The persons named on the lists delivered to the sergeant-at-arms shall be admitted to take seats as members in the representatives' chamber on said first Wednesday of January or thereafter during the terms for which they are elected.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 3, § 2
Admission of persons listed to take seats as representatives
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