In conformance with West Virginia Code 8-5-13 registration for all municipal elections to be held in the City of Spencer shall be integrated with that registration which is done under the permanent registration of voters by the Clerk of the County Commission. This integration of municipal registration shall be carried out in conformance with West Virginia Code 3-2-3; 3-1-27; 3-2-15; and 3-2-19.
At least three days prior to every municipal election, it shall be the duty of the Clerk to procure from the municipal precinct file in the office of the Clerk of the County Commission the registration records necessary for the conduct of such election. Such records shall, within ten days after the date of the municipal election, be returned to the office of the Clerk of the County Commission by the Clerk.
In case of a contested municipal election, the registration record of any challenged voter shall be made available by the Clerk of the County Commission to the officer or tribunal empowered to determine the contest. Such record shall be returned to the office of the Clerk of the County Commission within a reasonable time after the contest shall have been finally decided. The Clerk of the County Commission shall acknowledge the release and return of the registration records under this section by the issuance of appropriate receipts.
In the event any municipal registration record is lost, destroyed, defaced, or worn in any way as to warrant replacement, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the County Commission to prepare a duplicate of such record, and it shall be the duty of the Municipality to pay for such replacement.
(1977 Code 1A-101.)