O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-2-40 (2019)

Term of office; oath

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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The clerk of the Supreme Court shall hold his office for six years unless removed for incapacity, improper conduct, or neglect of duty. Before entering upon his duties, he shall take an oath faithfully to discharge them and shall also take all other oaths required of civil officers.

History

Laws 1845, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 451; Code 1863, § 214; Code 1868, § 208; Code 1873, § 221; Code

1882, § 221; Civil Code 1895, § 5508; Civil Code 1910, § 6120; Code 1933, § 24-4101.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Clerks of Court, §§ 4, 7.

C.J.S. - 21 C.J.S., Courts, §§ 106 et seq., 121 et seq., 324 et seq.