The clerk of each county shall, as often as a new township shall be organized in his county, or the boundaries of any township therein shall be altered, and immediately thereafter, make out and transmit to the secretary of state a certified statement of the names and boundaries of the township so organized, and of the boundaries of any township the boundaries of which shall have been altered.

G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 48; October 31; R.S. 1923, 19-309.