Massachusetts § 2 - Board of trustees; number; appointment
Full text of Massachusetts Massachusetts General Laws § 2 — Board of trustees; number; appointment, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2. Board of trustees; number; appointment
Section 2. There shall be a board of trustees of the Tewksbury Hospital serving in the department consisting of seven persons, three of whom shall annually in June be appointed by the governor for three years, except that in the year nineteen hundred and sixty and every third year thereafter only one such trustee shall be appointed.
Source: official Massachusetts text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 2 ("Board of trustees; number; appointment") is part of the Massachusetts General Laws, the codified statutory law of Massachusetts. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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