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Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25763569 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Haverhill Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: James H. Fitzgerald, Haverhill; committee on rules Selected signatures:Walter S. Hodgdon Actions taken on dates: 1911-02-03,1911-02-10 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 3, 1911 and referred to the committee on rules and received in the House on February 10, 1911 and referred to next General Court Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: a native born citizen of the United States, and legal voter and real estate tax payer, resident at number twenty seven, upon Fountain Street, in the city of Haverhill, county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, petitioner Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: constitution, 14th amendment, contract, judges, executive and judicial officers, legislative, property, due process, compensation, trial by jury, declaration of rights, people's contract, supreme or common law, 1885, front yard, brick sidewalk, mayor, courts, Essex S. Abbott, Bar Association, Ira H. Abbott, supreme judicial court, blue book, Charles A. DeCourcy, Francis A. Gaskill, abused, chief clown, vaudeville exhibition, Charles U. Bell, land lord, tenant, John H. Hardy, James P. Hale, personal liberty, Frederick H. Tilton, Harry R. Dow, George M.G. Nichols, includes address Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1911, referred to next General Court Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.

This TNC Lands spatial dataset represents the lands and waters in which The Nature Conservancy (TNC) currently has, or historically had, an interest, legal or otherwise in Massachusetts. The system of record for TNC Lands is the Legal Records Management (LRM) system, which is TNC’s database for all TNC land transactions.TNC properties should not be considered open to the public unless specifically designated as being so. TNC may change the access status at any time at its sole discretion. It's recommended to visit preserve-specific websites or contact the organization operating the preserve before any planned visit for the latest conditions, notices, and closures. TNC prohibits redistribution or display of the data in maps or online in any way that misleadingly implies such lands are universally open to the public.The types of current land interests represented in the TNC Lands data include: Fields and Attributes included in the public dataset:Field NameField DefinitionAttributesAttribute Definitions Public NameThe name of the tract that The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Business Unit (BU) uses for public audiences.Public name of tract if applicableN/A TNC Primary InterestThe primary interest held by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) on the tractFee OwnershipProperties where TNC currently holds fee-title or exclusive rights and control over real estate. Fee Ownership can include TNC Nature Preserves, managed areas, and properties that are held for future transfer. Conservation EasementProperties on which TNC holds a conservation easement, which is a legally binding agreement restricting the use of real property for conservation purposes (e.g., no development). The easement may additionally provide the holder (TNC) with affirmative rights, such as the rights to monitor species or to manage the land. It may run forever or for an expressed term of years. Deed RestrictionProperties where TNC holds a deed restriction, which is a provision placed in a deed restricting or limiting the use of the property in some manner (e.g., if a property goes up for sale, TNC gets the first option). TransferProperties where TNC historically had a legal interest (fee or easement), then subsequently transferred the interest to a conservation partner. AssistProperties where TNC assisted another agency/entity in protecting. Management Lease or AgreementAn agreement between two parties whereby one party allows the other to use their property for a certain period of time in exchange for a periodic fee. Grazing Lease or PermitA grazing lease or permit held by The Nature Conservancy Right of WayAn access easement or agreement held by The Nature Conservancy. OtherAnother real estate interest or legal agreement held by The Nature Conservancy Fee OwnerThe name of the organization serving as fee owner of the tract, or "Private Land Owner" if the owner is a private party. If The Nature Conservancy (TNC) primary interest is a "Transfer" or "Assist", then this is the fee owner at the time of the transaction.Fee Owner NameN/A Fee Org TypeThe type of organization(s) that hold(s) fee ownership. Chosen from a list of accepted values.Organization Types for Fee OwnershipFED:Federal, TRIB:American Indian Lands, STAT:State,DIST:Regional Agency Special District, LOC:Local Government, NGO:Non-Governmental Organization, PVT:Private, JNT:Joint, UNK:Unknown, TERR:Territorial, DESG:Designation Other Interest HolderThe name of the organization(s) that hold(s) a different interest in the tract, besides fee ownership or TNC Primary Interest. This may include TNC if the Other Interest is held or co-held by TNC. Multiple interest holders should be separated by a semicolon (;).Other Interest Holder NameN/A Other Interest Org TypeThe type of organization(s) that hold(s) a different interest in the tract, besides fee ownership. This may include TNC if the Other Interest is held or co-held by TNC. Chosen from a list of accepted values.Organization Types for interest holders:FED:Federal, TRIB:American Indian Lands, STAT:State,DIST:Regional Agency Special District, LOC:Local Government, NGO:Non-Governmental Organization, PVT:Private, JNT:Joint, UNK:Unknown, TERR:Territorial, DESG:Designation Other Interest TypeThe other interest type held on the tract. Chosen from a list of accepted values.​Access Right of Way; Conservation Easement; Co-held Conservation Easement; Deed Restriction; Co-held Deed Restriction; Fee Ownership; Co-held Fee Ownership; Grazing Lease or Permit; Life Estate; Management Lease or Agreement; Timber Lease or Agreement; OtherN/A Preserve NameThe name of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) preserve that the tract is a part of, this may be the same name as the as the "Public Name" for the tract.Preserve Name if applicableN/APublic AccessThe level of public access allowed on the tract.Open AccessAccess is encouraged on the tract, trails are maintained, signage is abundant, and parking is available. The tract may include regular hours of availability.Open with Limited AccessThere are no special requirements for public access to the tract, the tract may include regular hours of availability with limited amenities.Restricted AccessThe tract requires a special permit from the owner for access, a registration permit on public land, or has highly variable times or conditions to use.Closed AccessNo public access is allowed on the tract.UnknownAccess information for the tract is not currently available.Gap CategoryThe Gap Analysis Project (GAP) code for the tract. Gap Analysis is the science of determining how well we are protecting common plants and animals. Developing the data and tools to support that science is the mission of the Gap Analysis Project (GAP) at the US Geological Survey. See their website for more information, linked in the field name.1 - Permanent Protection for BiodiversityPermanent Protection for Biodiversity2 - Permanent Protection to Maintain a Primarily Natural StatePermanent Protection to Maintain a Primarily Natural State3 - Permanently Secured for Multiple Uses and in natural coverPermanently Secured for Multiple Uses and in natural cover39 - Permanently Secured and in agriculture or maintained grass coverPermanently Secured and in agriculture or maintained grass cover4 - UnsecuredUnsecured (temporary easements lands and/or municipal lands that are already developed (schools, golf course, soccer fields, ball fields)9 - UnknownUnknownProtected AcresThe planar area of the tract polygon in acres, calculated by the TNC Lands geographic information system (GIS).Total geodesic area of polygon in acresProjection: WGS 1984 Web Mercator Auxiliary SphereOriginal Protection DateThe original protection date for the tract, from the Land Resource Management (LRM) system record.Original protection dateN/AStateThe state within the United States of America or the Canadian province where the tract is located.Chosen from a list of state names.N/ACountryThe name of the country where the tract is located.Chosen from a list of countries.N/ADivisionThe name of the TNC North America Region Division where the tract is located. Chosen from a list of TNC North America DivisionsN/A

This data layer consists of tax parcels for Easton, Massachusetts meeting the classification of forest land under Title IX, Chapter 61 of Massachusetts General Law. Tax parcels represent property boundaries for the purpose of tax assessment. Tax parcels are not an authoritative source of property boundaries. The authoritative record of property boundaries are recorded at the Bristol County Registry of Deeds. Only a professional land surveyor my produce a legally authoritative map of property boundaries.

The Assessing Online application brings direct access for taxpayers, homeowners, real estate and legal professionals as well as business owners to property parcel data including assessed value, location, ownership and tax information for each piece of property in the city.

The information assists homeowners directly in their ownership responsibilities by providing the current value and tax status of their property. Professional real estate, business and legal entities access and draw upon Boston property parcel data to support and enhance their specific business operations. The GIS data appended to this application provides valuable graphical contexts for researchers, analysts and other professionals interested in demographical patterns, property usage and development.

In undertaking this data collection, the principal investigators sought to determine (1) whether police enforcement against drug crimes, specifically heroin crimes, had any influence on the rates of nondrug crimes, and (2) what effect intensive law enforcement programs against drug dealers had on residents where those programs were operating. To achieve these objectives, data on crime rates for seven successive years were collected from police records of 30 cities in Massachusetts. Data were collected for the following offenses: murder, rape, robbery, assault, larceny, and automobile theft. The investigators also interviewed a sample of residents from 3 of those 30 cities. Residents were queried about their opinions of the most serious problem facing people today, their degree of concern about being victims of crime, and their opinions of the effectiveness of law enforcement agencies in handling drug problems.

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906107 Date of creation: 1859-01-13 Petition location: Worcester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Dexter F. Parker, Worcester; Albert Tolman, Worcester; Henry C. Rice, Worcester; committee on claims; special committee on Indian lands Selected signatures:John Hecktor Actions taken on dates: 1859-01-14,1859-01-15 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 14, 1859 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the House on January 15, 1859 and concurred and referred to the special committee on Indian lands Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred, referred Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: a member of the Hasnimisco tribe of Indians, sole heir, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: John Hector, Hassanamisco, Grafton, sole heir, Paxton, Worcester county, trustees, Indian guardians, Sharp Freeborn, real estate, deeds, 1768, registry of deeds, Book 127 Page 349, income, property, next of kin to Elnathan Freeborn, Winchester, New Hampshire, heir at law, Leander Gimby, Leander Gimbee, held and occupied unlawfully and without right, appointment, Charles Brigham, courts of law or otherwise Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1859, joint committee on claims – discharged from further consideration Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.

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An easement is a legal right to use another person's property for a specific purpose. Easements are a common part of property law and can be used for things like roads, utilities, and parking. The Easement layer is included in the MassGIS Digital Parcel Standard OthLeg layer and stores the boundaries of other legal interests whose areas wholly or partly overlap parcels in TaxPar (e.g., conservation restrictions or easements). Coding the type of legal interest for these other polygons makes it possible to represent them using different outline symbols or area shadings or not to display them at all, so no functionality is lost in this approach.

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448102 Date of creation: 1826-05-25 Petition location: Chappaquiddick Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Daniel Fellows Jr., Edgartown; committee on probate and chancery Selected signatures:Samuel PetersWilliam JohnsonBetsy CarrelSally WebquishJane SaundersLucy BrownElizabeth JohnsonMartha WilliamsBetsy CarterAnnis WilliamsonHannah SimpsonBetsy NucomNelly JosephAbigail Luton[Fereba Harris?]Jane SamesSally Belain Actions taken on dates: 1826-06-05 Legislative action: Received in the House on June 5, 1826 Total signatures: 17 Legislative action summary: Received Females of color signatures: 14 Males of color signatures: 2 Unidentified signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Natives of Chappaquiddick, signers, heads of families, [males of color], [females of color], ["Indians on Chabaquidic"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Chappaquiddick, lands, law, division, improvements, discouragement, fences, meadows, permanent division, property, descend, children, relations, sale, cattle, damage, Indian guardians, appointment, law suits, courts, judicial, foreigner, marriage, settlement, pound, pound keeper, confine, impound, [petitioning, lengthy period of time between petition's date and passage of law] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1827, c.114, passed March 10, 1828 Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.