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Code · Massachusetts · Part I — ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT · Title V — STATUTES OF FRAUDS AND LIMITATIONS · Chapter 33

Section 54: Additional forces; source

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Section 54. When the entire armed forces of the commonwealth have been ordered out under section 40 or 41 and a further force is required, it may be taken from the unorganized militia, as provided in section fifty-five.
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