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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-4-18. Certification of failure of officer to make and file bond.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-4-18. Certification of failure of officer to make and file bond.

When any officer of whom bond is required shall fail to make and file the same, as prescribed in Code Section 45-4-14, the court or officer in whose office the bond is required to be filed shall at once certify such failure to the appointing power and to the power whose duty it may be to order an election.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 149; Code 1868, § 144; Code 1873, § 155; Code 1882, § 155; Civil Code 1895, § 251; Civil Code 1910, § 286; Code 1933, § 89-409.