05 LC
14 9133
House
Bill 622
By:
Representative Burkhalter of the
50th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to telegraph service, so as to repeal provisions relating to
the duty of telegraph companies to deliver dispatches or messages to persons
residing within a certain proximity; to provide for related matters; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
3 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to telegraph service, is amended by repealing in its entirety Code Section
46-5-148, relating to the duty of telegraph companies to deliver dispatches or
messages to persons residing within a certain proximity, and designating said
Code section number as reserved, as follows:
"46-5-148.
Reserved.
Telegraph
companies shall deliver all dispatches or messages to the persons to whom the
same are addressed or to their agents, on payment of any charges due for the
same, provided that such persons or agents reside within the city in which the
station is located or, if the station is not located in a city, within one mile
of the
station."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.