In the event the decree of the chancellor be in favor of the creation of such municipal corporation and no appeal is taken therefrom within ten days from the date of such decree, as is provided in Section 21-1-21, the chancery clerk shall forward to the secretary of state a certified copy of the decree creating such municipal corporation and such decree shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and remain a permanent record thereof. In the event an appeal is taken from the decree creating such a municipal corporation, and the action of the chancellor is affirmed, then a copy of said decree shall be forwarded to the secretary of state within ten days after receipt of the mandate from the supreme court notifying the clerk of the affirmance of such decree.