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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-12-59. Governor’s messenger — Special messenger.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-12-59. Governor’s messenger — Special messenger.

Where there is no messenger or where the duty cannot be performed by the person acting as messenger, the Governor, if necessary, may employ some person, for a reasonable compensation, to perform any service which is the duty of a messenger.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 122; Code 1868, § 117; Code 1873, § 126; Code 1882, § 126; Civil Code 1895, § 146; Civil Code 1910, § 169; Code 1933, § 40-309.