{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-4-4-68","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 4-4-68","heading":"Employment of veterinary surgeon or expert.","body":"(a) When the Commissioner receives a request to investigate, treat, or otherwise prevent the spread of an infectious or contagious disease affecting the livestock of a county, he shall employ a competent veterinary surgeon or expert to investigate the causes of the disease, to treat the same, and otherwise prevent its spread.\n(b) The Commissioner is authorized to fix the compensation of the veterinary surgeon or expert.","path":["TITLE 4 Animals","CHAPTER 4 Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock","Article 1 Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock","PART 4 Preventing Spread of Livestock Diseases"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.04.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"4654ea353fd43df01be5caaba7f8ad1ea1831aefe9ef5321178d533593f0ef37","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-4-4-67","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-4-4-69"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}