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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-7-1. Requirement of county surveyor for each county; appointment of assistants or deputies.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-7-1. Requirement of county surveyor for each county; appointment of assistants or deputies.

There must be one county surveyor for each county. The surveyor is empowered to appoint one or more assistants or deputies, for whose conduct he is responsible.

## History

Laws 1783, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 665.; Laws 1784, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 670.; Code 1863, § 548; Code 1868, § 612; Code 1873, § 571; Code 1882, § 571; Civil Code 1895, § 478; Civil Code 1910, § 596; Code 1933, § 23-1105.