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GA Code § 36-6-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 6 - County Treasurer|§ 36-6-26. Bonds of Persons Appointed to Fill Vacancies

 The amount of the bonds of appointees to fill vacancies shall be in the discretion of the county governing authority, taking into consideration the amount that may come into their hands, and shall be for double such amount.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 524; Code 1868, § 588; Code 1873, § 550; Code 1882, § 550; Civil Code 1895, § 457; Civil Code 1910, § 573; Code 1933, § 23-1028.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, § 160. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 73, 74.
GA Code § 36-6-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 6 - County Treasurer|§ 36-6-27. Execution Against County Treasurer for Failure to Pay Over Money

 When the county treasurer at any time fails to pay any order which is entitled to payment, any other legal demand upon him, or any balance that is in his hands to his successor or to the person entitled to receive it, the county governing authority may issue execution against him and his sureties for the amount due, as against a defaulting tax collector.   (Laws 1825, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 212; Code 1863, § 540; Code 1868, § 604; Code 1873, § 563; Code 1882, § 563; Civil Code 1895, § 469; Civil Code 1910, § 585; Code 1933, § 23-1611.)
GA Code § 36-6-28 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 6 - County Treasurer|§ 36-6-28. Purchase of County Orders at Less Than Full Value or Refusal to Pay Order

 Any county treasurer who buys up any county orders or claims for less than their full par value, either by himself or by agents, directly or indirectly, pays for them in property at an estimated value above its true value, refuses to pay an order when he has funds to pay the same, or illegally postpones the payment of an order shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be removed from office on complaint and proof being made to the county governing authority.   (Orig. Code 1863, §§ 535, 536; Code 1868, §§ 599, 600; Code 1873, §§ 561, 562; Code 1882, §§ 561, 562; Civil Code 1895, § 468; Penal Code 1895, § 276; Civil Code 1910, § 584; Penal Code 1910, § 280; Code 1933, §§ 23-1609, 23-9902.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, § 123.
GA Code § 36-7-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 7 - County Surveyor|§ 36-7-1. Requirement of County Surveyor for Each County; Appointment of Assistants or Deputies

 There must be one county surveyor for each county. The surveyor is empowered to appoint one or more assistants or deputies, for whose conduct he is responsible.   (Laws 1783, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 665; Laws 1784, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 670; Code 1863, § 548; Code 1868, § 612; Code 1873, § 571; Code 1882, § 571; Civil Code 1895, § 478; Civil Code 1910, § 596; Code 1933, § 23-1105.)
GA Code § 36-7-2.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 7 - County Surveyor|§ 36-7-2.1. Abolishing Elected Office and Authorizing Appointment; Qualifications of Appointed Surveyor

  The General Assembly may by local law abolish the office of elected county surveyor in any county of this state and authorize the governing authority of the county to appoint the county surveyor for such term of office as the General Assembly shall provide by said local law.   A local law abolishing the office of elected county surveyor pursuant to the authority of this Code section shall comply with the provisions of Code Section 1-3-11 requiring referendum approval on abolishing certain offices, except that if the office of the elected county surveyor is vacant at the time of its abolishment or if the person holding the office was appointed to fill a vacancy pursuant to the provisions of Code Section 36-7-3, such office may be abolished at any time without the necessity of a referendum.   A county surveyor appointed by a county governing authority pursuant to the authority of a local Act enacted pursuant to the provisions of this Code section shall possess the qualifications to hold office as a county surveyor specified by paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Code Section 36-7-2 and shall carry out the duties of a county surveyor as provided in this chapter and other laws of this state.     (Code 1981, §36-7-2.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 919, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 36.)
GA Code § 36-7-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 7 - County Surveyor|§ 36-7-3. Procedure When Election Fails to Fill Office; Procedure in Event of Vacancy

  Whenever an election fails to fill the office of county surveyor, the judge of the probate court shall appoint a person to serve as the county surveyor until a successor is duly elected in a special election which shall be held at the time of the next general election to serve out the remainder of the unexpired term of office.   In the event that a vacancy occurs in the office of county surveyor, the judge of the probate court shall appoint a person to serve for the unexpired term of office and until his successor is duly elected and has qualified.    (Orig. Code 1863, § 544; Code 1868, § 608; Code 1873, § 567; Code 1882, § 567; Civil Code 1895, § 474; Civil Code 1910, § 592; Code 1933, § 23-1102; Ga. L. 1969, p. 350, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 586, § 3.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1988, p. 586, § 7, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that the 1988 amendment of this Code section applied to any vacancy occurring on or after March 30, 1988.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Williams v. Richmond County, 241 Ga. 89, 243 S.E.2d 55 (1978).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Authority of judge of the probate court.    - Former Code 1933, §§ 21-101 and 21-102 (see now O.C.G.A. §§ 45-16-1 and45-16-2), when read in light of former Code 1933, § 23-1102 (see now O.C.G.A. § 36-7-3), designated the judge of the probate court as the proper authority to fill vacancies occurring in the county office of coroner absent special laws directing that this function be fulfilled by some other authority. 1978 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 78-58.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, § 163 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 47, 161 et seq.
GA Code § 36-7-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 7 - County Surveyor|§ 36-7-4. Commissioning of Surveyor

 A county surveyor who derives his authority from appointment needs no commission beyond the order of the judge of the probate court entered on his minutes, of which appointment the Governor must be informed without delay.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 545; Code 1868, § 609; Code 1873, § 568; Code 1882, § 568; Civil Code 1895, § 475; Civil Code 1910, § 593; Code 1933, § 23-1103.)
GA Code § 36-7-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 7 - County Surveyor|§ 36-7-5. Oath of Office; Bond and Security

 In addition to the oath required of all public officers, the county surveyor must take the following oath before entering on the duties of his office:   "I, ________, swear that I will, to the best of my skill and knowledge, discharge the duties of surveyor of ________ County and that I will not admeasure, survey, or lay out any land, in my capacity as such, or knowingly permit or cause it to be done, without a warrant first obtained for that purpose. So help me God."   At the same time, he shall give bond and security in the sum of $1,000.00.   (Laws 1847, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 217; Code 1863, § 546; Code 1868, § 610; Code 1873, § 569; Code 1882, § 569; Civil Code 1895, § 476; Civil Code 1910, § 594; Code 1933, § 23-1104.)   Cross references.   - Oaths required of public officers, T. 45, C. 3.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 124, 130 et seq., 345 et seq., 354, 358, 488, 489.   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, §§ 159, 160. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 70 et seq.
GA Code § 36-7-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 7 - County Surveyor|§ 36-7-6. Oath of Assistant; Entry of Appointment of Assistant on Minutes of Probate Court

 When an assistant is appointed by the county surveyor, he must take the same oath the county surveyor takes. The fact of his appointment must, at the same time, be entered on the minutes of the judge of the probate court.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 549; Code 1868, § 613; Code 1873, § 572; Code 1882, § 572; Civil Code 1895, § 479; Civil Code 1910, § 597; Code 1933, § 23-1106.)
GA Code § 36-7-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 7 - County Surveyor|§ 36-7-7. Place of Office

 The county surveyor may keep his office at his place of abode, if within the limits of the county. The county shall not be required to furnish the county surveyor with an office or facilities.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 550; Code 1868, § 614; Code 1873, § 573; Code 1882, § 573; Civil Code 1895, § 480; Civil Code 1910, § 598; Code 1933, § 23-1107; Ga. L. 1966, p. 225, § 2.)
GA Code § 36-7-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 7 - County Surveyor|§ 36-7-8. Duties of Surveyor Generally

 It shall be the duty of the county surveyor:    To observe punctually and carry into effect all such orders as he may receive from any officer who may lawfully command him;   To partition lands, to make resurveys, to give plats of all surveys, and to administer all oaths required by law in such cases;   To survey county lines and district lines and to make other surveys in which his county may be interested whenever required to do so by the county governing authority;   To execute all surveys required by the rule or order of any court of competent jurisdiction; and   To keep a well-bound book in which shall be entered plats of all surveys made by him with a minute of the names of the chainbearers, when executed, by whose order, and to whom the plat was delivered, if any. Such book shall belong to his office and shall be turned over to his successor; when full, it shall be deposited in the office of the county governing authority.    (Laws 1783, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 668; Laws 1785, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 672; Laws 1838, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 215; Code 1863, § 551; Code 1868, § 615; Code 1873, § 574; Code 1882, § 574; Civil Code 1895, § 481; Civil Code 1910, § 599; Code 1933, § 23-1108; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 36.)   Cross references.   - Duties of county surveyor relating to surveys for homestead purposes, §§ 44-13-5,44-13-6,44-13-11,44-13-12,44-13-102,44-13-103.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 12 Am. Jur. 2d, Boundaries, § 46 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, § 207.   ALR.    - Partition: division of building, 28 A.L.R. 727.
GA Code § 36-7-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 7 - County Surveyor|§ 36-7-9. Establishment of Fees

  The county surveyor shall be allowed to establish a reasonable fee for each of the following acts:   Surveying a town lot and returning a certificate thereof;   Surveying a tract of land;   Making a plat and recording, advertising, and transmitting the same to the Secretary of State's office;   Making a resurvey of land by order of court;   For every other survey, making and certifying a plat thereof and transmitting the same;   Running lines between counties or districts or making new lines, per day, the county surveyor furnishing the chainbearer and provisions;   Making a plat of homestead, affidavit, and return;   Making each additional plat where there is more than one lot; and   Making any other survey he may be called upon or required to perform.  The fee established by the county surveyor shall be reasonably equivalent to the same fee which would be charged if the survey had been conducted by a private surveyor.      The county surveyor shall be allowed to contract for his services in the same manner as private surveyors, whenever he is called upon or required to make a survey for a private or a corporate benefit or by order of the county governing authority or by order of the court.    (Laws 1792, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 350; Code 1863, § 3626; Code 1868, § 3651; Ga. L. 1870, p. 68, § 1; Code 1873, § 3702; Code 1882, § 3702; Civil Code 1895, § 490; Civil Code 1910, § 608; Code 1933, § 23-1109; Ga. L. 1966, p. 225, §§ 3, 5; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1413, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Construction.   - County surveyor who is not registered by the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors may not, under any authority, engage in the private practice of land surveying outside of the county in which the surveyor was elected; nor may the surveyor engage in the private practice of land surveying in the surveyor's county of election unless the surveyor was duly elected and holding office on June 30, 1986, and has continued, uninterrupted, to hold such office. 1990 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 90-13.   No conflict with other sections.    - There does not appear to be any conflict between former Code 1933, §§ 23-1109 and 85-1610 (see now O.C.G.A. §§ 36-7-9 and44-4-10), but even if there were one, former Code 1933, § 23-1109 being based upon a more recent statute, would apparently govern. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U71-45.
GA Code § 36-7-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 7 - County Surveyor|§ 36-7-10. Payment of Fees Generally

 The fees for surveys made by the county surveyor for private or corporate benefit shall be paid by the person or corporation ordering the survey. The fees for surveys made by order of the county governing authority shall be paid out of county funds. The fees for surveys made by order of court, unless otherwise agreed upon, are to be taxed in the bill of costs and shall have the effect of a judgment lien upon the land surveyed, if not paid by the party bound for costs.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 552; Code 1868, § 616; Code 1873, § 575; Code 1882, § 575; Civil Code 1895, § 482; Civil Code 1910, § 600; Code 1933, § 23-1110.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Surveyor not subject to city business license.   - County surveyor who makes surveys, other than those made by an order of the ordinary (now judge of the probate court) or court, is not subject to a city business license. 1958-59 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 371.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Costs, §§ 69, 76.
GA Code § 36-7-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 7 - County Surveyor|§ 36-7-11. Issuance of Execution for Fees

 A county surveyor who makes a survey for a person who neglects to pay him may make oath before the judge of the probate court of his county of the performance of such service and its value. The judge of the probate court shall thereupon issue a fi. fa. in his name for the use of the surveyor, against the person defaulting. Such person may defend himself therefor in the same manner as persons against whom executions issue for detaining county funds.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 554; Code 1868, § 618; Code 1873, § 577; Code 1882, § 577; Civil Code 1895, § 483; Civil Code 1910, § 608; Code 1933, § 23-1111.)   Cross references.   - Filing of affidavit of illegality by person against whom execution has been issued for holding county money, § 48-5-239.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Section provides remedy for collection of fee.    - Former Code 1933, § 23-1111 (see now O.C.G.A. § 36-7-11), taken in connection with former Code 1933, § 91A-1219 (see now O.C.G.A. § 48-5-239), provided a remedy for a county surveyor to collect the surveyor's fees for official services rendered, and also a way for the defendant to test the correctness of the claim. Webb v. Stephens, 57 Ga. App. 395, 195 S.E. 577 (1938).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Judge must issue execution.   - This section is clear and unambiguous and makes it the duty of the ordinary (now judge of the probate court) to issue a fi. fa. when the surveyor has complied with the provisions of this section. 1960-61 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 87.
GA Code § 36-7-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 7 - County Surveyor|§ 36-7-12. Surveys or Plats Deemed Presumptive Evidence of Facts

 Surveys or plats of lands within his county, made by the county surveyor under order of court and on notice to all the parties, signed by him officially, and stating the contents, courses, and distances of any land surveyed by him are presumptive evidence of the facts if all the requisites of the law touching such surveys and the reports thereof are complied with.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 555; Code 1868, § 619; Code 1873, § 578; Code 1882, § 578; Civil Code 1895, § 484; Civil Code 1910, § 602; Code 1933, § 23-1112.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 12 Am. Jur. 2d, Boundaries, § 95 et seq.
GA Code § 36-7-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 7 - County Surveyor|§ 36-7-13. Persons Who May Perform Duties of Office When There Is No County Surveyor; Oath; Liability

  When there is no county surveyor, any person who is a citizen of this state and who holds a current and valid certificate of registration as a land surveyor issued by the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors may perform the duties of county surveyor, when specifically required or appointed to do so, if first sworn to do the same faithfully and impartially, to the best of his skill and knowledge.   Persons performing such service are on the same footing as county surveyors as to the special service rendered and are personally liable as such surveyors are officially liable.    (Orig. Code 1863, §§ 556, 557; Code 1868, §§ 620, 621; Code 1873, §§ 579, 580; Code 1882, §§ 579, 580; Civil Code 1895, §§ 485, 486; Civil Code 1910, §§ 603, 604; Code 1933, §§ 23-1113, 23-1114; Ga. L. 1973, p. 636, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Certification of land surveyors by State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, T. 43, C. 15.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Section mandatory upon processioners.    - Upon application to processioners to mark anew a dividing line, the surveyor, where there is no county surveyor, must be chosen and qualified as provided by statute. Watkins v. Sailers, 65 Ga. App. 77, 15 S.E.2d 306 (1941).   Oath mandatory.    - When a private surveyor is selected and performs the duties required of a county surveyor without first having taken the oath required under this section, the return of the processioners is void. Watkins v. Sailers, 65 Ga. App. 77, 15 S.E.2d 306 (1941).    Cited in Irby v. Raley, 88 Ga. App. 807, 78 S.E.2d 72 (1953).
GA Code § 36-7-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 7 - County Surveyor|§ 36-7-14. Appointment of Disinterested Surveyor; Oath

 When any county surveyor is interested in any survey to be made, the judge of the superior court or the judge of the probate court of the county in which the land is located, upon the application of any party in interest, shall appoint a competent, disinterested surveyor or, in his discretion, may appoint the surveyor of any adjoining county to make the survey. If the surveyor appointed is not a county surveyor, before entering on the survey, he shall subscribe before some judicial officer of the county the oath required of county surveyors. The rights, powers, and duties of the surveyor so appointed shall be the same as those of the county surveyor. The return of the surveyor shall have the same force and effect as do other surveys.   (Ga. L. 1882-83, p. 104, §§ 1, 2; Civil Code 1895, §§ 487, 488; Civil Code 1910, §§ 605, 606; Code 1933, §§ 23-1115, 23-1116.)
GA Code § 36-7-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 7 - County Surveyor|§ 36-7-15. Removal of Surveyor From Office

 The county surveyor, whether elected or appointed, may be removed by the judge of the probate court for want of capacity, in the same fashion as clerks of the superior courts are removed in the superior court. This cause of removal shall be in addition to the causes which apply to all public officers.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 547; Code 1868, § 611; Code 1873, § 570; Code 1882, § 570; Civil Code 1895, § 477; Civil Code 1910, § 595; Code 1933, § 23-1117.)   Cross references.   - Removal of clerks of superior courts, § 15-6-82.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 170, 171, 177 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, § 168 et seq.
GA Code § 36-7-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 7 - County Surveyor|§ 36-7-16. Penalty for Making False Survey

 Any county surveyor or other person acting as such who knowingly surveys nonvacant land as vacant land or makes any other false survey shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 558; Code 1868, § 622; Code 1873, § 581; Code 1882, § 581; Civil Code 1895, § 489; Penal Code 1895, § 278; Civil Code 1910, § 607; Penal Code 1910, § 282; Code 1933, § 23-9903.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, §§ 198, 199.
GA Code § 36-8-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 36 - Local Government|Chapter 8 - County Police|§ 36-8-2. Terms of Office; Removal; Authority to Abolish County Police Force

 The terms for which county police shall be elected or appointed shall be left to the discretion of the county governing authority. Such county police or any member thereof may be removed from office at any time, at the will of the county governing authority, with or without cause.A resolution or ordinance authorizing the creation of a county police force adopted by a county governing authority and approved by the qualified electors of the county in a special election as provided in subsection (b) of Code Section 36-8-1 shall not affect the power of the county governing authority to abolish a county police force at any time.   (Ga. L. 1909, p. 156, § 7; Civil Code 1910, § 855; Ga. L. 1914, p. 142, § 7; Code 1933, § 23-1407; Ga. L. 1992, p. 324, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Qualifications of sheriff as police officer.   - When a county police department is established and the law enforcement functions of the sheriff are transferred to such department, the sheriff or the sheriff's deputies may not become members of the police department so as to exercise the police power. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U70-28.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 70 Am. Jur. 2d, Sheriffs, Police, and Constables, § 17 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 20 C.J.S., Counties, § 161 et seq.   ALR.   - Sexual misconduct or irregularity as amounting to "conduct unbecoming an officer," justifying officer's demotion, removal or suspension from duty, 9 A.L.R.4th 614.