Scope and Content: The state secretary (since 1961 through a unit currently called the Commissions Section) attests to all commissions of office signed by the governor, administering the oath of office to and/or recording the name of these and other public appointees.  In a related function, the secretary is authorized (St 1865, c 231 et seq.; MGLA c 9, ss 15-15A) to notify each person commissioned as a justice of the peace or notary public of the time of the commission’s expiration.  Registers were created to record this notification. –For a listing of related series see: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Records of commissions, proclamations, pardons, and other official documents,  1713-1945 (bulk 1747-1936)((M-Ar)161X)
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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