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# O.C.G.A. § 43-34-4. Oath of board members; certificate of appointment.

Immediately and before entering upon the duties of office, the members of the board shall take the constitutional oath of office and shall file the same in the office of the Governor, who, upon receiving the oath of office, shall issue to each member a certificate of appointment.

## History

Ga. L. 1913, p. 101, § 4; Code 1933, § 84-904; Code 1981, § 43-34-23; Code 1981, § 43-34-4, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509.