Stepp v. Lance

Deen, Judge.

1. "When a public trust or duty is to be executed by a definite number of persons, such public trust or duty may be executed by a majority of that definite number.” Beall v. State, 9 Ga. 367, 369. This rule has been included in all the Georgia codes, and is stated in Code § 102-102 (5) as follows: "A joint authority given to any number of *194persons, or officers, may be executed by a majority of them, unless it is otherwise declared.” It follows that Ga. L. 1969, p. 2641 et seq. amending a prior Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Fannin County so as to…