§ 1 Bureau of the state house; superintendent of the state house
§ 4 Appointment of employees
§ 5 Cleaners; salary; work week
§ 6 Repairs and improvements; requisitions
§ 6A Purchases not exceeding $5,000
§ 7 Repair of damage to state house
§ 9 Operation and maintenance of state house
§ 9A Fee for use of state house during non-business hours by non-governmental individuals, entities and groups; indemnification; disposition of monies received
§ 10 Assignment of rooms in state house and elsewhere; exceptions
§ 14 Military history museum
§ 16 Land around state house; open space
§ 16A Civil War Nurses’ Hall; museum and shrine to Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Massachusetts
§ 17 Rooms in state house for departments of war veterans
§ 17A War flags carried in war time by Massachusetts veterans; custody, care and preservation
§ 17B Selected writings of John Adams; exhibition in state house
§ 18 Histories, relics and mementos of the several departments of war veterans; accessibility
§ 18A Veteran memorabilia; state house exhibits; records
§ 18B Memorial to the contribution of women to the government of the commonwealth; works of art
§ 19 Portraits of designated former governors
§ 19A Portraits or other memorials of former governors
§ 20 Old provincial state house; maintenance and preservation
§ 21 Permanent memorials in state house regulated

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