1. The board of county commissioners of the several counties may, in their discretion, cause to be compiled a full and complete alphabetical index and page citation of and for all of its records and proceedings, where the same do not now exist, and are not now, or may not hereafter be, otherwise enjoined by law to be compiled and kept.
2. Should the cost for compiling the index and page citation in any case amount to the sum of $500, such compilation shall be let and done by contract by the lowest and best bidder therefor, as is now provided for by law. Otherwise, the same may be done by such responsible person or persons as the board may employ for that purpose. The compilation when completed shall be subject to the approval of the board, and payment therefor shall be a valid and subsisting claim against the county, and shall be allowed, approved and paid in such manner as is now provided by law.
[1:122:1909; RL § 1560; NCL § 2035] + [2:122:1909; RL § 1561; NCL § 2036]