{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-35","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, § 35","heading":"Promising public appointments for political action","body":"Section 35. No person holding a public office or in nomination for, or seeking a nomination for, or appointment to, an office, shall corruptly use or promise to use, directly or indirectly, any official authority or influence to confer upon any person, or to aid a person to obtain, an office or public employment, or a nomination, confirmation, promotion or increase of salary, upon the consideration or condition that the vote, political influence or action of any person shall be given or used in behalf of a candidate, officer or party, or upon any other corrupt condition or consideration.\nViolation of any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.","path":["Part I","Title VIII","Chapter 56"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVIII/Chapter56/Section35","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:51Z","sha256":"4990d5a5f8914bb85c125a905e53bf5360a9c096c74ee5b295a4c0c0d4a7d004","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-34","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-36"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}