Scope and Content: A joint special committee of the Massachusetts General Court was established in 1845 to consider more stringent liquor licensing legislation in response to citizen petitions received by the legislature.  Many petitions are headed by printed text with county/municipality of origin, with signatures attached.
Arrangement: Arranged by locality
Notes: Petitions taken from: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Senate unpassed legislation ((M-Ar)231), 1845, docket 11679
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Scope and Content: The commission, charged with planning an appropriate memorial to Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., created a portion of this series of photographs as an exhibit at the dedication of a bronze bust of Lodge, October 1988, at the Massachusetts State House.  Other photographs document the dedication.  Those from the exhibit are copies of photographs of Lodge from 1919 to 1972 as a young man and throughout his political life.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of image
Notes: Collated: 1985-1988
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Scope and Content: The Committee on International Trade and Foreign Investment was established in 1983 as a joint special committee of the Massachusetts General Court to make an investigation and study relative to the advancement of foreign trade between the Commonwealth and various underdeveloped countries, especially in the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia.  Photographs were created to document the related 1983 visit of the mayor of Beijing, China to the State House.  Individuals shown include Senate President William Bulger, and Senator Royal Bolling Sr., chairman of the committee.
Notes: Transferred to Archives from the Massachusetts State Library, March 1990
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Scope and Content: A commission was established by Resolves 1930, c 18 to provide a demonstration of the executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth in connection with celebration of the tercentenary of the founding of the Massachusetts Bay colony.  Official photographs document the resulting Tercentenary Exposition of Governmental Activities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as it was held at the Commonwealth Armory, Boston, Sept. 29-Oct. 11, 1930 and in a smaller version at the Eastern States Exposition, Springfield, Sept. 15-20.
Arrangement: Presented to the state secretary for the Archives, Dec. 9, 1930
Notes: Cover title: Tercentenary Exposition of Governmental Activities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in two sets; one is in original
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Scope and Content: Three commissioners were appointed by the governor pursuant to St 1853, c 191, to superintend construction of a fire-proof addition to the State House on its north side.  Plans showing completed work were submitted with a report to the legislature (1854 S 76) which was followed by legislation authorizing completion of the project (St 1854, c 462).
Notes: In triplicate
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Scope and Content: Resolves 1935, c 50 authorized the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) and the Dept. of Public Works, acting as a joint board, to investigate the laying, construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of various ways, bridges, beaches, and recreational facilities in the Boston metropolitan area.  The board’s report, filed with the General Court on Dec. 4, 1935 (1936 S 100), was accompanied by these plans, made by the MDC’s director of park engineering.
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Scope and Content: The State House Building Commission was established in 1913 to oversee construction of east and west wing additions to the State House.  Printed contract and specification volumes were issued to enable the commission to obtain bids for the required work.
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Scope and Content: The Cambridge Bridge Commission was established in 1898 to administer construction of a bridge spanning the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, to be known as the Cambridge (later Longfellow) Bridge.  Series was created as reference in carrying out this responsibility.
Notes: Some items in multiple copies
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Scope and Content: The Metropolitan District Commission (1894-1896) was established to investigate the advisability of establishing a general government for the city of Boston and surrounding cities and towns.  The commission created the journal of its expenses and receipts as a chronological record of the use of its appropriation.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Four pages (September 1894-April 1895) were cut from volume
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Scope and Content: Per St 1778-79, c 49 (May 1, 1779), the Massachusetts General Court authorized the confiscation and sale of absentee estates for the benefit of the government. Resolves 1778-79, c 312  (Sept. 23, 1779) appointed various county committees to sell at public auction estates confiscated from prominent Loyalists named in the resolve. County committee actions, reflected in resolves passed Oct. 1779-May 1780, included sales, suspended sales, leases, and receipts deposited into the Treasury. Some records for these committees are found in: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State.  Massachusetts archives collection ((M-Ar)45X), v. 280. –Resolves 1780, Oct Sess, c 95 (Nov. 29, 1780) appointed committees for each county to take charge of absentee real estate and personal effects from the Committee of Sequestration and to sell the same at public auction. Resolves 1783, Jan 1784 Sess,  c 132 (Mar. 16, 1784) suspended sales of absentee estates and directed the committees to settle their accounts by June 10. As the treaty ending the Revolutionary War prohibited further confiscations, St 1783 c 69 (Mar. 24, 1784) specified that any absentee property not already sold or claimed for debt should be returned to its original owner.
Arrangement:  In two subseries: Journal; arranged chronologically, Ledger; arranged by estate, thereunder chronologically
Notes: Title derived from ledger title page; Cover title: Committee for Selling Absentees Estates in the County of Suffolk
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