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Che Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
RESOLVE AUTHORIZING STUDY 
(Chapter 77 of the Resolves of 1969) 
CHapP. Tl. RESOLVE PROVIDING FOR AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY BY A SPECIAL 
COMMISSION RELATIVE TO MARINE BOUNDARIES AND RESOURCES OF THE 
COMMONWEALTH. 
Resolved, That a special commission, to consist of three members of the 
senate, six members of the house of representatives, the attorney general 
or his designee, the commissioner of natural resources or his designee, the 
commissioner of public works or his designee, and four persons to be 
appointed by the governor, is hereby established for the purpose of making 
an investigation and study of the marine boundaries and resources of the 
commonwealth. Said commission shall consider lateral seaward boundaries 
of the commonwealth for the purpose of attempting to reach agreement 
with the adjacent states of New Hampshire and Rhode Island as to sea- 
ward extensions of the present boundaries between Massachusetts and 
those states; the existing statutes of the commonwealth relating to 
exploitation, utilization and regulation of the waters within the boundaries 
of the commonwealth and of the seabed and subsoil lying beneath those 
waters; and a long range orderly plan for the management of the common- 
wealth’s resources and assets in coastal, estuarine and submerged areas, 
as well as the protection of the commonwealth’s interest in deep ocean 
research and related activities. 
Approved August 18, 1969. 
