When any officer shall vacate his office, he shall take a receipt from his successor for all property turned over to the successor, which receipt shall be entered in the inventory book; and he shall satisfactorily account to the proper authority for any not turned over.
(Ga. L. 1882-83, p. 126, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 276; Civil Code 1910, § 311; Code 1933, § 91-802.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
No conveyance without specific authority.
- Under former Code 1933, §§ 91-801 and 91-802 (see O.C.G.A. §§ 50-16-141 and50-16-142), all state officers are required to make an inventory of all public property in thei officers' charge and to account for the property to the proper authority succeeding such an officer; therefore, a public officer cannot convey state property from the state to another person unless such officer has been given specific authority by some Act or resolution of the General Assembly. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 545.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Duty of outgoing officer to see that person to whom money or other property is turned over is a duly qualified successor, 106 A.L.R. 195.