The Attorney General and solicitors shall annually, at such times as they may deem expedient, examine into the condition of the offices of the clerk of the court of common pleas and general sessions, of the sheriff and of the register of deeds in the counties of the respective solicitors and ascertain if such officers have discharged the duties which now are, or shall be, required of them; and they shall make a report of the condition of said offices and of the manner in which said officers have discharged their duties to the circuit court in each county, respectively, at the fall term in each year, and also to the General Assembly at its annual session.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-263; 1952 Code Section 1-263; 1942 Code Section 3131; 1932 Code Section 3131; Civ. C. '22 Section 813; Civ. C. '12 Section 728; Civ. C. '02 Section 654; G. S. 509; R. S. 571; 1837 (6) 577; 1997 Act No. 34, Section 1.