Scope and Content: Per Resolves 1916, c 43, the governor appointed commissioners to consolidate and arrange the general laws of the Commonwealth, collecting those relating to the same subject matter under appropriate titles and chapters, on the plan of the Revised laws then in force.  The report of the commissioners was reviewed and amended by a joint special committee of the General Court appointed in 1920.  The resulting codification known as the General laws was enacted on Dec. 22, 1920 (effective Jan. 1, 1921), and printed with federal and state constitutions per a resolve of Dec. 13, 1902.  Series is signed enacted copy consisting of bound printed proof sheets.
Arrangement: Arranged by chapter no
Notes: In keeping with traditions established in the colonial period, the state secretary is custodian of foundation records of the Commonwealth, including this series
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