A county clerk shall: (1) record all proceedings of the county legislative body; (2) make full entries of all resolutions and decisions of the county legislative body on all questions concerning the county; (3) record the vote of each member of the county legislative body on any motion where there is a division of the county legislative body; (4) prepare and certify duplicate lists of all claims that: (a) show the amount of each claim or order; (b) show the date of each claim or order; (c) show the date of the county's allowance or rejection of the claim; and (d) are countersigned by the county executive; (5) deliver one of the lists referred to in Subsection (4) to the: (a) county finance officer; and (b) county treasurer; (6) file and preserve a county officer's report to the county legislative body; (7) file and preserve all accounts except accounts that are kept by the county finance officer; (8) file and preserve all petitions and applications for franchises; (9) record the county legislative body's action on petitions and applications for franchises; (10) authenticate with the clerk's signature and the seal of the county the county legislative body's proceedings; (11) authenticate with the clerk's signature and the seal of the county all ordinances the county legislative body passes, and record them in the ordinance book; (12) record all orders levying taxes; (13) keep at the county clerk's office all county books, records, and accounts that the county clerk is required by law to keep; (14) during regular business hours, provide for public inspection all county books, records, and accounts that the county clerk is required by law to keep; (15) perform all other duties the county legislative body requires by: (a) ordinance; or (b) resolution; (16) establish policies to issue marriage licenses to county residents and individuals getting married in the county; (17) keep a register of marriage licenses the county clerk issues; (18) establish policies to ensure that the county clerk, or a designee of the county clerk who is willing, is available during business hours to solemnize a legal marriage for which a marriage license has been issued; (19) execute with the county clerk's seal described in Section 17-70-102 all deeds and conveyances of all real estate conveyed by the county; (20) take and certify acknowledgments; (21) administer oaths; (22) keep a fee schedule as provided by law; (23) take charge of and safely keep the seal of the county described in Section 17-64-103; and (24) keep other records and perform other duties as may be prescribed by law.
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