Scope and Content: From 1972 to 1984 the State Building Code Commission was responsible for promulgating and amending the state building code.  In addition the commission acted as the State Building Code Appeals Board, conducting hearings to consider appeals of decisions that had been issued by local or state agencies responsible for enforcing the state building code.  Appeals Board case files were created for each appeal made to the board.
Arrangement: Arranged by case number
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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: Massachusetts Resolves 1846, c 117 appointed Commissioners on Idiocy to inquire on: the condition of idiots in the commonwealth and if anything can be done for them. The commission’s report, written by Samuel Gridley Howe of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind, led to the establishment by Resolves 1848, c 65 of the Experimental School for Teaching and Training Idiotic Children, located at the Perkins Institution. The school was incorporated as the Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Youth (St 1850, c 150), located near Perkins in South Boston, with Howe serving as president until his death in 1876. It was renamed the Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded by St 1883, c 239, reflecting the establishment of a separate asylum department for those beyond school age or not capable of being helped by the school’s instruction. Funds for the construction of a new facility in Waltham were provided by Resolves 1888, c 82, and occupation of the new site began in 1890, with the South Boston facility closing in 1892. St 1925, c 293 renamed the institution the Walter E. Fernald State School, in honor of the superintendent of the school, 1887-1924. A 2003 gubernatorial initiative to close the Fernald School (known as the Walter E. Fernald Developmental Center since 1993) by 2007 was contested during the subsequent decade, until the institution was shut down permanently in Nov. 2014.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Restrictions: Mental retardation client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123B, s 17. For conditions of access consult repository
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Scope and Content: The State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration was established in 1886; until 1902 it was known as the State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation or the State Board of Arbitration.  It was succeeded in 1919 by the Board of Conciliation and Arbitration, part of the Department of Labor and Industries.
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Scope and Content: The State Primary School, opened at the State Almshouse at Monson in 1866 and continuing after the almshouse’s closing in 1872 until 1895, provided lodging, instruction, and employment for dependent and neglected children under age sixteen without settlement in the Commonwealth and some juvenile offenders.  Inmates were placed out on trial (often subsequently indentured) with families (originally by school inspectors–St 1866, c 209, s 7; then by school trustees–St 1880, c 208, s 1) and periodically monitored by the visiting agent of the Board of State Charities (St 1869, c 453, s 2; St 1870, c 359, s 2–in which called State Visiting Agency) and from 1879 by the Division of Visiting, Dept. of Indoor Poor, State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity (State Board of Lunacy and Charity from 1886); they were returned to school if arrangements were not mutually satisfactory (St 1870, c 359, s 3).  Final discharge from the school at expiration of indenture or to applicant (e.g., relative or adoptive parent) was authorized by state board (St 1866, c 209, c 5).  Other inmates died or deserted.  Series was created to administer and record these transactions.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of admission
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Scope and Content: The Board of Registration of Medicine, established in 1894, was placed within the Division of Registration (Dept. of Civil Service and Registration) in 1919.  It was replaced by the Board of Registration and Discipline in Medicine as of 1976, renamed the Board of Registration in Medicine again in 1979.
Arrangement: Arranged by application number
Restrictions: : Evaluative information restricted by statutory provision; MGLA c 4, s 7, cl 26(c) and c 66A.  For conditions of access, consult repository
Notes: Series includes application numbers 1-16500
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Scope and Content: Under successive authorizations, the Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands (1780-1801) and the Land Office were the primary agencies responsible for the management and sale of public lands in Maine on behalf of the Commonwealth.  Among other duties, they received and acted upon petitions from groups and individuals seeking to purchase these lands.  This series consists of applications from groups and individuals seeking to buy lots and/or townships from the reserve of Maine public lands.
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Scope and Content: The Board of Registration of Medicine, established in 1894, was placed within the Division of Registration (Dept. of Civil Service and Registration) in 1919.  It was replaced by the Board of Registration and Discipline in Medicine as of 1976, renamed the Board of Registration in Medicine again in 1979.
Arrangement: Arranged by application number
Restrictions: : Evaluative information restricted by statutory provision; MGLA c 4, s 7, cl 26(c) and c 66A.  For conditions of access, consult repository
Notes: Series includes application numbers 226-2250
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Scope and Content: The Board of Registration of Medicine, established in 1894, was placed within the Division of Registration (Dept. of Civil Service and Registration) in 1919.  It was replaced by the Board of Registration and Discipline in Medicine as of 1976, renamed the Board of Registration in Medicine again in 1979.
Arrangement: Arranged by application number
Notes: Series includes applications number 1-118
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Scope and Content: St 1951, c 656 gave the Board of Registration in Medicine responsibility for registering physical therapists to practice in Massachusetts.  St 1982, c 667 transferred this responsibility to a newly created Board of (on) Allied Health Professions (currently known as the Board of Registration of Allied Health Professions) which was also given responsibility for registering physical therapy assistants, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, and athletic trainers.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Applications for registration by waiver, 1952-1960 (2) Applications for examination or endorsement registration, 1954-1977
Restrictions: Restricted series: Evaluative information restricted by statutory provision; MGLA c 4, s 7, cl 26(c) and c 66A. For conditions of access, consult repository
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