Section 16-108 - Reports of clerks to Secretary of State. - Maryland Statutes

§ 16-108. Reports of clerks to Secretary of State.
 

(a)  Report required.- At least once each month, the clerk of each circuit court shall report to the Secretary of State the names and offices of all officers who have taken and subscribed an oath before the clerk. 

(b)  Preservation of report by Secretary of State; certification.- The Secretary of State shall: 

(1) preserve a report required by subsection (a) of this section; and 

(2) equally with the clerk of a circuit court, be competent to certify the character and qualifications of an officer who has taken and subscribed an oath before the clerk. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 70, § 12; 1997, ch. 31, § 1; 2003, ch. 14.]