Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court July 1, 1971 (Answer of the Justices to the Senate)

To the Honorable the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:

The undersigned Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court respectfully submit this reply to the questions set forth in an order adopted by the Senate on August 19, 1970, and transmitted to us on September 21, 1970. The order recites the pendency before the Senate, at its 1970 session, of two bills, viz.