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Line 54: Budgets as proposed by the County Commissioners were approved by a County Advisory Board that consisted of a single representative of each of the 54 cities and towns in Middlesex County. The votes of the individual members of the advisory board were weighted based on the overall valuation of property in their respective communities. The [[Middlesex County Sheriff's Office\|County Sheriff]] and two ~~Registrars~~Registers of Deeds (one for the Northern District at Lowell and another for the Southern District at Cambridge) are each elected to serve six-year terms.<ref name="MGL34-4">{{MassGenLaws\|34\|4}}</ref> Besides the employees of the Sheriff's Office and the two Registries of Deeds, the county had a Maintenance Department, a Security Department, some administrative staff in the Treasurer's and Commissioners' Offices, and the employees of the hospital. The county government also owned and operated the [[Massachusetts Superior Court\|Superior Courthouse]], one of which was formerly in Cambridge (since 2008 relocated to Woburn.)<ref name="Superior court move">{{cite news \|last1=Moskowitz \|first1=Eric \|date=February 14, 2008 \|title=Court move a hassle for commuters \|url=http://archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/02/14/court_move_a_hassle_for_commuters/ \|access-date=January 29, 2018 \|archive-date=November 5, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105032846/http://archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/02/14/court_move_a_hassle_for_commuters/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> and one in Lowell; and the defunct [[Middlesex County Hospital]] in the city of Waltham. The legislation abolishing the Middlesex County executive retained the Sheriff and ~~Registrars~~Registers of Deeds as independently elected officials, and transferred the Sheriff's Office under the state Department of Public Safety and the two Registry of Deeds offices to the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office.<ref name="MGL34B-10">{{MassGenLaws\|34B\|10}}</ref> Additionally, all county maintenance and security employees were absorbed into the corresponding staffs of the [[Judiciary of Massachusetts#Trial Court\|Massachusetts Trial Court]]. The legislation also transferred ownership of the two Superior Courthouses to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The hospital was closed. Finally, the office of County Commissioner was immediately abolished and the office of County Treasurer was abolished as of December 31, 2002.<ref name="MGL34B-2">{{MassGenLaws\|34B\|2}}</ref> Any county roads transferred to the Commonwealth as part of the dissolution. The other administrative duties (such as Sheriff, Department of Deeds and [[Courts of Massachusetts\|court system]], etc.) and all supporting staff were transferred under the Commonwealth as well. ===Administrative structure today=== Records of land ownership in Middlesex County continue to be maintained at the two Registries of Deeds. Besides the Sheriff and the two ~~Registrars~~Registers of Deeds, the Middlesex District Attorney, the Middlesex ~~Registrar~~Register of Probate and the Middlesex Clerk of Courts (which were already part of state government before the abolition of Middlesex County government) are all elected countywide to six-year terms. In Middlesex County (as in the entirety of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts), the governmental functions such as property tax assessment and collection, public education, road repair and maintenance, and elections were all conducted at the municipal city and town level and not by the county government. Line 79: \| [[Marian T. Ryan]] \|- valign=top ! align=right \| [[Recorder of deeds\|~~Registrar~~Register of Deeds]]: \| Richard P. Howe, Jr. (North at Lowell)<br /> Maria C. Curtatone (South at Cambridge) \|- valign=top ! align=right \| [[Probate\|~~Registrar~~Register of Probate]]: \| Tara E. DeCristofaro \|- valign=top

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