For the purposes of this article, every clerk of the superior court, every judge of the probate court, and every other officer in this state having charge of public records shall allow every examiner appointed by any court in this state free inspection of all the public records relating to his office and in any manner pertaining to any matter under the investigation of an examiner.
(Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 68; Code 1933, § 60-305; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 44.)