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

O.C.G.A. § 36-9-7 (2019)

Furnishing of supplies for county offices

✓ 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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It shall be the duty of the county governing authority to furnish fuel, lights, furniture, stationery, records, and office supplies in general for the different county offices of the county, at the expense of the county, provided that this Code section shall apply only to the offices of the officers in the courthouse in the county.

History

Ga. L. 1901, p. 62, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 402; Code 1933, § 91-704.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS County officer having office in courthouse is entitled to have all office supplies and equipment reasonably necessary to maintain an office in a modern up-to-date manner. Floyd County v. Graham, 24 Ga. App. 294, 100 S.E. 728 (1919).

Telephone included. - Phrase ‘‘office supplies in general’’ is broad enough to include telephone. Floyd County v. Graham, 24 Ga. App. 294, 100 S.E. 728 (1919). Cited in Turner v. Johnston, 183 Ga. 176, 187 S.E. 864 (1936).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL County officers generally. - County officer having an office in the courthouse is entitled to have all office supplies and equipment reasonably necessary to maintain an office in a modern up-to-date manner, corresponding with officers of similar character responsible for a like amount of work. 1958-59 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 39. County governing authority is required to furnish county officials with supplies for their offices. 1960-61 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 68. Board of education. - It is the responsibility of the county to furnish the offices of the county board of education so long as those officers remain in the courthouse. 1963-65 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 492. School superintendent. - When a

county has provided the county’s school superintendent with an office in the county courthouse, the county is required to furnish and equip such office. 1963-65 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 669. Jail. - County is responsible for keeping and cleaning the jail and for paying for the labor and materials used in such maintenance. 1967 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 67-261. Costs of forms provided. - County commissioners must bear the cost of printed forms used in recording mortgages. 1948-49 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 39. Remedy of mandamus. - Proper procedure for a refusal to comply with this section would be by writ of mandamus. 1958-59 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 39.

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 20 C.J.S., Counties, § 260.