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2018 Georgia Code 20-5-24 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 20 EDUCATION

Section 5. Libraries, 20-5-1 through 20-5-65.

ARTICLE 2 LOCAL AND REGIONAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES

20-5-24. City may bind itself to accept donation and make annual payments for library.

The municipal government of any city in which an appropriation shall be made under this part shall have authority to enter into a legal and binding agreement to accept and receive any donation offered by any person or persons, and any such agreement shall be legal and binding upon the municipal government and its successors. Any agreements by the municipal government of a city to pay any sum or sums of money annually for the use of the public library shall be legal and binding on the city. Any ordinance or ordinances carrying such agreement into effect shall have the force and effect of law and be binding on the city during the time mentioned in the agreement and the ordinance.

(Ga. L. 1901, p. 52, § 5; Ga. L. 1904, p. 90, § 5; Civil Code 1910, § 1570; Code 1933, § 32-2705.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Settelmayer v. Hartsfield, 216 Ga. 246, 115 S.E.2d 520 (1960).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties and Other Political Subdivisions, §§ 472, 474, 510 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 64 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 1325.

PART 2 C OUNTY AND REGIONAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 1984, p. 1005, § 1, effective July 1, 1984, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this part and enacted the current part. The former part consisted of Code Sections 20-5-40 through 20-5-43 and was based on Ga. L. 1935, p. 409, §§ 1 to 3; Ga. L. 1937, p. 715, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 637, § 1.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Muscogee County School Board authorized to operate a public library system under the Library Standards Act, O.C.G.A. § 20-5-40 et seq.; the school board may thereby: 1) qualify to receive state and federal funds; 2) guide the action of the county library director; and 3) participate in a regional multi-county library system established pursuant to law. 1987 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U87-30.

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