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title: O.C.G.A. § 32-4-61. Authority of county to contract; form of contracts; approval of contracts by resolution.
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# O.C.G.A. § 32-4-61. Authority of county to contract; form of contracts; approval of contracts by resolution.

A county shall have the authority to contract as set forth in this part and in paragraph (1) of Code Section 32-4-42. Any contract for work on all or part of the county road system shall be in writing and shall be approved by resolution which shall be entered on the minutes of such county.

## History

Code 1933, § 95A-817, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.