All public officers and servants of this state shall turn over to their successors in office, together with a list thereof, all current books, papers and documents pertaining to the business, affairs or transactions of their office, taking a receipt therefor, which said receipt shall also contain a list of all such books, papers and documents.
(Acts 1915, No. 237, p. 287, § 4; Code 1923, §2693; Code 1940, T. 41, §142.)