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title: O.C.G.A. § 46-5-71. Submittal to clerk of publisher’s affidavit.
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# O.C.G.A. § 46-5-71. Submittal to clerk of publisher’s affidavit.

The applicants shall submit to the clerk, along with the articles of incorporation, an affidavit signed by the duly authorized agent or publisher of a newspaper having general circulation in the county where the principal office of the cooperative is to be located, which affidavit shall state that there has been deposited with the newspaper the cost of publishing the articles of incorporation and the order of the judge thereon once a week for four weeks.

## History

Ga. L. 1950, p. 192, § 12.