Massachusetts General Laws
Title VI - Counties and County Officers
Chapter 34 - Counties and County Commissioners

Section 1 - Boundaries in Tide Water; Powers - Section 1. The seaward boundary of counties bordering on the...

Section 2 - Alteration of Maps - Section 2. County commissioners shall cause changes in the boundaries...

Section 3 - Public Buildings - Section 3. Each county shall provide suitable jails, houses of...

Section 4 - Election; Tenure - Section 4. Except in Nantucket and Suffolk counties, there shall...

Section 5 - Salaries - Section 5. The salaries of county commissioners, payable by their...

Section 5a - Salaries; Acceptance of Provision of This Section - Section 5A. Subject to the acceptance of this section as...

Section 7 - Commissioners Acting by Appointment; Compensation; Travel Expenses - Section 7. A person acting as commissioner by appointment under...

Section 8 - Statement of Expenses; Certification; Payment; Audit - Section 8. An itemized statement of the actual and proper...

Section 9 - Meetings; Frequency; Location; Special Meetings - Section 9. The commissioners shall hold meetings at the following...

Section 9a - Records - Section 9A. The records of the commissioners shall consist of...

Section 9b - Docket Defined - Section 9B. The docket is hereby defined as a record...

Section 9c - Files Defined - Section 9C. The files are hereby defined as all papers...

Section 9d - Record of Payments; Form and Contents - Section 9D. The record of payments ordered shall be in...

Section 9e - Extended Record; Form and Contents - Section 9E. The extended record shall be in abridged form....

Section 10 - Record of Proceedings; Copy to Director of Accounts - Section 10. They shall keep a full and complete record...

Section 11 - Clerical Employees; Temporary Clerk; Duties - Section 11. They may employ such clerical employees as may...

Section 12 - Absence or Disqualification of Commissioners; Appointment of Substitute; Tenure - Section 12. In case of inability to attend, or interest...

Section 13 - Powers; Administration of Oaths; Punishment for Contempt - Section 13. When in session, the commissioners may administer oaths...

Section 14 - Additional Powers - Section 14. In addition to such powers and duties as...

Section 14a - Associate Commissioner for Affairs Concerning the Elderly - Section 14A. In any county which accepts this section by...

Section 14b - Associate Commissioner for Affairs Concerning Handicapped Persons - Section 14B. In any county which accepts this section by...

Section 15 - Qualification of Officers; Return to State Secretary - Section 15. They shall, upon administering the oaths of office...

Section 16 - Office Hours; Holidays; Certain Acts Performable on Next Business Day - Section 16. Except as otherwise provided by law, all offices...

Section 18 - Recognizances and Damages - Section 18. The commissioners shall require all applicants for the...

Section 19 - Proceedings at Other Times Than Regular Meetings and Returns Thereof - Section 19. The commissioners severally may, at other times than...

Section 20 - Applicability of Laws Relating to County Commissioners and Clerks to Certain Other Officers - Section 20. The laws relative to the powers, duties and...

Section 21 - Official Letters - Section 21. The provisions of section thirty of chapter thirty...

Section 22 - Breach or Neglect of Duty; Penalty - Section 22. For wilful breach or neglect of a duty...

Section 23 - Gifts; Use and Disposition - Section 23. Any county may receive, hold and manage any...

Section 24 - Federal Grants; Acceptance, Custody and Disposition - Section 24. Any county officer or department may, with the...

Section 25 - Acquisition of Real Property - Section 25. The commissioners may, subject to appropriation, acquire by...