Scope and Content: The Commissioners of Prisons were established pursuant to St 1870, c 370.  As reconstituted under St 1879, c 294, they were also known as the Board of Commissioners of Prisons.  They were succeeded in turn by the Board of Prison Commissioners (St 1901, c 364), the Massachusetts Bureau of Prisons (St 1916, c 241), and the Dept. of Correction (St 1919, c 350, s 82)
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Volume 1: May 3, 1879-Dec. 12, 1884. Volume 2: Dec. 30, 1884-Apr. 10, 1888. Volume 3: Apr. 17-June 26, 1888
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