HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2003 FILED ON: 1/17/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2836
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
John D. Keenan and Linda Campbell
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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 passage of the accompanying:
An Act relative to the annual observance of Massachusetts Women’s Defense Corps Remembrance Day .
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
John D. Keenan | 7th Essex |
Linda Campbell | 15th Essex |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex |
Cory Atkins | 14th Middlesex |
Christine E. Canavan | 10th Plymouth |
Michael F. Rush | Norfolk and Suffolk |
Michael O. Moore | Second Worcester |
Kate Hogan | 3rd Middlesex |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2003 FILED ON: 1/17/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2836
By Representatives Keenan of Salem and Campbell of Methuen, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2836) of John D. Keenan and others relative to the annual observance of Massachusetts Women’s Defense Corps Remembrance Day. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to the annual observance of Massachusetts Women’s Defense Corps Remembrance 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. Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 15OOOOO the following section:-
Section 15PPPPP. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart April 2nd as the Massachusetts Women’s Defense Corps Remembrance Day, in recognition of the generous contributions of the approximately 18,000 women who volunteered to train as air raid wardens, drivers, communications personnel, canteen workers medics, chemical detections personnel and as emergency fire fighters, and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
