Session Laws

RESOLVED, That a special commission to consist of the commissioner of the department of fisheries, wildlife and environmental law enforcement, or his designee, the director of the division of fisheries and wildlife or his designee, the chairman of the Newbury board of selectmen or his designee, the chairman of the Newbury historic commission or his designee, the chairman of the Massachusetts historical society or his designee, a member of the Essex county sportsmen's league to be designated by its president, a representative of the department of capital planning and operations to be designated by its deputy director, and two members of the general public to be appointed by the governor, is hereby established for the purpose of making an investigation and study relative to the review of the conditions of the former home of John E. Marquand on Kent's Island in the town of Newbury, and the formulation of a plan for the refurbishing, preservation and future use of the property to the end that the citizens of the commonwealth shall benefit from its unique historical and literary value.

Said commission shall have five ex officio members consisting of the member of the Massachusetts Senate representing the town of Newbury, the member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives representing the town of Newbury, a member of a local newspaper published in the vicinity, a student in the Newbury public school system, and a member of a local trade union, the last three to be appointed by the chairman of the commission, who himself shall first be chosen from and by its members.

Said commission may hold public meetings and involve in advisory roles such persons, organizations, or public and private institutions as it may determine appropriate.

Said commission shall report to the general court the results of its investigation and study together with its recommendations and drafts of legislation necessary to carry said recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the house of representatives on or before the first Wednesday in April in the year nineteen hundred and eighty-six.