O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 46-8-230 (2019)

Appointment of officers by Governor; power of arrest; source of compensation

✓ 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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Upon the application of the president or resident executive officer of any railroad corporation operating and doing business in this state as a common carrier, the Governor may appoint one or more persons as special officers for the protection of the property and interest of such corporation, with powers to make arrests, provided that such special officers must be paid by the corporation applying for such appointment; provided, further, that such special officers shall not receive any compensation from the state or any county thereof.

History

(Ga. L. 1935, p. 465, § 1.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Atlantic Coast Line R.R. v. Wegner, 90 Ga. App. 267, 83 S.E.2d 58 (1954). RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 13 C.J.S., Carriers, § 514. 74 C.J.S., Railroads, § 43 et seq.