Section 17-6-45
Performance of duties under chapter for municipal elections.
In case of any municipal election held at a time different from a general state or federal election, the duties herein prescribed for the judge of probate in respect to receiving nominations, printing and distributing ballots and cards of instructions shall be discharged under the same sanctions by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the city or town.
(Code 1896, §1615; Code 1907, §395; Code 1923, §485; Code 1940, T. 17, §171; §17-8-26; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)