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State and Local Government Law

University of Georgia School of Law

1975

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"Reference Statutes"--Borrow Now And Pay Later?, R. Perry Sentell Jr. Sep 1975

"Reference Statutes"--Borrow Now And Pay Later?, R. Perry Sentell Jr.

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In 1923, the General Assembly of Nod enacted the "Statute of Paul" (so designated because of the sponsoring legislator, Paul Perfect), which empowered municipalities of Nod (called "sleepy hollows") to issue licenses to individuals wishing to engage in legitimate private enterprises. One provision of the Paul Statute directed that applicants for such licenses "must make application in the mode prescribed by Code Section 23-112, dealing with county licesning [sic] of pickle processors" (popularly known as the "Peter Pickle Statute"). In 1923, Code Section 23-112 required that an applicant for a pickle processing license submit his application to county licensing authorities …