The county clerk shall keep a receiving book, with suitable headings and columns, as the case may be;
a. For instruments to be recorded by the county clerk as registrar of deeds;
b. For instruments to be filed as public notice by the county clerk as such; which receiving book, in either instance, shall show the name of the person who deposited the same, the nature of the instrument, the year, month, day, hour, and minute when the same shall be received, the fee for recording or filing the same, and where the instrument is filed or to whom such instrument is mailed or delivered if recorded. It shall be the duty of the State Auditor and Inspector to prescribe suitable forms to conform to this act and for the separate instances noted.
R.L. 1910, § 1661. Amended by Laws 1949, p. 149, § 1; Laws 1951, p. 43, § 1; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 79, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.