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§ 56 — Inventor of the commonwealth

Massachusetts § 56
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title IJURISDICTION AND EMBLEMS OF THE COMMONWEALTH, THE GENERAL COURT, STATUTES AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
Ch. 2ARMS, GREAT SEAL AND OTHER EMBLEMS OF THE COMMONWEALTH

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, § 56 (2026).

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Section 56. Benjamin Franklin shall be the official inventor of the commonwealth.

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