Massachusetts General Laws Part I. Administration of the Government (Ch. 1-182) Ch. 156, § 29

Whenever any change is made altering the date fixed in the by-laws for the annual meeting of a corporation, the corporation shall forthwith submit to the secretary a certificate of such change, signed and sworn to by the clerk of the corporation. The secretary shall examine such certificate and if he finds that it conforms to the requirements of this chapter, he shall endorse his approval thereon and cause it to be filed and preserved in book form convenient for reference and open to public inspection. Any corporation which fails to submit a certificate as aforesaid within thirty days after such a change has been made, shall forfeit not more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered in the manner prescribed by section fifty-two.