a. A county clerk while in office may perform all the duties and exercise the powers pertaining to the office of notary public or commissioner of deeds and upon certifying to any acknowledgment or affidavit shall affix to his signature the designation "county clerk".
b. After the adoption of a resolution by the county governing body pursuant to subsection a. of R.S.26:8-11, the county clerk may act as the local registrar for a registration district so choosing pursuant to R.S.26:8-1 within the county on such terms and conditions as the county governing body deems appropriate.