Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 159 (2026)

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Section 159. At the biennial state election in nineteen hundred and twenty-six, and in every sixth year thereafter, a sheriff shall be chosen by the voters in each county.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2010–2010 · leading case: Souza v. Sheriff of Bristol Cnty., 455 Mass. 573 (Mass. 2010).

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Souza v. Sheriff of Bristol Cnty., 455 Mass. 573 (Mass. 2010). “37, § 1; G. L. c. 54, § 159. Prisons are State correctional institutions; custody and control over State prisons and other State correctional institutions lie with a superintendent “[s]ubject to rules and regulations” established by the Commissioner of Correction (commissioner).”

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