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2009 Massachusetts Code
PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
TITLE II EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
CHAPTER 9 DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE SECRETARY
Section 3 Deputies; power to act in absence of secretary
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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