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(Signed) EARL B. THOMPSON, MILLARD M. RINES, WILLIAM E. BLANCHARD, Selectmen of Plainville.
OFFICER'S RETURN ON WARRANT
Plainville, Mass., Sept. 23, 1918.
This certifies that I have posted the within warrant by posting ten copies as directed.
(Signed) E. WRIGHT SARGENT, Constable.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss. :
Then personally appeared the above E. W. Sargent, Constable, and made oath that the above statement by him subscribed is true, before me.
THEODORE E. A. FULLER,
Town Clerk.
PROCEEDINGS OF STATE PRIMARY
Plainville, Mass., Sept. 24, 1918.
The State Primary was held in the Town Hall on September 24, 1918.
The meeting was called to order at 12:15 o'clock P. M. and the warrant and return thereon read by the Town Clerk.
The following Election Officers were duly sworn by the Town Clerk before the opening of the polls :
Ballot Clerks: Perry M. Cook, Fred W. Northup.
Tellers : John McQuade, Leon J. Jacques.
The following receipt was received by the Town Clerk :
Received of Theodore E. A. Fuller one package said to contain 420 Official Ballots, Sept. 24, 1918.
(Signed) EARL B. THOMPSON, Chairman of Selectmen.
The polls were opened at 12:15 o'clock P. M. and closed by votę at 8 o'clock P. M.
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There being 66 votes cast, ballot box indicating 66 votes cast therein, and 66 names were checked upon the check lists used at the election. There being 60 Repub- lican and 6 Democratic ballots cast.
The following was the result of the balloting, viz. :
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
Governor:
Edward P. Barry. 2
William A. Gaston 1
Richard H. Long.
3
Lieutenant-Governor :
Joseph H. O'Neil Blanks
Secretary :
Charles H. McGlue 3
Blanks
3
Treasurer :
Charles Giddings
3
Blanks
3
Auditor :
Francis M. Costello 3
Blanks
3
Attorney-General
Joseph L. P. St. Coeur
3
Blanks
3
Senator in Congress:
David I. Walsh. 5
Blanks
1
Congressman, Thirteenth District :
Aloysius J. Doon
Blanks
2
4
Councillor, 0 Senator, 0 Representative, 0 County Commissioner, Norfolk :
Evan F. Richardson 1
Blanks
5
County Treasurer, 0
3
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Register of Probate and Insolvency : Joseph R. McCoole. 3
Blanks 3
Clerk of Courts, Norfolk County :
Louis A. Cook. 3
Robert B. Worthington 1
Blanks
2
State Committee, 0
Delegates to State Convention, Plainville : John McQuade 1
Blanks 5
Town Committee, 0
REPUBLICAN TICKET Governor:
Calvin Coolidge 51
Blanks
9
Lieutenant-Governor :
Channing H. Cox. 10
Guy Andrews Ham 50
Secretary :
Albert P. Langtry 57
Blanks
3
Treasurer :
Charles L. Burrill 50
Frank W. Thayer 8
Blanks
2
Auditor :
Alonzo B. Cook. 53
Alonzo B. Grinnell
6
Blanks
1
Attorney-General
J. Weston Allen
22
Henry C. Atwill. 37
Blanks
1
Senator in Congress :
John W. Weeks. 57
Blanks
3
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Congressman, Thirteenth District :
Edwin O. Childs. 8
Nathaniel A. Francis 2
Robert Luce 31
blanks
19
Councillor, Second District
Walter C. Abbott 11
Horace A. Carter 44
Blanks
5
Senator, Norfolk Senatorial District
Harold L. Perrin. 53
Blanks
7
Representative in General Court, Thirteenth District
George R. Ellis 53
Blanks
7
County Commissioner, Norfolk :
John A. Hirsch 11
Evan F. Richardson 47
Blanks
2
County Treasurer :
Henry D. Humphrey 51
Blanks
9
Register of Probate and Insolvency :
Washington Cook 26
Joseph R. McCoole 25
Blanks
9
Clerk of Courts, Norfolk County :
Louis A. Cook. 15
Robert B. Worthington 41
Blanks
4
State Committee:
Ilarlie E. Thompson 52
Blanks
8
Delegates to State Convention, Plainville : Herbert E. Thompson. 43
Blanks
17
State Committee :
Joseph F . Breen
54
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Hosmer F. Keeney 55
William H. Nash. 54
Edward C. Barney 54
Franz J. Heilborn 54
Harlie E. Thompson 50
Edwin W. Pink.
55
Edward A. Coombs
54
George F. Cheever
53
Rupert P. Rhodes
54
Cyrus King
55
August Collier
55
Daniel F. Crotty
53
Sylvester Smith
Oswin C. Woodward 55
53
Joshua E. Bolton 52
Theodore E. A. Fuller 54
Charles F. Bagley. 52
Blanks 185
The vote being publicly declared, it was voted to ad- journ at 9:30 o'clock P. M.
A true copy. Attest :
THEODORE E. A. FULLER,
Town Clerk.
53
James H. Cheever
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Warrant For Annual State Election
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, ss. :
To either of the Constables of the Town of Plainville, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the legal voters of the said Town of Plainville to meet in the Town Hall, in said Plainville, on Tuesday, Nov. 6th, 1918, at 5:45 o'clock A. M., it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, then and there to give in their votes for:
A Governor of the Commonwealth.
A Lieutenant-Governor of the Commonwealth.
A Secretary of the Commonwealth.
An Auditor of the Commonwealth.
A Treasurer of the Commonwealth.
An Attorney -- General of the Commonwealth.
A Senator in Congress for the Commonwealth.
A Congressman from the Thirteenth Congressional District.
A Councillor from the Second Councillor District.
A Senator for Norfolk Senatorial District.
One Representative to the General Court from the Tenth Norfolk Representative District.
One County Commissioner for Norfolk County.
A Treasurer for Norfolk County.
A Register of Probate and Insolvency for Norfolk County.
A Clerk of Courts from Norfolk County, to fill vacancy.
Acceptance of the following articles of amendment submitted by the Constitutional Convention :
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Article of Amendment No. 1 :
Shall the Article of Amendment relative to the estab- lishment of the popular initiative and referendum and the legislative initiative of specific amendments of the Constitution, submitted by the Constitutional Conven- tion, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment No. 2:
Shall the following Article of Amendment Relative to the Public Interest in Natural Resources, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
The conservation, development and utilization of the agri- cultural, mineral, forest, water and other natural re- sources of the commonwealth are public uses, and the general court shall have power to provide for the taking, upon pay- ment of just compensation therefor, of lands and easements or terests therein, including water and mineral rights, for the purpose of securing and promoting the proper conservation development, utilization and control thereof and to enact legislation or expedient therefor.
Article of Amendment No. 3:
Shall the following Article of Amendment to Provide for the Regulation of Advertising in Public Places, sub- mitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
Advertising on public ways, in public places and on private property within public view may be regulated and restricted by law.
Article of Amendment No. 4:
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to the Preservation and Maintenance of Property of His- torical and Antiquarian Interest, submitted by the Con- stitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
The preservation and maintenance of ancient landmaks and other property of historical or antiquarian interest is a public
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use, and the commonwealth and the cities and towns therein may, upon payment of just compensation, take such property or any interest therein under such regulations as the general court may prescribe.
Article of Amendment No. 5:
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to Adjournments of the General Court, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
The general court, by concurrent vote of the two houses, may take a recess or recesses amounting to not more than thirty days; but no such recess shall extend beyond the six- tieth day from the date of their first assembling.
Article of Amendment No. 6:
Shall the Article of Amendment authorizing the Gen- eral Court to prescribe, subject to certain restrictions. the manner of the appointment and removal of military and naval officers to be commissioned by the Governor, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment No. 7 :
Shall the Article of Amendment defining the powers and duties of the General Court relative to the military and naval forces, and of the Governor as Commander-in- Chief thereof, be approved and ratified?
Article of Amendment No. 8:
Shall the Article of Amendment providing for the suc- cession, in cases of vacancies in the offices of Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, by the Secretary, Attorney- General, Treasurer and Receiver-General, and Auditor, in the order named, be approved and ratified?
Article of Amendment No. 9:
Shall the Article of Amendment authorizing the Gov- ernor to return to the General Court with a recommen- dation for amendment bills and resolves which have been laid before him, be approved and ratified?
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Article of Amendment No. 10:
Shall the following Article of Amendment providing that Women Shall be Eligible to Appointment as No- taries Public, submitted by the Constitutional Conven- tion, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
Article IV of the articles of amendment of the constitution of the commonwealth is hereby amended by adding the follow- lowing words :- Women shall be eligible to appointment as notaries public. Change of name shall render the commission void, but shall not prevent reappointment under the new name.
Article of Amendment No. 11 :
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to the Retirement of Judicial Officers, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
Article I of Chapter III of Part the Second of the constitu- tion is hereby amended by the addition of the following words: and provided also that the governor, with the consent of the council, may after due notice and hearing retire them because of advanced ag eor mental or physical disability. Such retire- ment shall be subject to any provision made by law as to pen- sions or allowances payable to such officers upon their volun- tary retirement.
Article of Amendment No. 12:
Shall the following Artice of Amendment relative to the Revocation or Alteration of Grants, Franchises, Privileges or Immunities, submitted by the Constitu- tional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
Every charter, franchise or act of incorporation shall for- ever remain subject to revocation and amendment.
Article of Amendment No. 13 :
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to the Power of the General Court to Limit Buildings ac- cording to their Use or Construction to Specified Dis- tricts of Cities and Towns, submitted by the Constitu- tional Convention, be approved and ratified?
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Article of Amendment.
The general court shall have power to limit buildings ac- cording to their use or construction to special districts of cities and towns.
Article of Amendment No. 14:
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to Compulsory Voting at Elections, submitted by the Con- stitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
The general court shall have authority to provide for com- pulsory voting at elections, but the right of secret voting shall be preserved.
Article of Amendment No. 15:
Shall the amendment of the Constitution limiting the power of the General Court to lend the credit of the Commonwealth and to contract loans, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment No. 16:
Shall the amendment to the Constitution providing for a state budget and the veto by the Governor of items or parts of items in appropriation bills be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment No. 17:
Shall the amendment of the Constitution providing for biennial elections of state officers, councillors and mem- bers of the General Court, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment No. 18:
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to Service on Certain Legislative Recess Committees and Commissions, submitted by the Constitutional Conven- tion, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
No person elected to the general court shall during the term for which he was elected be appointed to any office created or the emoluments whereof are increased during such term, nor receive additioanl salary or compensation for service upon any
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recess committee or commission except a committee appointed to examine a general revision of the statutes of the common- wealth when submitted to the general court for adoption.
Article of Amendment No. 19:
Shall the following Article of Amendment to provide for the more efficient administration of the business of the Commonwealth submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
On or before January first, nineteen hundred twenty-one, the executive administrative work of the commonwealth shall be organized in not more than twenty departments, in one of which every executiv and administrative office, board and com- mission, except those officers serving directly under the gov- ernor or the council, shall be placed. Such departments shall beunder such supervision and regulation as the general court may from time to time prescribe by law.
The pols will be open at 6 o'clock A. M. and may be closed by vote at 4 o'clock P. M., and you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof ir at least seven public places, in said Town, at least sever days before said meeting.
Hereof fail not to make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or be- fore the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the seal of the Town of Plainville this 24th day of October, 1918.
(Seal)
(Signed) EARL B. THOMPSON, WILLIAM E. BLANCHARD, MILLARD M. RINES, Selectmen of Plainville.
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OFFICER'S RETURN OF WARRANT
Plainville, Mass., Nov. 5, 1918.
This certifies that I have posted the within warrants as therein directed.
E. WRIGHT SARGENT. Constable.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, ss :
Subscribed and sworn, before me.
THEODORE E. A. FULLER, Town Clerk.
PROCEEDINGS OF ANNUAL STATE ELECTION Plainville, Nov. 5, 1918.
The annual State election was held in the Town Hall, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1918. The meeting was called to order at 5:45 o'clock A. M., by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant and return thereon.
The following election officers were duly sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the Town Clerk :
Tellers : John McQuade, Frank V. Henrich.
Ballot Clerks: Perry M. Cook, Fred W. Northup.
The following receipt was taken for the ballots :
Plainville, Mass., Nov. 5, 1981.
Received from Theodore E. A. Fuller, Town Clerk, one package said to contain 450 official ballots.
(Signed) EARL B. THOMPSON, Chairman of the Selectmen.
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All the legal requirements having been duly complied with, the polls were declared open at 6 o'clock A. M.
At 2:15 oclock P. M., when the ballot box indicated 210 ballots cast therein, the election officers ( by vote) commenced the canvass of the ballots cast.
At 4 o'clock P. M. the polls were closed, by vote.
The ballot box indicating 234 ballots cast therein, 234 names were checked upon the voting lists used, and 234 ballots were cast.
The following was the result of the balloting, viz. :
Governor:
Calvin Coolidge, Northampton, Rep. 166
Richard H. Long, Framingham, Dem 59
Sylvester J. McBride, Watertown, Soc 3
Ingvar Paulsen, Boston, Soc. Labor 3
Blankş 3
Lieutenant-Governor :
Channing H. Cox, Boston, Rep. 171
Oscar Kinsales, Springfield, Soc. Labor 3
Joseph H. O'Neil, Boston, Dem 51
Joseph Murphy 1
Blanks
8
Secretary :
Albert P. Langtry, Springfield, Rep 178
Charles H. McGlue, Lynn, Dem. 42
William Taylor, Worcester, Soc. Labor 3
George W. Miller 1
Blanks 10
Treasurer :
Charles L. Burrill, Boston, Rep. 178
Charles Giddings, Great Barrington, Dem 42
Mary E. Peterson, Somerville, Soc. Labor 3
Wm. P. King 1
Blanks
10
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Auditor
Alonzo B. Cook, Boston, Rep. 177
Francis M. Costello, Boston, Dem. 44
Fred E. Oelcher, Peabody, Soc. Labor 2
Walter S. Peck 1
Blanks 10
Attorney-General
Henry C. Attwill, Lynn, Rep. 177
Morris I. Becker, Chelsea, Soc. Labor 5
Joseph L. P. St. Coeur, Boston, Dem. 39
Frank W. Sherman 1
Blanks
12
Senator in Congress
Thomas W. Lawson, Scituate, Ind. 11
David I. Walsh, Fitchburg, Dem. 67
John W. Weeks, Newton, Rep. 149
Walter S. Hutchins 1
Blanks
6
Congressman, Thirteenth District
Aloysius J. Doon, Natick, Dem. 56
Robert Luce, Waltham, Rep. 166
Blanks
12
Councillor, Second District
Horace A. Carter, Needham, Rep. 196
Blanks
38
Senator, Norfolk District
Harold L. Perrin, Wellesley, Rep. 192
Blanks
42
Representative in General Court, Tenth Norfolk District
George R. Ellis, Foxboro, Rep. 191
Blanks
43
County Commissioner, Norfolk
Evan F. Richardson, Millis, Rep. 188
Blanks
46
County Treasurer, Norfolk
Henry D. Humphrey, Dedham, Rep. 188
Blanks
46
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Register of Probate and Insolvency, Norfolk
87
Joseph R. McCoole, Dedham, Rep .- Dem.
47
Blanks
Clerk of Courts, Norfolk
Robert B. Worthington, Dedham, Rep .- Dem. 189
45
Blanks
Articles of Amendment
Shall the Article of Amendment relative to the estab- lishment of the popular initiative and referendum and the legislative initiative of specific amendments of the Con- stitution, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Yes, 71; No, 112; Blanks, 51.
Shall the following Article of Amendment Relative to the Public Interest in Natural Resources, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
The conservation, development and utilization of the agricul- tural, mineral, forest, water and other natural resources of the commonwealth are public uses, and the general court shall have power to provide for the taking, upon payment of just compen- sation therefor, of lands and easements or interests therein, in- cluding water and mineral rights, for the purpose of securing and promoting the proper conservation, development, utiliza- tion and control thereof and to enact legislation or expedient therefor.
Yes 74, No 82. Blanks 78.
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Shall the following Article of Amendment to Provide for the Regulation of Advertising in Public Places, sub- mitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
Advertising on public ways, in public places and on private property within public view may be regulated and restricted by law.
Yes 106, No 50, Blanks 78.
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Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to the Preservation and Maintenance of Property of His- torical and Antiquarian Interest, submitted by the Con- stitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
The preservation and maintenance of ancient landmarks and other property of historical or antiquarian interest is a public use, and the commonwealth and the cities and towns therein may, upon payment of just compensation, take such property or any interest therein under such regulations as the general court may prescribe.
Yes 101, No 47, Blanks 86.
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to Adjournments of the General Court, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
The general court, by concurrent vote of the two houses, may take a recess or recesses amounting to not more than thirty days; but no such recess shall extend beyond the sixtieth day from the date of their first assembling.
Yes 68, No 64, Blanks 102.
Shall the Article of Amendment authorizing the Gen- eral Court to prescribe, subject to certain restrictions, the manner of the appointment and removal of military and naval officers to be commissioned by the Governor, sub- mitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Yes 81, No 55, Blanks 98.
Shall the Article of Amendment defining the powers and duties of the General Court relative to the military and naval forces, and of the Governor as Commander-in- Chief thereof, be approved and ratified ?
Yes 78, No 49, Blanks 107.
Shall the Article of Amendment providing for the suc- cession, in cases of vacancies in the offices of Governor,
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and Lieutenant-Governor, by the Secretary, Attorney- General, Treasurer and Receiver-General and Auditor. in the order named, be approved and ratified?
Yes 88, No 48, Blanks 98.
Shall the Article of Amendment authorizing the Gov- ernor to return to the General Court with a recommenda- tion for amendment bills and resolves which have been laid before him, be approved and ratified?
Yes 81, No 47, Blanks 106.
Shall the following Article of Amendment providing that Women Shall Be Eligible to Appointment as Nota- ries Public, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
Article IV of the articles of amendment of the constitution of the commonwealth is hereby amended by adding the follow- ing words :- Women shall be eligible to appointment as nota- ries public. Change of name shall render the commission void, but shall not prevent reappointment under the new name.
Yes 66, No 70, Blanks 98.
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to the Retirement of Judicial Officers, submitted by the Con- stitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
Article I of Chapter III of Part the Second of the constitution is hereby amended by the addition of the following words :- and provided also that the governor, wth the consent of the council, may after due notice and hearing retire them because of advanced age or mental or physical disability. Such retire- ment shall be subject to any provision made by law as to pen- sions or allowances payable to such officers upon their voluntary retirement.
Yes 79, No 42, Blanks 103.
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Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to the Revocation or Alteration of Grants, Franchises, Privileges or Immunities, submitted by the Constitu- tional Convention, be approved and ratified?
Article of Amendment
Every charter, franchise or act of incorporation shall for- ever remain subject to revocation and amendment.
Yes 82, No 45, Blanks 107.
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to the Power of the General Court to Limit Buildings ac- cording to their Use or Construction to Specified Dis- tricts of Cities and Towns, submitted by the Constitu- tional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
The general court shall have power to limit buildings ac- cording to their use or construction to special districts of cities and towns.
Yes 79, No 54, Blanks 101.
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to Compulsory Voting at Elections, submitted by the Con- stitutional Convention, be approved and ratified?
Article of Amendment.
The general court shall have authority to provide for com- pulsory voting at elections, but the right of secret voting shall be preserved.
Yes 65, No 79, Blanks 90.
Shall the amendment of the Constitution limiting the power of the General Court to lend the credit of the Commonwealth and to contract loans, be approved and ratified ?
Yes 84, No 53, Blanks 97.
Shall the amendment to the Constitution providing for a state budget and the veto by the Governor of items or
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parts of items in appropriation bills be approved and ratified ?
Yes 71, No 50, Blanks 113.
Shall the amendment of the Constitution providing for biennial elections of state officers, councillors and mem- bers of the General Court, be approved and ratified?
Yes 65, No 64, Blanks 105.
Shall the following Article of Amendment relative to Service on Certain Legislative Recess Committees and Commissions, submitted by the Constitutional Conven- tion, be approved and ratified?
Article of Amendment.
No person elected to the general court shall during the term for which he was elected be appointed to any office created or the emoluments whereof are increased during such term, nor receive additioanl salary or compensation for service upon any recess committee or commission except a committee appointed to examine a general revision of the statutes of the common- wealth when submitted to the general court for adoption.
Yes 79, No 41, Blanks 114.
Shall the following Article of Amendment to provide for the more efficient administration of the business of the Commonwealth, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Article of Amendment.
On or before January first, nineteen hundred twenty-one, the executive administrative work of the commonwealth shall be organized in not more than twenty departments, in one of which every executiv and administrative office, board and com- mission, except those officers serving directly under the gov- ernor or the council, shall be placed. Such departments shall beunder such supervision and regulation as the general court may from time to time prescribe by law.
Yes 79, No 44, Blanks 111.
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