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

O.C.G.A. § 50-3-7 (2019)

Duty of Governor to accept flags

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When any flag referred to in Code Section 50-3-5 or 50-3-6 is offered to the state, it shall be the duty of the Governor to accept it in behalf of the state and to make such provisions for its preservation as may be necessary to protect and preserve it from the ravages of time, dust, and moths.

History

Ga. L. 1916, p. 158, § 3; Code 1933, § 86-1007; Ga. L. 1951, p. 311, § 46; Ga.

L. 1955, p. 10, § 93; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 50.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Flag, § 2.

C.J.S. 36A C.J.S., Flags, §§ 3, 4.