Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 8 - State Superintendent of Buildings, and State House
Section 17b - Selected Writings of John Adams; Exhibition in State House

Section 17B. The superintendent shall set apart and maintain a suitable area located in Doric Hall in the state house for the use of the Massachusetts Historical Commission, such area to be under the charge of said Commission, subject to this section. The area thus set apart shall be used for exhibiting, under the direction of the editor-in-chief of the Adams Papers, selected writings of John Adams.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth

Chapter 8 - State Superintendent of Buildings, and State House

Section 1 - Bureau of the State House; Superintendent of the State House

Section 4 - Appointment of Employees

Section 5 - Cleaners; Salary; Work Week

Section 6 - Repairs and Improvements; Requisitions

Section 6a - Purchases Not Exceeding $5,000

Section 7 - Repair of Damage to State House

Section 9 - Operation and Maintenance of State House

Section 9a - Fee for Use of State House During Non-Business Hours by Non-Governmental Individuals, Entities and Groups; Indemnification; Disposition of Monies Received

Section 10 - Assignment of Rooms in State House and Elsewhere; Exceptions

Section 14 - Military History Museum

Section 16 - Land Around State House; Open Space

Section 16a - Civil War Nurses' Hall; Museum and Shrine to Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Massachusetts

Section 17 - Rooms in State House for Departments of War Veterans

Section 17a - War Flags Carried in War Time by Massachusetts Veterans; Custody, Care and Preservation

Section 17b - Selected Writings of John Adams; Exhibition in State House

Section 18 - Histories, Relics and Mementos of the Several Departments of War Veterans; Accessibility

Section 18a - Veteran Memorabilia; State House Exhibits; Records

Section 18b - Memorial to the Contribution of Women to the Government of the Commonwealth; Works of Art

Section 19 - Portraits of Designated Former Governors

Section 19a - Portraits or Other Memorials of Former Governors

Section 20 - Old Provincial State House; Maintenance and Preservation

Section 21 - Permanent Memorials in State House Regulated