Section 79A. Copies of public records, of records described in sections five, seven and sixteen, respectively, of chapter sixty-six<\/centy>;;;MI;;0000000;<\/centr>, and of records of banks, trust companies, insurance companies and hospitals, whether or not such records or copies are made by the photographic or microphotographic process, shall, when duly certified by the person in charge thereof, be admitted in evidence equally with the originals.