Passed Acts; St. 1959, c.239, SC1/series 229, Petition of Alexander J. Cella

Petition subject: Racial discrimination Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455123 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Medford Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Alexander J. Cella, Medford; committee on mercantile affairs Selected signatures:Alexander J. Cella Actions taken on dates: 1959-01-14,1959-01-15 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 14, 1959 and referred to the committee on mercantile affairs and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 15, 1959 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: citizens Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: prohibiting discriminatory housing practices based upon race, color, religion or ancestry and defining the functions of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1959, c.239, passed April 22, 1959 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.