THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

By His Excellency

LEVERETT SALTONSTALL
GOVERNOR

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 28

    WHEREAS, it is important to the general welfare of the inhabitants of the Common-
wealth that they should be able during the existence of the present state of war between the
United States and certain foreign countries to purchase insurance protection covering real and
personal property against damage which may result from enemy attack or from action of the
United States in resisting such attack; and

    WHEREAS, the War Damage Corporation is a corporation created by the Reconstruc-
tion Finance Corporation pursuant to section 5a of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Act, as amended (U.S.C.A. 15, s. 606B), and is authorized to issue insurance against loss
of, or damage to, real or personal property resulting from enemy attack, including any action
taken by the military, naval or air forces of the United States in resisting enemy attack,
with such general exceptions as War Damage Corporation, with the approval of the Secretary
of Commerce, may establish; and

    WHEREAS, the plan of operation of the said War Damage Corporation contains cer-
tain features which are not in conformity with the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.)
chapter 175, so that the inhabitants of this Commonwealth might not be able to avail them-
selves of the opportunity to obtain such insurance from the said corporation:

    NOW, THEREFORE, I, Leverett Saltonstall, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, acting under the provisions of Acts of 1941, chapter 719, section 7, Acts of 1942,
chapter 13, sections 2 (9) and 3, and all other authority vested in me, do hereby issue this
order as a measure necessary and expedient for meeting the supreme emergency of the existing
state of war between the United States and certain foreign countries.

    The War Damage Corporation is authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth
and to issue such insurance protection as said War Damage Corporation is empowered by the
laws of the United States to afford, without complying with such of the provisions of the
General Laws (Ter. Ed.) chapter 175, as amended, as the Commissioner of Insurance may 
from time to time specify, subject to such rules and regulations as the Commissioner may
make:  provided, however, that such insurance protection as shall be afforded by said War
Damage Corporation shall be issued only through the facilities of domestic or foreign insur-
ance companies lawfully transacting business in the Commonwealth and that the producers
acting on behalf of the War Damage Corporation shall be insurance agents or insurance
brokers licensed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

    Insurance protection heretofore afforded by said War Damage Corporation shall not
be deemed to be invalid by reason of any non-compliance with the provisions of said General
Laws (Ter. Ed.) chapter 175, as amended.

GIVEN at the Executive Chamber in Boston, this ninth day of July,
in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-two,
and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hun-
dred and sixty-seventh.

By His Excellency the Governor,
LEVERETT SALTONSTALL.

FREDERIC W. COOK,
Secretary of the Commonwealth

GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS