Massachusetts General Laws Part I. Administration of the Government (Ch. 1-182) Ch. 57, § 2

For the purpose of choosing councillors until the next apportionment, the commonwealth shall be divided, conformably with the constitution, into the following 8 councillor districts:

First -- Consisting of the following senatorial districts: Cape and Islands; First Bristol and Plymouth; Second Bristol and Plymouth; Third Bristol and Plymouth; and Plymouth and Barnstable.

Second -- Consisting of the following senatorial districts: Bristol and Norfolk; Middlesex and Norfolk; Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol; Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex; and Second Plymouth and Norfolk.

Third -- Consisting of the following senatorial districts: Third Middlesex; Fourth Middlesex; Middlesex and Worcester; Norfolk and Middlesex; and Suffolk and Middlesex.

Fourth -- Consisting of the following senatorial districts: Norfolk and Plymouth; Norfolk and Suffolk; First Plymouth and Norfolk; First Suffolk; and Second Suffolk.

Fifth -- Consisting of the following senatorial districts: First Essex; Second Essex; First Essex and Middlesex; Second Essex and Middlesex; and First Middlesex.

Sixth -- Consisting of the following senatorial districts: Third Essex; Second Middlesex; Fifth Middlesex; Middlesex and Suffolk; and Third Suffolk.

Seventh -- Consisting of the following senatorial districts: First Worcester; Second Worcester; Worcester and Hampden; Worcester and Hampshire; and Worcester and Middlesex.

Eighth -- Consisting of the following senatorial districts: Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire; Hampden; Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester; Hampden and Hampshire; and Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester.