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2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 267 - Shifting Contents of Branded Cask of Lime

Section 267. Whoever, after a cask containing lime has been branded as aforesaid, shifts the contents of such cask and puts therein other lime with intent to sell the same, shall be punished by a fine of one dollar and fifty cents for each cask of lime so shifted.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 268 - Forfeiture of Cask of Lime

Section 268. A cask of lime which is sold, exposed for sale, or put on board a vessel, contrary to any provision of sections two hundred and sixty-two to two hundred and sixty-eight, inclusive, shall be forfeited, and may be seized and libelled by an inspector of lime.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 271a - Resale of Mattress, Box Spring, Studio Couch or Futon Mattress; Notice to Consumer

Section 271A. Notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, a mattress, box spring, studio couch or futon mattress which has been delivered to and used by a customer and which is later returned to the seller thereof shall be clearly and conspicuously marked thereon and advertised by the seller before any further sale with a tag stating the following: ''This mattress, box spring, studio couch or futon mattress has been previously sold, delivered, used and returned and is being offered for resale.''
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 274 - Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Labeling and Sterilization; Advisory Board

Section 274. The department is authorized to establish and promulgate all rules and regulations, including those pertaining to labeling and sterilization, necessary to carry out the provisions of sections two hundred and seventy to two hundred and seventy-six, inclusive. The department is further authorized to establish further definitions for filling material.
There shall be within the department an advisory board consisting of seven members to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, and upon the recommendation of the department. Two of said members shall be designated in their original appointments to serve for one year, two for two years and three for three years. Upon the expiration of the term of a member, his successor shall be appointed in the manner aforesaid for three years. Such persons shall be recommended by the department on the basis of their qualifications, as determined by their business and civic interests and affiliations, to represent both the industry and the consumer.
Members of the advisory board shall serve without compensation, and shall meet quarterly and at other times at the discretion of the chairman. They shall receive their necessary travel and other expenses when engaged in the work of the board.
The director of the division directly responsible for the enforcement of this law shall appoint a chairman of the advisory board and shall designate an employee of the division to be secretary.
The board shall:—
(a) Act entirely in an advisory capacity, except as provided in section two hundred and seventy-one. A majority of the members of the board present and voting shall constitute the basis for an official action or recommendation of said board.
(b) Consider all matters submitted to it by the director.
(c) On its own initiative recommend to the department such rules and regulations and any changes thereon which the advisory board may deem important and necessary.
(d) Co-operate in the preparation of rules and regulations supplemental to the provisions of this law.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 277 - Penalties for Violation of Secs. 270 to 276

Section 277. Whoever violates any provision of sections two hundred and seventy to two hundred and seventy-six, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. Any person convicted of a violation of any rule or regulation made under authority of section two hundred and seventy-four shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, as provided in the rule or regulation.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 277a - Marking or Labelling of Furs; Misrepresentations

Section 277A. All natural, dyed or imitation furs, and all articles made wholly or partly therefrom, sold at retail within the commonwealth, shall be plainly marked or labelled with an accurate statement of the material which they contain, together with the name and address of the seller. If such statement refers to the fur or other material by a trade name, it shall further designate it by the true name or names of the animal or animals from which such fur is taken or of such other material. In the case of fur, such statement shall fully disclose that the fur sold or contained in the article sold is dyed, or that the fur or article is made of pieces of fur other than whole skins, if such is the fact. Such statement shall contain no misrepresentation as to the place from which the fur or other material came, as to the manufacturer of the article, or as to any other matter, and shall be plainly and permanently marked or branded on the inside of the skin, or plainly set forth in a permanent label firmly sewed to the material or article or to the permanent lining of the article. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 277b - Imported Goods; Marking; Advertisement; Penalty

Section 277B. No person shall sell, or offer or expose for sale any machinery, hardware, ladders, shoes or other footwear, fabrics, suits or other wearing apparel, sporting goods or equipment, radios or parts thereof, or scallops, which have been imported from a foreign country, without notifying each person purchasing or intending to purchase the same that it has been imported, by displaying in a conspicuous place, in letters at least as large as the figures indicating the price of the goods to be sold, a sign marked ''Imported Goods''. If the goods have an individual price marking, then in like manner, they shall also be marked with the words ''Imported Goods'' or the country of origin indicated.
No person shall advertise for sale such goods unless such advertisement also contains the words ''Imported Goods''. The word ''person'' as used in this paragraph shall not be deemed to include a person owning or publishing a newspaper, owning or operating a radio or television station, or other person, furnishing an advertising medium for the sale of such goods.
No person shall sell, or advertise, offer or expose for sale any passenger tickets for ocean cruises unless such tickets, or such advertisement, contain a statement indicating the flag of registry of the vessel.
Whoever violates any provision of this section shall, for the first offense, be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and, for each subsequent offense, by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for one month, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 277c - Original Paintings

Section 277C. No person shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, or have in his possession with intent to sell, any painting which is not an original painting unless it is plainly labelled ''not an original''.
All labels required thereunder shall be securely attached to any such painting. Such labels shall be fixed in such a position that they may be conveniently examined and shall be in accordance with the provisions of this section.
No person shall advertise for sale such goods unless such advertisement contains the words ''not an original''. The word ''person'' in this paragraph shall not be construed to include a person owning or publishing a newspaper, owning or operating a radio or television station or other person furnishing an advertising medium for the sale of such goods.
Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for each such painting.
For the purposes of this section, the phrase ''original painting'' shall mean a painting in any medium which has been independently created and executed and signed by the individual artist.
For purposes of this section, the word ''person'' shall mean a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship or other similar business association engaged in the manufacture or sale of paintings.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 278 - Nails and Brads; Manufacture; Packing

Section 278. Wrought, cut or wire nails and brads of all sizes manufactured in the commonwealth shall be well made, packed free from waste pieces of iron unless they are refuse nails or brads, and free from any fraudulent mixture increasing the weight, in strong and sufficient casks of season timber, well hooped, containing not more than three hundred pounds each.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 279 - Marking or Branding of Cask of Nails or Brads

Section 279. Each cask of wrought, cut or wire nails or brads shall be marked or branded on the head by the manufacturer, in plain, legible letters in the English language, with his name and the net weight of the contents of the cask.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 280 - Sale of Unbranded or Unmarked Casks of Nails or Brads

Section 280. If a cask, package or quantity of wrought, cut or wire nails or brads, manufactured in the commonwealth or elsewhere and not branded or marked as provided in the preceding section, is offered or exposed for sale within the commonwealth or put on board a vessel or vehicle, unless to be carried out of the commonwealth, it shall be forfeited.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 281 - Counterfeiting, Destroying or Altering Brand on Cask of Nails or Brads; Penalty

Section 281. Whoever counterfeits a brand used or intended to be used for the purpose of marking a cask of nails or brads, or destroys or alters a mark or impression made by another's brand on a cask of wrought, cut or wire nails or brads, and causes a different impression by such counterfeit brand to be marked or impressed thereon, or shifts any such nails or brads from one branded cask to another and thereby avails himself of another's brand, shall forfeit twenty dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 283 - Slot Machines and Other Automatic Devices; Use Regulated

Section 283. No person shall maintain any slot machines or other automatic device, except gas meters, electric meters and telephones, which, upon the deposit therein of any coin or other article of value, furnishes music, or other entertainment, exhibits pictures, provides facilities for weighing, supplies any merchandise or other thing, or renders any service, or is represented to do or perform any of the above mentioned things, unless such machine or device is of a type approved by the director of standards; but no person maintaining such machine or device with respect to which, or to the operation, service or supply of which, there is any element of chance shall be protected or be entitled to immunity from prosecution because of such approval.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 284 - Penalties for Violations Related to Slot Machines and Other Automatic Devices

Section 284. Whoever installs or maintains a machine or device mentioned in the preceding section which is of a type not approved as therein provided shall, if such machine or device fails properly to respond to the insertion or deposit therein of a coin or other article of value, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 285 - Sewing Thread; Sale; Marking

Section 285. It shall be unlawful to keep for the purpose of sale, offer or expose for sale, or sell any sewing, basting, mending, darning, crochet, tatting, hand-knitting or embroidery thread, put up or packaged in advance of sale in or on any form of unit, for either wholesale or retail sale, unless such unit be definitely, plainly, and conspicuously marked to show its net measure in terms of yards or its net weight in terms of avoirdupois pounds or ounces.
Any unit of such thread, the net weight of which is less than two ounces avoirdupois, shall be marked to show its net measure in terms of yards as unwound from the ball or from the spool or other holder. Ready-wound bobbins which are not sold separately shall not be required to be individually marked, but the package containing such bobbins shall be marked to show the number of bobbins contained therein and the net weight or measure of the thread on each bobbin. Any retail unit of thread, sold only for household use, consisting of a package containing two or more similar individual units, which are not sold separately, shall be marked to show the number of individual units in the package and the net weight or measure of the thread in each individual unit, but this proviso shall not apply where the individual units are separately marked.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 286 - Sewing Thread; Identification of Manufacturer or Distributor

Section 286. The marking as required in section two hundred and eighty-five shall in all cases be in combination with the name and place of business of the manufacturer or distributor of the thread, or a trade mark, symbol, brand or other mark which positively identifies such manufacturer or distributor, and which shall be filed with the director of standards.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 287 - Weight or Measure Variances

Section 287. An average of not less than ten units of thread of the same type and put-up, selected at random from such units referred to in section two hundred and eighty-five, kept for the purpose of sale, offered or exposed for sale, or sold, shall not weigh or measure more than three per centum less than the net weight or number of yards marked on such units or on the package containing such units.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 288 - Penalty for Violation of Secs. 285 to 287

Section 288. A manufacturer, merchant, jobber, or trader who keeps for the purpose of sale, offers or exposes for sale, or sells any such units of thread which either are not marked or do not weigh or measure as provided in sections two hundred and eighty-five to two hundred and eighty-seven, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 289 - Turpentine; Manufacture; Sale; Marking; Adulteration

Section 289. No person shall manufacture, mix for sale, dispose of, offer or expose for sale, have in possession with intent to sell or dispose of, or sell under the name of turpentine, or spirits of turpentine, or under any name or phrase of which the word turpentine forms a part, or under any name or device illustrating or suggesting turpentine or spirits of turpentine, any article which is not wholly distilled from rosin, turpentine gum, or scrapings from pine trees, unmixed and unadulterated with any other substance, unless the package containing the same shall be stencilled or marked, with letters not less than two inches in height and one inch in width, ''Adulterated Spirits of Turpentine'', except that these letters upon packages of one gallon capacity, or less, may be reduced to one fourth of the said size. No person shall sell or deliver such adulterated spirits of turpentine without informing the purchaser at the time of sale that the article is not pure spirits of turpentine. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as prohibiting the manufacture or sale of such compound or imitation, if the container is plainly marked and the purchaser notified as aforesaid.
Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of one hundred dollars, for the second offence by a fine of two hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or both.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 291 - Sale of Paint or Linseed Oil

Section 291. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale, or dispose of, or have in possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any paint or linseed oil which is labelled or marked in such manner as to deceive, or to tend to deceive, any person as to its nature or composition.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 292 - Possession by Dealer of Incorrectly Labeled Turpentine, Paint or Linseed Oil

Section 292. The having in possession, by any person dealing in such articles, of any article or substance designated in section two hundred and eighty-nine or two hundred and ninety-one, and marked or labelled contrary to said sections, shall be prima facie evidence that the same is kept by such person in violation of the provisions thereof.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 293 - Inspection of Paint, etc.; Complaint; Appointment of Inspectors; Powers and Duties

Section 293. Upon the written complaint of any person aggrieved by any violation of section two hundred and eighty-nine or two hundred and ninety-one, the state police and their agents may enter any place of business, store or building where the sale of paint, turpentine or linseed oil is carried on, and open and inspect any package, can, jar, tub or other receptacle containing articles which might be sold or exposed for sale in violation of said sections, and may appoint and remove inspectors, analysts and chemists for the purpose of inspecting or analyzing the contents of any such receptacle. Inspectors so appointed shall have the same powers and authority relative to the articles aforesaid as are given by sections thirty-three, thirty-five and sixty to the inspectors named therein.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 294 - Interference With Inspector

Section 294. Whoever hinders, obstructs or in any way interferes with any inspector, analyst or other officer appointed or acting under the preceding section while in the performance of his official duty shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295 - Penalty for Violation of Sec. 291

Section 295. Whoever violates any provision of section two hundred and ninety-one shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two months.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295a - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 295a to 295w

Section 295A. When used in sections two hundred and ninety-five A to two hundred and ninety-five W, inclusive:—
(1) The term ''retail dealer'' shall mean any person operating a service station, filling station, store, garage or other place of business for the retail sale of motor fuel or automotive lubricating oil or the sale of or dispensing of motor fuel for delivery into the service tank or tanks of any motor vehicle which is propelled by an internal combustion motor other than such a motor vehicle belonging to the person owning or operating said place of business.
(2) The term ''motor fuel'' shall mean (a) a light distillate of petroleum or allied substance with suitable volatility and other characteristics to be used as a fuel for operating internal combustion engines, whether or not it is mixed with other materials, or (b) any other product or liquid when sold for use as a fuel in any type of internal combustion engine furnishing power to operate a motor vehicle.
(2A) The term ''automotive lubricating oils'' shall mean any oil sold or offered for use as a fluid lubricant in any type of internal combustion engine used to propel any motor vehicle.
(3) The word ''department'' shall mean the department of labor and workforce development.
(4) The word ''division'' shall mean the division of standards in the office of consumer affairs and business regulation.
(5) The term ''deputy director'' shall mean the deputy director of standards in the office of consumer affairs and business regulation.
(6) The term ''cost to the retail dealer'' shall mean the cost of such motor fuel to the dealer plus the cost of doing business, including that part of the overhead of such dealer properly attributable to the sale of such motor fuel according to generally accepted methods of accounting procedure, which overhead shall include without limitation, labor (including the salaries of proprietors and corporate officials and others or a reasonable value for the services of such where no direct wage or salary is paid to them), rent (or a reasonable return on capital invested in real property used in said business) depreciation, selling costs (including gifts or premiums or other valuable considerations passing from the dealer to the purchaser in connection with the sale of motor fuel), maintenance of equipment, delivery costs, all types of licenses, taxes, insurance, and advertising.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295b - Licensing of Retail Dealers Engaged in the Business of Selling Motor Fuel or Automotive Lubricating Oil

Section 295B. No retail dealer shall engage in the business of selling motor fuel or automotive lubricating oil at retail without first procuring from the division a license for each station, store, garage or other establishment at which his said business is to be conducted. Licenses issued under this section shall be issued upon written application to the division, shall be issued only to persons who own the business to be licensed and who are the owners or lessees of the premises on which the business is to be conducted, shall be effective from the date of their issuance until the first day of January of the ensuing year, and shall be renewed annually. A license fee as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven shall be paid for the issuance of every such license and every renewal thereof.
Each licensee shall conspicuously display his license at the station, store, garage or other establishment to which it pertains. The requirements of this section with respect to licenses are hereby declared to be in addition to, and not in substitution for, license requirements contained in any other statute, ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation.
The division shall forthwith notify the commissioner of revenue in writing of all licenses issued, renewed, transferred, modified, cancelled or suspended by it.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295c - Display of Price of Motor Fuel on Dispensing Devices

Section 295C. A retail dealer of motor fuel shall publicly display and maintain on each pump or other dispensing device from which motor fuel is sold by him, at least 1 sign, clearly visible, stating the price per gallon of each grade of motor fuel sold from the pump or device. A sign shall be not less than 8 inches by 10 inches in size. The price shown on a sign shall include all taxes imposed with respect to the manufacture or sale of the motor fuel sold at that pump or device and shall contain either a statement of the taxes included in the price or, without specifying the amount of the taxes, shall state that such taxes are included in the price. All figures, including fractions, on a sign, other than figures and fractions used in a price computing mechanism and constituting a part of a pump or dispensing device, shall be the same size.
No sign, advertising material or other display or product that is placed upon, above or around a pump or dispenser shall directly or indirectly obscure the posted price sign as required by the preceding paragraph.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295cc - Handicapped Persons; Motor Fuel Dispensing

Section 295CC. Every licensed retail motor fuel dealer who offers for sale from both full-service and self-service motor fuel pumps or other dispensing devices from which motor fuel is sold at the same location, shall dispense motor fuel from the self-service pump or device for any owner-operator of a motor vehicle bearing handicapped person or disabled veteran number plates as described in section two of chapter ninety. Any such retail motor fuel dealer shall display in a prominent location one or more signs stating its compliance with the provisions of this section. The division of standards shall develop standards for such signs including, but not limited to, size, text, legibility and location.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295e - Posting Motor Fuel Price on Pump or Other Dispensing Device; Duration; Selling Price; Rebates, Premiums, etc.; Restrictions; Penalties; Inapplicability to Self-Service Pump Dispensing

Section 295E. The price posted on any pump or other dispensing device from which motor fuel is sold, as required by section two hundred and ninety-five C, shall remain posted thereon and continue in effect thereat for a period of not less than twenty-four consecutive hours. No retail dealer shall sell motor fuel at any price other than the price so posted at the time of the sale. No premiums, rebates, allowances, concessions, prizes or other benefits shall be given directly or indirectly by any retail dealer so as to permit any purchaser to obtain motor fuel from such retail dealer at a net price lower than the posted price applicable at the time of the sale. In no transaction in which a retail dealer may fix or set a single price or charge for the sale of a quantity of motor fuel, together with some other commodity or service, shall such single price or charge be less than the aggregate of the charge, in accordance with the posted price, for the motor fuel involved in the transaction, plus the charge for such other commodity or service when the same is sold or rendered separately, rather than in combination with the sale of motor fuel.
Any retail dealer who sells and delivers motor fuel to a customer from a dispensing device, shall return the quantity indicator on the meter face to zero before each delivery by either automatic or manual means. A retail dealer shall not set the price indicator on the meter face of the dispensing device at a price per gallon higher than that posted on the dispensing device. Whoever violates any provision of the preceding two sentences shall, notwithstanding any contrary provision of section two hundred and ninety-five K, be punished by a fine of fifty dollars for the first offense and by a fine of one hundred dollars for each subsequent offense. The provisions of the first sentence of this paragraph shall not apply to motor fuel which is dispensed from a self-service pump operated by a customer.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295f - Marking of Brand Name, etc., of Product on Storage or Dispensing Equipment for Motor Fuel or Automotive Lubricating Oil

Section 295F. All above-ground equipment for storing or dispensing motor fuel or automotive lubricating oil operated by a retail dealer shall bear in a conspicuous place the brand name or trade-mark of the product stored therein or sold or dispensed therefrom. If the motor fuel or automotive lubricating oil stored in or sold or dispensed from above-ground equipment by a retail dealer has no brand name or trade-mark, such container or dispensing equipment shall have conspicuously displayed thereon the words ''No Brand''.
All equipment or containers used for the storage or dispensing of automotive lubricating oils made in whole or in part from previously used lubricating oils shall have displayed thereon the words ''made from previously used lubricating oils''. The size of the letters in said words shall be not less than size fourteen point type on two-gallon cans, or those holding a lesser quantity, and one inch high on all larger containers, but in no case shall the letters be smaller than those in any other words in the same descriptive panel.
All automotive lubricating oil containers shall bear, in a conspicuous place on the container, a number indicating the viscosity classification of the contents, such classification to be determined according to such standard methods as the division may from time to time prescribe.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295g - Standards for Gasoline; Adulteration or Substitution of Motor Fuel or Lubricating Oil

Section 295G. No person shall sell or offer to sell as gasoline any motor fuel or other substance which has an end point higher than four hundred and thirty-seven degrees Fahrenheit, when tested according to such standard methods as may, from time to time, be prescribed by order, rule or regulation under section two hundred and ninety-five I.
No person shall adulterate or permit the adulteration of any motor fuel or automotive lubricating oil offered for sale or sold under a brand name or trade-mark or distinguishing mark of the manufacturer or distributor of said products, or substitute or permit the substitution of any other motor fuel or automotive lubricating oil therefor. No person shall sell or dispense, or offer to sell or dispense, from any pump, tank or other dispensing device or container any motor fuel or automotive lubricating oil other than that indicated by the name, trade name, trade-mark, symbol, sign or other distinguishing mark of the manufacturer or distributor of said product, if any, appearing on said pump, tank or other dispensing device or container.
Every manufacturer or distributor of motor fuel or automotive lubricating oil shall submit samples of said products when requested by the division.
No person shall sell or offer to sell any automotive lubricating oil for automotive purposes which does not conform with the viscosity classification marked on the container, such classification to be determined according to such standard methods as the division may from time to time prescribe.
No person shall sell or offer to sell as diesel motor fuel, any motor fuel or other substance which does not conform to standard specifications for diesel motor fuel when tested according to standard methods of testing. Such standard specifications and standard methods of testing may be prescribed by order, rule or regulation promulgated under the provisions of section two hundred and ninety-five I.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295h - Administration and Enforcement of Secs. 295a to 295o

Section 295H. The division and any representative authorized by the director of standards and any person authorized under section 34, 35 or 36 of chapter 98 shall administer and enforce sections two hundred and ninety-five A to two hundred and ninety-five O, inclusive. For said purpose, the department, subject to appropriation, may appoint to the division such additional investigators, inspectors, analysts, clerks and other assistants as it may deem necessary.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295i - Orders, Rules and Regulations; Adoption; Amendment; Repeal

Section 295I. The division may adopt, amend, alter or repeal, and shall enforce, all such reasonable orders, rules and regulations as may be necessary or suitable for the administration and enforcement of said sections two hundred and ninety-five A to two hundred and ninety-five O, inclusive, and the division may, in such administration and enforcement, at any time cause to be made by its agents or representatives an audit, examination or investigation of the books, records, papers, vouchers, accounts and documents of any retail dealer, who shall make them available at any time upon oral or written demand to the division or any of its duly authorized agents or representatives.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295j - Records of Retail Dealer

Section 295J. Every retail dealer shall keep such records as may be prescribed by the orders, rules or regulations adopted by the division under section two hundred and ninety-five I, and all such records shall be safely preserved by such retail dealer for a period of one year, and shall be offered for inspection at any time upon oral or written demand by the division or any of its duly authorized agents or representatives.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295k - Penalties for Violation of Secs. 295a to 295j

Section 295K. Whoever, himself or by his agent or servant, violates any provision of sections two hundred and ninety-five A to two hundred and ninety-five J, inclusive, except section two hundred and ninety-five G, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A of chapter 98. Whoever, himself or by his agent or servant, violates any provision of section two hundred and ninety-five G shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year. Upon the second conviction of any licensee of any such violation, whether by himself or by his agent or servant, the division may suspend the right of such licensee to engage in the business of selling motor fuel at retail for a period not exceeding three months, and upon the third or subsequent conviction of any licensee of any such violation, whether by himself or by his agent or servant, the division may suspend such right for a period not exceeding one year.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295l - Jurisdiction of Superior Court; Injunctions

Section 295L. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enjoin the habitual, continued or repeated violation of any provision of sections two hundred and ninety-five A to two hundred and ninety-five J, inclusive, by any retail dealer. Petitions for such relief may be filed by any person injured or damaged by such violation.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295m - Conflicts With Other Laws

Section 295M. Whenever the application of any provision of any other law of this commonwealth conflicts with the application of any provision of sections two hundred and ninety-five A to two hundred and ninety-five O, inclusive, said sections shall prevail.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295n - Partial Invalidity

Section 295N. If any provision of said sections two hundred and ninety-five A to two hundred and ninety-five O, inclusive, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of said sections, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance other than that as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295o - Citation of Secs. 295a to 295o; Motor Fuel Sales Act

Section 295O. Sections two hundred and ninety-five A to two hundred and ninety-five O, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as the ''Motor Fuel Sales Act.''
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295p - Retail Sale of Motor Fuel Below Cost

Section 295P. No retail dealer shall, with intent to injure competitors or destroy substantially or lessen competition, advertise, offer to sell, or sell at retail motor fuel at less than cost to such retail dealer.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295q - Cost Survey as Evidence of Cost

Section 295Q. Where the retail dealers or any part thereof in a trading area have caused to be made by an independent agency a cost survey of doing retail business in such area in accordance with generally accepted methods of accounting in which survey all retail dealers in said area have been given an opportunity to furnish to the surveyor information from their books and records with respect to their cost of doing business and the said retail dealers have thereafter been given an opportunity to adopt or reject said survey by written approval, such cost-survey shall be deemed competent evidence in proving the cost to any such retailer.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295r - Application of Secs. 295p to 295w to Retail Sales

Section 295R. The provisions of sections two hundred and ninety-five P to two hundred and ninety-five W, inclusive, shall not apply to sales at retail made:—
(a) Where motor fuel is advertised or offered for sale or sold upon the final liquidation of the business of said retail dealer.
(b) Where motor fuel is sold in good faith to meet the price of a competitor.
(c) Where motor fuel is advertised or offered for sale or sold by any fiduciary or other officer acting under the order or direction of any court.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295t - Jurisdiction of Superior Court; Injunctions; Prosecutions by District Attorneys

Section 295T. On complaint of any retail dealer the superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to restrain and enjoin any act declared illegal by any provision of sections two hundred and ninety-five P to two hundred and ninety-five W, inclusive, and it shall be the duty of the several district attorneys, in their respective districts, to prosecute all violators of any provision of said sections.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295u - Conflicts With Other Laws

Section 295U. Whenever the application of the provisions of any other law of this commonwealth conflicts with the application of the provisions of sections two hundred and ninety-five P to two hundred and ninety-five W, said sections shall prevail.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295v - Severability of Provisions of Secs. 295p to 295w

Section 295V. If any provision of sections two hundred and ninety-five P to two hundred and ninety-five W, inclusive, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of said section or the application of such provision to person or circumstance other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 295w - Citation of Secs. 295p to 295w; Unfair Sales Act for the Retail Sale of Motor Fuels

Section 295W. Sections two hundred and ninety-five P to two hundred and ninety-five W, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as the ''Unfair Sales Act for the Retail Sale of Motor Fuels''.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 296 - Measurers of Wood and Bark

Section 296. A town and the city council of a city shall annually choose one or more measures of wood and bark, who shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties and shall hold office during the year and until others are chosen and qualified in their stead. A town, by vote fixing the number to be chosen, may delegate the appointment of such measurers to the selectmen.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 297 - Measurers of Wood and Bark Licensed to Act in Adjoining Town

Section 297. Such measurers may, in the manner prescribed for measurers of lumber in section eight of chapter ninety-six, be licensed to act in a town adjoining that for which they are elected or appointed.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 298 - Sale of Cordwood; Dimensions; Standard Units of Measure Defined

Section 298. Cordwood sold or offered or exposed for sale shall be four feet in length. The term ''firewood'' shall be construed to mean and include wood cut to any lengths of less than four feet and more than eight inches. Cordwood and firewood shall be advertised, offered for sale and sold only in terms of cubic feet or cubic meters which will be construed as indicating the closely stacked cubic foot or cubic meter content to be delivered to the purchaser. The terms ''cord'', ''face cord'', ''pile'', ''truckload'' or terms of similar import shall not be used in the advertising and sale of cordwood or firewood. The term ''kindling wood'' shall be construed to mean and include all split wood, edgings, clippings or other waste wood averaging eight inches in length. Except as provided by sections two hundred and forty-three and two hundred and forty-seven, the standard unit of measure for kindling wood shall be the bushel of two thousand one hundred and fifty and forty-two hundredths cubic inches.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XV - Regulation of Trade › Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles › Section 299 - Delivery Ticket or Sales Invoice for Sales of Cordwood or Firewood

Section 299. Whoever, except as otherwise provided, sells cordwood or firewood, shall cause a delivery ticket or sales invoice to be issued and delivered to the purchaser or his agent at the time of delivery of the wood. Such delivery ticket or sales invoice shall include the name and address of the seller and the purchaser, the quantity delivered to the purchaser in terms of cubic feet or cubic meters, the date delivered and the price of the quantity of wood delivered. Whoever violates any provision of this or the preceding section shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of fifty dollars, for the second offense by a fine of two hundred dollars and for each subsequent offense by a fine of five hundred dollars. Whoever alters or substitutes a delivery ticket or sales invoice for fraudulent or deceptive purposes shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A of chapter 98.