Scope and Content: Per Resolves 1880, c 46, the governor appointed commissioners to consolidate and arrange the General statutes of the Commonwealth, collecting those relating to the same subject matter under appropriate titles and chapters, on the plan of the code then in force.  The report of the commissioners was reviewed and amended by a joint special committee of the General Court appointed in 1881.  The resulting codification known as the Public statutes was enacted on Nov. 19, 1881 (effective Feb. 1, 1882), and printed with federal and state constitutions per Resolves 1881, Ex Sess, c 72.  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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