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