Section 4. No ink shall be used upon any permanent public record except ink of such a standard as established and approved by the supervisor of records, and no ribbon, pad or other device used for printing by typewriting machines, or stamping pad, or any ink contained in such ribbon, pad, device, stamping pad or carbon paper, shall be used upon any permanent public record, nor shall any photographic machine or device or chemical used in connection therewith be used in making any permanent public record, except such as has been approved by the supervisor of records, who may cancel his approval if he finds that any article so approved is inferior to the standard established by him. The supreme judicial or superior court shall have jurisdiction in mandamus, on petition of the supervisor of records and pursuant to section five of chapter two hundred and forty-nine, to order compliance with the provisions of this section.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Section 1 - Supervision of Public Records; Powers and Duties
Section 3 - ''record'' Defined; Quality of Paper and Film; Microfilm Records
Section 4 - Regulation of Recording Materials and Devices; Mandamus
Section 5 - Municipal Records; Copies
Section 5a - Records of Meetings of Boards and Commissions; Contents
Section 6 - Records of Public Proceedings; Preparation; Custody
Section 6a - Records Access Officers; Designation; Powers and Duties
Section 7 - Custody of Old and Other Records
Section 8 - Preservation and Destruction of Records, Books and Papers
Section 8a - Destruction of Certain Records by City and Town Clerks if Micro-Photographed
Section 8b - Destruction or Disposal of Records in Accordance With Chapter 93i
Section 9 - Preservation and Copying of Worn, etc., Records
Section 11 - Fireproof Vaults and Safes
Section 12 - Arrangement of Records
Section 13 - Custodian to Demand Records; Compelling Compliance
Section 14 - Surrender of Records by Retiring Officer
Section 16 - Surrender of Church Records; Jurisdiction of Superior Court
Section 17 - Municipality in Which Records to Be Kept; Contracts for Records Storage; Penalty
Section 17a - Public Assistance Records; Public Inspection; Destruction
Section 17c - Failure to Maintain Public Records of Meetings; Orders to Maintain
Section 18 - Application of Chapter
Section 20 - Payroll, Financial and Other Data in Centralized State Accounting and Payroll Systems
Section 21 - Documents Related to Pensions of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Employees