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title: O.C.G.A. § 22-1-4. Manner in which General Assembly may exercise right of eminent domain.
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# O.C.G.A. § 22-1-4. Manner in which General Assembly may exercise right of eminent domain.

The General Assembly may exercise the right of eminent domain directly through the officers of the state, through the medium of corporate bodies, or by means of individual enterprise.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2203; Code 1868, § 2198; Code 1873, § 2224; Code 1882, § 2224; Civil Code 1895, § 3054; Civil Code 1910, § 3626; Code 1933, § 36-103.

## Law Reviews

For note, ‘‘Regulation and Ownership of the Marshlands: The Georgia Marshlands Act,’’ see 5 Ga. St. L. Rev. 563 (1971).