Registers of laws delivered, 1801-1858.

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Registers of laws delivered, 1801-1858.

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Distribution by the state secretary of published laws of the Commonwealth, laws of Congress, laws of other states, reports of decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court, and printed maps was authorized by various resolves annually. This series consists of registers of distribution data.

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Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864.

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St 1832, c 166 authorized county commissioners in Massachusetts to grant liquor licenses to innholders and retailers. St 1852, c 322 (revised by St 1855, c 215) established state-wide prohibition, forbidding the sale of all liquor except for medicinal, chemical, or mechanical purposes. This was changed by St 1868, c 141, passed in April of that year, which authorized county commissioners (in Suffolk County specially-elected license commissioners) to issue licenses for the sale of liquor in their...