19-323. Biennial list of county officers, their signatures and imprint of seals to secretary of state; vacancies; penalty for failure.
19-323
19-323. Biennial list of county officers, their signatures and imprint
of seals to secretary of state; vacancies; penalty for failure.
The county clerks of the several counties of this state shall
biennially, on the fourth Monday of January, prepare and file in the office
of the secretary of state a list of the officers of their respective
counties elected at the next preceding general election, which list shall
contain the genuine signatures of all county officers and an imprint of the
official seal of such as are by law required to keep them; and the county
clerk shall certify under the seal of his office that such signatures and
the imprint of such seals are the genuine signatures and seals of the
respective officers, and that they were attached in his presence:
Provided, That in case of any vacancy in any county office, the county
clerk shall immediately transmit to the secretary of state the genuine
signature of the person elected or appointed to fill such vacancy: And
provided further, That any county clerk failing or refusing to comply
with the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than
fifty dollars ($50).
History: L. 1885, ch. 108, § 1; R.S. 1923, 19-323; L. 1961, ch. 129, § 1; June
30.