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§ 3 — Deputies; power to act in absence of secretary

Massachusetts § 3
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title IIEXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Ch. 9DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE SECRETARY

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 9, § 3 (2026).

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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 in the office of secretary, the first deputy shall be continued in office, and shall perform all statutory duties of the secretary until a secretary is duly qualified.

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