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— Powers and duties of Department of Transportation relating to mass transportation, Ch. 9, T. 32. 785 Short title. Creation; administrative assignment. Definitions. Powers. Membership; civil office; chairperson; conflicts of interest; compensation. Members accountable as trustees; records. Revenue bonds, notes, and other obligations. Provisions of obligations; use of proceeds; form of bonds. Implementation of rail passenger excursion projects. Liberal construction of provisions. Indebtedness not obligation of state or political subdivision. Purpose of authority’s creation; tax exemption. Authorization for rail passenger excursion projects not limited. Page: 786 Job Path: @mfgmic/west/stcodes/ga/repl/qj04040.63 Date: 06/30/04 Time: 21:1:24 0000 42051-21 (QS) GA 04 RV34 -- 3rd RUN T.46, C.9, A.1 PUBLIC UTILITIES, ETC. 46-9-1 ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 46-9-1. Standard of care for carriers and common carriers; presumption of negligence by common carriers arising from loss of goods. Carriers as such are bound to exercise ordinary diligence. Common carriers as such are bound to use extraordinary diligence, and in cases of loss the presumption of law is against them, and no excuse avails them unless the loss was occasioned by the act of God or the public enemies of the state. (Orig. Code 1863, §§ 2038, 2039; Code 1868, §§ 2039, 2040; Code 1873, §§ 2065, 2066; Code 1882, §§ 2065, 2066; Civil Code 1895, §§ 2263, 2264; Civil Code 1910, §§ 2711, 2712; Code 1933, § 18-102.)