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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-2-2. Person to hold only one county office; commissioned officer not to be deputy for another.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-2-2. Person to hold only one county office; commissioned officer not to be deputy for another.

No person shall hold, in any manner whatever, or be commissioned to hold more than one county office at one time, except by special enactment of the General Assembly; nor shall any commissioned officer be deputy for any other commissioned officer, except by such special enactment.

## History

Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 102, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 224; Civil Code 1910, § 259; Code 1933, § 89-103; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.