§ 9621. Indexing of records in the office of the Recorder of Sussex County.
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(a)The Recorder of Sussex County shall from time to time, on and after January 10, 1968, under the supervision and subject to the approval of the Resident Judge of the Superior Court residing in Sussex County, change and revise all systems of indexing of, and consolidate all indices to, all records heretofore or hereafter kept, filed or maintained in the Recorder’s office, and index and reindex the same, according to some modern and accurate system which may be authorized and approved by such Resident Judge, and continue such system of indexing with regard to the ongoing, current volume of work resulting from the usual course of business of the Recorder’s office until such further time as any such system may thereafter be changed or revised under the supervision and subject to the approval of the Resident Judge.
(b)For the purposes of subsection
(a)of this section, the Recorder of Sussex County may contract for the work of compiling all indices, and for the installation of any such modern system of indexing, and the verification of said indices when made, all under the supervision, direction, and approval of the Resident Judge.
(c)For the purposes of subsection
(a)of this section, the Recorder of Sussex County may purchase all books, racks, shelves, supplies and other equipment necessary for such purposes and from time to time thereafter purchase the necessary books, racks, shelves, supplies and other equipment to provide for the continuation of any such indexing of records which result from the ongoing, current volume of work resulting from the usual course of business of the Recorder’s office.
(d)The total cost of indexing of all such records, as aforesaid, and the cost of the necessary books, racks, shelves, supplies, and other equipment therefor, as well as all additions thereto as may be necessary by reason of the ongoing, current volume of work resulting from the usual course of business of the Recorder’s office, shall be paid by the government of Sussex County.
(e)Whenever the several, separate indices of any of the records kept, filed or maintained in the office of the Recorder of Sussex County shall have been consolidated into a single system of indexing in pursuance of the authority vested in the Recorder of Sussex County, under the supervision and subject to the approval of the Resident Judge, the Recorder of Sussex County may discontinue the keeping, compiling and maintaining of the several separate indices thereto, and all acts or parts of acts, requiring the keeping, compiling, and maintaining of separate indices thereto shall thereupon be repealed.