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2. Massachusetts Public Records Law - Wikipedia

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   Massachusetts Public Records Law is a law in Massachusetts detailing what kinds of documents are actually public records. [1] It is a state law that is similar to the federal Freedom of Information Act , which was signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966. [ 2 ]

3. Timeline of voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Kentucky is admitted as a new state, giving the vote to free men regardless of color or property ownership, although the vote would shortly be taken away from free Black people. [5] Delaware removes property ownership as requirement to vote, but continues to require that voters pay taxes. [3] 1798. Georgia removes tax requirement for voting. [3]

4. Freeman (Thirteen Colonies) - Wikipedia

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   During the American colonial period a freeman was a person who was not a slave. The term originated in 12th-century Europe. In the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a man had to be a member of the Church to be a freeman; in neighboring Plymouth Colony a man did not need to be a member of the Church, but he had to be elected to this privilege by the General Court.

5. Recording (real estate) - Wikipedia

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   Examples are those getting the property as a gift and heirs. Also, those who purchase ownership interests in the owners of the property, such as shares of stock in a corporation owning the land, have not purchased an interest in the property itself and so are unprotected. Also, recording laws generally do not protect purchasers against real ...

6. Recorder of deeds - Wikipedia

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   Portrait of Frederick Douglass in the D.C. Recorder of Deeds Building. Frederick Douglass was the first recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia.. Recorder of deeds or deeds registry is a government office tasked with maintaining public records and documents, especially records relating to real estate ownership that provide persons other than the owner of a property with real rights over ...

7. Massachusetts Archives - Wikipedia

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   "The Massachusetts Archives used to be located at the State House. But after the state’s oldest document — the 1629 Charter of Massachusetts Bay — was stolen in 1984, the decision was made to build a new archives near the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum at Columbia Point in Dorchester." [10] (The 1629 charter was later recovered).

8. Is school lunch free in Massachusetts? Here's why it's 1 of 5 ...

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   After the federal government halted the free lunch program, established as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Massachusetts legislators made sure it was extended through the end of the 2022-2023 ...

9. Property qualification - Wikipedia

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   In the early 1800s, many states removed their property requirements for voting, while at the same time several states disenfranchised women and free African-Americans. [ 3 ] By 1840, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Virginia were the only states that still had property requirements to vote.