The Governor may rent out property purchased pursuant to Code Section 50-16-64 or sell the same at public outcry to the highest bidder, upon such terms as he may deem to be in the interests of the state, and may make the necessary conveyances for the same, provided that such sale shall be advertised in the same manner and for the same time as sheriff's sales.
(Ga. L. 1873, p. 49, § 3; Code 1873, § 66; Code 1882, § 66; Civil Code 1895, § 129; Civil Code 1910, § 152; Code 1933, § 91-503.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Disposition of acquired property.
- Property acquired by Highway Board (now Transportation Board) pursuant to issuance of fi. fa. must be sold or rented by board and cannot be appropriated to use of board. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 275.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Validity of lease of standing timber on state land by entryman before patent, 83 A.L.R. 1347.
Rights, duties, and remedy in respect of leasing or hiring public property to private person for occasional use, 86 A.L.R. 1175.