§ 372. County clerks and registers to be registrars of title. County
clerks in the several counties of the state, except the counties that
may have registers, and in the latter counties the registers of said
counties shall be "registrars" of titles in their respective counties.
All laws relative to registers, county clerks and their deputies shall
extend to registrars and their deputies, so far as the same may be
applicable, except as in this article otherwise provided. Registrars of
titles shall be county officers, within the meaning of the laws of this
state.