§ 8. Commissions of officers. The commission of every officer
appointed by the governor, or by the governor by and with the consent of
the senate, shall be signed by the governor and attested under the seal
of this state, by the secretary of state, who shall make and record in
his office a copy of such commission, and deliver the original to the
officer appointed, by a messenger, if the governor shall so direct, and
otherwise, by mail, or as the secretary of state shall deem proper.
Commissions of notaries public shall be signed by the secretary of
state, or by a person or persons in the department of state designated
by the secretary of state, and shall be sent to the county clerk of the
county in which such notaries public respectively reside. Commissions of
commissioners of deeds in other states, territories and foreign
countries, shall be signed by the secretary of state, or by a person or
persons in the department of state designated by secretary of state.
Every other appointment of an officer, made by one or more state
officers, shall be in writing, and signed by the officer or officers, or
by a majority of the officers, or by the presiding officer of the board
or body making the appointment. Every such written appointment shall be
deemed the commission of the officer appointed, and if of a state
officer, a duplicate or a certified copy thereof shall be recorded in
the office of the department of state; if of a local officer it shall be
sent to the clerk of the county in which the officer appointed shall
then reside, who shall file the same in his office, and notify the
officer appointed of his appointment.