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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
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. AGY-ST-COURTS-076	Supreme Judicial Court Order in re COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic regarding access to state courthouses and court facilities (OE-144)Persons diagnosed with, exposed to or symptomatic of coronavirus, persons asked to self-quarantine, and persons who had travelled to China…	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)Court	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-054	MBTA schedule revisions effective Mar. 17, 2020 (reduced subway, bus, Commuter Rail and ferry service under the COVID-19 emergency)MBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (General Manager Steve Poftak)	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Massachusetts; division of MassDOT)State	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-098	MBTA notice, 'MBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17' (Mar. 16, 2020)MBTA reduced service schedule effective March 17, 2020 ('Reductions in service support slowing spread of COVID-19, protect MBTA workforce…	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	Massachusetts (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority)State	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-090	MBTA schedule revisions: all services on a reduced schedule effective March 17, 2020 until further noticeMBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17 (posted March 16, 2020)	MBTA (General Manager Steve Poftak)	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Boston metropolitan transit)Sector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-077	Supreme Judicial Court Order in re: COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic (March 17, 2020) (OE-144)Statewide order closing Massachusetts courthouses to the public except for emergency matters that cannot be resolved remotely, continuing…	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)Court	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MA-007	COVID-19 Order No. 11 (Mar. 20, 2020) with Orders No. 6, 39, 47, 64Order Authorizing Actions to Limit In-Person Transactions at the Registry of Motor Vehicles (first order); Order No. 6 (Mar. 15, 2020) RMV…	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-080	Emergency Order of the Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health directing all individuals to stay at their place of residence, directing all businesses to cease non-essential operations at physical locations, prohibiting all non-essential gatherings and ordering cessation of all non-essential travelEmergency Order of the Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health, Effective March 23, 2020 at 5:00 PM	Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health	Town of Provincetown (Barnstable County), MassachusettsCity	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-091	MBTA notice: MBTA discourages all non-essential travelMBTA Discourages All Non-Essential Travel (posted March 23, 2020)	MBTA	Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthoritySector regulator	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-055	MBTA service revisions of Mar. 23-25, 2020: Commuter Rail Reduced Service Schedule modified; all non-essential travel discouragedMBTA Discourages All Non-Essential Travel (targeted adjustments to Commuter Rail capacity effective Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2020)	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (General Manager Steve Poftak)	Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-122	Supplemental Emergency Order (Emergency Order No. 3 supplement) reaffirming the construction and commercial landscaping suspension (Emergency Order No. 1, Mar. 20, 2020) and the stay-at-home order (Emergency Order No. 3, Mar. 22, 2020)Supplemental Emergency Order, March 30, 2020	Town of Nantucket (Select Board and Board of Health)	Town and County of Nantucket, MassachusettsCity	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. MA-051	Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2020An Act to Address Challenges Faced by Municipalities and State Authorities Resulting from COVID-19	General Court (Legislature); approved by the Governor	MassachusettsState	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Alcohol and barsCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-056	MBTA service revision effective Monday, Apr. 6, 2020 (Saturday-level bus schedules; modified subway and Commuter Rail service)MBTA Issues Service Revision Effective Monday, April 6 (updated Apr. 3, 2020)	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityState	Apr. 2, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-052	Order of the Mayor in Conjunction with the Board of Health requiring face coverings in essential businesses and building common areasOrder of the Mayor in Conjunction with the Board of Health (face coverings), April 10, 2020	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone in conjunction with the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)	City of Somerville, MassachusettsCity	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-162	Emergency Order requiring face coverings in essential businesses, on employees, in building common areas; retail occupancy limits; ice cream trucks prohibitedAdditional Emergency Order from the Salem Board of Health (April 9, 2020)	Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem (David Greenbaum, Health Agent)	City of Salem, MassachusettsCity	Apr. 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-095	Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020, An Act Providing for a Moratorium on Evictions and Foreclosures During the COVID-19 EmergencyMoratorium on non-essential evictions (residential and small-business premises) and foreclosures	General Court of Massachusetts (signed by Governor Baker)	MassachusettsState	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MA-052	Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020An Act Providing for a Moratorium on Evictions and Foreclosures During the COVID-19 Emergency	General Court (Legislature); approved by the Governor	MassachusettsState	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-13-072	Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020An Act Providing for a Moratorium on Evictions and Foreclosures During the COVID-19 Emergency	Massachusetts General Court; approved by Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-14-052	Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020An Act providing for a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures during the COVID-19 emergency	Massachusetts General Court (H.4647)	MassachusettsState	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-039	Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2020An Act providing for virtual notarization to address challenges related to COVID-19	Massachusetts General Court; approved by Governor Charles D. Baker	Massachusetts (General Court)State	Apr. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-12-049	Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2020An Act Providing for Virtual Notarization to Address Challenges Related to COVID-19	General Court of Massachusetts	MassachusettsState	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-155	Town of Brookline COVID-19 page as of May 1, 2020 (banner: 'Face coverings must be worn in public'; links to Voluntary Construction Suspension and Emergency Parking Rules)Brookline COVID-19 information page (brooklinema.gov/covid-19, raw Wayback capture of May 1, 2020)	Town of Brookline	Town of Brookline, MassachusettsCity	May 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureFace-covering requirementOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-057	MBTA face-covering requirement effective May 6, 2020 (Executive Order for face coverings takes effect)Executive Order for Face Coverings Takes Effect Wednesday, May 6	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (implementing the Governor's Order No. 31)State	May 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-024	COVID-19 Order No. 31 (May 1, 2020) (library exhibit MA-016; cross-reference, not re-saved)Order Requiring Face Coverings in Public Places Where Social Distancing Is Not Possible	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	May 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MA-016	COVID-19 Order No. 31Order Requiring Face Coverings in Public Places Where Social Distancing Is Not Possible	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	May 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read

Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 1 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MA-002)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court Order in re COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic regarding access to state courthouses and court facilities (OE-144) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-076)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (General Manager Steve Poftak), MBTA schedule revisions effective Mar. 17, 2020 (reduced subway, bus, Commuter Rail and ferry service under the COVID-19 emergency) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-054)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA notice, 'MBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17' (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-098)
MBTA (General Manager Steve Poftak), MBTA schedule revisions: all services on a reduced schedule effective March 17, 2020 until further notice (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-090)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court Order in re: COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic (March 17, 2020) (OE-144) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-077)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 11 (Mar. 20, 2020) with Orders No. 6, 39, 47, 64 (Ex. MA-007)
Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health, Emergency Order of the Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health directing all individuals to stay at their place of residence, directing all businesses to cease non-essential operations at physical locations, prohibiting all non-essential gatherings and ordering cessation of all non-essential travel (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-080)
MBTA, MBTA notice: MBTA discourages all non-essential travel (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-091)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (General Manager Steve Poftak), MBTA service revisions of Mar. 23-25, 2020: Commuter Rail Reduced Service Schedule modified; all non-essential travel discouraged (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-055)
Town of Nantucket (Select Board and Board of Health), Supplemental Emergency Order (Emergency Order No. 3 supplement) reaffirming the construction and commercial landscaping suspension (Emergency Order No. 1, Mar. 20, 2020) and the stay-at-home order (Emergency Order No. 3, Mar. 22, 2020) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-122)
General Court (Legislature); approved by the Governor, Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2020 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. MA-051)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA service revision effective Monday, Apr. 6, 2020 (Saturday-level bus schedules; modified subway and Commuter Rail service) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-056)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone in conjunction with the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Order of the Mayor in Conjunction with the Board of Health requiring face coverings in essential businesses and building common areas (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-052)
Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem (David Greenbaum, Health Agent), Emergency Order requiring face coverings in essential businesses, on employees, in building common areas; retail occupancy limits; ice cream trucks prohibited (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-162)
General Court of Massachusetts (signed by Governor Baker), Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020, An Act Providing for a Moratorium on Evictions and Foreclosures During the COVID-19 Emergency (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-095)
General Court (Legislature); approved by the Governor, Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. MA-052)
Massachusetts General Court; approved by Governor Charles D. Baker, Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-13-072)
Massachusetts General Court (H.4647), Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-14-052)
Massachusetts General Court; approved by Governor Charles D. Baker, Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2020 (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-039)
General Court of Massachusetts, Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2020 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-049)
Town of Brookline, Town of Brookline COVID-19 page as of May 1, 2020 (banner: 'Face coverings must be worn in public'; links to Voluntary Construction Suspension and Emergency Parking Rules) (Ex. MET-BOS-155)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA face-covering requirement effective May 6, 2020 (Executive Order for face coverings takes effect) (May 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-057)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 31 (May 1, 2020) (library exhibit MA-016; cross-reference, not re-saved) (Ex. DUT-MA-024)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 31 (May 1, 2020) (Ex. MA-016)

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