THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 84

    Whereas, men possessing the necessary mental and
physical qualifications for enlistment and service as
officers in the Division of State Police, and who were
qualified by examination and placed on an eligible list,
in accordance with the provisions of G. L., C. 22, S. 9-A,
as amended by the Acts of 1939, C. 503, S. 4, and in ac-
cordance with the administrative procedure, having been
called to render service in the armed forces, and said
service having continued beyond their thirtieth birthday,

    Now, therefore, I, Maurice J. Tobin, Governor of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting under the provisions
of Acts of 1941, C. 719, as amended by Acts of 1943, C. 3,
Acts of 1942, C. 13, sections 2 and 3, and all other author-
ity vested in me, do hereby issue this order:

    The provisions of G. L. (Ter. Ed.), C. 22, S. 9-A,
as amended, which provide that "after December 1, 1939,
no person over thirty years of age shall be enlisted for 
the first time as an officer of the Division of State Po-
lice", are hereby suspended.

Given at the Executive Chamber in
Boston, this seventh day of December,
in the year of Our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and forty-five, and of
the Independence of the United States
of America, the one hundred and 
seventieth.

By His Excellency the Governor,
Maurice J. Tobin

F. W. Cook
Secretary of the Commonwealth

GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS