The State Superintendent of Schools is elected at the time when the Governor is elected, for a term of two years.  He is charged with the administration of the school laws.  He has general superintendence of the business relating to public schools.  It is his duty to instruct all officers under him as he thinks necessary for the better discharge of their duties, and to inspect the various schools of the State.  He disburses the school fund according to the number of children between the ages of six and eighteen years in each county.

He is the Secretary and Executive Agent of the State Board of Education.

With the consent and approval of the State Board of Education, he may appoint three State School Supervisors to act under his direction and give normal instruction and training in each county; to grade, when required, the papers of applicants for professional certificates; and to aid him generally in supervising, systematizing, and improving the schools of the State.  He appoints, with the advice and consent of the State Board of Education, an experienced auditor to examine and report on the accounts of all schools and colleges receiving State aid.

The State Superintendent of Schools is ex-officio a member of the State Board of Education, the State School-Book Commission, the State Geological Board, the Board of Trustees of the State Normal School at Athens, and the South Georgia Normal School at Valdosta.

The Commissioner of Agriculture is elected by the people of the State for a term of two years, at the same time that the governor is elected.

He has charge and control of the inspection and sale of all fertilizers sold in the State.  The law requires all manufacturers and dealers in fertilizers in Georgia to first register all the brands to be sold.  The law authorizes the Commissioner to appoint six inspectors for a term of one year each, and such other additional inspectors as may be required, to be paid for the actual time they are in service.  After the samples are taken by these inspectors, they are forwarded to the Commissioner, who turns them over to the State Chemist, he making an analysis of the goods.  If the analysis shows anything radically wrong, the Commission takes it up with the fertilizer manufacturers who sold the fertilizer, and the party who bought it.

The Commissioner of Agriculture is also charged with the inspection of foods, drugs, feeding stuffs, and of all oils of illuminating quality sold in the State.  It is his duty to enforce the provisions of the Pure Food and Drug Laws, and he appoints a food inspector and a drug inspector.  Both of these inspectors make their report to the Commissioner, and all samples taken are sent to the State Chemist for analysis.  The Commissioner also has charge of the inspection of cattle in Georgia to protect them against diseases of all kinds.  This department is called the Bureau of Animal Inspection, and is in the charge of the State Veterinarian, with a corps of assistants, all of whom are appointed by the Commissioner.  This Bureau cooperates with the United States Department of Agriculture in Tick Eradication and Hog Cholera Contagion; and the general development of live stock industry.