The Secretary of State shall be compensated in the amount and manner provided in Code Sections 45-7-3 and 45-7-4. He shall also receive actual transportation costs while traveling by public carrier, the legal mileage rate for use of a personal automobile, and the actual cost of lodging and meals while away from his office on official state business, as provided in Code Section 45-7-20.
(Laws 1826, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 1027; Code 1863, §§ 85, 1572; Code 1868, §§ 79, 1634; Code 1873, §§ 84, 1640; Code 1882, §§ 84, 1640; Civil Code 1895, §§ 180, 282; Civil Code 1910, §§ 209, 317; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 86; Code 1933, § 40-504; Ga. L. 1937, p. 208, § 1; Ga. L. 1941, p. 288, § 1; Ga. L. 1943, p. 356, § 2; Ga. L. 1947, p. 673, § 1; Ga. L. 1961, p. 66, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 96, § 1.)
Cross references.- Mileage allowance, § 50-19-7.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 271 et seq.
C.J.S.- 67 C.J.S., Officers, § 374. 81A C.J.S., States, § 206.