Scope and Content: Per resolves 1896, c 87, the governor appointed commissioners to consolidate and arrange the Public statutes of the Commonwealth, collecting those relating to the same subject under appropriate titles and chapters, on the plan of the code then in force.  A joint committee of the General Court was appointed by order of Feb. 26, 1901 to review and amend the reprt of the commissioners.  The resulting codification known as the Revised laws was enacted on Nov. 21, 1901 (effective Jan. 1, 1902) and printed with federal and state constitutions per a resolve of Nov. 21, 1901.  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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