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of the property, as in their opinion, is in the best interest of
said county.
Approved July 18, 1978
Chap. 489.
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT AN INSPECTOR OF
WIRES BE A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN.
Be it enacted, e t c . , as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 166 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 32, as amended by chapter 529
of the acts of 1949, and inserting in place thereof the following
section:Section 32. A city or town shall, by ordinance, vote or
by-law, appoint an inspector of wires. Said inspector shall be a
licensed electrician. Two or more cities or towns may vote to
form a district and shall appoint an inspector of wires, whose
compensation shall be fixed by the district and paid for by each
city and town comprising such district as the city and town
members thereof shall determine and who shall have the same
powers and duties of an inspector of a city or town. Such
inspector shall supervise every wire over or under streets or
buildings in such a city, town or district and every wire within
a building designed to carry an electric light, heat or power
current, except wires within a manufactured building or building
component as defined in the state building code and inspected in
accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the building
code commission; shall notify the person owning or operating any
such wire whenever its attachments, insulation, supports or
appliances are improper or unsafe, or whenever the tags or
marks thereof are insufficient or illegible; shall, at the expense
of the city or town, remove every wire not tagged or marked as
hereinbefore required, and shall see that all laws and regulations
relative to wires are strictly enforced. A city, town or district
may recover in contract from the owner of any such wire so
removed the expense which it has incurred for the removal
thereof.
SECTION 2. The provisions of section thirty-two of chapter
one hundred and sixty-six of the General Laws, as amended by
section one of this act, shall apply only to persons appointed as
inspectors of wires after the effective date of this act.
Approved July 18, 1978
Chap. 490.
AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
A CASH BUYER BY RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS.
Be it enacted, e t c . , as follows:
Chapter 255D of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after section 10, added by chapter 254 of the acts of
1966, the following section :Section 10A. No retail establishment offering goods and services
for sale shall discriminate against a cash buyer by requiring the
use of credit by a buyer in order to purchase such goods and
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services. All such retail establishments must accept legal tender
when offered as payment by the buyer.
Approved July 18, 1978
Chap. 491.
AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE SIGNING OF A CERTIFICATE OF CONDITION BY CERTAIN CORPORATIONS.
Be it enacted, e t c . , as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 156 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 36, as most recently amended by
section 1 of chapter 98 of the acts of 1977, and inserting in
place thereof the following section:Section 36. The president, treasurer and directors of every
corporation shall be jointly and severally liable for all the debts
and contracts of the corporation contracted or entered into while
they are officers thereof if any stock is issued in violation of
section fifteen, sixteen, forty-six B or forty-six D, or if any
statement or report required by this chapter is made by them
which is false in any material representation and which they
know to be false; but directors who vote against such issue, and
are recorded as so voting, shall not be so liable, and only the
officers signing such statement or report shall be so liable;
provided, that the officers signing a false report of condition
shall be liable only for debts contracted and contracts entered
into before the filing of the next subsequent report of condition,
and only to persons who shall have relied upon such false report
to their damage.
SECTION 2. Section 47 of said chapter 156 is hereby amended
by striking out, in line 6, the words "its president, treasurer
and a majority of directors", as appearing in section 1 of chapter
467 of the acts of 1962, and inserting in place thereof the words :an officer of the corporation.
SECTION 3. Chapter 156B of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 63, as most recently amended by
section 4 of chapter 98 of the acts of 1977, and inserting in
place thereof the following section:Section 63. An officer of a corporation who signs any statement
or report required by this chapter which is false in any material
representation and which he knows or has reason to know to be
false shall be liable to a creditor of the corporation who has
relied upon such false representation to the extent of the actual
damage sustained by him by reason of such reliance; provided,
that the officer signing a false report of condition shall not be
liable to creditors for debts contracted or contracts entered into
after the filing of a report of condition or a corrected report of
condition which is not false in any material representation.
SECTION 4. Section 109 of said chapter 156B is hereby amended
by striking out, in lines 5 and 6, the words "its president or a
vice president, its treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and a
majority of its directors", as appearing in section 1 of chapter