The clerk of the county or register of deeds and mortgages, or clerk of the Superior Court, as the case may be, shall provide suitable books in which he shall enter the liens filed hereunder properly indexed in the name of the patient or other persons chargeable under said lien against whom the lien is claimed.

All liens and other papers incidental thereto required hereunder shall be received and recorded by the clerk of the county, register of deeds and mortgages, or clerk of the Superior Court, as the case may be, without payment of fees by the institution claiming the lien.

L.1938, c. 239, p. 543, s. 5, eff. May 25, 1938. Amended by L.1953, c. 29, p. 524, s. 37; L.1956, c. 162, p. 652, s. 5.