The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-09-02

Pennsylvania, eighth Monday after the
third Monday in April and September.
Henderson, tenth Monday after the third
Monday in April and September.
OF. THE LIFICATIONS AND GENE
a RAI8DUTIES OF CLERKS OF THE
SUPERIOR COURTS. e''' p s14 ai.-s S
Sec. /. At the first meeting of the county
commissioners of each county after the cleo
tion or appointment of any Clerk of Supe-
rior Court, it shall be the duty of the clerk
to deliver to such commissioners bond,
with sufficient sureties, to be approved by
them, as is now required by the law, payable
to the State of North Carolina, and witha
condition to be void if he shall account for
any land pay over according to law all
monies and effects which have or may come
into his hands by virtue or color of his office,
and shall diligently preserve and take care
of all books, records, papers and property
which have come or may come into his pos
session, by virtue or color of his office, and
shall in all things faithfully perform the du-
ties of his Office, as they are or hereafter may
be prescribed by law. 1 -'
"'l BoND-How APPROVED, &c.
SEC. 3. The approval of said bonds by the
commissioners, or a majority of them, shall
be recorded by their clerk, any commissioner
dissenting may cause his dissent to be en-
tered on record. Any commissioner approx
ing bond which he knows or believes to be
insufficient, shall personally be liable as if
he was surety thereto The said bond
acknowledged by the parties thereto, or
proved by subscribing witness, before the
clerk of said commissioners as their pre-
siding officer, registered in the office of the
register of the county, in q separate book
to be kept by him for the registration of Off
cial bonds, and the original with the APP
proval thereof endorsed, deposited with the
register tor safe keeping. The like rene
dies shall be had upon said bonds as
are or may be given by law on official
bonds. -
" QUALIFICATION OF CLERKS.
~ Sec. 8. Every Clerk of the Superior Court
before entering on the duties of his Office
shall take and subscribe before some officer
authorized by law to administer an oath,
the oaths prescribed by law, and file the
same with the Register of Deeds for the
county. DIT 81 gt ar7f'' .
FAILURE TO GIVE BOND.
| OLS. Z. LII CtSc CltIh oudll ldll IO give
bond and qualify as above directed, the
chairman of the county commissioners of his
county shall Immediately inform the Judge
OF the judicial district thereof, who shall
tllereupon declare the office vacant, and fill
the same, and the appointee shall give bond
and qualify as above directed. /
oFFIcEs-wHERE TO BE KEPT.
Sec. g. He shall have an office in the
ccrs house, or other place provided by the
county commissioners, in the county town of
his county. He shall give due attendance,
in person or by deputy. at his office, daily,
Sundays and legal holidays excepted from
nine o'clock, A. NJ, to three O'Clock, P. NJ,
and longer when necessary for the dispatch
of business
| 5rr TO RECEIVE OFFICIAL PAPERS, &c.
Sec. 6. Immediately after he Isl hall have
given bond and qualified as aforesaid, he
shall receive from the late Clerk of the Coun-
ty and Superior Courts. and Clerk and Mas
ter of the Court of Equity of the county all
records, books, papers, money and property
OF their respective Offices, and give receipts
for the same; and if any such late clerk. or
clerks and master, shall refuse or fail within
a reasonable time after demand to deliver
such records, books, papers, money and prop
erty, they shall be respectively liable on
their official bends for the value thereof, and
be held guilty of misdemeanor.
4sf To- KEEP RECORDS, &c.
/ SEC. z. He shall keep in bound volumes
a complete and faithful record of all his off
cial acts, and give copies thereof to all per-
sons desiring them, on payment OF the legal
fees.
u BOOKS TO BE KEPT by THE CLERKS. .
"A Sec. s. The clerk shall keep the follow
ing books -. a..7s la..s-.rs-. cs, ..-. a.
1. A docket of all writs of summons, or
other original process issued by him, or re-
turned to his Office. This docket shall con-
tain brief note of every proceeding what
ever, IN each action, up to the final judg-
4 ment inclusive. .
2. An Execution Docket, in which the
substance of the judgment shall be recorded,
and every proceeding subsequent thereto,
noted, with an alphabetical index. % i'-.t
3. Docket of all issues of fact Joined
upon the pleadings and other matters, triable
before jury, and of all other matters for hear
ing before the Judges, at regular term of
the Court, copy of which shall be fur
nlshed to the Judge at the commencement of
each term. -
4. An alphabetical index according to the
Dames OF the plaintiffs, of all final iudg-
ments IN civil action, rendered in the court,
with the dates and numbers, thereof. .sa
| o.. A Docket of all criminal actions, con-
tanning note of every proceeding in each.
BY WHOM THE BOOKS ARE TO BE FURNISHED.
Sec 8. The books specified in the above
section shall be supplied to the clerks OF the
several counties by the Secretary of State, at
the expense of the State, and the Secretary
shall, as soon as possible, transmit an &C
count thereof to the chairman of the County
Commissioners, in order that the price NAV
be levied in the, county taxes, and also the
Auditor of public accounts, who shall add
the same to the taxes of the respective
counties, and receive and account for it as
for other taxes. The commissioners of any
county failing to cause such sum to believed
with the other county taxes, shall be guilty
OF a misdemeanor. '4ia F. p ~ fo llts
PAPERS N EACH ACTION 10 BE KEPT SEP.
ARATE. si HH ~
SEC. 10. The clerk shall keep the papers
IN each action in a separate roll or bundle,
and at its termination attach together. PRO.
Perly label, and file them in order of the
date OF the final judgment
SOLICITORS TO EXAMINE RECORDS. &c.
ohs. IL. A. every regular term of Su.