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- Massachusetts General Laws - State secretary; duties; bond; salary; term limitation - Chapter 9, Section 1
[ First paragraph effective until July 1, 2007. For text effective July 1, 2007, see below.]There shall be a department of the state secretary under...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Deputies; assistants; civil service - Chapter 9, Section 2
He may appoint a first deputy, a second deputy, and a third deputy and a fourth deputy each of whom shall perform the duties of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Archives advisory commission; establishment; members and alternates, appointment; powers and duties; receipt and disposition of funds; expenses - Chapter 9, Section 2A
There shall be in the department of the state secretary an archives advisory commission, hereinafter called the commission. Said commission shall consist of seven members,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Annual personnel report - Chapter 9, Section 2B
The secretary shall file an annual report not later than the first Wednesday in February with the senate and house committees on ways and means...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Deputies; power to act in absence of secretary - Chapter 9, Section 3
If the secretary is disabled from performing his official duties, his deputies shall perform the same during such disability. In the event of a vacancy...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Supervisor of public records - Chapter 9, Section 4
The secretary shall, with the approval of the governor and council, appoint, and may, with like approval, remove, a competent person to be known as...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Traveling, clerical and other expenses of supervisor - Chapter 9, Section 5
The secretary may expend not more than three thousand dollars annually for such traveling, clerical and other necessary expenses in connection with the duties required...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed - Chapter 9, Section 6
Chapter 9: Section 6. Repealed, 1971, 820, Sec. 1
- Massachusetts General Laws - 7A. Repealed - Chapter 9, Section 7
- Massachusetts General Laws - Information available to federal census authorities - Chapter 9, Section 8
The secretary shall make available for inspection and copying by the federal authorities charged with the taking of the United States census such information in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed - Chapter 9, Section 9
Chapter 9: Section 9. Repealed, 1992, 403, Sec. 2
- Massachusetts General Laws - Local election districts review commission; membership; compensation; duties - Chapter 9, Section 9A
There shall be in the department of the state secretary, but not under his supervision or control, a local election districts review commission consisting of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed - Chapter 9, Section 10
Chapter 9: Section 10. Repealed, 1976, 486, Sec. 1
- Massachusetts General Laws - Administration and enforcement of chapter 110A; staff - Chapter 9, Section 10A
For the administration and enforcement of chapter one hundred and ten A the state secretary may employ such assistants and other employees as are required.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Great seal; custody; certified copies of records as evidence - Chapter 9, Section 11
The state secretary shall have the custody of the great seal of the commonwealth; and copies of records and papers in his department, certified by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Books and records of Maine lands; custody - Chapter 9, Section 12
He shall have the custody of the books of records of grants and conveyances of land formerly held by the commonwealth situated in the state...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Stereotype and other plates; custody and disposition - Chapter 9, Section 13
He shall, except as otherwise provided by section four of chapter sixty-four, have the custody of all stereotype, electrotype, steel and copper plates and woodcuts,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed - Chapter 9, Section 14
Chapter 9: Section 14. Repealed, 1923, 362, Sec. 12
- Massachusetts General Laws - Justices and notaries; notice of expiration of commissions - Chapter 9, Section 15
The secretary shall send by first class mail to every justice of the peace or notary public a notice of the time of expiration of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Justices and notaries; acting after expiration of commission; validation certificate - Chapter 9, Section 15A
If a notary public, whose name has been changed by marriage or decree of court and who has failed to re-register as required by law,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Annual list of designated justices of the peace - Chapter 9, Section 16
He shall annually in January send to the town clerks and registrars a list of all justices of the peace designated under section thirty-nine of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Annual report - Chapter 9, Section 17
The state secretary shall, in addition to the special reports required by law, make an annual report describing the work of his department for the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed - Chapter 9, Section 18
Chapter 9: Section 18. Repealed, 1923, 146, Sec. 1
- Massachusetts General Laws - Destruction or sale of documents of no value; reproduction of records of corporations - Chapter 9, Section 19
The state secretary, having first obtained authority from the governor and council, may destroy or sell such documents, records and papers as in his judgment...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed - Chapter 9, Section 20
Chapter 9: Section 20. Repealed, 1982, 634, Sec. 3
- Massachusetts General Laws - Central register of contracting opportunities offered by governmental agencies - Chapter 9, Section 20A
The department of the state secretary shall publish a central register listing all notices of contracting opportunities estimated to be in excess of a sum...
Commission on Interstate Co-operation.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commission established; membership; tenure; expenses; other employees - Chapter 9, Section 21
There shall be in the department of the state secretary, but in no way subject to his control, a commission on interstate co-operation, in this...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Committees and advisory boards; rules - Chapter 9, Section 22
The commission may establish such committees and advisory boards as appear desirable, to conduct conferences and formulate proposals concerning subjects of intergovernmental co-operation. Subject to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commission's primary function; powers and duties - Chapter 9, Section 23
It shall be a primary function of the commission to further the participation of the commonwealth as a member of the council of state governments,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Reports by commission - Chapter 9, Section 24
The commission shall report to the general court with its recommendations for legislation, if any, annually during the month of December, and at other times...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed - Chapter 9, Section 25
Chapter 9: Section 25. Repealed, 1943, 255, Sec. 2
Massachusetts Historical Commission
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts historical commission; establishment. - Chapter 9, Section 26
There shall be in the department of the secretary of state a Massachusetts historical commission, hereinafter and in sections twenty-six A to twenty-seven D, inclusive,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - State archaeologist; duties; reservation of lands from sale; cooperation of governmental agencies - Chapter 9, Section 26A
It shall be the duty of the state archeologist to: (1) Compile and maintain an inventory of historical and archeological sites and specimens, which inventory...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 9, Section 26B
The following definitions shall apply to section twenty-six A, section twenty-six C, and to sections twenty-seven to twenty-seven C, inclusive:— “Adverse effect”, (1) the destruction...
- Massachusetts General Laws - State register of historic places - Chapter 9, Section 26C
The commission shall establish and maintain a state register of historic places, known as the state register. The state register shall contain the following properties:...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Property listings; regulations - Chapter 9, Section 26D
The commission shall promulgate regulations as may be necessary for:— (1) nominating properties for listing in and removal from the state register of historic places;...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Certification of historic or archaeological landmarks; standards for care and management; alteration of landmarks; field investigation of sites - Chapter 9, Section 27
The commission may request the chairman to examine certain sites and structures in the commonwealth and to make recommendations concerning their historical significance. Any such...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Hearings, contracts, acceptance of gifts, etc., authorized; assistance and data of other agencies - Chapter 9, Section 27A
The commission may hold hearings, may enter into contracts with individuals, organizations and institutions for services furthering the objectives of the commission’s program; may enter...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Federal historic preservation act; surveys and plans; custody and expenditure of funds - Chapter 9, Section 27B
The commission shall develop historical surveys and plans in accordance with the requirements of the federal historic preservation act (Title 16, U.S.C. sections 470-470N). The...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Projects; notice; adverse effect; review - Chapter 9, Section 27C
As early as possible in the planning process of a project undertaken by a state body, or prior to a state body’s funding or licensing,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Historic homesteads - Chapter 9, Section 27D
Any person owning or in possession of a homestead or tract of land which has been owned or in the possession of his family for...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Portraits and art objects in state house; photographs - Chapter 9, Section 28
The state secretary may cause either black and white or colored photographs to be made of such portraits and other important art objects in the...
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