Where such supplies to be prepared and distributed by the secretary of state shall be required in any county or municipality thereof he shall deliver same to the county clerk on or before the time herein set forth and take a receipt for the same, which receipt shall indicate the time when the supplies were delivered by the secretary of state and the time when they were received by the clerk of the county. The secretary of state shall file such receipt in his office for at least a year.
N.J.S. § 19:9-3