Senate Unpassed Legislation 1870, S 362 rejected, SC1/series 231, Petition of James Collins

<p>Petition subject: Taxation </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25763610">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25763610</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1870-01-20 </p> <p>Petition location: Truro </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joseph P. Johnson, Provincetown; committee on the judiciary </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>James Collins</li><li>Parker L. Paine</li><li>George T. Lewis</li><li>Edwin P. Worthen</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1870-02-04 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on February 4, 1870 and referred to the committee on </p> <p>Total signatures: 43 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 43 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: citizens, fishermen, ["others"] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Taxation exemption for certain property of fishermen, boat nets, fishing tackle, farmers, mechanics </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1870, S 362 rejected </p> <p>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.</p>