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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 23 (2026)

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Section 23. Licensing authorities may grant licenses for lodging houses which shall be for the period provided in section four, and shall charge for each license such fee as the council or selectmen may establish; otherwise, the same shall be granted without charge, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than fifty dollars.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1985–1990 · leading case: Newbury Junior Coll. v. Town of Brookline, 472 N.E.2d 1373 (Mass. App. Ct. 1985).

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Newbury Junior Coll. v. Town of Brookline, 472 N.E.2d 1373 (Mass. App. Ct. 1985). · cites it 4× “2 Newbury Junior College (Newbury), a new owner of a portion of the former Cushing campus, applied on October 28, 1982, to the selectmen of Brookline for a lodging house license under G. L. c. 140, § 23, as appearing in St. 1981, c.”

Trs. of Boston Univ. v. Licensing Bd., 510 N.E.2d 283 (Mass. App. Ct. 1987). · cites it 4× “The dispute concerns the breadth of discretion accorded the board under G. L. c. 140, § 23, to grant or deny applications for lodging house licenses for dormitories located in Boston.”

Trs. of Paul Revere Realty Trust v. Revere License Comm'n, 556 N.E.2d 1038 (Mass. App. Ct. 1990). · cites it 2× “In this action in the nature of certiorari, the trustees of Paul Revere Realty Trust sought review of two decisions of the commission denying the trustees’ applications for a license, pursuant to G. L. c. 140, § 23, to operate a *12 lodging house for the years 1986 and 1987.”

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