Show SCHOOL TRUSTEE QUESTION AttorneyGenerals Opinion on Jones Galbraith Contest AttorneyGeneral Bishop yesterday delivered an opinion in response to queries from the clerk of the Eighth school district of Davis county as to whether Seth C Jones or William I Galbrallh or either of them is one of the legal trustees of the distrIct The opinion holds that If Mr Tones failed to file his bond ns trustee within twenty days after his election he forfeited for-feited his right to the office nndn vacancy va-cancy was created that the fact oC Mr Jones filing n retroactive bond four months after he was elected did not reestablish re-establish his right to the office orfl tho vacancy which legally existed notwithstanding not-withstanding that Mr Jones took the oath of office and acted aa trustee during dur-ing the four months prior to his filing the one1 The opinion also says that If Jones executed a bond within twenty days of his election which bond vti approved by the CountyClerk but was not formally filed such would not invalidate In-validate Joness qualification ie however how-ever the bond had been executed and not approved It would not be n legal qualification In regard to Galbralth the former trustee whose place Jones was clcccd elcced to fill the AttorneyGeneral says he would not hold over but lhat the vacancy va-cancy aralng from Joness failure to j qualify should be filled by appointment appoint-ment by the two other trustees and assuming that they appointed Gal brnllh and he duly and legally qualified fled trustee he would be the legally constituted I |