Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 155 (2026)

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Section 155. At the biennial state election in nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and in every sixth year thereafter, the clerk of the courts in counties other than Suffolk, and in Suffolk the clerk of the supreme judicial court for that county and the clerks of the superior court for civil and for criminal business therein, shall be chosen by the voters of their respective counties.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1982–1988 · leading case: Donahue v. Sec'y of the Commonwealth, 403 Mass. 363 (Mass. 1988).

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Donahue v. Sec'y of the Commonwealth, 403 Mass. 363 (Mass. 1988). · cites it 2× “G. L. c. 54, § 155. On July 20, 1988, the plaintiffs filed their complaint in the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County, seeking a declaration that the election at issue is unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and under arts.”

Opinion of the Justices to the Senate, 443 N.E.2d 1293 (Mass. 1982). “While this provision may conflict with G. L. c. 54, §§ 155, 156, 159 (providing *1211 for six-year terms for clerks of court, registers of probate, and sheriffs), the bill resolves this conflict by providing that the proposed chapter shall prevail where it conflicts with any…”

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