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O.C.G.A. § 50-16-60 — Governor to issue land grants | Georgia Code

O.C.G.A. § 50-16-60 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 50 STATE GOVERNMENT

Section 16. Public Property, 50-16-1 through 50-16-183.

ARTICLE 3 GOVERNOR'S POWERS GENERALLY

50-16-60. Governor to issue land grants.

The Governor shall issue all grants to lands under the laws of this state; such shall not be conclusive but subject to the investigation of the courts. Whenever such grants are declared by the proper court to have been issued wrongly, it shall be the Governor's duty to issue another grant in accordance with such decision, if the decision of the court so requires.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 70; Code 1868, § 64; Code 1873, § 61; Code 1882, § 61; Civil Code 1895, § 122; Civil Code 1910, § 145; Code 1933, § 91-401.)

Cross references.

- Duties of Secretary of State with regard to land grants issued by Governor, § 45-13-20.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Lands, § 118.

C.J.S.

- 73B C.J.S., Public Lands, § 249 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 263.

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