Scope and Content: Under successive authorizations, the Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands (1783-1801) and the Land Office were the primary agencies with responsibility for the management and sale of public lands in Maine on behalf of the Commonwealth.  In conducting these activities, they received money from the sale of lands, as well as from state appropriations.  They also disbursed money in meeting their obligations.  These books record and summarize those receipts and expenditures.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: Under the Massachusetts Constitution the governor is responsible for nominating and appointing all judicial officers with the advice and consent of the Executive Council.  In 1975,  by Executive Order no. 114, the Judicial Nominating Commission (renamed the Judicial Nominating Council by Executive Order no. 228 in 1983) was established to guarantee an impartial review of all judicial appointees.  Prior to the establishment of the commission, the Governor’s Legal Office assisted the governor in reviewing applications.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by gubernatorial term, thereunder by name, but for Volpe/Sargent see also below
Notes: Volpe (1965-1968) Box 1: arranged alphabetically by name, primarily for district courts.  Boxes 2-4: arranged by county and position, primarily justices and clerks of district courts; also some land and probate courts. Sargent (1969-1974) Box 5: arranged by county and position, including justices, municipal courts. Box 6:  records of committees established to fill a specific judicial position and resumes of appointed judges. See also:  Massachusetts. Governor’s Legal Office. Subject files of the legal counsel ((M-Ar)938X). Volpe/Sargent  (1967-1974: interfiled during Sargent term) Boxes 7-27: arranged alphabetically by name, including application and recommendation letters and responses to them, applicant questionnaires and lists of those recommending candidates: A-Be, Bi-C, B, C, C, D-E, F, G-Gold, Goli-Hi, Ho-Kar, Kal-Lan, Lar-Ly, M, M, Mu-O, P, R, S, S, S-T, U-Z
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Scope and Content: The Commission on Judicial Conduct is the Massachusetts state agency responsible for investigating complaints of judicial misconduct against state court judges and for recommending, when necessary, discipline of judges to the Supreme Judicial Court, through which it is funded.  It consists of three judges appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court, three members of the bar appointed by the chief administrative justice of the Trial Court, and three persons appointed by the governor.  The functions of the commission are currently outlined in MGLA c 211C, added by St 1978, c 478, s 114, as amended.
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Scope and Content: The Governor’s Legal Office advises the governor on all matters of legal concern.  In fulfilling this function it considers judiciary-related issues such as working conditions, compensation, and case loads.  Judicial issue subject files are created to assist policy formation in these areas.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by term, thereunder alphabetically by subject or court
Notes: Scheduled as: Courts/judicial legal issue subject files
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Scope and Content: During the period of the colonial charter (1629-1686), a Council assisted the governor of Massachusetts in an executive capacity, its members consisting of current and former assistants, who also functioned judicially as the Court of Assistants and as the upper house of the General Court.  After an interval during which the Council was appointed by the English Crown (1686-1689), under a revival of colonial government (1689-1692) and during the provincial and later Revolutionary periods (1692-1774, 1775-1780), the Council served in a dual capacity as legislative upper house and executive body.  In the latter role (from 1692 onward, but as well during 1686-1689), the Council had certain judicial functions, though fewer than its predecessor, the Court of Assistants.  Series includes public documents identified with the Council from 1686 onward (and a few related earlier items) in such a judicial role, including testimonies, depositions, writs, warrants, bonds, and divorce petitions.
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Scope and Content: The Governor’s Scheduling Office, and also the Governor’s Correspondence Office, later known as the Governor’s External Relations Office, have since at least 1975 maintained files relating to public appearances and other activities of the governor’s spouse. Series was created to manage public appearances of first lady Kitty Dukakis, during the second-third terms of Governor Michael Dukakis (1983-1991).
Notes: Box 1: 1983-1984. Box 2: Jan. 1985-Apr. 1986. Box 3: May 1986-Dec. 1987. Box 4: 1989. Files for 1988 lacking. Formerly classified as: PR2/P008X
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Scope and Content: The Governor’s Scheduling Office, and also the Governor’s Correspondence Office, later known as the Governor’s External Relations Office, have since at least 1975 maintained files relating to public appearances and other activities of the governor’s spouse. Series was created to document public appearances and other involvement of first lady Kitty Dukakis in issues of public concern, during the first term of Governor Michael Dukakis (1974-1979).
Notes: Formerly classified as: PR2/P034X\
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Scope and Content: The Governor’s Scheduling Office, and also the Governor’s Correspondence Office, later known as the Governor’s External Relations Office, have since at least 1975 maintained files relating to public appearances and other activities of the governor’s spouse. Series was created to inform first lady Kitty Dukakis, who sat on a number of governmental and other committees on issues of social concern, during the second-third terms of Governor Michael Dukakis (1983-1991).
Notes: Previously classified as: PR2/P009X
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Scope and Content: The Labor Relations Commission has the responsibility to administer the Labor Relations Law (MGLA c 150A) and the Public Employee Labor Relations Law (MGLA c 150E).  These case files, a record of this activity, consist of applications for commission intervention from state, municipal, and private employees and employers in cases concerning union representation or complaints of unfair labor practices.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically, thereunder by docket classification, and then by case number
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Scope and Content: The State Planning Board was established in 1935 to be responsible for a physical development master plan for the Commonwealth.  In fulfilling this function it had these municipal maps prepared by the federal Works Progress (later Work Projects) Administration (WPA project no. 13684).
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by municipality
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Department of Public Works, 1980
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