§ 1 Duties; jurisdiction to enforce
§ 2 Penalty
§ 3 Limitations upon liability imposed by carrier
§ 4 Security required of employee to indemnify against neglect; penalty
§ 5 Foreign express businesses; appointment of general agent
§ 6 Foreign express businesses; general agent’s bond
§ 7 Foreign express businesses; failure of agent to comply with Secs. 5 and 6; penalty
§ 8 Protection of carriers; misuse of orders; penalty
§ 9 Express business upon steamboat lines; application of provisions relating to railroads
§ 10 Enforcement of chapter by department of telecommunications and cable and department of public utilities
§ 11 Record of action by department
§ 12 Services supervised and regulated by department
§ 12E Third party verification service providers; registration
§ 13 Inquiry into rates, etc.
§ 14 Unjust rates, fares or charges; orders to fix; orders for reparation
§ 15 Free service, tickets, passes or transportation prohibited; exceptions
§ 16 Regulations, practices, equipment, appliances or service of carrier; department control, hearing and order; proof of compliance
§ 16A Factors in ordering discontinuance or abandonment of railway service
§ 17 Charges for service; regulation
§ 18 Classes of rates established by carrier; special rates
§ 19 Filing of rate schedules
§ 19A Directory assistance rate schedules
§ 19B Automatic telephone dialing systems; definition
§ 19C Notification of wish not to receive calls from automatic telephone dialing system
§ 19D Design and operation of automatic telephone dialing systems
§ 19E Solicitations by telephone; required disclosures; misrepresentation
§ 19F Posting rates, terms and conditions of retail services on website; department notification of changes
§ 20 Notice and hearing upon proposed rate schedule changes; order
§ 21 Establishment of through routes for passengers and freight
§ 22 Railway signals required by department
§ 23 Notice to railway of recommended improvements and changes
§ 24 Hearing upon complaint concerning service or rates of carrier transmitting intelligence by electricity
§ 25 Hearings; notice to interested members of general court
§ 26 Valuation and revaluation of carrier’s property
§ 27 Inspections
§ 28 Notice of accidents
§ 29 Investigation of accidents
§ 30 Defects; information by employee; protection of source
§ 31 Forms of accounts, records and memoranda
§ 32 Annual return; form; time of filing; amendment
§ 33 Express business; annual return
§ 34 Examination of books, etc.; subpoena duces tecum
§ 34A Supervision of companies affiliated with carrier
§ 35 Examination of condition of company on request of interested party
§ 36 Annual audit
§ 37 Service of orders of department; notification of receipt and acceptance
§ 38 Effect of request or advice of department
§ 39 Violations; action by attorney general
§ 40 Violations or threatened violations; mandamus or injunction
§ 41 Representation at hearings concerning proposed legislation affecting department
§ 43 Annual report of department
§ 44 Examinations or audits by department; divulging information; penalty
§ 50 Offer of new capital stock to stockholders; notice; price; time of acceptance
§ 51 Auction of new capital stock
§ 52 Basis of determination by department as to amount of new capital stock
§ 53 Computation of amount of capital stock as basis for bond issue
§ 54 Approval by department; public hearing
§ 57 Consent of department
§ 58 Supervision of crossing following consent of department
§ 59 Proceedings to alter crossing
§ 60 Eminent domain
§ 61 Party to carry award into effect and to pay charges
§ 62 Appointment of commission; hearing; notice
§ 63 Revision of award; jury
§ 64 Recovery after alteration of proportion of expense
§ 65 Proceedings to abolish grade crossings
§ 70 Manner and limits of grade crossing abolitions; costs; apportionment
§ 72 Crossing abolished upon state highway; clear view
§ 73 Financing cost of abolishing crossing by street railway company
§ 74 Change of location
§ 75 Damages
§ 76 Settlement of claims; failure to file petition
§ 77 Expenses of maintenance and repair
§ 78 Audit of expenses; investigations; orders of payment of apportioned share
§ 79 Enforcement; review
§ 80 Proceedings upon agreement as to alterations
§ 82 Application
§ 83 Examination by railways; report; submission of plans for bridge
§ 84 Maintenance and repair; hearing; order
§ 85 Enforcement
§ 86 Formation of relief corporation
§ 87 By-laws; statements of membership and financial condition
§ 88 Association of railroad corporation with relief corporations
§ 92 Badges
§ 93 Powers
§ 94 Arrest of offenders
§ 95 Compensation of police; liability for misconduct of police
§ 96 Action for debt due for constructing a railroad
§ 97 Exception; contractor
§ 98 Notice of intention by materialman; filing; fee
§ 99 Statement of amount due for labor performed; filing; fee
§ 100 Limitation of actions
§ 101 Evasion of payment of toll or fare
§ 102 Designation of torpedoes or other explosives
§ 103 Injury to signals, tracks, cars, etc.
§ 104 Throwing or shooting missiles
§ 105 Application
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 159 - Common Carriers

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Interests: includes any form of membership in a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 156D sec. 11.01
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.