Form 485BPOS VANGUARD MASSACHUSETTS

April 18, 2019 8:43 AM EDT

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
Washington, D.C. 20549 
 
 
Form N-1A 
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 333-63579) UNDER 
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 
Post-Effective Amendment No. 39 
and 
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY 
ACT OF 1940 
Amendment No. 42 
 
VANGUARD MASSACHUSETTS 
TAX-EXEMPT FUNDS 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Declaration of Trust) 
 
P.O. Box 2600, Valley Forge, PA 19482 
(Address of Principal Executive Office) 
 
Registrant’s Telephone Number (610) 669-1000 
 
Anne E. Robinson, Esquire 
P.O. Box 876 
Valley Forge, PA 19482 
 
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box) 
[X] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) 
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b) 
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) 
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) 
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) 
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485 
If appropriate, check the following box: 
[ ] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a 
previously filed post-effective amendment. 

 


 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant hereby certifies that it meets all requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Valley Forge and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 18th day of April, 2019.

VANGUARD MASSACHUSETTS TAX-EXEMPT FUNDS

BY: /s/ Mortimer J. Buckley*_____________

     Mortimer J. Buckley Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

Signature  Title  Date 
 
/s/ Mortimer J. Buckley*  Chairman and Chief Executive  April 18, 2019 
  Officer   
Mortimer J. Buckley     
/s/ Emerson U. Fullwood*  Trustee  April 18, 2019 
Emerson U. Fullwood     
/s/ Amy Gutmann*  Trustee  April 18, 2019 
Amy Gutmann     
/s/ F. Joseph Loughrey*  Trustee  April 18, 2019 
F. Joseph Loughrey     
/s/ Mark Loughridge*  Trustee  April 18, 2019 
Mark Loughridge     
/s/ Scott C. Malpass*  Trustee  April 18, 2019 
Scott C. Malpass     
/s/ Deanna Mulligan*  Trustee  April 18, 2019 
Deanna Mulligan     
/s/ André F. Perold*  Trustee  April 18, 2019 
André F. Perold     
/s/ Sarah Bloom Raskin*  Trustee  April 18, 2019 
Sarah Bloom Raskin     
/s/ Peter F. Volanakis*  Trustee  April 18, 2019 
Peter F. Volanakis     
/s/ Thomas J. Higgins*  Chief Financial Officer  April 18, 2019 
Thomas J. Higgins     

 

*By: /s/ Anne E. Robinson

Anne E. Robinson, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on January 18, 2018, see File Number 33-32216, Incorporated by Reference.


 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS   
 
XBRL Instance Document  Ex-101.INS 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document  Ex-101.SCH 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document  Ex-101.CAL 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.  Ex-101.DEF 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document  Ex-101.LAB 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document  Ex-101.PRE 

 



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