§ 207. Abolition of register or registrar. The office of register or registrar, where such office exists in any county operating under an alternative form of county government, may be abolished by local law and its functions, powers and duties transferred to the county clerk, and such local law shall not require submission to the people. Such abolition and transfer may also be provided for in the petition or resolution by which an alternative form of county government, or a change in such a form, is initiated.