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 him and authenticated by said seal, shall be evidence like the originals.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
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 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 8 - Information Available to Federal Census Authorities
Section 9a - Local Election Districts Review Commission; Membership; Compensation; Duties
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 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 19 - Destruction or Sale of Documents of No Value; Reproduction of Records of Corporations.
Section 20a - Central Register of Contracting Opportunities Offered by Governmental Agencies
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 26 - Massachusetts Historical Commission; Establishment
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 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