In its first two incarnations the office performed mostly secretarial work.

The national office is led by a board of directors, and performs many roles.

That office will perform a courtesy signing and return the signed documents to the California office for the closing.

The sheriff's office also performs the corrections duties for the county.

The medical examiner's office had not yet performed autopsies, he added.

Dr. Silverman said his offices did not perform abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy.

The Republicans argue that the county comptroller's office already performs such a task.

Because of that, there was a fight over which office would perform the autopsy.

The office, which the County Legislature established in 1960, has 122 staff members and performs 1,200 autopsies a year.

The candidates also clashed on the question of how many audits the office should perform.