HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4592 FILED ON: 11/15/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4281
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kip A. Diggs and Julian Cyr
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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 directing the superintendent of state office buildings to install a permanent memorial in the Massachusetts State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Kip A. Diggs | 2nd Barnstable | 11/15/2021 |
Julian Cyr | Cape and Islands | 11/15/2021 |
Sarah K. Peake | 4th Barnstable | 11/16/2021 |
Carole A. Fiola | 6th Bristol | 11/16/2021 |
Timothy R. Whelan | 1st Barnstable | 11/15/2021 |
Steven G. Xiarhos | 5th Barnstable | 11/16/2021 |
Dylan A. Fernandes | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket | 11/16/2021 |
Jessica Ann Giannino | 16th Suffolk | 11/15/2021 |
David T. Vieira | 3rd Barnstable | 11/29/2021 |
Edward R. Philips | 8th Norfolk | 12/16/2021 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4592 FILED ON: 11/15/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4281
By Representative Diggs of Barnstable and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Kip A. Diggs, Julian Cyr and others that the Superintendent of State Office Buildings be authorized to install a permanent memorial in the State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. |
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 directing the superintendent of state office buildings to install a permanent memorial in the Massachusetts State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
The superintendent of state office buildings shall, subject to the approval of the State House Art Commission as to size and content, install and maintain in a conspicuous place of the Art Commission’s choosing in the State House, a memorial honoring Mercy Otis Warren, of Barnstable, Massachusetts, a leading author, playwright, satirist, and patriot in colonial Massachusetts, whose essays contributed to the creation of the Constitution’s Bill of Rights, and whose book, History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution became this country's first published history of the American Revolution. Said memorial shall be the gift of Cape Cod artist David Lewis who will bear all costs associated with the creation, transportation, and installation of the artwork.