Before surrendering such books, papers and furniture, the clerk so retiring from office or his representative shall be entitled to require from such successor, who, under like penalty, shall be bound to execute the same, a receipt in writing therefor which shall specify the number, title and condition of every book, the number of records, as appears by the enrollment, and such other classification as it may be convenient to adopt from the arrangement of the office, all the packages of papers in office and the description and condition of each article of furniture. A duplicate of such receipt shall also be given and shall, by the clerk so retiring from office or his representatives, be filed in the office of the governing body of the county and every clerk having retired from office or his representative shall be liable to an action, in the name of the county, for damages to any books, papers and furniture which shall be proven to have been in his possession and shall not appear, by such receipt, to have been transferred to his successors or, having been so transferred, shall appear to have been, through neglect, injured during his continuance in office.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-1773; 1952 Code Section 15-1773; 1942 Code Section 3610; 1932 Code Section 3610; Civ. C. '22 Section 2154; Civ. C. '12 Section 1333; Civ. C. '02 Section 935; G. S. 757; R. S. 807; 1839 (11) 114 Section 41.
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