No recorder shall be required to endorse any instrument presented to him or her for record as filed or to record the instrument unless the fees for recording and the tax thereon, if any, are first tendered to him or her, nor shall any recorder be subject to any action or liable in any manner for a failure or refusal to record any instrument unless the fees are first tendered.Acts 1875, No. 77, § 16, p. 167; C. & M. Dig., § 4584; Pope's Dig., § 5670; A.S.A. 1947, § 16-113.
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