Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 107, § 7: Issuance, negotiation or sale of bonds, certificates or obligations redeemable in numerical order

Section 7. No person shall issue, negotiate or sell any bonds, certificates or obligations of any kind, which are by the terms thereof to be redeemed in numerical order or in any arbitrary order of precedence without reference to the amount previously paid thereon by the holder thereof, whether they are sold on the instalment plan or otherwise, nor shall any person redeem any bonds, certificates or obligations in such order, whether they are sold on the instalment plan or otherwise.