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

O.C.G.A. § 45-13-1 (2019)

Election

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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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There shall be a Secretary of State who shall be elected at the same time and in the same manner as the Governor.

History

(Ga. L. 1872, p. 80, § 6; Code 1873, § 80; Code 1882, § 80; Civil Code 1895, § 176; Civil Code 1910, § 205; Code 1933, § 40-501.)

Annotations

Administrative Rules and Regulations. - Organization of the Office of Secretary of State, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Office of Secretary of State, Chapter 590-1.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Stephens v. Reid, 189 Ga. 372, 6 S.E.2d 728 (1939).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d. - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 86.

C.J.S. - 81A C.J.S., States, § 171.