HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 161        FILED ON: 1/7/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3380

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to headstones for deceased members of the Massachusetts National Guard.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Chapter 115 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 9 the following section:-

SECTION 9A.  The commission of veteran’s service shall furnish upon request headstones for deceased member of the Massachusetts National Guard who served 10 years or more.  Such headstones shall be similar to those furnished by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.