Section 17-14-2

Declaration of election results.

Immediately after ascertaining the results of an election for county officers, including members of the House of Representatives of the Legislature, the board of supervisors must make in writing a public declaration of the result, stating the name of each officer elected and the office to which he was elected. The declaration must be signed by at least two of the supervisors and must be published by filing the original in the office of the judge of probate and by posting a copy thereof at the courthouse door. Said original certificate shall be recorded by the probate judge in a book to be provided for the purpose; and said record, or a duly certified copy thereof, shall constitute prima facie evidence of the result of said election and the declaration thereof as provided by law.

(Code 1876, §292; Code 1886, §388; Code 1896, §1645; Code 1907, §421; Code 1923, §511; Acts 1931, No. 334, p. 392; Code 1940, T. 17, §200.)