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PART I. ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

TITLE VIII. ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 57. CONGRESSIONAL, COUNCILLOR AND SENATORIAL DISTRICTS, AND APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES

COUNCILLOR DISTRICTS

Chapter 57: Section 2. Division of state into councillor districts

Section 2. For the purpose of choosing councillors until the next apportionment, the commonwealth is divided, conformably with the constitution, into the following 8 councillor districts:

First.—Consisting of the First Bristol and Plymouth; Second Bristol and Plymouth; Cape and Islands; Plymouth and Barnstable; and First Plymouth and Bristol senatorial districts.

Second.—Consisting of the Bristol and Norfolk; Second Middlesex and Norfolk; Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex; Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth; and Suffolk and Norfolk senatorial districts.

Third.—Consisting of the First Middlesex; Third Middlesex; First Middlesex and Norfolk; Middlesex and Worcester; and Second Suffolk and Middlesex senatorial districts.

Fourth.—Consisting of the Norfolk and Plymouth; Second Plymouth and Bristol; Plymouth and Norfolk; First Suffolk; and Second Suffolk senatorial districts.

Fifth.—Consisting of the First Essex; Second Essex; First Essex and Middlesex; Second Essex and Middlesex; and Third Essex and Middlesex senatorial districts.

Sixth.—Consisting of the Second Middlesex; Fourth Middlesex; Middlesex and Essex; Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex; and First Suffolk and Middlesex senatorial districts.

Seventh.—Consisting of the First Worcester; Second Worcester; Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin; Worcester and Middlesex; and Worcester and Norfolk senatorial districts.

Eighth.—Consisting of the Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin; Hampden; First Hampden and Hampshire; Second Hampden and Hampshire; and Hampshire and Franklin senatorial districts.