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Massachusetts Archives

CHC

Elections Division: Returns of elected county officers

Part of: Massachusetts Elections Division

Returns of elected county officers, 1984-2012.

3 document boxes
Call no.: SC5/1013

Scope and Content: The state secretary holds constitutional and statutory responsibilities for elections, duties carried out since 1948 in the secretary’s Elections Division.  Pursuant to MGLA c 54, s 121, county commissioners are required to transmit to the state secretary notice of county treasurers and registers of deeds elected immediately after each county election.  County boards of examiners (the judge and register of the probate court and the clerk of courts of each county) are similarly charged by MGLA c 54, s 122 to transmit to the secretary notice of county commissioners elected immediately after each county election.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically, thereunder alphabetically by county
Notes: In the late 1990s-early 2000s, nine counties abolished county government and their registers of deeds began to report to the state secretary. –Box 1: 1984-1994.  Box 2: 1996-2002. Box 3: 2004-2012
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