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MA Gen L ch 1 § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 1 - Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States|Section 7 - Jurisdiction Over Land Acquired by United States; Reversion

Section 7. The United States shall have jurisdiction over any tract of land within the commonwealth acquired by it in fee for the following purposes: for the use of the United States bureau of fisheries, or for the erection of a marine hospital, custom office, post office, life-saving station, lighthouse, beacon light, range light, light keeper's dwelling or signal for navigators; provided, that a suitable plan of such tract has been or shall be filed in the office of the state secretary within one year after such acquisition of title thereto. But the commonwealth shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over any such tract of land to the extent that all civil and criminal processes issuing under authority of the commonwealth may be executed thereon as if there had been no cession of jurisdiction, and exclusive jurisdiction over any such tract shall revest in the commonwealth if such tract ceases to be used by the United States for such public purpose.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 7a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 1 - Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States|Section 7a - Legislative Jurisdiction Over Property Previously Ceded to Federal Government; Acceptance of Retrocession; Procedure

Section 7A. The governor, if he finds that the public interest will benefit thereby, may accept on behalf of the commonwealth retrocession of all or part of the legislative jurisdiction over property within the commonwealth over which such jurisdiction has been ceded to the United States by the commonwealth. Such acceptance of retrocession shall take effect in each case upon the written acceptance by the governor of a notice of retrocession signed by the duly authorized officer or agent of the United States having supervision and control over the property being retroceded. A copy of the notice of retrocession and the written acceptance thereof shall be filed with the state secretary and the city or town clerk of the city or town in which the affected property is located, and in the case of property located in more than one city or town, with the clerk of each municipality in which the property is located.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 1 - Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States|Section 8 - Geological or Coast Survey Employees; Entry on Lands; Works, Stations, Buildings; Compensation for Takings

Section 8. In connection with their official duties persons employed by the United States geological survey or coast survey, or by the department, may enter upon land and erect works, stations, buildings and appurtenances; provided, that, in case of such entry or erection by persons employed by the United States, it shall make adequate provision by law for compensation for any taking of property thereby.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 1 - Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States|Section 10 - Injury to Signals, Monuments, Buildings, of United States; Penalty

Section 10. Whoever wilfully injures, defaces or removes a signal, monument, building or appurtenance erected, used or constructed under the authority of the United States shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars, and be liable in tort to the United States for all damages so sustained.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 1 - Coat of Arms of Commonwealth

Section 1. The coat of arms of the commonwealth shall consist of a blue shield with an Indian thereon, dressed in a shirt, leggings, and moccasins, holding in his right hand a bow, and in his left hand an arrow, point downward, all of gold; and, in the upper right-hand corner of the field a silver star of five points. The crest shall be, on a wreath of gold and blue, a right arm, bent at the elbow, clothed and ruffled, and grasping a broad-sword, all of gold. The motto ''Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem'' shall appear in gold on a blue ribbon.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 2 - Seal of Commonwealth

Section 2. The seal of the commonwealth shall be circular in form, bearing upon its face a representation of the arms of the commonwealth encircled with the inscription within a beaded border, ''Sigillum Reipublicae Massachusettensis''. The colors of the arms shall not be an essential part of said seal, and an impression from a seal engraved according to said design, on any commission, paper, or document shall be valid without such colors or the representation thereof by heraldic lines or marks.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 3 - Commonwealth and Naval and Maritime Flags; Design

Section 3. The flag of the commonwealth shall consist of a white rectangular field, bearing on either side a representation of the arms of the commonwealth, except that the star shall be white. The naval and maritime flag of the commonwealth shall consist of a white rectangular field bearing on either side a representation of a green pine tree.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 4 - Flag of Governor; Design

Section 4. The flag of the governor shall conform to the design of the flag of the commonwealth, except that the field of the flag of the governor shall be triangular in shape.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 5 - Coat of Arms, Seal and Flags of Commonwealth; State Secretary as Custodian; Conformance to Specifications; Use and Display Regulations

Section 5. The state secretary shall be the custodian of the coat of arms, seal and flags of the commonwealth and all representations of said arms, seal and flags shall conform strictly to the specifications which shall be prepared under the direction of the state secretary in the year nineteen hundred and seventy-one and deposited in his office. The proper use and display of said arms, seal and flags of the commonwealth and their manufacture are hereby subject to such regulations relating thereto which the state secretary may from time to time issue, provided that such regulations shall be in conformity with all the relevant legislation of the United States and of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 6 - Flags of the United States and Commonwealth; Display; Manufacture in the United States

Section 6. The flag of the United States and the flag of the commonwealth shall be displayed on the main or administration building of each public institution of the commonwealth. The flags shall be of suitable dimensions and shall be flown every day when the weather permits.  All flags of the United States or the commonwealth displayed pursuant to this section or procured by an agency shall have been manufactured in the United States.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 6a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 6a - Commonwealth Flag; Flying at Half-Staff

Section 6A. The flag of the commonwealth shall be flown at half-staff at or on the main or administration building of each public institution of the commonwealth, at or on each other state-owned or state-controlled building, and at all state military installations on the following occasions for the periods indicated:—  (a) On all occasions upon which the national flag is flown at half-staff and for the same period of time;  (b) On the death of a governor or ex-governor of the commonwealth for thirty days from the day of death;  (c) On the death of a lieutenant-governor, secretary, treasurer and receiver-general, attorney general, or auditor of the commonwealth, from the day of death until sunset of the day of interment;  (d) On the death of a senator in congress from the commonwealth, from the day of death until sunset of the day of interment;  (e) On the death of a representative in congress from the commonwealth, the flag of the commonwealth shall be flown at half-staff at the aforementioned sites in the representative's congressional district from the day of death until sunset of the day of interment;  (e1/2) On the death of a member of the general court, the flag of the commonwealth shall be flown at half-staff from the day of death until sunset of the day of interment at the aforementioned sites in the member's representative district on the death of a member of the house of representatives, and the member's senatorial district on the death of a member of the senate.  (e3/4) On the death of a former member of the general court, the flag of the commonwealth shall be flown at half-staff from the day of death until sunset of the day of interment in accordance with such orders or instructions as may be issued by or at the direction of the governor after consultation with the speaker of the house of representatives on the death of a former representative in the general court, or with the president of the senate, on the death of a former state senator.  (f) In the event of the death of other elected officials or former elected officials of the commonwealth, from the day of death until sunset of the day of interment in accordance with such orders or instructions as may be issued by or at the direction of the governor; and  (g) In the event two or more of the aforementioned periods coincide in full or in part, the state flag shall be displayed at half-staff for such period as will comply with the above provisions without resulting in an additional and separate period of such display for each such death.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 6b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 6b - Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes Memorial; Monitoring Committee

Section 6B. (a) The Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes Memorial shall be erected in Seaport Square park in the South Boston Waterfront of the city of Boston and shall be the official memorial of the commonwealth to honor all post-September 11, 2001 veterans of the commonwealth who died while in service to this country in Iraq, Afghanistan and all other operations across the globe and in the United States. The memorial park shall also pay tribute to all veterans of the commonwealth who served after September 11, 2001.  (b) There shall be an Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial monitoring committee to consist of 9 persons, 1 of whom shall be appointed by the president of the senate; 1 of whom shall be appointed by speaker of the house of representatives; 1 of whom shall be appointed by the governor; 2 of whom shall be appointed by the secretary of veterans' services, of whom 1 shall be a Gold Star parent of a fallen service member who served in United States military operations in either Iraq or Afghanistan; and 4 of whom shall be appointed by the executive director of the Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes Memorial Fund, Inc. Each member, except the Gold Star parent, shall have been a veteran of United States military operations in Iraq or Afghanistan. The committee shall oversee the construction, maintenance and dedication of the memorial. Upon completion and dedication of the memorial all commission duties relative to the memorial shall be the responsibility of the Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes Memorial Fund, Inc.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 7 - Flower or Floral Emblem of Commonwealth; Protection; Penalty

Section 7. The mayflower (epigaea repens) shall be the flower or floral emblem of the commonwealth. Any person who pulls up or digs up the plant of the mayflower or any part thereof, or injures such plant or any part thereof except in so far as is reasonably necessary in procuring the flower therefrom, within the limits of any state highway or any other public way or place, or upon the land of another person without written authority from him, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars; but if a person does any of the aforesaid acts while in disguise or secretly in the nighttime he shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. The provisions of this section shall be enforced by all officers in the division of law enforcement in the department of fisheries, wildlife and environmental law enforcement.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 8 - Tree or Tree Emblem of Commonwealth

Section 8. The American elm (Ulmus americana) shall be the tree or tree emblem of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 9 - Bird or Bird Emblem of Commonwealth

Section 9. The chickadee (Penthestes atricapillus) shall be the bird or bird emblem of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 10 - Beverage of Commonwealth

Section 10. Cranberry juice shall be the beverage of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 11 - Horse or Horse Emblem of Commonwealth

Section 11. The Morgan horse shall be the horse or horse emblem of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 12 - Insect or Insect Emblem of Commonwealth

Section 12. The lady bug shall be the insect or insect emblem of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 13 - Fish or Fish Emblem of Commonwealth

Section 13. The cod shall be the fish or fish emblem and the historic and continuing symbol of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 14 - Dog or Dog Emblem of Commonwealth

Section 14. The Boston terrier shall be the dog or dog emblem of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 15 - Gem or Gem Emblem of Commonwealth

Section 15. Rhodonite shall be the gem or gem emblem of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 16 - Marine Mammal or Marine Mammal Emblem of Commonwealth

Section 16. The right whale (Eubalaena Glacialis) shall be the marine mammal or marine mammal emblem of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 17 - Fossil or Fossil Emblem of Commonwealth

Section 17. The dinosaur track shall be the fossil or fossil emblem of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 18 - Mineral or Mineral Emblem of Commonwealth

Section 18. Babingtonite shall be the mineral or mineral emblem of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 19 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 19 - Song of Commonwealth

Section 19. The song ''All Hail to Massachusetts'', words and music by Arthur J. Marsh, shall be the song of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 20 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 20 - Folk Song of Commonwealth

Section 20. The song ''Massachusetts'', words and music by Arlo Guthrie, shall be the folk song of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 21 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 21 - Poem of Commonwealth

Section 21. The poem, ''Blue Hills of Massachusetts'' composed by Katherine E. Mullen of the town of Barre shall be the official state poem of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 22 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 22 - Rock or Rock Emblem of Commonwealth

Section 22. The Roxbury Puddingstone (Roxbury Conglomerate), shall be the rock or rock emblem of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 23 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 23 - Historical Rock of Commonwealth

Section 23. Plymouth Rock, located in the town of Plymouth, shall be the historical rock of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 24 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 24 - Explorer Rock of Commonwealth

Section 24. Dighton Rock shall be the explorer rock of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 25 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 25 - Building and Monument Stone of Commonwealth

Section 25. Granite shall be the building and monument stone of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 26 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 26 - Official Heroine of Commonwealth

Section 26. Deborah Samson, who fought in the War of Independence, shall be the official heroine of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 27 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 27 - Ceremonial March of Commonwealth

Section 27. The song ''The Road to Boston'', composer unknown, shall be the official ceremonial march of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 28 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 28 - Muffin of Commonwealth

Section 28. The corn muffin shall be the official muffin of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 29 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents|Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth|Section 29 - Shell of Commonwealth

Section 29. The New England neptune (neptunea lyrata decemcostata) shall be the shell of the commonwealth.