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Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Public document, no. 50
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Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Public document, no. 3. Reports for 1955-1959 missing
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Scope and Content: The Division of Administrative Law Appeals was established within the Executive Office for Administration and Finance as the Division of Hearings (or Hearing) Officers by St 1973, c 1229 and acquired its present name under St 1983, c 683.
Arrangement: Arranged by docket number
Notes: Scheduled as: Case files
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Scope and Content: The Government Land Bank was established in 1975 as an independent Massachusetts state agency to finance development of blighted areas and land surplus to state and federal uses. Its mandate had its origins in the work of a twenty-one member Joint Commission on Federal Base Conversion consisting of legislators and gubernatorial appointees established per Resolves 1973, c 19, to investigate long-term use of facilities and lands associated with federal installations at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Chelsea Naval Hospital, Otis Air Force Base, and Westover Air Force Base, in the event of their phase down or termination. The commission was revived and continued by Resolves 1974, c 2; Resolves 1975, c 1; and Resolves 1976, c 1; its final report was issued in Jan. 1976. The Government Land Bank established in the meantime was authorized to make use of commission staff (St 1975, c 212, s 16). Series records the work of the commission as preserved and utilized by the Land Bank.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by subject
Notes: Sample non-Massachusetts materials submitted by firms not retained
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Scope and Content: The Dept. of Corporations and Taxation was established in 1919 by combining the offices of Tax Commissioner and Commissioner of Corporations. It was replaced in 1978 by the Dept. of Revenue.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, thereunder by transaction
Notes: Box 1: 1966-1971 Box 2: 1972-1974
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Public Building Commission (1947-1953) was replaced successively by the Division of Building Construction (Commission on Administration and Finance) (1953-1962), the Bureau of Building Construction (Central Services Division, Executive Office for Administration and Finance) (1963-1981), the Division of Capital Planning and Operations (Executive Office for Administration and Finance) (1981-1998), and the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (Executive Office for Administration and Finance) (1998-present).
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Includes December 1952-January 1953 (incomplete); 1958 only
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Scope and Content: The post of Supervisor of Administration was established in 1916, and succeeded by the Commission on Administration and Finance in 1922, in turn succeeded by the Executive Office for Administration and Finance in 1963.
Arrangement: Arranged chiefly alphabetically by subject
Notes: Series constitutes part of the papers of William Augustus Waldron, an attorney practicing in Boston with an additional career in public administration. He held posts with the New York State Assembly and Constitutional Convention (1937-1938), the federal Dept. of Justice (1942), and the National War Labor Board (1942-1945); and in Massachusetts served with the Special Commission on the Structure of the State Government (1950-1954, from 1952 as executive director), as special assistant attorney general (1962), as commissioner of administration (1963-1965), and as special counsel to the General Court’s House Rules Committee (1969, 1971, 1973-1974) –See also: Massachusetts. Special Commission on the Structure of the State Government. Commission files, 1950-1954 (bulk 1952-1953) ((M-Ar)2227X); Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives. Committee on Rules. Cabinet and post-cabinet reorganization files, 1956-1977 ((M-Ar)2228X)
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities (1966) and the Massachusetts Arts Lottery Council (1980) were abolished and succeeded in their functions by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, effective 1990.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Box 1: Apr. 1969-June 1982. Box 2: June 1982-Jan. 1987. Box 3: Mar. 1987-Nov. 1989
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities (1966) and the Massachusetts Arts Lottery Council (1980) were abolished and succeeded in their functions by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, effective 1990.
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council (MDDC) was established by executive order in 1975 as an independent state agency (though placed within the Executive Office for Administration and Finance) funded by the federal government to work with the Commonwealth to better support persons with developmental disabilities and their families. The council assists the Commonwealth in carrying out its requirements for participation in P.L. 106-402 (Developmental Disabilities Act of 2000), precursor and successor legislation, or in any federal grant program that would provide funds for services to developmentally disabled individuals. It serves as the designated State Agency under P.L. 106-402, and receives funds made available to the Commonwealth as above. The council develops and submits a State Plan including the specifications of federal and state priority area activities , and has the final authority in making grants under the State Plan.
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