Law Library  Massachusetts Executive Orders 1-99

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• Governor Paul A. Dever, 1949-1953
  • No. 1: Providing for establishment of local civil defense organizations 
  • No. 2: State to appoint local civil defense director if municipality does not 
  • No. 3: Division of state into nine civil defense regions; Organization of state Civil Defense Agency 
  • No. 4: Civil Defense Medical Services Organization 
  • No. 5: Organization and direction of police services in civil defense emergencies 
  • No. 6: Organization and direction of police services in civil defense emergencies 
  • No. 7: Organization and direction of firefighting services in civil defense emergencies 
  • No. 8: Civil Defense Communications System 
  • No. 9: Civil defense air raid warnings; and ground observation corps created under National Guard 
  • No. 10: Civil Defense Emergency Rescue and Evacuation System 
  • No. 11: Public utilities installations and services in civil defense emergencies 
  • No. 12: Division of civil defense region 5 into five sectors 
  • No. 13: Authorizing Armed Forces Chaplains to perform marriages where one party is member of the Armed Forces 
  • No. 14: Civil Defense Alert System established; Alert System Regulations 
  • No. 15: Suspension of banking operations during civil defense emergencies 
  • No. 16: Division of civil defense regions into sectors 
  • No. 17: Travel by uniformed and civilian personnel of Federal Armed Forces on public ways during civil defense alerts 
  • No. 18: Loans by financial institutions to Armed Forces Personnel 
  • No. 19: Educational Benefits for War Veterans 
• Governor Christian A. Herter, 1953-1957
  • No. 20: Emergency housing for victims of the June 9, 1953 tornado 
  • No. 21: Authorizing State Treasurer to pay war bonuses to Korean War veterans 
  • No. 22: Authorizing Sunday sales of perishable foodstuffs in hurricane emergency of August 31, 1954 
  • No. 23: Fee waived for replacement of permits, certificates and licenses destroyed or lost in hurricane of August 31, 1954 
  • No. 24: Travel by authorized persons during civil defense alerts 
  • No. 25: Civil defense planning by state agencies 
  • No. 26: State civil defense structure reorganized; New areas and sectors established 
  • No. 27: Control of resources and property by state Civil Defense Agency in civil defense emergencies 
  • No. 28: Transfer of Ground Observation Corps to State Civil Defense Agency from Adjutant General 
  • No. 29: Emergency distribution of dry ice in flood and storm ravaged areas of western Massachusetts 
  • No. 30: Fee waived for replacement of permits, certificates and licenses destroyed or lost in western Massachusetts floods 
  • No. 31: Civil Defense evacuation procedures and emergency traffic regulations 
• Governor Foster Furcolo, 1957-1961
  • No. 32: Authorizing State Civil Defense Agency to institute rain-making activities 
  • No. 33: Authorizing State Civil Defense Agency to institute rain-making activities 
  • No. 34: Reorganizing areas and sectors of State Civil Defense System 
  • No. 35: Overtime compensation of personnel of state agencies 
  • No. 36: Placing employees of the state and local civil defense agencies (except directors) under the Civil Service Law and rules 
  • No. 37: Establishing 14 fire mobilization districts and Civil Defense fire fighting system 
• Governor John A. Volpe, 1961-1963
  • No. 38: Civil Service Law status of state and local civil defense agency personnel 
  • No. 39: Revoking Executive Order 36 
  • No. 40: Authorizing municipalities to contribute to cost of five mobilization district radio communications systems 
  • No. 41: Placing employees of the state and local civil defense agencies (except directors) under the Civil Service Law and rules 
  • No. 42: Division of Civil Defense subject to Civil Service laws and rules 
  • No. 42: (A) Amending Executive Order No. 42 
  • No. 43: Declaration of emergency due to Metropolitan Transit Authority strike 
  • No. 44: Ending Metropolitan Transit Authority Strike Emergency 
• Governor Endicott Peabody, 1963-1965
  • No. 45: Designating November 28, 1963 as Thanksgiving Day and Special Day in Honor of the Assassinated President John F. Kennedy. 
  • No. 46: Enlarging the powers and duties of the State and local civil defense agencies 
• Governor John A. Volpe, 1965-1969
  • No. 47: Establishing an Executive Council for Value Analysis and Engineering 
  • No. 48: Establishing a Governor's Committee on Fund-Raising Within the State Service 
  • No. 49: Designating certain agencies to administer federal programs 
  • No. 50: Establishing the Vocational Rehabilitation Planning Commission 
  • No. 51: Designating the State Division of the Blind as the State Agency to Administer Social Security Act Title X Medical Aid to the Blind 
  • No. 52: Establishing an Advisory Committee on Architect Selection 
  • No. 53: Establishing a Massachusetts Emergency Communications Commission Within the State Civil Defense Agency 
  • No. 54: Establishing an Office of Emergency Controls Within the State Civil Defense Agency 
  • No. 55: Establishing a Governor's Advisory Commission on Open Space and Outdoor Recreation 
  • No. 56: Adding more members to the Executive Council and the Committee for Value Analysis and Engineering 
  • No. 57: Establishing a Governor's Advisory Council on Transportation 
  • No. 58: Establishing a Governor's Human Rights Task Force 
  • No. 59: Establishing a Massachusetts Commission on Ocean Management 
  • No. 60: Designating the Governor's Public Safety Committee as State Law Enforcement Planning Agency 
  • No. 61: Amending Executive Order No. 60 
  • No. 62: Establishing a Governor's Commission on the Medical Examiner System 
  • No. 63: Establishing a Governor's Committee on the Domestic Fishing Industry 
  • No. 64: Establishing a Governor's Advisory Committee on Food Administration 
  • No. 65: Establishing a Governor's Advisory Committee on the Domestic Fishing Industry 
• Governor Francis W. Sargent, 1969-1975
  • No. 66: Establishing the Advisory Council on Vocational and Technical Education, and defining its powers and duties 
  • No. 67: Establishing a Governor's Advisory Council on Labor-Management Relations 
  • No. 68: Establishing a Governor's Advisory Committee on Child Development 
  • No. 69: Establishing a Governor's Task Force on Spanish-Speaking Americans, and defining its powers and duties 
  • No. 70: Governor's Public Safety Committee 
  • No. 71: Establishing a Governor's Special Planning Commission on Elderly Affairs 
  • No. 72: Amending Executive Order 57 re the Governor's Advisory Council on Transportation 
  • No. 73: Establishing a Youth Task Force on the Environment, and defining its powers and duties 
  • No. 74: Governor's Code of Fair Practices 
  • No. 75: Implementing "Right-to-Know" (Freedom of Information) amendments to G.L. c. 66 
  • No. 76: Establishing a Governor's Commission on Adoption and Foster Care, and defining its powers and duties 
  • No. 77: Establishing a Joint Correctional Planning Commission, defining its powers and duties 
  • No. 78: Establishing a Drug Program Review Board, and defining its powers and duties 
  • No. 79: Amending Executive Order 66 re Advisory Council on Vocational and Technical Education 
  • No. 80: Establishing a Governor's Commission of Boating Advisors, and defining its powers and duties 
  • No. 81: Establishing a Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, and defining its powers and duties 
  • No. 82: Further amending Executive Order 57 re the Governor's Advisory Council on Transportation 
  • No. 83: Establishing a Governor's Commission to Establish a Comprehensive Plan for School District Organization and Collaboration, and defining its powers and duties 
  • No. 84: Requiring the Secretary of Elder Affairs to develop and implement a Home Care Program for the elderly and the handicapped, and defining its powers and duties in relation thereto 
  • No. 85: Requiring full disclosure by state regulatory agencies of contacts between such agencies and parties regulated by them 
  • No. 86: Establishing a Citizen's Advisory Committee to the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, and a Professional Task Force to the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, and defining their powers and duties 
  • No. 87: Establishing an Economic Impact Review reporting procedure for state agencies re works, projects, activities and regulations 
  • No. 88: Amending Executive Order No. 54 
  • No. 89: Establishing a Governor's Advisory Committee on the Apparel Industry, and defining its powers and duties 
  • No. 90: Establishing an Office of Minority Business Enterprise Assistance in the Executive Office of Communities and Development, and defining its powers and duties 
  • No. 91: Establishing a Governor's Commission on Citizen Participation, to study state social services et al., and defining its powers and duties 
  • No. 92: Amending Executive Order 81 re Governor's Commission on the Status of Women 
  • No. 93: Establishing a Governor's Highway Safety Bureau 
  • No. 94: Establishing a Governor's Commission to Examine the Financing and Organization of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, and defining its powers and duties 
  • No. 95: Amending Executive Order 77 re the Joint Correctional Planning Commission 
  • No. 96: Transfer of the state Department of Commerce and Development from the Executive Office of Communities and Development to the Executive Office of Manpower Affairs 
  • No. 97: Establishing a Governor's Commission on Southeast Asia Prisoners of War, and defining its powers and duties 
  • No. 98: Amending Executive Order 97 
  • No. 99: Planning an Open University for Massachusetts