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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1698 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1761 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Russell E. Holmes |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act designating the Charlestown division of Boston Municipal Court as the George Lewis |
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| 13 | 13 | | Ruffin Courthouse. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Russell E. Holmes6th Suffolk1/15/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1698 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1761 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Holmes of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1761) of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Russell E. Holmes for legislation to designate the Charlestown division of Boston Municipal |
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| 21 | 21 | | Court as the George Lewis Ruffin courthouse. The Judiciary. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1552 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act designating the Charlestown division of Boston Municipal Court as the George Lewis |
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| 30 | 30 | | Ruffin Courthouse. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 The Charlestown District courthouse in the city of Charlestown shall be designated and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2known as the George Lewis Ruffin Courthouse in honor of the honorable George Lewis Ruffin, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3the first African American to graduate from Harvard Law School, first African American to |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4serve on the Boston City Council, elected to the Massachusetts Legislature in 1870, and the first |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5African American Judge in the United States that was appointed in 1883 and served in the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6Charlestown District Court, for his many contributions to the judiciary, the bar and the people of |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7the city of Boston. The division of capital asset management and maintenance shall erect and |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8maintain suitable markers bearing the designation in compliance with the standards of the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9division |
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