The certificate as to the result of the recount and the certificate as to disputed ballots shall be filed and preserved by the county auditor as public records. Source: SDC 1939, §§ 16.1812, 16.1813; SDCL, § 12-21-33 ; SL 1974, ch 118 , § 185; SL 2002, ch 77 , § 4.