See in this connection: C. S. Nat. Bank v. Fulton County, 123 Ga. App. 323 ( 180 S.E.2d 905) (1971); Conyers v. Fulton County, 117 Ga. App. 649 ( 161 S.E.2d 347) (1968) (cert. den., 117 Ga. App. 879); and Golfland, Inc. v. Thomas, 107 Ga. App. 563 ( 130 S.E.2d 757) (1963). The primary duty of the Special Master is to ascertain the total amount in money that will be equivalent to "just and adequate compensation" for the property and interests in property being taken by the condemnor.
The procedure used by appellee to comply with Code Ann. § 36-616a (a money rule) was proper. Golfland, Inc. v. Thomas, 107 Ga. App. 563 ( 130 S.E.2d 757). Nor was it error to fail to submit to a jury the question of apportionment of the condemnation proceeds between the appellee's land and that which the appellant held as Mr. Anthony's administrator. Code Ann. § 36-602a states in part that the Code Chapter on Condemnation Before Special Master, which includes § 36-616a, is "intended to provide a simpler and more effective method of condemnation in those cases where ... conflicting interests or doubtful questions render a judicial supervision of the procedure desirable." (Emphasis supplied.)