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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-12-56. Appointment of secretaries and clerical personnel; compensation.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-12-56. Appointment of secretaries and clerical personnel; compensation.

The Governor shall have power to appoint his own secretaries and to provide such other clerical personnel as may be required in his office. The salaries and compensation of secretaries and clerical personnel so appointed shall be paid from funds appropriated for such purposes.

## History

Code 1882, § 5119; Civil Code 1895, § 5822; Civil Code 1910, § 6488; Code 1933, § 40-304; Ga. L. 1973, p. 665, § 1.