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# O.C.G.A. § 52-5-1. Granting of corporate powers and privileges by Secretary of State.

All corporate powers and privileges to navigation companies shall be issued and granted by the Secretary of State upon the terms, liabilities, and restrictions and subject to all the provisions of this chapter and the Constitution of Georgia.

## History

Ga. L. 1894, p. 71, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 2147; Civil Code 1910, § 2565; Code 1933, § 17-201.

## Cross References

Grant of corporate powers generally, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. V. Corporate powers to navigation companies granted by Secretary of State, § 14-5-2. Corporate powers generally, § 14-4-60.