CHAPTER 9. DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE SECRETARY  


SECTION 1. State secretary; duties; bond; salary; other sources of income
SECTION 2. Deputies; assistants; civil service
SECTION 2A. Archives advisory commission; establishment; members and alternates, appointment; powers and duties; receipt and disposition of funds; expenses
SECTION 2B. Annual personnel report
SECTION 2C. Funding for archives museum
SECTION 3. Deputies; power to act in absence of secretary
SECTION 4. Supervisor of public records
SECTION 4A. Acts, resolves and constitutional amendments; publication
SECTION 4B. Pamphlet edition of laws; distribution of copies of individual laws
SECTION 4C. Cumulative table of changes in general statutes
SECTION 4D. Distribution of printed copies of official reports
SECTION 4E. Reports of war veterans' organizations
SECTION 4F. Distribution of judicial decisions and General Laws to cities and towns
SECTION 4G. Subsequent distribution to city or town; insurance
SECTION 4H. Distribution of laws and documents to members of general court
SECTION 5. Traveling, clerical and other expenses of supervisor
SECTION 6. Repealed, 1971, 820, Sec. 1
SECTION 7, 7A. Repealed, 1992, 403, Sec. 2
SECTION 8. Information available to federal census authorities
SECTION 9. Repealed, 1992, 403, Sec. 2
SECTION 9A. Local election districts review commission; membership; compensation; duties
SECTION 10. Repealed, 1976, 486, Sec. 1
SECTION 10A. Administration and enforcement of chapter 110A; staff
SECTION 11. Great seal; custody; certified copies of records as evidence
SECTION 12. Books and records of Maine lands; custody
SECTION 13. Stereotype and other plates; custody and disposition
SECTION 14. Repealed, 1923, 362, Sec. 12
SECTION 15. Justices and notaries; notice of expiration of commissions
SECTION 15A. Justices and notaries; acting after expiration of commission; validation certificate
SECTION 16. Annual list of designated justices of the peace
SECTION 17. Annual report
SECTION 18. Repealed, 1923, 146, Sec. 1
SECTION 19. Destruction or sale of documents of no value; reproduction of records of corporations.
SECTION 20. Repealed, 1982, 634, Sec. 3
SECTION 20A. Central register of contracting opportunities offered by governmental agencies
SECTION 20B. Government activities; citizen education programs; acceptance of gifts, contributions, bequests, etc.
SECTION 21. Commission on interstate cooperation; membership; term
SECTION 22. Commission on interstate cooperation; committees and advisory boards; rules
SECTION 23. Commission on interstate cooperation; primary function; powers and duties
SECTION 24. Commission on interstate cooperation; reporting
SECTION 25. Repealed, 1943, 255, Sec. 2
SECTION 26. Massachusetts historical commission; establishment
SECTION 26A. State archeologist; duties; reservation of lands from sale; cooperation of governmental agencies
SECTION 26B. Definitions applicable to Secs. 26A, 26C, and 27 to 27C
SECTION 26C. State register of historic places
SECTION 26D. Property listings; regulations
SECTION 27. Certification of historic or archeological landmarks; standards for care and management; alteration of landmarks; field investigation of sites
SECTION 27A. Hearings, contracts, acceptance of gifts, etc., authorized; assistance and data of other agencies
SECTION 27B. Federal historic preservation act; surveys and plans; custody and expenditure of funds
SECTION 27C. Projects; notice; adverse effect; review
SECTION 27D. Historic homesteads
SECTION 28. Portraits and art objects in state house; photographs
SECTION 29. State ballot law commission; records conservation board
SECTION 30. Voting equipment loan program
SECTION 31. Surcharge on fees of registers of deeds and assistant recorders; registries under control of state secretary; surcharge to fund improvements at registries; disposition of surcharge