SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1861        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1877

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act creating the official shellfish of the Commonwealth..

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 2 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following section: -

The quahog shall be the official shellfish of the Commonwealth.