19-323.   Biennial list of county officers, their signatures and imprintof seals to secretary of state; vacancies; penalty for failure.The county clerks of the several counties of this state shallbiennially, on the fourth Monday of January, prepare and file in the officeof the secretary of state a list of the officers of their respectivecounties elected at the next preceding general election, which list shallcontain the genuine signatures of all county officers and an imprint of theofficial seal of such as are by law required to keep them; and the countyclerk shall certify under the seal of his office that such signatures andthe imprint of such seals are the genuine signatures and seals of therespective officers, and that they were attached in his presence:Provided, That in case of any vacancy in any county office, the countyclerk shall immediately transmit to the secretary of state the genuinesignature of the person elected or appointed to fill such vacancy: Andprovided further, That any county clerk failing or refusing to complywith 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 thanfifty dollars ($50).

      History:   L. 1885, ch. 108, § 1; R.S. 1923, 19-323; L. 1961, ch. 129, § 1; June30.