Show raya tr u ling 11 t Os 0 tho Is rrose cutin EDITOR UTOPIAN since the elip eligi bili y and appointment of ofa J K R wilkins to the 0 office alice of probate jud judge hive have been fully discussed and practically fettled for the present it may not b be e entirely out of place to call into question the condit condition ign 0 dihe case of oar our prosecuting attorney att orney not lot that we desire to have any special business with that official in the way nay of litigation ac but that we may be e on an our guard and know when we wish to smother up any of our misdoings mis doings whose eyes to pull the wool ool over in the first place there are rumors afloat to the effect that tile the gentleman ent leman recently selected to the office office of pro se attorney has mot filled all alalie alt afi lie e requirements of the th e law necessary nece to ton is qualifications of said c in suppo support rt of our position we will quote from pp ap 15 filias of which ali ch state that each person elected elect eato to any county or prec precinct office shall qualify as by law required within twenty lays days after receiving notice of his election and appointment second ilas has uny any officer the right to approve h s own bond tins this question is definitely settled in the statutes of 1888 page pace which aich say each probate judge before entering upon the dischi discharge irge of the duties of ins his office sl shall all give a bond to the county counts sc ac which bond shall be opar aed by bk with the county Treasur vir ac if this be the law which undoubtedly edl y 1 it t is that the probate judge has not the power to approve e his 0 own wn bona in in said office Is is it not as imperative dative in approving his own bohld as prosecuting attorney SEC 2 art VI of the session laws of 1888 1688 decide this question as foll 46 before entering upon tb the q duties of his ollice said prosecuting attorney shall ahall take and an oath and give bonds with sufficient sureties to tle the coun county for which ll 11 he has been elected conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties which bonds shall be app approved roved by the probate judge and with the oath be bd filed in the office of the clerk of the probate court now novi the queries arise arise iras the gentleman referred to qualified as set be t forth in my first quota quotation ion if ao 0 who approved his pond since he be is is still recognized 0 as probate judge that he hat has no legal right to approve his ivr ian held he irn ld ct ib illy mined by the law if he has approved his bis own civil bond we have as equally absurd duplicate of J K R wilkins probate judge J R wilkins dist clerk illustrated by bun BUD in your last issue in the case of bond of prosecuting attorney IF F R clayton approved by F it clayton probate judge these questions are of vast importance mr editor not only to th thi i panics immediately connected therewith but bitt to an all interested public and if you can cast a ray of legal light upon these matters through the medium of your columns it will be highly appreciated by at least a few readers of the the respectfully |