AUDITORS.

List of Persons who have held the Office of AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS or AUDITOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

[Established by Act of 1849. Name changed by Act of 1908.]

List of Persons who have held the Office of SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Mr. Clarke resigned, and Mr. Ladd was appointed in his place May 5, 1879.

Mr. Turner died June 29, 1911, and Mr. White was elected to fill the vacancy July 6, 1911.

§ Mr. Hill died Sept. 12, 1903. Mr. Caleb B. Tillinghast was appointed acting secretary May 19, 1903, and served until March 1, 1904, when Mr. Martin, who was elected Feb. 4, 1904, entered upon his duties.

The office of secretary of the State Board of Education was abolished by chapter 457 of the Acts of 1909.

ORGANIZATION OF THE LEGISLATURE,

Since 1780.

The first General Court, under the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, assembled at Boston on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 1780, and was finally prorogued (having held three sessions) May 19, 1781. From this time until 1832 the political year commenced on the last Wednesday in May, and the General Court held two, and frequently three, sessions during each year. In 1832, by an amendment of the Constitution, the commencement of the political year was changed to the first Wednesday in January.