It is declared to be the intention of the General Assembly to prescribe certain minimum standards which must exist as a condition precedent to the original incorporation of a municipal corporation of this state.
(Ga. L. 1963, p. 251, § 1.)
Law reviews.- For article surveying history of grant of municipal charters in Georgia, see 11 Ga. B. J. 133 (1948).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in City of Atlanta v. Mays, 301 Ga. 367, 801 S.E.2d 1 (2017).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, § 13.
C.J.S.- 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 11.