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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...