We've had a particularly difficult time finding a way to identify the materials this professor needs. The OCGA Georgia code indexes this material just as she needs (which is not true of the WEST version of the GA code). We're hoping specialists in the relevant jurisdictions know of something that will do the trick.
Thanks,
James
James M. Donovan, J.D., Ph.D.
Faculty and Access Services Librarian
School of Law Library
University of Georgia
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Athens, GA 30602-6018
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Hi James,
I am doing some work on changes in county governance through time.
Specifically I am looking at county government form/management in Southern
Appalachia going back to approximately 1880. In states like Georgia and
South Carolina, the state code includes an index of local laws. In this
index we can search by county for historical changes to, say, composition of
the county's board of commissioners/supervisors. In North Carolina we have
found no such index and have to look year by year through the session laws
to see if those counties of interest have undergone such changes. Finally,
for Virginia and Tennessee I can find no information on individual county
governance. I think - but am not yet sure- that this is because county
governance in these two states is currently mandated at the state level. I
suspect that this has not always been the case, and do not know how to track
county governance information through time in these states.
Any guidance on how to better proceed for the states of Tennessee, Virginia
and North Carolina would be greatly appreciated.
Yours Truly,
Carolyn
Carolyn Dehring
Assistant Professor
Department of Insurance, Legal Studies and Real Estate
Terry College of Business
University of Georgia
206 Brooks Hall
Athens, GA 30602-6255
(706) 542-3809
(706) 542-4295 FAX
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