HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 645        FILED ON: 1/26/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3476

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Susan Williams Gifford

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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 designating a certain bridge in the towns of Middleborough and Carver as the Medal of Honor Bridge.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/26/2021

Norman J. Orrall

12th Bristol

1/26/2021

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

1/26/2021

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

6/2/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 645        FILED ON: 1/26/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3476

By Ms. Gifford of Wareham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3476) of Susan Williams Gifford, Norman J. Orrall and Kathleen R. LaNatra relative to designating a certain bridge in the towns of Middleborough and Carver as the Medal of Honor bridge.  Transportation.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act designating a certain bridge in the towns of Middleborough and Carver as the Medal of Honor Bridge.

 

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. Bridge number C-04-004, on Rochester Road, over the Weweantic River, in the towns of Middleborough and Carver, shall be designated and known as the Medal of Honor Bridge in recognition of the three Medal of Honor recipients from the towns of Middleborough and Carver: Lowell M. Maxham, Patrick Regan and Wayne M. Caron. The Town of Middleborough is the only town in the country to have multiple Medal of Honor recipients. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable markers bearing the designation in compliance with the standards of the department.  The Department shall designate a section of the sign, in a conspicuous manner, to name the three recipients of the Medal of Honor Bridge in the towns of Middleborough and Carver.