The county clerk shall:
- (a) Keep the clerk's office at the county seat;
- (b) attend the sessions of the board of county commissioners, either in person or by deputy;
- (c) keep the seals, records and papers of the board of commissioners;
- (d) sign the records of the proceedings of the board of commissioners, and attest the same with the seal of the county; and
- (e) have the general powers of a notary public in the performance of all notarial acts.
G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 43; R.S. 1923, § 19-304; L. 1998, ch. 81, § 1; July 1.