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# O.C.G.A. § 36-1-10. Employment of accountant.

The county governing authority is authorized, whenever it deems it necessary to do so, to employ an expert accountant to examine and report on the books, vouchers, and accounts of any county officer whose duty it is under the law to handle county funds. The expert accountant may reside in the county in which he is to be employed or elsewhere.

## History

Ga. L. 1901, p. 57, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 418; Code 1933, § 23-1301.

## Cross References

Budgets and audits of counties and municipalities, § 36-81-1 et seq.