SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1480        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1766

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Michael F. Rush

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act observing United States Navy Day.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1480        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1766

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1718 OF 2015-2016.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act observing United States Navy Day.

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. Section 15BBBBBB of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following section:-

Section 15CCCCCC. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the thirteenth day of October as United States Navy Day, in recognition of Massachusetts as the birthplace of the United States Navy and in commemoration of the promulgation of the establishment of the Continental Navy on the thirteenth of October in the year seventeen hundred and seventy-five.