Passed Acts; St. 1955, c.274, SC1/series 229, Petition of John Adams

Petition subject: Racial discrimination Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455116 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Adams, Essex; committee on labor and industries Selected signatures:John Adams Actions taken on dates: 1955-01-05,1955-01-05 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 5, 1955 and referred to the committee on labor and industries and sent for concurrence and received in the House on January 5, 1955 and concurred Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizen Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: to provide that a bonded employee shall not be required to furnish information as to race, color, religious creed, national origin, or ancestry in his application for bond Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1955, c.274, passed April 12, 1955 Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.