Passed Acts; St. 1941, c.401, SC1/series 229, Petition of Perlie Dyar Chase

Petition subject: Racial discrimination Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455085 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Perlie Dyar Chase and Louis Lobel, Boston; committee on rules; committee on insurance Selected signatures:Perlie Dyar ChaseLouis Lobel Actions taken on dates: 1941-04-28,1941-05-28,1941-06-03 Legislative action: Received in the House on April 28, 1941 and referred under rule 28 to the committee on rules the question being on suspending joint rule 12 and suspended on May 28, 1941 in the House and referred to the committee on insurance and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on June 3, 1941 and concurred Total signatures: 2 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, suspended, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 2 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: a penalty be provided for discriminating on account of race or color in the issuance of execution of motor vehicle liability policies and bonds, includes addresses Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1941, c.401, passed June 23, 1941 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.