The county clerks are authorized and empowered to take depositions in any legal proceeding to the same extent and after the same manner as notaries public, and in taking such depositions the clerks shall attest the depositions under their official seals, and for such services shall be entitled to the same compensation as notaries public.Acts 1923, ch. 96, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 5891a1; mod. Code 1932, § 10089; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-611.
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