19-711. Absence or disability; appointment by court. In the absence, sickness or disability of both the county attorney and his deputy, any court before whom it is his duty to appear and in which there may be business for him, may appoint an attorney to act as county attorney, by order to be entered upon the minutes of the court.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 142; October 31; R.S. 1923, 19-711.