--- title: O.C.G.A. § 10-4-52. Appointment and bonding of necessary employees; promulgation of rules and regulations. collection: code id: 10-4-52 cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 10-4-52 (2025) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-4-52 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-4-52.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-4-52/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t10-(v8)-2024-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=1992b47e_0#page=673 date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-4.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-4-51.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-4-53.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md version: the only printed version in_force: true current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly heading_path: COMMERCE AND TRADE / WAREHOUSEMEN / STATE WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONER; COTTON WAREHOUSING / STATE WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONER --- # O.C.G.A. § 10-4-52. Appointment and bonding of necessary employees; promulgation of rules and regulations. (a) The commissioner shall have the power to appoint graders, officers, clerks, and all necessary employees to carry out this article and fix the salaries of same. He shall also have the power, and is directed, to safeguard the interests of the state by requiring bonds from such officers, clerks, and employees for the performance of their duties. (b) The commissioner shall also prescribe rules and regulations not inconsistent with the intent and spirit of this article to carry the same into effect. ## History Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 5; Ga. L. 1920, p. 282, § 1; Code 1933, § 5-303.