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title: O.C.G.A. § 4-3-9. Care of impounded animals; employment of guards, poundmasters, or other persons.
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# O.C.G.A. § 4-3-9. Care of impounded animals; employment of guards, poundmasters, or other persons.

The sheriff shall have feed and water provided for impounded livestock not less than twice a day and shall see that all milk cows and milk goats are milked twice a day. The sheriff shall employ poundmasters, guards, or other persons as are necessary to protect, feed, care for, and have custody of the impounded animals. The sheriff shall be entitled to the fees allowed in Code Section 4-3-10 for such feed and care.

## History

Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 380, § 10.