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# O.C.G.A. § 45-13-2. Bond.

Before entering on the duties of his office, the Secretary of State shall execute a bond with sufficient securities, to be approved by the Governor, in the sum of $10,000.00, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the duties of his office and all such duties as shall be required of him by the General Assembly or the laws of this state and for a faithful accounting of all the public money or effects that may come into his hands during his continuance in office. It shall be filed in the office of the Governor; and a copy thereof, certified by one of the Governor’s secretaries under the seal of the office of the Governor, shall be received in evidence in lieu of the original in any of the courts of this state.

## History

Laws 1843, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 1034; Code 1863, § 82; Code 1868, § 76; Code 1873, § 81; Code 1882, § 81; Civil Code 1895, § 177; Civil Code 1910, § 206; Code 1933, § 40-502.

## Cross References

Official bonds generally, T. 45, C. 4.