O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 36-7-5 (2019)

Oath of office; bond and security

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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In addition to the oath required of all public officers, the county surveyor must take the following oath before entering on the duties of his office: ‘‘I, , swear that I will, to the best of my skill and knowledge, discharge the duties of surveyor of County and that I will not admeasure, survey, or lay out any land, in my capacity as such, or knowingly permit or cause it to be done, without a warrant first obtained for that purpose. So help me God.’’ At the same time, he shall give bond and security in the sum of $1,000.00.

History

Laws 1847, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 217; Code 1863, § 546; Code 1868, § 610; Code 1873, § 569; Code 1882, § 569; Civil Code 1895, § 476; Civil Code 1910, § 594; Code 1933, § 23-1104.

Annotations

Cross references. - Oaths required of public officers, T. 45, C. 3.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 124, 130 et seq., 345 et seq., 354, 358, 488, 489.

C.J.S. - 20 C.J.S., Counties, §§ 159, 160. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 70 et seq.