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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-9-91. Proceedings to lay out way; maximum width.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-9-91. Proceedings to lay out way; maximum width.

When the application provided for in Code Section 44-9-90 has been filed in the office of the judge of the probate court or the office of the county commissioners, as the case may be, all the proceedings thereafter shall be the same as are allowed and directed by Title 22 for condemning property, except that the strip of land to be used for such purpose shall not exceed 20 feet in width.

## History

Ga. L. 1887, p. 103, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 659; Civil Code 1910, § 805; Code 1933, § 83-302; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 98, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 44.

## History of Section.

This Code section is derived, in part, from the decision in Normandale Lumber Co. v. Knight, 89 Ga. 111, 14 S.E. 882 (1892).