§ 1 Boundaries in tide water; powers
§ 2 Alteration of maps
§ 3 Public buildings
§ 4 Election; tenure
§ 5 Salaries
§ 5A Salaries; acceptance of provision of this section
§ 7 Commissioners acting by appointment; compensation; travel expenses
§ 8 Statement of expenses; certification; payment; audit
§ 9 Meetings; frequency; location; special meetings
§ 9A Records
§ 9B Docket defined
§ 9C Files defined
§ 9D Record of payments; form and contents
§ 9E Extended record; form and contents
§ 10 Record of proceedings; copy to director of accounts
§ 11 Clerical employees; temporary clerk; duties
§ 12 Absence or disqualification of commissioners; appointment of substitute; tenure
§ 13 Powers; administration of oaths; punishment for contempt
§ 14 Additional powers
§ 14A Associate commissioner for affairs concerning the elderly
§ 14B Associate commissioner for affairs concerning handicapped persons
§ 15 Qualification of officers; return to state secretary
§ 16 Office hours; holidays; certain acts performable on next business day
§ 18 Recognizances and damages
§ 19 Proceedings at other times than regular meetings and returns thereof
§ 20 Applicability of laws relating to county commissioners and clerks to certain other officers
§ 21 Official letters
§ 22 Breach or neglect of duty; penalty
§ 23 Gifts; use and disposition
§ 24 Federal grants; acceptance, custody and disposition
§ 25 Acquisition of real property

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 34 - Counties and County Commissioners

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • 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
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • 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.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.