Section 8. That the sheriff, coroner, and the officers of the county of Bedford, shall continue to exercise the duties of their respective offices as heretofore within that part of Fulton county which before the passing of this act was within the county of Bedford, until similarly officers shall be appointed agreeably to law within the county of Fulton. And the persons who shall be appointed associate judges of the county of Fulton shall take and subscribe the requisite oaths and affirmations of office before the prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Bedford, who shall file a record of the same in the office of the prothonotary of the Court of Record of the county of Fulton.