said place of amusement, or has entered with and apparently in the company of a person over eighteen but does not remain with such person, provided the person in charge of said place of amusement shall remove such child immediately therefrom upon knowledge that the child is under fourteen and not then accompanied by a person eighteen years or older. This section shall not apply to shows or entertainments which take place before six o'clock in the afternoon and during the hours that the school of which the child attending such show or entertainment is a pupil is not in session. It shall be prima facie evidence that such school is in session if the public schools are in session in the town where said show or entertainment takes place.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 198 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 198 - Admission of Young Persons to Dance Halls

Section 198. No proprietor, lessee or manager and no employee of a proprietor, lessee or manager of any public hall or room in which dancing is practiced, and for admission to which money or other valuable thing is accepted, shall admit, while dancing is practiced therein between six in the afternoon and six in the forenoon, any person fifteen years of age or under, unless such person is accompanied by a parent, guardian or adult member of the family with whom such person is residing; and any minor may be refused admission to or be excluded from any such hall or room while a dance is being carried on therein, unless such minor produces evidence satisfactory to the proprietor or his agent that he is over the age of fifteen years. This section shall not apply to a dance given by any charitable or religious society, or by any public or private school, or by any class, society or club the membership of which is restricted to some particular charitable or religious society or to some particular public or private school.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 199 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 199 - Dance Halls and Skating Rinks; Statutes Posted at Entrances

Section 199. A copy of sections one hundred and ninety-eight to two hundred, inclusive, shall be posted at the entrance of every public hall or room where roller skating or public dances are practiced.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 200 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 200 - Violation of Statutes

Section 200. Whoever violates any provision of the two preceding sections shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars or by the forfeiture of his license, or both.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 201 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 201 - Right of Officers to Enter Premises; Obstruction of Entrance

Section 201. A sheriff, marshal or their deputies, a constable or police officer may at any time enter a billiard, pool or sippio room, bowling alley, skating rink, the licensed premises of a common victualler or room connected therewith, or a grove required to be licensed under section one hundred and eighty-eight, or any building therein, for the purpose of enforcing any law; and whoever obstructs or hinders the entrance of such officer shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 202 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 202 - Signature On, Record, Contents and Term of Licenses; Fees

Section 202. Licenses granted elsewhere than in Boston to dealers in junk, old metals and second hand articles, junk collectors, pawnbrokers and keepers of billiard saloons, pool or sippio rooms or tables, bowling alleys, roller skating rinks, carousels, inclined railways, Ferris wheels, outdoor exhibitions of fire fighting for the amusement of the public and picnic groves shall be signed by the clerk of the city or town where they are granted. Every such license shall, before being delivered to the licensee, be recorded by such clerk, in a book kept for that purpose. Such license shall set forth the name of the licensee, the nature of the business, and the building or place in such city or town in which it is to be carried on, and shall continue in force until May first following unless sooner revoked. The board or officer issuing such a license shall, except as provided in section seventy-seven, receive for the use of the city or town such amount, not less than two dollars for each license, as the board or officer considers reasonable. In Boston licenses for billiard saloons, pool or sippio rooms or tables, bowling alleys and picnic groves shall be signed by the licensing board and recorded by its clerk and licenses for roller skating rinks, carousels, inclined railways, Ferris wheels and outdoor exhibitions of fire fighting for the amusement of the public shall be signed by the mayor and recorded by his clerk; the other licenses referred to in this section shall be signed by the police commissioner and recorded by his clerk.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 203 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 203 - Effective Date of License

Section 203. Such licenses may be granted in April, to take effect on May first following.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 204 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 204 - Coverage of License

Section 204. A license issued as aforesaid shall not protect the holder thereof in a building or place other than that designated in the license unless consent to removal is granted by the licensing board or officer.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 205 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 205 - Revocation of License; Record; Notice

Section 205. Upon the revocation of such a license, such clerk shall note the revocation upon the face of the record thereof, and shall give written notice to the licensee by delivering it to him in person or by leaving it at the place of business designated in the license.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 206 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 206 - Public and Semipublic Outdoor Inground Swimming Pools; Enclosures; Safety Equipment; Inspection; Violations; Penalty

Section 206. Every public and semipublic outdoor inground swimming pool shall be enclosed by a fence six feet in height and firmly secured at ground level provided that any board or stockade fence or structure shall be at least five feet in height, but if over five feet in height, the fence shall be chain link. Such enclosure, including gates therein, shall not be less than six feet above the ground, and any gate shall be self-latching with latches placed four feet above the ground or otherwise made inaccessible from the outside to children up to eight years of age. Such enclosure shall be constructed of such material and maintained so as not to permit any opening in said enclosure, other than a gate, wider than three inches at any point along the enclosure. Any such pool shall be equipped with at least one life ring and a rescue hook.  Every outdoor inground swimming pool open to the public, other than a public inground swimming pool fed by a spring or stream shall be drained or covered within seven days of closing.  For the purposes of this section, ''semipublic outdoor inground pool'' shall mean a swimming or wading pool on the premises of, or used in connection with, a hotel, motel, trailer court, apartment house, country club, youth club, school, camp, or similar establishment where the primary purpose of the establishment is not the operation of the swimming facilities. Semipublic outdoor inground swimming pool shall also mean a pool constructed and maintained by groups for the purposes of providing bathing facilities for members and guests only.  Every public and semipublic outdoor inground swimming pool shall be inspected annually by the inspector of buildings of each city and town in which said pool is located.  Any owner or manager of such public or semipublic pool who fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.
MA Gen L ch 140b § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140b - Control of Certain Junkyards|Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. The following terms as used in this chapter shall, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, have the following meanings:  (a) ''Junk'', old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled, or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.  (b) ''Automobile graveyard'', any establishment or place of business which is maintained, used, or operated for storing, keeping, buying, or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts.  (c) ''Junkyard'', an establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard, and the term shall include garbage dumps and sanitary fills.  (d) ''Interstate system'', that portion of the national system of interstate and defense highways located within the commonwealth, as officially designated or as may hereafter be so designated, by the state department of highways, and approved by the Secretary of Commerce, pursuant to the provisions of Title 23, United States Code.  (e) ''Primary system'', that portion of connected main highways, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the state department of highways, and approved by the Secretary of Commerce, pursuant to the provisions of Title 23, United States Code.  (f) ''Department'', the state department of highways.  (g) ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of the state department of highways.