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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-MA-012	St. 1950, c. 639 (the Civil Defense Act), ss. 1, 5, 7, 8, 8AAn Act to Provide for the Safety of the Commonwealth During the Existence of an Emergency Resulting from Disaster or from Hostile Action	General Court; approved by the Governor July 20, 1950 (emergency law)	MassachusettsState	July 20, 1950	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MA-002	COVID-19 Order No. 1Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, s. 20	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-020	Desrosiers v. Governor, 486 Mass. 369, SJC-12983 (argued Sept. 11, 2020; decided Dec. 10, 2020)Decision holding that the Civil Defense Act authorized the Governor's March 10, 2020 declaration and the COVID-19 emergency orders, that the…	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (Lenk, Gaziano, Lowy, Budd, Cypher, Kafker, JJ.; opinion by Budd, J.)	MassachusettsCourt	Dec. 10, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-082	Joint Emergency Rule and Order Imposing Certain Measures to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 Within the Town (revised March 4, 2021)Town of Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health Joint Emergency Rule and Order Imposing Certain Measures to Prevent the Spread of…	Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health	Town of Provincetown, MassachusettsCity	Mar. 4, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-080	Supreme Judicial Court Seventh Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic (entered July 1, 2021, effective July 12, 2021; amended Dec. 31, 2021 and Jan. 24, 2022)Q3 2021 court-operations order: end of Phase 3 jury-trial limits on July 9, 2021 but continued COVID-19 provisions, including six-person…	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)Court	July 1, 2021	2021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-004	G.L. c. 111, s. 31Health regulations of boards of health; publication as notice to all persons; penalty	General Court (codified statute; powers exercised by municipal boards of health)	MassachusettsState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-079	Supreme Judicial Court Sixth Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) PandemicSixth Updated Order (spring 2021): phased resumption of jury trials (Phases 1-3) with six-person juries; continued limits on in-person…	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)Court		2021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source

General Court; approved by the Governor July 20, 1950 (emergency law), St. 1950, c. 639 (the Civil Defense Act), ss. 1, 5, 7, 8, 8A (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-012)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 1 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MA-002)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (Lenk, Gaziano, Lowy, Budd, Cypher, Kafker, JJ.; opinion by Budd, J.), Desrosiers v. Governor, 486 Mass. 369, SJC-12983 (argued Sept. 11, 2020; decided Dec. 10, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-020)
Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health, Joint Emergency Rule and Order Imposing Certain Measures to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 Within the Town (revised March 4, 2021) (Mar. 4, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-082)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court Seventh Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic (entered July 1, 2021, effective July 12, 2021; amended Dec. 31, 2021 and Jan. 24, 2022) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-080)
General Court (codified statute; powers exercised by municipal boards of health), G.L. c. 111, s. 31 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-004)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court Sixth Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-079)

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