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O.C.G.A. § 2-2-2 — Commissioner of Agriculture - Qualifications; election; location of office | Georgia Code

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TITLE 2 AGRICULTURE

Section 2. Department of Agriculture, 2-2-1 through 2-2-13.

2-2-2. Commissioner of Agriculture - Qualifications; election; location of office.

The department shall be under the control and management of the Commissioner of Agriculture, who shall be a practical farmer, elected by qualified voters at the same time, in the same manner, and under the same rules and regulations as the Governor and statehouse officers are elected. The office of the Commissioner shall be at the capital of the state.

(Ga. L. 1874, p. 5, § 2; Code 1882, § 1465b; Ga. L. 1889, p. 63, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 1790; Civil Code 1910, § 2066; Code 1933, §§ 5-102, 5-103, 5-104; Ga. L. 1943, p. 126, § 1.)

Cross references.

- Qualifications of Commissioner, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. V, Sec. III, Para. II.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Georgia Fertilizer Co. v. Walker, 45 Ga. App. 68, 163 S.E. 277 (1932); Talmadge v. Sutton, 175 Ga. 811, 166 S.E. 240 (1932).

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