No later than January 15 of each year, each judge of the probate court with whom a register has been filed pursuant to Code Section 12-4-120 shall, by certified copy, make a report to the state geologist of the registers received by that judge during the preceding year. The state geologist shall keep a record of the report open for public inspection.
(Ga. L. 1899, p. 66, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 1982; Code 1933, § 43-406.)