Each tax receiver and tax commissioner shall have all property which is required by law to be returned for taxes, whether or not exempted by the county authorities, returned for taxation. The tax collector or tax commissioner shall collect the taxes due upon the property.
(Ga. L. 1889, p. 35, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 765; Civil Code 1910, § 1001; Code 1933, § 92-6203; Code 1933, § 91A-1016, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2.)