Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 8 - State Superintendent of Buildings, and State House
Section 21 - Permanent Memorials in State House Regulated

Section 21. No tablet, statue or other memorial of a permanent character shall be placed in the state house without the approval of the general court.

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