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Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words...
Section 2 - Membership - Section 2. The militia of the commonwealth shall consist of:...
Section 3 - Organized and Unorganized Militia - Section 3. The militia shall consist of two classes, namely,...
Section 4 - Organized Militia, Composition - Section 4. The active or organized militia shall be composed...
Section 4a - National Lancers; Organization - Section 4A. The National Lancers shall be organized as the...
Section 4b - The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment; Organization - Section 4B. The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment shall be organized...
Section 5 - Powers of Commander-in-Chief; Regulations - Section 5. The commander-in-chief may make and publish regulations for...
Section 6 - Powers of Commander-in-Chief; Increase in Forces - Section 6. The commander-in-chief may raise volunteer units when they...
Section 6a - Powers of Commander-in-Chief; Delegation of Authority - Section 6A. The commander-in-chief may delegate the commander-in-chief's authority under...
Section 7 - Powers of Commander-in-Chief; Name and Location of Units; Rank of Personnel - Section 7. The commander-in-chief may prescribe in orders the organization...
Section 9 - Powers of Commander-in-Chief; Disposition of Inefficient Units - Section 9. The commander-in-chief may, subject to the laws of...
Section 10 - Armed Forces of Commonwealth; Composition - Section 10. The armed forces of the commonwealth shall consist...
Section 11 - National Guard; Composition - Section 11. The national guard, army or air, shall consist...
Section 12 - Discrimination or Segregation Because of Race, Color, Religious Creed, Sexual Orientation or National Origin - Section 12. No person shall be discriminated against or be...
Section 13 - Entitlement to Rights, Protections, Privileges and Immunities Afforded Under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act; Action Against Private Employer; Service Time Exempted From Calculation of Cumulative Period of A... - Section 13. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 13a - Entitlement to Rights, Protections, Privileges and Immunities Afforded Under the Federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; Action by Person Aggrieved by Violations of This Section; Written Demand for Relief; Award of Costs of Action - Section 13A. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 14 - Aides-De-Camp - Section 14. The aides-de-camp of the commander-in-chief shall consist of...
Section 15 - State Staff; Composition; Qualifications; Tenure - Section 15. (a) The state staff shall consist of 1...
Section 19 - Massachusetts Military Academy; Establishment; Curriculum; Academic Board; Membership; Compensation - Section 19. (a) There is hereby established the Massachusetts Military...
Section 19a - Armory Commission Within Military Division - Section 19A. The armory commission established by section 18 of...
Section 20 - Qualification for Appointment as Officer in the Armed Forces or for Commission in National Guard - Section 20. A person shall not be eligible for appointment...
Section 21 - State Judge Advocate or State Surgeon; Legal, Medical, Dental or Veterinary Officers Registration and Qualifications - Section 21. No person shall be eligible to appointment, or...
Section 22 - Eligibility for Appointment Without Professional Examination - Section 22. Subject to Article LIII of the Articles of...
Section 23 - Officers; Appointment - Section 23. All officers shall be appointed by the commander-in-chief...
Section 24 - Oaths; Form - Section 24. Every commissioned officer, before entering upon the performance...
Section 25 - Officers; Performance of Duties; Prerequisites - Section 25. No person commissioned as an officer or appointed...
Section 27 - Seniority of Officers; Determination - Section 27. Seniority of officers of the same grade shall...
Section 28 - Uniforms - Section 28. Officers shall provide themselves with uniforms and equipment...
Section 29 - Discharge of Officers; Grounds - Section 29. (a) At any time, the moral character, capacity...
Section 30 - Certificate of Discharge; Form - Section 30. Service members discharged from the service of the...
Section 31 - Discharge of Officers or Noncommissioned Officers for Superannuation; Retirement - Section 31. An officer or noncommissioned officer in the armed...
Section 32 - Discharge or Retirement for Disability - Section 32. The commander-in-chief may order any member of the...
Section 33 - Retired Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers; Duties; Compensation - Section 33. Retired officers and non-commissioned officers shall be placed...
Section 34 - Enlisted Personnel; Regulations - Section 34. The commander-in-chief may, by regulations, prescribe the requirements...
Section 35 - Enlisted Personnel; Appointments and Promotions - Section 35. The commander-in-chief shall provide, by regulations, how and...
Section 36 - Dishonorable Discharge - Section 36. A dishonorable discharge shall be given only to...
Section 38 - Use of Militia; Escort Duties; Emergencies - Section 38. The commander in chief may order out any...
Section 39 - Use of Militia Outside the Commonwealth - Section 39. Except by order of the commander-in-chief, or with...
Section 40 - Use of Militia; Invasion or Insurrection - Section 40. The commander-in-chief shall order out the armed forces...
Section 41 - Aid by Armed Forces to the Civil Authority in Cases of Riot, Natural Disaster or Catastrophe or When Necessary to Preserve Order and Afford Protection to Persons and Property; Powers and Duties of Military Police Forces of the National G... - Section 41. (a) The commander-in-chief may issue an order directed...
Section 43 - Written Orders; Conditions; Contents - Section 43. Whenever practicable all orders issued under section forty-one...
Section 44 - Unit Called Into Service; Duties of Commander - Section 44. The officer to whom the order of the...
Section 46 - Armed Forces of the Commonwealth to Appear Armed and Equipped to Execute Orders Issued Under Sec. 41 - Section 46. Armed forces of the commonwealth shall appear at...
Section 47 - Excuse From Duty Upon Physician's Certificate of Disability - Section 47. No officer or enlisted person of the armed...
Section 48 - Expenses of Militia; Source of Funds - Section 48. The commander-in-chief may expend for carrying out the...
Section 49 - Payment - Section 49. Upon the termination of any service of the...
Section 50 - Use of Streets and Highways; Right of Way; Exceptions; Permission to Mount Flashing, Rotating or Oscillating Red Lights on Vehicle - Section 50. (a) The armed forces of the United States...
Section 51 - Occupation of Land and Buildings; Exceptions; Liability for Damages - Section 51. When on duty under orders of the commander-in-chief,...
Section 52 - Damages to Lands; Compensation - Section 52. In the case of land entered upon under...
Section 53 - Immunity From Liability for Damages Caused While Performing Military Duty - Section 53. No officers or enlisted persons shall be liable,...
Section 54 - Additional Forces; Source - Section 54. When the entire armed forces of the commonwealth...
Section 55 - Unorganized Militia; Method of Impressing Into Service - Section 55. When necessary to call out any part of...
Section 56 - Term of Enlistment; Training - Section 56. The part of the unorganized militia so drafted...
Section 59 - Effect of Military Service on Salary, Seniority and Leave Allowances of Public Employees - Section 59. (a) An employee of the commonwealth in the...
Section 60 - Training of Armed Forces - Section 60. The armed forces of the commonwealth shall perform...
Section 61 - Unit Training Periods; Meetings of Instruction for Noncommissioned Officers; Frequency; Arrests for Absence Without Leave - Section 61. (a) In addition to the duty required by...
Section 62 - Meetings of Instruction for Officers; Frequency - Section 62. Organization commanders may hold meetings of instruction for...
Section 64 - Exclusion of Traffic From Public Ways and Highways During Target Practice - Section 64. The commander-in-chief may exclude traffic from public ways...
Section 65 - Boundaries of Encampments; Establishment; Limitations; Penalty for Trespass or Resisting Sentry - Section 65. Every commanding officer, when on duty, may fix...
Section 66 - Obstructing or Interfering With Armed Forces; Penalty - Section 66. Whoever willfully obstructs, interferes with or hinders an...
Section 67 - Decorations and Awards; Qualifications - Section 67. (a) Each member, who completes 3 years of...
Section 67a - Medal of Liberty - [ Text of section effective until December 13, 2021. For...
Section 68 - Recognition for Competitions or Outstanding Military Service - Section 68. Suitable recognition may be awarded for military, athletic...
Section 81 - Oaths; Administration - Section 81. All commissioned officers and warrant officers of the...
Section 83 - Pay and Allowances for Certain Duties - Section 83. (a) For duty performed under sections 60 and...
Section 84 - Travel Expenses - Section 84. To each officer and enlisted person of the...
Section 85 - Subsistence - Section 85. Subsistence for members of the armed forces of...
Section 88 - Death or Disability Compensation - Section 88. An officer or enlisted person of the organized...
Section 88b - Group Life Insurance; Partial Payment of Premium by Commonwealth - Section 88B. Fifty per cent of the monthly premiums for...
Section 88c - State Sponsored Life Insurance - Section 88C. The National Guard Association of Massachusetts shall be...
Section 89 - Use of Private Automobiles; Conditions - Section 89. Under an order issued by the commander-in-chief, the...
Section 90 - Board of Compensation; Powers and Duties; Payment of Claims - Section 90. Claims against the commonwealth for compensation under section...
Section 93 - Subrogation - Section 93. Where the damage or injury for which compensation...
Section 94 - Persons Temporarily Employed by Armed Forces; Status; Right to Compensation - Section 94. No person performing any services under section 88...
Section 96 - Authorization; Administration; Bond of Custodian; Distribution on Disbandment of Unit - Section 96. Organization and unit funds, subject to available appropriations,...
Section 97 - Allowances for Administration and Maintenance - Section 97. There may annually, subject to available appropriations, be...
Section 98 - Uniforms - Section 98. The uniform of the military forces of the...
Section 99 - Unauthorized Use of Uniform; Penalties - Section 99. Whoever, not being in the service of the...
Section 101 - Unit Clothing and Equipment; Issuance - Section 101. Except as otherwise provided, units of the military...
Section 102 - Unit Clothing and Equipment; Regulation of Use - Section 102. Individual and unit clothing and equipment so provided...
Section 103 - Use, Care and Return of Military Property - Section 103. An officer or enlisted person shall be responsible...
Section 105 - Loss or Damage to Military Property; Liability; Restitution - Section 105. An officer or enlisted person of the military...
Section 107 - Unlawful Purchase or Possession of Military Property; Penalty - Section 107. A person who knowingly purchases, retains or has...
Section 108 - Custodians of Military Property; Bond; Duties; Accountability - Section 108. An officer or noncommissioned officer of the armed...
Section 109 - Use of Schedule Bonds - Section 109. The adjutant general may arrange for such schedule...
Section 110 - Premiums on Bonds; Payment - Section 110. The premium due to any surety company for...
Section 111 - Custodians of Military Property; Powers and Duties - Section 111. (a) A service member shall be responsible for...
Section 112 - Accounting for Military Property Upon Change of Command or Disbandment - Section 112. (a) An officer of the military forces of...
Section 113 - Inspection and Condemnation of Military Property; Reports - Section 113. A state surveying officer or a board of...
Section 114 - Lease of Military Property - Section 114. The commander-in-chief may lease to, or permit to...
Section 116 - Acceptance of Gifts - Section 116. The adjutant general, with the approval of the...
Section 117 - Establishment; Responsibility of Cities and Towns; Penalty for Noncompliance - Section 117. Cities and towns shall provide for units of...
Section 118 - Rentals - Section 118. For each armory, air installation or adequate facility...
Section 119 - Rental Bills; Contents; Filing; Payment - Section 119. The mayor or city manager of a city,...
Section 120 - Armories Furnished by State; Effect on Municipal Responsibility - Section 120. When any armory or air installation is furnished...
Section 122 - Lease, Rent or Use of Armory for Nonmilitary Purpose - Section 122. The adjutant general may lease, rent or permit...
Section 126 - Armory Commission; Powers and Duties in Respect to Location and Rejuvenation of Armories and Air Installations; Method of Acquiring Land - Section 126. The armory commission shall rebuild, remodel or repair...
Section 130 - Drills or Parades by Armed Citizens or Foreign Troops; Conditions - Section 130. The commander-in-chief may prescribe rules and regulations under...
Section 131 - Unauthorized Parades by Armed Citizens; Unlawful Maintenance of Armories; Penalties - Section 131. Whoever violates any provision of section one hundred...
Section 132 - Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company; Rights Preserved - Section 132. This chapter shall not affect the right of...
Section 133 - Civil Officers; Penalties for Violation of Chapter - Section 133. Civil officers named in this chapter who neglect...
Section 134 - Corps of Cadets; Rights Preserved - Section 134. The First Corps of Cadets and the Second...
Section 135 - National Guard; Representation at Conventions - Section 135. The adjutant general may appoint delegates from the...
Section 137 - National Guard Education Assistance Program - Section 137. There shall be a Massachusetts national guard education...
Section 138 - Joint Base Cape Cod Fire Department - Section 138. (a) As used in this section the following...
Section 139 - Protection of Assets Classified as Vital to National Security - Section 139. Subject to conditions and limitations as promulgated in...