§8‑33. Copies of lost records in Bladen.
The clerk of the SuperiorCourt of Bladen County shall transcribe the judgment docket and index books andthe will books in his office, and all other books in said office containingrecords made since the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty‑eight,and the records so transcribed shall have the same force and effect as theoriginal records would have, and shall be received in evidence as the originalrecords and be prima facie evidence of their correctness and of the sufficiencyof their probate, though the probates are lost and are not transcribed. (1895,c. 415; 1903, c. 65; Rev., s. 1611; C.S., s. 1778.)