Public affairs scrapbooks, 1987-1989.

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Public affairs scrapbooks, 1987-1989.

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As record keeper for the Commonwealth, the state secretary has responsibility for administration of elections, maintenance of public records, filing and distribution of regulations and public documents, corporate registration, lobbying agent registration, recording of appointments and commissions, storage of historical data, preservation of historic sites, administration and enforcement of the Massachusetts Uniform Securities Act, information and referral on all aspects of state government, and until 1990, administration of the state decennial census. In 1987 Secretary Michael J. Connolly created a Public Affairs Division to develop and coordinate special civic educational programs, some in conjunction with other divisions of the secretary's office, which are documented in this series.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Massachusetts. Secretary of State (1979-1995 : Connolly)

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Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Public Affairs Division.

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Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State

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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...

Connolly, Michael Joseph, 1947-

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