Duty of clerk as to security and investments

70-29-330 . Duty of clerk as to security and investments. The clerk of court in whose name a security is taken or by whom an investment is made and the clerk's successors in office: (1) must receive the interest and principal as it becomes due and shall apply and invest the interest and principal as the court may direct; (2) shall deposit with the county treasurer all securities taken; and (3) shall keep an account of investments and money received and the disposition of the investments and money in a book provided and kept for that purpose in the clerk's office that is free for inspection by all persons.