Lobbyist investigation files, 1972-1986 (bulk 1972-1979).

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Lobbyist investigation files, 1972-1986 (bulk 1972-1979).

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To assist the state secretary's office in fulfilling its responsibility to administer laws and regulations governing the activities of legislative agents (lobbyists) employed by special interest groups, the Public Records Division, specifically from the 1980s through its Lobbyist Section, monitors compliance with registration and financial disclosure requirements of MGLA c 3, ss 39-50. Series is created to receive and investigate reports of possible violations of lobbying law.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Massachusetts. Public Records Division

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The post of Commissioner of Public Records within the state secretary's office was made permanent in 1892, and was succeeded in 1919 by the post of Supervisor of Public Records. The holder of that office has administered the Public Records Division, known until 1952 as the Division of Public Records. From the description of Annual reports, 1889-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122656233 Civil procedures and record-keeping have been fundamental ingredients of...

Massachusetts. Lobbyist Section

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Regulation of the activities of legislative agents in the Commonwealth began in 1890. St 1890, c 456 (amended by St 1891, c 223) divided these regulating duties between the sergeant-at-arms of the General Court and the secretary of the Commonwealth. Under the law's provisions, the responsibility for registering legislative agents was the duty of the sergeant-at-arms. He was required to prepare and keep legislative docket books containing the names, residences, occupations, and dates...