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Excerpt from Report of the Attorney General for the Year Ending June 30, 1954 The Office of the Attorney General has sponsored new legislation, cre ated new divisions within the department, rendered legal opinions to the proper authorities, represented the Commonwealth and the various State departments, officers and commissions in all judicial proceedings, examined and approved town by-laws, conducted investigations into the conduct of various agencies and certain public officials of the Commonwealth co operated with the district attorneys, conscientiously administered the law and vigorously prosecuted all violators. And yet, as time-consuming as these many activities have been, the office of Attorney General has also been able to give assistance to the needy, such as the unfortunate victims of the disastrous Worcester tor nado and the hurricane on Cape Cod, continue economical land-taking reforms, initiate a campaign to clean up comic books and continue aid to veterans. Staffed by a corps of Assistant Attorneys General and law clerks Whose character, ability, experience and training are above question, the office of the Attorney General also continued its drives against Communism, crime and corruption, took action against fake charities, established a Division of Charitable Trusts within the department and carried out a successful campaign of ridding the State of obscene literature. In August of 1953, the Attorney General of the Commonwealth was elected vice-president and one of six members of the Executive Board of the National Association of Attorneys General, and was also named Chairman of the Eastern States Conference of Attorneys General, a terri tory which includes Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dela ware, West Virginia, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. In October, 1953, he was appointed a member of the Committee on Narcotic Drug Control of the National Association of Attorneys General, which prepared a bill for introduction into the next session Of Congress providing for the reception of narcotic drug addicts in appropriate Federal hospitals upon commitment thereto by the courts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.