Legislature Edges Toward Regulating Underground Work
Article discusses a law requiring restoration of ground surfaces within sixty days after laying natural gas pipes on private land and fines for noncompliance. It reflects on petitions and the right to petition in Massachusetts politics, John Quincy Adams's defense of petition rights, and a note on steelmaking coal needs for the year.
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John Quincy Adams
Massachuse
Congress
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United States
Plymouth County
National House of Representatives
Massachusetts
New Territories
West
Congressional Record
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Bay State
National House
House of Representatives
Mass constitutional right to petition shapes state legislation
A discussion centers on Massachusetts Article XIX adopted in 1780 affirming the people’s right to instruct representatives and petition for redress. The debate contrasts Massachusetts rules allowing petitions to initiate bills with other states where bills must pass through committees before floor consideration.
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Massachusetts
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House of Representatives
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Papers Available This Week for September Primaries
Nomination papers for state offices will be available this week with a July 22 filing deadline for local certification. Secretary of State Edward J. Cronin and City Clerk Francis J. Bertrand announced deadlines, with primaries set for September 16 and the general election on November 4.
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Edward J. Cronin
State House
Registrars of Voters
Francis J. Bertrand
Secretary of State
Massachusetts
State finds murder hard to discover
Vermont pathologist Joseph Spelman says only 0.71 homicides per 100000 population are reported in Vermont far below FBI rural-area rates. He cites lack of coroners and medical examiners as allowing many murders to go unrecognized and notes three recent cases of bodies disposed of without proper death certificates or investigation.
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Burlington
U.P
Vermont
Joseph Spelman
FBI
Spelman
Scouts Center John F. Coleman Family Traditions
The Coleman family in Birmingham Alabama embraces scouting culture with John F. Coleman emphasizing values. Nebraska is noted as the only state entirely within the Missouri River basin.
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Birmingham
A.a
U.P
John F. Coleman
Coleman
Nebraska
Missouri River Basin
Hawaii Statehood Could Add Numerous Small Islands
The text notes that if Hawaii becomes a state, 15 or more obscure islets would join the Union with the well known islands Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, Oahu, Lanai, and Kauai.
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Hawaii
Maui
Molokai
Oahu
Lanai
Kauai
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