Such clerk shall not sign or issue any county order unless ordered by the board of commissioners authorizing the same; and every such order shall be numbered, and the date, amount and number of the same and the name of the person to whom it is issued shall be entered in a book kept by him in his office for that purpose.
History: Laws 1876, ch. 1, § 31; C.L. 1884, § 362; C.L. 1897, § 681; Code 1915, § 1238; C.S. 1929, § 33-4304; 1941 Comp., § 15-3707; 1953 Comp., § 15-39-7.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For attestation of county orders by clerk, see 4-45-4 NMSA 1978.
Ministerial duties. — Statutory duties of county clerk are ministerial and are intended only to insure the regularity of county fiscal procedures. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-33.