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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1667 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3315 |
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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 | | Kip A. Diggs |
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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 directing the superintendent of state office buildings to install a permanent memorial in |
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| 13 | 13 | | the Massachusetts State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren. |
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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:Kip A. Diggs2nd Barnstable1/15/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1667 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3315 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Diggs of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3315) of Kip |
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| 20 | 20 | | A. Diggs that the Superintendent of State Office Buildings be authorized to install a permanent |
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| 21 | 21 | | memorial in the State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren. State Administration and |
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| 22 | 22 | | Regulatory Oversight. |
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| 23 | 23 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3013 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 25 | 25 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 29 | 29 | | _______________ |
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| 30 | 30 | | An Act directing the superintendent of state office buildings to install a permanent memorial in |
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| 31 | 31 | | the Massachusetts State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1 The superintendent of state office buildings shall, subject to the approval of the State |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2House Art Commission as to size and content, install and maintain in a conspicuous place of the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3Art Commission’s choosing in the State House, a memorial honoring Mercy Otis Warren, of |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4Barnstable, Massachusetts, a leading author, playwright, satirist, and patriot in colonial |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5Massachusetts, whose essays contributed to the creation of the Constitution’s Bill of Rights, and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6whose book, History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution became |
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| 40 | 40 | | 7this country's first published history of the American Revolution. Said memorial shall be the gift |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8of Cape Cod artist David Lewis who will bear all costs associated with the creation, |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9transportation, and installation of the artwork. |
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