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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 5 · Special sheriffs; powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 6 · Repealed, 1924, 404, Sec. 5
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 7 · Failure to post bond; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 8 · Suits on bonds of sheriffs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 9 · Copies of sheriff's bonds; source; use as evidence
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 10 · Suits against sheriff; procedure for satisfying judgment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 11 · Duties of sheriffs and deputies; service of precepts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 12 · Duties of sheriffs and deputies; service of demands, notices and citations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 13 · Powers and duties; requisition of aid
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 14 · Service of writs and precepts after removal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 15 · Service of writs against the sheriff or deputies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 16 · Attendance at sessions of courts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 17 · Salaries
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 18 to 20 · Repealed, 1931, 301, Sec. 15
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 21 · Traveling expenses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 21A · Travel vouchers or other verification of travel expenses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 22 · Accounting of fees; disposition of funds
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 23 · Repealed, 1937, 148
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 24 · Transportation of prisoners or persons in custody; sheriffs' duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 25 · Transportation of prisoners or persons in custody; costs; appropriations; report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 26 · Identification cards for full-time deputies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 1A to 1C · Repealed, 1992, 368, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 2 · Chief medical examiner; qualifications; appointment; powers and duties; district medical examiners
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 2A · State and local multidisciplinary child fatality review teams
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 2B · Duties of chief medical examiner regarding death of a child under the age of 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 3 · Duty to report deaths; failure to report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 4 · Investigation; transportation of bodies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 4A · Death resulting from single-vehicle accident; blood sample analysis; liability of medical examiner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 5 · Cooperation with office of chief medical examiner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 6 · Unmarked human remains; notice to office of chief medical examiner; reasonable attempt to identify; notification of commission on Indian affairs when remains suspected to be 100 years old or more
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 7 · Attorney general; notice of circumstances of death
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 8 · Inquests
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 9 · Accidental deaths; public conveyances; transcript of inquest
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 10 · Report of findings by court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 11 · Persons charged with crime; arrest
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 12 · Embalming fluid; restriction on use
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 13 · Release of body; pronouncement of death
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 14 · Bodies intended for cremation or burial at sea; authorization; fees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 15 · Personal property of deceased; disposition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38, § 16 · Required reports relating to certain controlled substances; sole cause of death; exposure of children
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 1 · Allocation of powers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 2 · Presiding officer of board of aldermen; voting rights
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 3 · Elections of city officers by municipal bodies; manner of voting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 4 · Mayor to sign every ordinance; veto power; effect
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 5 · Performance of mayoralty duties during vacancy
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 6 · Election warrants; issuance; acceptance of provisions of section
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 6A · Municipal salaries; increases and decreases; procedure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 7 · Holding other offices
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 8 · Compatibility of offices
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 8A · Removal of officers; procedure; exception
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 9 · Annual meeting; other meetings; election of officers; times; adjournment; holidays
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 9A · Election of officers and other matters determined by ballot; meetings; time and place; warrants
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 10 · Warrant; issuance; contents
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 10A · Recession and continuation of town meeting due to inclement weather or public safety emergency; notice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 11 · Persons authorized to call meetings upon resignation of selectmen
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 12 · Persons authorized to call meetings upon refusal of selectmen
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 13 · Quorum; application of section
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 14 · Moderators; election; tenure; vacancies; assistant moderators
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 15 · Moderators; powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 16 · Appropriation, advisory or finance committees; appointment; tenure; powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 17 · Powers of moderator; preservation of order
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 18 · Duties of moderators; reception of votes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 19 · Repealed, 1934, 39, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 20 · Precinct voting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 21 · Canvass of returns
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 22, 23 · Repealed, 1974, 8, Sec. 4
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 23A to 23C · Repealed, 2009, 28, Sec. 20
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 23D · Adjudicatory hearings; attendance by municipal board, committee and commission members; voting disqualification
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 24 · Application of chapter
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 1 · Nature and scope
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 1A · District defined
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 1B · Districts; power to sue and be sued; insurance; defense of civil actions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 2 · Towns; power to sue and be sued
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 3 · Towns; power to hold, lease and convey property
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 3A · Cities, towns and districts; binding effect thereon of recordable instruments of title affecting interests in real estate as to good faith purchasers notwithstanding inconsistency of law therewith
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 4 · Towns; power to contract; purposes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 4A · Governmental units; joint operation of public activities; termination of agreement; ''governmental unit'' defined; financial safeguards
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 4B · Repealed, 1989, 687, Sec. 8
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 4C · Repealed, 1965, 763, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 4D · Contracts with state or public authority for construction of public works
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 4E · Education collaboratives
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 4F · Purchase of clothing or apparel; restrictions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 4G · Repealed, 1989, 687, Sec. 10
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 4H · Repealed, 1989, 687, Sec. 11
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 4I · Growth and development policy committees; definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 4J · Public safety mutual aid agreement; procedure for joining agreement; requests to receive assistance; rights and responsibilities of requesting and sending parties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 4K · Public works municipal mutual aid agreement; procedure for joining agreement; advisory committee; requests to receive assistance; rights and responsibilities of requesting and sending parties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 4A1/2 · Joint powers agreements
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 4B1/2 · Repealed, 1989, 687, Sec. 9
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 5 · Appropriation of money for exercise of corporate powers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 5A · Cities; reserve funds for extraordinary expenditures; establishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 5B · Stabilization funds; establishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 5C · Districts; reserve funds for extraordinary expenditures; establishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 5D · Contributory retirement system funds; recovery of pension costs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 5E · Unemployment compensation fund; deposit and investment; payments
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 5F · Ambulance services; recreational facilities; service charges; credit card payments
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 5G · Municipal waterways improvement and maintenance funds
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 5H · Centennial celebrations; funds
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 6 · Towns; reserve funds for extraordinary expenditures; establishment