Nuisance may be abated, etc. 1855, 469, § 2. G. S. 87, § 5. P. S. 101, § 5. Buildings re sorted to for the city or town; and if it is altered, the court may render such 3 judgment as to costs as justice shall require. 4 SECTION 5. The mayor and aldermen of a city or selectmen of 1 a town shall have the same power and authority to abate and re- 2 move any such nuisance as is given to the board of health of a city 3 or town by the provisions of sections sixty-six, sixty-seven and 4 sixty-eight of chapter seventy-five. 5 SECTION 6. All buildings, places or tenements which are re- 1 prostitution, sorted to for prostitution, lewdness or illegal gaming, or which are 2 used for the illegal keeping or sale of intoxicating liquor, shall be 3 deemed common nuisances. 14 Gray, 26, 390, 406. 7 Allen, 304. 12 Allen, 179. 4 etc., nuisances. Penalty for SECTION 7. Whoever keeps or maintains such common nuisance 1 shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one 2 hundred dollars and by imprisonment for not less than three nor 3 more than twelve months. 4 Abatement of a common nuisance. 1887, 380. 149 Mass. 550. SECTION 8. The supreme judicial court or the superior court shall 1 have jurisdiction in equity, upon an information filed by the district 2 1895, 419, § 10. attorney for the district or upon the petition of the board of police 3 or police commissioners, or other authority having control of the 4 police, or of not less than ten legal voters of a city or town, stating 5 that a building, place or tenement therein is resorted to for prosti- 6 tution, lewdness or illegal gaming, or is used for the illegal keeping 7 or sale of intoxicating liquors, to restrain, enjoin or abate the same 8 as a common nuisance. 9 Evidence of sales. 1887, 414, § 3. Keeping a nuisance by lease, etc. R. S. 130, § 9. 1855, 405, § 3. G. S. 87, § 8; 165, § 14. SECTION 9. The provisions of sections sixty-six and sixty-seven 1 of chapter one hundred shall apply to all cases for the illegal keep- 2 ing or sale of intoxicating liquors in violation of the provisions of 3 this chapter. 4 SECTION 10. If a tenant or occupant of a building or tenement, 1 tenant to avoid under a lawful title, uses such premises or any part thereof for any 2 of the purposes enumerated in section six, such use shall annul and 3 make void the lease or other title under which he holds and, 4 without any act of the owner, shall cause the right of possession to 5 revert and vest in him, and he may, without process of law, make 6 immediate entry upon the premises, or may avail himself of the 7 14 Allen, 289. remedy provided in chapter one hundred and eighty-one. P. S. 101, § 8; 207, § 14. 6 Allen, 370. 7 Allen, 109. 103 Mass. 381. Penalty on landlord for letting, etc., building for SECTION 11. Whoever knowingly lets a building or tenement 1 owned by him, or under his control, for any purpose enumerated in 2 such purposes. Section six, or knowingly permits such building or tenement, or any 3 part thereof, while under his control, to be used for such purpose, 4 or after due notice of any such use omits to take all reasonable 5 measures to eject therefrom the persons occupying the same as soon 6 1855, 405, § 4. G. S. 87, § 9. 1866, 280, § 3. P. S. 101, $9. 106 Mass. 539. 112 Mass. 277. 136 Mass. 148. 7 as it can lawfully be done, shall be deemed guilty of aiding in the 135 Mass. 552. 8 maintenance of such nuisance and punished as provided in section 13s Mass. 1s1. 9 seven. 1 146 Mass. 36. 1850, 291. SECTION 12. The mayor and aldermen of a city or the selectmen Removal of gambling 2 of a town, upon complaint made to them under oath that the com- booths near 3 plainant has reason to believe and does believe that a booth, shed public shows. 4 or other temporary erection, situated within one mile of a muster § 10. 5 field, cattle show ground, or other place of public gathering, is used P. S. 101,$10. 6 and occupied for the sale of spirituous or fermented liquor, or for the 7 purpose of gaming, may, if they consider the complaint well founded, 8 order the owner or occupant thereof to vacate and close the same 9 forthwith. If the owner or occupant refuses or neglects so to do, 10 the mayor and aldermen or selectmen may forthwith abate such 11 booth, shed or erection as a nuisance, and pull down or otherwise 12 destroy the same in any manner they choose, or through the agency 13 of any force, civil or military. SECTIONS SECTIONS 48-69. Loans or Pledges on Personal Property. 69a-73.-Stables. 74–78. — Steam Engines and Furnaces. 79-87.- Engineers and Firemen of Stationary Engines. SECTIONS 88-122. Rockets, Gunpowder and Explosive Compounds. Dogs. 1 unlicensed inn SECTION 1. Whoever assumes to be an innholder or common Penalty on 2 victualler, without being licensed as such according to the provi- holder or com 3 sions of this chapter, shall forfeit one hundred dollars. 1 C. L. 79, § 2. C. L. 84, § 3. 1786, 68, § 1. 1830, 136, §§ 1, 2. G. S. 88, § 1. 5 Gray, 597. mon victualler. C. L. 79, § 2. SECTION 2. The board of police in Boston, boards of license com- Licenses, how 2 missioners in other cities having such boards, the mayor and alder- granted. 3 men in cities having no such boards, and in cities having such boards 12-3, 9, §1. 4 but which in any year vote not to authorize the granting of licenses 1786, 68, § 1. 5 for the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the selectmen of towns, 1832, 166, §§ 4, 6 may grant licenses to persons to be innholders or common victu-, 1703-4, 5, § 1. 1792, 25. 1833, 122. 1837, 242, § 2. G. S. 88, §§ 2, 21. 1875, 99, $6,1.5. 1878, 241, § 8. 1879, 38, § 1. 24. P. S. 102, §§ 2, 1885, 83; 323, § 1894, 235. 1894, 428, § 4. 141 Mass. 23. Contents of 1832, 166, § 6. Term of license. C. L. 83, § 15. 1703-4, 5, § 1. Innholders, etc., to have allers in such cities or towns. Such license shall not be issued or 7 be valid until it has been signed by the mayor and a majority of 8 the aldermen in cities in which the license is to be granted by the 9 mayor and aldermen, and by a majority of the licensing board in 10 other cities and in towns. A mayor or any member of a licensing 11 2. board may refuse to sign a license for a person who in his opinion 12 has not complied with the provisions of this chapter; and a mayor 13 or any member of such board who signs a license granted con-14 trary to the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of 15 not more than fifty dollars. The provisions of this section shall not 16 require the licensing boards to grant either of such licenses, if in 17 their opinion the public good does not require it. If such license 18 is granted, no fee shall be charged therefor. Such license shall, in 19 Boston, be recorded in the office of the board of police. rooms, etc., for travellers. 20 SECTION 3. Every such license shall specify the street, lane, 1 alley or other place, and the number of the building, or give some 2 other particular description thereof, where the licensee shall exercise 3 his employment; and the license shall not protect a licensee who 4 exercises his employment in any other place than that so specified. 5 SECTION 4. Such licenses shall expire on the thirtieth day of 1 April of each year; but they may be granted during April, to take 2 effect on the first day of May next ensuing. 1878, 241, § 9. P. S. 102, § 4. 3 SECTION 5. Every innholder and every common victualler shall 1 suitable food, at all times be provided with suitable food for strangers and 2 travellers. Every innholder shall also have upon his premises 3 suitable rooms, with beds and bedding, for the lodging of his 4 guests, and, if the licensing board so requires, be provided with 5 stable room, hay and provender for their horses and cattle. C. L. 82, § 10. 1698, 10, § 1. 1786, 68, § 3. 1832, 166, § 10. R. S. 47, § 5. -license to be refused, when. P. S. 102, §§ 7, 8. SECTION 6. An innholder's or common victualler's license shall 1 1878, 241, $$ 3, 4. not be granted or issued unless at the time of making application 2 therefor the applicant has upon his premises the necessary imple- 3 ments and facilities for cooking, preparing and serving food for 4 strangers and travellers; and, if an applicant for an innkeeper's 5 license, unless he also has the rooms, beds and bedding and stable 6 room and provender for horses and cattle required by law. Penalty for refusal to lers. 7 SECTION 7. An innholder, who, upon request, refuses to receive 1 receive travel and make suitable provision for a stranger or traveller, and also for 2 his horses and cattle, when he may under the provisions of this 3 chapter be legally required so to do, shall be punished by a fine 4 of not more than fifty dollars; and shall also forfeit his license. SECTION 8. A common victualler who, upon request, upon any 1 other than the Lord's day, refuses to supply food to a stranger or 2 P. S. 102, § 10. traveller, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars; 3 and shall also forfeit his license. 4 1 license. P. S. 102, § 11. SECTION 9. If, in the opinion of the licensing board, a licensee Revocation of 2 as an innholder or a common victualler ceases to be engaged in the 1878, 241, § 7. 3 business he is licensed to pursue, or fails to maintain upon his prem4 ises the implements and facilities required by this chapter, it shall 5 immediately revoke his license. innholders for property. 1870, 338, § 1. 1885, 358. 9 Pick. 280. Cush. 417. 140 Mass. 123. 1 SECTION 10. An innholder shall not be liable for losses sus- Liability of 2 tained by a guest, except of wearing apparel, articles worn or carried loss of 3 on the person, personal baggage and money necessary for travelling 1,405,$1. 4 expenses and personal use; nor shall such guest recover of an inn- G., § 10. 5 holder more than one thousand dollars as damages for any such PS 102, $12. 6 loss; but an innholder shall be liable in damages to an amount not 1897,305, 7 exceeding three thousand dollars for the loss of money, jewels and 8 ornaments of a guest specially deposited for safe keeping, or offered 9 to be so deposited, with such innholder, person in charge at the 10 office of the inn or other agent of such innholder authorized to re11 ceive such deposit. The provisions of this section shall not affect 12 the innholder's liability under the provisions of any special contract 13 for other property deposited with him for safe keeping after being 14 fully informed of its nature and value, nor increase his liability in 15 case of loss by fire or overwhelming force beyond that specified in 16 the following section. 1 SECTION 11. In case of loss by fire or overwhelming force, inn2 holders shall be answerable to their guests only for ordinary and 3 reasonable care in the custody of their baggage or other property. 1 fraudulently tertainment at 1870, 338, § 2. 1884, 169. SECTION 12. Whoever puts up at an inn or boarding house and, Penalty for 2 without having an express agreement for credit, procures food, en- procuring en 3 tertainment or accommodation without paying therefor, and with an inn. 4 intent to cheat or defraud the owner or keeper thereof; or, with P. S. 102, § 13. 5 such intent, obtains credit at an inn or boarding house for such food, 13, 187. 6 entertainment or accommodation by means of any false show of 7 baggage or effects brought thereto; or, with such intent, removes 8 or causes to be removed any baggage or effects from an inn or 9 boarding house, while a lien exists thereon for the proper charges 10 due from him for fare and board furnished therein, shall be pun11 ished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment 12 for not more than three months. Boarding house keepers shall 13 post a copy of this section in a conspicuous place in each room of 14 their boarding houses. 1 SECTION 13. Innholders shall post a printed copy of this and the 2 three preceding sections in a conspicuous place in each room of 3 their inns. 1 Disposition of baggage in innholders, etc. 1893, § 1, 419, 1. 1894, 181. SECTION 14. An innholder, after retaining for six months from 2 the time of departure of a guest from his inn any trunks, bags, possession of 3 valises, parcels, clothing, goods or other personal property of a 4 guest which has been abandoned by such guest, or which such 5 innholder retains by virtue of his lien thereon for the unpaid board, 6 lodging and other charges of such guest, may sell the same by public 7 auction upon the premises of the inn, notice of the time and place 8 of sale first being posted in a conspicuous place in the office of the Disposition of proceeds of sale. 1893, 419, § 2. Balance of proceeds to be 1893, 419, § 3. inn for four weeks prior to the date of such sale, and published 9 once in each of three successive weeks in a newspaper, if any, 10 published in the city or town in which the inn is situated; otherwise 11 in a newspaper published in the county in which the inn is situated, 12 the first publication of such notice to be not less than twenty-one 13 days before the day of sale. A copy of such notice shall be sent 14 by mail prepaid and duly registered and addressed to said guest 15 at the residence registered by him in the register of such inn. 16 Such notice shall contain a descriptive list of all such property 17 and of all such specific marks as may serve to identify such prop- 18 erty, and the name of the guest so far as known to such innholder. 19 SECTION 15. The proceeds of such sale, after deducting all 1 reasonable charges and expenses incurred in the storage and sale 2 of such property, shall be applied to the discharge of the lien of such 3 innholder thereon for the board, lodging and other charges of such 4 guest, and any proceeds remaining thereafter shall be paid to the 5 treasurer and receiver general for the use of the commonwealth. 6 SECTION 16. If, within three years after such sale, the owner of 1 paid to owner. any such property claims it and proves his ownership thereof, the 2 said proceeds, after deducting all reasonable charges and expenses, 3 shall be paid over to him by the treasurer and receiver general. Negligence of guests a de. fence. 1853, 405, § 3. G. S. 88, § 12. P. S. 102, § 16. 140 Mass. 123. 145 Mass. 189. Innholders' signs. C. L. 79, § 2. 1786, 68, § 3. 1832, 166, § 10. R. S. 47, § 7. 4 SECTION 17. An innholder against whom a claim is made for loss 1 sustained by a guest may show that such loss is attributable to the 2 negligence of the guest or to his failure to comply with the regula- 3 tions of the inn, if they are reasonable and proper and are shown to 4 have been duly brought to the notice of the guest by the innholder. 5 SECTION 18. Every innholder and common victualler shall at all 1 times have a board or sign affixed to his house, shop, cellar or 2 store, or in a conspicuous place near the same, with his name 3 legibly inscribed thereon in large letters and the employment for 4 P. S. 102, § 17. which he is licensed inscribed thereon, and upon neglect thereof 5 shall forfeit twenty dollars. G. S. 88, § 14. Imprisonment, if fine unpaid. 1832, 166, 15. 6 SECTION 19. Whoever is convicted under the provisions of the 1 preceding sections, except those contained in sections seven and 2 eight, shall be punished by a fine. 88, § If he fails to pay the same he 3 may be punished by imprisonment for not more than ninety days. 4 R. S. 47, § 27. G. S. 15. P. S. 102, § 18. 23 Pick. 280. - penalty on SECTION 20. Whoever, being licensed under the provisions of 1 the preceding sections, is convicted a second time of a violation of 2 any of said provisions shall, in addition to the penalties before pro- 3 P. S. 102, § 19. vided, be adjudged to have forfeited his license. 4 1837, 242, § 3. G. S. 88, § 16. -on third conviction. C. L. 82, § 9. 1786, 68, § 8. 1832, 165, § 15. R. S. 47, § 29. 1837, 242, § 4. G. S. 88, § 17. SECTION 21. Whoever is convicted a third time of a violation 1 of any of the provisions of the preceding sections, except those 2 contained in sections seven and eight, shall, in addition to the 3 penalties before provided, be punished by imprisonment for not 4 more than ninety days. P. S. 102, § 20. 5 |