Chapter 31 Civil Service

Massachusetts General Laws
Updated through 10/4/05, Chapter 106, Acts of 2005
(© 2005, Galen Gilbert)

In Galen Gilbert’s hyper linked, highly formatted version of Massachusetts Civil Service Law the following conventions are featured:

• Hyper linked Table of Contents. Click on a section title in the Table and the cursor will jump to that section’s text, instead of having to scroll down.
• Highlighted text of defined terms. Any term defined in Section 1, is underlined wherever it occurs in the text so that the reader knows that it may have a special meaning.
• Hyper linked cross references; Wherever the text refers directly to another section, there is a gray button box with white text next to that reference, which will jump the cursor to that cross-referenced section.
• Footnoted cross references; Where a subject is discussed that would be easier to understand by reference to another section, footnotes are featured with their own cross-reference buttons.
• Hyper linked to the Acts and Resolves: Where a section has been modified since 1997 by the Legislature, there is a hyperlink to the Internet text of the relevant act.
• Text of related statutes: Where there are other related statutes outside of Chapter 31, their text or summaries thereof are included as notes.
• Hyper linked buttons to the Table of Contents. At every section heading there is a gray button box with black text toc so the user can click back to the top.
• Updated monthly. The text is checked against new statutes and updated monthly. See the Website, http://ggilbertlawyer.com/ for the updates.
• Official Text. The main text is from the Massachusetts General Laws, found on the internet under the legislature’s website.
• Produced with MS Word, 2000. To use all the features MS Word is recommended. Since the text is on your computer you can use normal word processing functions, such as searching or inserting your own notes.