THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

By His Excellency
Christian A. Herter
Governor

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 22

    WHEREAS, On September 1, 1954, I declared that a
State of Emergency exists in the Commonwealth by reason of
the devastation resulting from the hurricane of August 31,
1954, and

    WHEREAS, the hurricane has caused widespread impair-
ment and dislocation of domestic refrigeration facilities,
and

    WHEREAS,  the impairment and dislocation of domestic re-
frigeration facilities have made it impossible for many house-
holders to preserve perishable foods in their homes,

    NOW, THEREFORE, I, Christian A. Herter, Governor of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting under the provisions of
Acts of 1950, Chapter 639, and all other authority vested
in me, hereby issue the following order:

    That all purveyors of perishable foods be permitted to
sell their wares on Sunday, September 5 and Monday, September
6, 1954.

GIVEN at the Executive Chamber in Boston, this
second day of September, in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and fifty-four, and of
the Independence of America, the one hundred and
seventy-ninth.

By His Excellency the Governor,
Christian A. Herter

Edward J. Cronin
Secretary of the Commonwealth

GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS