§ 2-2-28. Clerk generally.  


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  • The clerk of the board of commissioners, before entering upon his duties as such clerk, shall give a bond with good security, to be approved by said board of commissioners, in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties as such clerk. It shall be the duty of such clerk to keep the commissioners' office open the greater portion of every day of each week. Such hours and days shall be set by the board of commissioners. It shall be the duty of said clerk to attend all meetings of said board; to file and preserve all records and papers; to countersign officially all warrants, orders and contracts; to record all papers required to be recorded; and to keep full and fair minutes of all the proceedings of said board including the assessment taxes; he shall also keep a full financial record of all county receipts and expenditures and of the county funds and of any obligation which said county may owe; and shall keep a faithful account of all public work done under the authority of said board or its chairman, and of the expense of the same, and shall likewise keep an inventory of county property, including machinery, livestock, tools, etc., and the disposition of same, as well as the location thereof; he shall keep an itemized statement of all accounts ordered paid by the said board and shall show what funds are liable for the payment of same. He shall perform such other duties and keep such other duties and keep other books and records as the board may direct. Said books and records shall be open to inspection of any citizen of the county. Salary or compensation of said clerk shall be at the discretion of the board of commissioners. It shall be the special duty of the chairman of the board to see that the clerk faithfully performs all the duties imposed upon him by the terms of this act [article] or by said board.

(Ga. Laws 1974, P. 3680, Act No. 1323, § 9)