Passed Acts; St. 1961, c.570, SC1/series 229, Petition of Edward J. McCormack Jr.

Petition subject: Racial discrimination Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455172 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Michael A. Nazzaro Jr., Boston; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Edward J. McCormack Jr.Michael A. Nazzaro Jr. Actions taken on dates: 1961-01-05,1961-01-09 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 5, 1961 and referred to the committee on the judiciary and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 9, 1961 and concurred Total signatures: 2 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 2 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, attorney general, rep. [representative] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: petitions in equity in the Superior Court by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1961, c.570, passed May 27, 1961 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.