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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-12-8. Expense allowance when no grand jury impaneled.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-12-8. Expense allowance when no grand jury impaneled.

If in any county no grand jury is impaneled in the fall of any year, then, as to such county, the expense allowance provided for in Code Section 15-12-7 shall remain as fixed by the grand jury for the preceding year.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3846; Code 1868, § 3866; Ga. L. 1871-72, p. 47, § 4; Code 1873, § 3940; Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 190, § 2; Code 1882, § 3940; Penal Code 1895, § 873; Penal Code 1910, § 878; Code 1933, § 59-121; Ga. L. 1974, p. 325, § 2.