OCR Text |
Show All IMPORTANT OPINION. Jode Im Djcldts tlit Cocolj Col-iKtorsblp Col-iKtorsblp Dlspnte. IT IS IS I'AVOIt OK iiiunr. Ml. Honor Itciltm lh (Uk l Cn-lilrti1 Cn-lilrti1 l.fntlli. In (bi TlilM Dlrtrlct court thli moratag JuJgo SCtno remferwt II10 following iI.-IiIdii In Iha m of Iho I'ruiJvurUiaTrrtltororUUIiox trl., nj WalU-rMurphr, count RUornry of Halt Iitko onuntjr, pLIntlfT, ti. LennnrJCJ, HftrJy, .Irfendnut. Ill, lionof altlt Till. 1 an action to dotrtnilno tho claim, of A. I. William, Wil-liam, ami Iiwnanl O. Ilnnly lo the omen of pmnlr collector of Hilt I-ake oouutjr. Tlie relator aaka that Manly ma tic adjust to Ik unlawfull hoi llni the oIHi-m anl that tie le re-movni, re-movni, ami that A. U Willhm. I aJJudffeU to Im cnUtletl to It auU In-dllrtal In-dllrtal liiLr, 1L, etc. 1 1 aptxtar. from the f act nitrccl upon ao far a, I tlct'in V. neceahary to refer lo them, that on. Nathaniel Jone. wa. lertHl to tho nffli'o of nilint clelk of Halt lAke county at the xvnarat election elec-tion Itelil on tho flret AtonJay of Auu.'., IWI, aoU that lioilulynuall-flail lioilulynuall-flail an.l ficlj II; that on tho II rot Monday Mon-day of AURtirt IKH't, lin WA. reclectl, a. III. own aurrcfrmr; that In Dctohur nf theMrae year lin rMlgiinl, ami the rreudrtili Hardy, wm ailntcl by tho County coiit to fill thoraconcy. That on tho flret Monday of AiUul. tM7,Ilardywaarlocietlta thonltlooa. III. own ruociMor, and qualllleit and entered 111 dull, nud at llio general lUctlon In Auitu.t, lWUie WMoiralii elrctrUatHlrtialllled, and In lvl, at the oeneral olectlou In Auiual, Mr. William, wairlrotnl and that lioliai executed a hond which lia. boon a;. pioreil ly the county authorltlt.. Un-iler Un-iler till, ttale of lacU the i intlon nrl, wa. tho election of William. In Auuu.t, Hal, aud llio lection of Hardy iu Auju.t, lsvi, authorlml by la; And a further iue.tlouail, wm the elerllonof Hardy at the cen-era) cen-era) election In Auuu.t, U17, tall.17 TharouiiMdroty iijwii eecllon. 1M1S arelsittiof Tolunie 1, Corupllathu of ISH. Thn nr.t m-tlon It: "At the Ki'iirral 1 lection In 1174, and biennially biennial-ly thereafter, there ahall b elected by theqinllflod volera of thrteTeralcoun-Ilea thrteTeralcoun-Ilea of title Territory an nueitir aud oollertor for each couuty, whoie term of olllra thall b for two ye.ir., nud uutllltielrauccMiur. are duly ilcctwl or Bpnoloted and iuallfy,f "UaOi collector olecte.1 uodtr the pro vl.lona of thl. act ahall outer uj.on tho dulleeof hltoniceontho Rnt day uf Juno next followliur ha rlecllon, liar-Inn liar-Inn flr-t iiualinAl." It will be ateii that thl. ctton brorldea that llio eke-tlou eke-tlou Khali bo held at tho general elvc tlou In IS7S, ant biennially Ih-re. after. The Urm I. two yean. Tho i lection li Auu.t of tho yeari ludlciti-l by orou nuuibera and tliu qiialiricallnnlnthoJutiu following. fol-lowing. Hie iiualltlcallon la In the year Indicated by odd number., nnd at Ihatlliue tho term comn'encca and I, for two yean. The term ut union la for two yean, and until thclraucoeawra are duly elictett nnd qualified. Tho time for the election i-rciira at tho x-illation x-illation of two yean from theprocul-Ing theprocul-Ing election, but If there I, no election atthattlruo tho term li. according to tho prorl.luna of thl. l:u(i., ciicnde I till thn auccraior I. duly elected and qualincd;ithitlheleiiKtiiorthelerm U'lld.upuutlleeli'ctlonolthe,iK'c-. or. There tun Im no actual Taoiuryaa long a. tho rlithlful ocaiunt couiliuie, to hold tho oMw, that I-, until doith, reelgi Ion, roruoral or win. legal dlealdlily. Thn ataliitu I. eildently llio the .latllla of m,t nf ll, Kl.to., lure.i'M't 1j lmll.tr otllcea. It I, ao pMvblid that Iu order that Taranclra In thu olllfio iiiny ri'it occur, from a fitlluroUolent, Mectlon LMI.ridled uni a.aulhoililugliy Implication the right In election In Auguit, I-.47, and aim In Augu.t, ISh'J, ami in 1991, Tho laiiuglhatlt I. Inllitl ralwathe Implication lathlet 'Inraeeuf thoolllcoof thn umnr or ooltectorlicvomliig vacaiit.lhe County Coun-ty court of thn county where nich raciucy ocoura thall luro niwcr to nil mil vacancy by apudntuient unlllthn next general election. " Tho term ra. aticy l hvro iiee-l. If there I. n eacancy the County court liaa thn iier to fill It by appointment, tut If thciu I. none, the County court ha, nu IHiwcrto llll It. DM the failure to ulcctatlliollmrixi-Jby law create a rai'aury.urdldtbolaw ll.ulf 111) the eacancy, byauylng that the term uf tholunumliuntof. thn ollloo (hall t-i lllllll the tuocvMOr .ball bu elected and qualllle.1? Thn authority, are decided aa to tho con.tructlon of aluillar Itngiuige, The aulliorlrliiztoapiHiliit Unc not arl-o merely from u failure to elect; It arl-e only when tbu death of Iho lurumWiit occur or lio hna rt-elgued, been re moved, or launder aoiiioUlMruallfirliig ItMblllty, Hut when thn Incumbent I. tua!irjcl lo hold the ofllce nnd lie till la 111 the omen 11 doca not liccomo vacant becnuxe of n falluru to elect a mcceuor; hi. term allll go on; until Ilia rucccaxor ooiiiea In nud tnkea tho place there la no vacancy; llio old ofllrer gov, uiit, and thn aucw.. ' ilea Id. place. Tho ollliol. Illba hi,, when an cnirrr hold, over, In that nu thn man I. hi, own NurcceMr. Under thu eectlon quoted tho County Court, when a vacancy occur,, Im, Iho power to fill It by npiolntiuent until thn next Konoral ciecilou, It la clear there that the County Court fill, tba vacancy until tbo next general election, nnd then tbo penjdo till It, nnd tho term termln-alwa.lt termln-alwa.lt would liavo had. there becu no vacancy, Tho vacancy that precede, the election nnd qualification taut rofi'rrcd to I filled by iho County Court liefore, nnd the remaining pcrllon uf tho term la tilled by thn voter, at tho election. Oilier provl.lou, of the ntnlutn of Iho Territory refer tu vaoincle. Hccllun 7 relate, to Territorial or county dllier-. It provide,, Iu cae of the death, rdgnttlou or other dlublllty of any Territorial 0 nicer, authority la given to fill. There Iho vacancy la dcacrlbcdu. by death, rcljiialton or other dltablllty. In the K-cilun that follow the one retctrcd to the word, are und; "In c-e or vacancy by the death, rwlgna-lion, rwlgna-lion, or other dlialdlity of any prolulo Judge." aud again, "Or In ciuw of 11 vacancy by tho Jeath, tealgn.tlon, or other disability of auy county or precinct pre-cinct cHlcer, except prohatu judge or jukllro uf tbo ptace, limua elective," and o on. Ill rectloo HH of tho aainu lHk, Coiigreu. Iu providing for tho eluctlou of n delegate to Cout;rca,. uiod thU Uuguagu, ralno, In hi, work on "!' ' in- . re. frra I" numerou, drci.lon-. I 1 w lion .' bany., 'rheC'onulliiti n t t'alilornl. conialm-d the fol.wln " tlona: 'When any oDIni ,ball, from atiy cause, beftomo vacaiit, and no mode 1, provided by tho con-tllu-lion and law, for It I ling Mich vacancy, the governor ihall have tiower to fill audi vacnucy by grant. liigaconimlMlon, which ehatl expire at the end of thn heit c-loii of the I.eglilaturo, or attha next election by thpoople,nor hall lha dura lion of any ofllcti not Hxixl tiy tho conetitulton ever exceed four year. A tt.tulo wa, In llie-i wordi llaeli nf aald coinmla-aloner, coinmla-aloner, tball tiold bU oftlco for the term uf four ear,, and until hi, hiocc. pot t, rlectnd, commliMloned, nnd qailined, a. In thl, act provided. Tho Hupretno Court held that under tho tMii-lU'illnnof IheHlalc II wm t'roter thaleiecutlvaolIlcvrH, elected by the imoiiln, ihoul 1 hold over, rather than tint the dutle, ahould ilevolvn llwn thoeoln whneo election tho poop, had no choice; tint teuiKir,ry excutlvfl apimlntmont, were ndmlMlblo only when there were no Incumbent, nf jmr-tlrular jmr-tlrular onice, to tiold over aad iwr. form their dutlr. That If there woa a vacancy luanyju.t rtiiw, after tho expiration ex-piration of the term and before thn election nnd qualification of a iticcx or, thnitaiutn ll-elf tilled thn vacancy for Iho lima kel ui, by pvivldlng that the furtner lncutuiiit ahoul 1 hold uu til tho election and qualincatlon uf a eucccMor, and that a failure tu electa uioemor lo au ofllon at thn expiration of til, term did hoi create n vacancy to Ui nihil by executive apfiolutraciit. A townhlp tru.tee, wlio wa. elected at thn April election Iu I, but did not then gl- a new bond, did not vnoala the oltl e, hut Wa. utllled to lioH It until til. Munoeor wa. elected and qualified. An ulllcer elected tot n term of year,, and until hi, tuoccMor I, cho-cn and qualified, may hold over to au Indefinite period, II no auccit-tor auccit-tor be elected and qualified. Itervreuce ha, alao tieen made to n divlilou of tho Huprcmo Court of Indiana, luafle In lbn4, f-uiid In thn Nortlioa.tern Ilojorlcr, Volume 10f 1'agaSll., Htalo v.. llarrlwn. It I, uj-3tl the jnlul a, to what cou.tltute, a vacancy for which an aiiotolment may be madi Tho cx-n involve, a coutroveray between tho relator, Jowpli 1.. Canon, and the re-mndent, Tboma, II. Ilarrlwu, noncendn thu light torxercl.o tlm olllcn of I'reaUrnt of tho (cvtral II .arda of Tru-teia of tho benevolent tn-llttttlon, of thn Htite. Tha court ,na, "lur,uatit to llio pro vl.lon, of lha net, tha ronondent wan elected preftldent of tha Umnla ouibe It'lh day of February, Uu. The l,cgllature failed to elect a auo-c auo-c v-ur Iu 1&7, n, Iho law required, and thn reapon lelit nonllnurd and fttlll continue, con-tinue, Iu the oftlci', amrtlng the light to hold over until a tuccevor .hill havu tieen duly electeil by a tucceed-Ing tucceed-Ing I'i'gl-laturc. llelng of opinion that tho failure of the general ee-embly to elect n itjccwor produced a vacancylu the ofllce, tlm governor appointed and cnmmlMiloned tho relitor a, prealilent of thu ei-veral board, on thn 7lh day of May, IHS7." Tno law nrovlduil that a jienon ehould hold until 111, ,ucc-M-or wa. elected aud U-.llni-d, and tho court, referring to inn law, aarai "Ao much uf Iho atrcvn mentioned acctloti n, applle, to thn ofllcn In dl.puto read, a, follow-: 'Whan, during n recce, cY the general iimutilj, a vacancy ahull hapwii In nuy i; nice, tbu apjioliitnient of which I. veated III the general gen-eral nMembly, lha governor thall nil turh vnrancy by appointment, appoint-ment, which thall expire when n euc ce-or alutl havn been elected and quallflcd." e , , .-it iuut iierrrthelea Ins bornn In mind that the tower of thn governor lo make n valid apn)llitnient doea not arlt-i until lliern 1, nvacaucy In fact. The court w) Tho word 'vacancy,' n, applied to ifu onice, ha, no technical meaning, Anonico 1, not vacant to long aa It I, Htippllod In thn manner man-ner (ruvlded by thu con.tltutloti or law with au Incumbent who I, legally qu-dlfh-d to exerclen thu jiower, and w-rtorm thu dutlr, which jiertaln to It, and, ciiiiv. racly, It I, vacant In Iho eye of thai iw whenever It I. unoccupied unoccu-pied by a legally qualllle.1 IllPUIIllnllt. who hi. a lawful right to cotitlutio therein until thn happenlnc of tome future event.'" Alter citing a1 numWr of ctic, the court t-iym "tVheuntioMrn ha, Wen uonfened Uon one Itgatly ellgli 1c, aud ha. U-eu ncceptett, no vacaucy can In ld to exlat therein until the term uf ,-rvlce, and right to hold, a, nied by tho law, expiree, or until thn death, rclgnallou, or removal of the iienoti elected ur npuluted. "Thu i-ulley of provlilnna uf that nature na-ture I, to prevent thu happening of vactncle, Iu onice, except by death, resignation, removal, aud thn hkn. They ri,tiiioii thu uuuiupllou that tho wl-vraud moro prudent oourte la, In cam tho electoral tody fall, to dla-charge dla-charge It. function,, to authorize tiiu incumbent to hold over until ttiu tuc. ceding election, rattier than that a vacancy ahoulj oucur to tie filled by (ho ap-jlntlng poaer. In reoognltluuoflha wImJoiu ul thla iwllcy thn organic, law uf thu Htate dechria a, follo 'Whenever It I. irovldcd In thl, coimtltutlou, or Iu any law, which may be hereafter pat-ed, that uny clli. (XT, other than nmemberof thu general otMimbly thall hold III, ufllco for any given time, tho tamo thall bocoiutruud to mean thai tuch ulllcer aha!) hold hi, olllco for tuch term and until til, tuc-tH'wor tuc-tH'wor ahall h,va lieen elertiil and quallllcl." e e .. rim t.rm of lunonico 1. rlxcl at two year, certain, Willi a ronlliir.cut cxtoiialon. When tho contingency liapuua, thU ox-teiihlcu ox-teiihlcu 1, a, much 11 part of tho entire term aa any tiortlon of thu twoyuara. It la certain therefore that all odlcea to which tuQUhora constitutional provision a pile, are hold by tho aamu title, or by a, high aud lawlul tenure, afur thu prescribed terin, until tho title of u duly elected and qualified tuccuwor attache, at-tache, a, before, and during tuch term, Thl, rkht to hold over noutlnura until a qualified ,ucnor liaa Iweu elected by tho emu electoral body a, that to whli li th, iiicumliout ue hi, eluo-tlou, eluo-tlou, or which, by law, U entitled to elect a suocce-or." That oiwi la), down the rule explicitly, that where au all-tier all-tier huld. for n term mid until 111, mc-ceor mc-ceor I, elected nnd quillllcd, that tho lltuithat ha lioMa after the term II nil, tiy two ycura In thl, cnae, I, a, much a jortlon of hi, term a, tho time preceding. preced-ing. That In cither oxw ho I10I1I1 by virtue uf the law, Tho law make. It a patl of hi, li rin. ThncMoof Parcel va, llio Htate, n rel. lowtey, In ittn Until Iiidliua,ugi UU. Till, wa, n proceeding conuncucod oil tbo loth day of January, latulbr nn Information tn the namuof thuHtaln, un tbo relation ul Hubert A. !uwroy, ngalutl Clink It, I'arcel, to trat tlm light uf tho latter to hold tho olllco of couiiry couiuiiuionir for the third ill trlctuli' iliukl cnutity. In that caro the IncumUnt died, uud Clark It. Parcel Par-cel wa, thereupon npiwlntid to till the vaoaucy. It sicmi Ihoro was uoqut. lion at' oi llio i.i. 1 tin .-n vr. tl -iitiml aumy cans-it ly d'-'ln no' 1 'rentier' (tin -non heel ( t-r. I he .olirl ).. "Jltlt nordlng In tha agretd tatement of fai t, It do not ipp.-nr Unit any one IM elecle-l at thn INovrlither olei Hon ,n Inl." (That wm tha tagultr election). "Hence, at llio expiration of lowre'a second term, no a'iceor having bean olictr.l and qualined, hn vonllnuid ilghlfully to holt over until hi, sue censor wa, clecteil and qualinrl. Jo election having taken pUon In 1S.1I, lo llll the term vtiilch wa. lo commeuca Iu IMS, that term remained vacant, exci pt a, the relator occupied It under Ills right lo hold over until the election nnd iiuallflnatlonof hi, tucccior. Tlm term Wing thus vacant, It cimounder the provision of eecllon '1, II. . IVI, which required thalat llieufnital rlertlon In liu-'ill existing vacaucle, In nOlco should Im AIM unlosa oilier-wise oilier-wise provided by la. Thequcsllon It, w a. It utherwlaa pror.dcd liy law?" Tim statute referol to h a. follows: "A genetal election shall h- held uti thu II rat Tuely after lha fir-t Monday In November, In tho year INS", and biennially thurenfterou tho tame day, at which election all existing vacancies vacan-cies Inofllce,, and nil (.nice, tho term, of which will expire ln-fure tho next general election thereafter that bo filled, unlet) othcrwlfu provided by law." Thl, act regarded the onlces ulatantl!y a, vacant, for the turiM uf being filled when a ierou held over. There was a law uxpreaaly providing for tho election, whtre there were any existing vacancli, or where tbo lirni would expire Wforo Iho next general election. The court sayti'Ttic relator having been tlutad hit own tucccor In'lUVi, lil, scmd term of service must be deemed bi hnvo commenced nt tha regular period In Kill.'. Ho could not, by holding over, alter the I xplrsll.iii nf M, first term, and failure to qualify, until onoyear of hi, troond term had lAtscd, extend the latter term, or nukn hi, iccond term commence com-mence at an Imgul.r itriaJ." It seem, that hn wa, elected at tiiurigu. lar time, but ho deterred qualifying f-irono yiar, and clalmnl In cunse-quencn cunse-quencn of hla not quallfylug for uuo year that Id, term did hot commence 1111III that time. The con it any, he cituunti-xtcnd hi, term In that way. lluwa. In utile, and Itwatlil, duly I I qualify, but If hu did not qualify, hi, Urm commenctt Just thu same. The cam It not aualcgu, to the one In pint. Plaintiff also rnllea upon Hawyrrv,, Itaydoti, In tlm lit Nevada, pajn l. Thn conical wa, at to lha dike of thu pruaecutlngaltornay, Tho one Iu of-flea of-flea reigned nn-l thn rcsondent wo, aniolntod andentcred iioii tha dutle, of ofilte. An ulrctlon woa held and tho plalntllT received tho inaj iilly of the volrs Thn ninU necessary to refer to arti -'It I, urged on thn part of the apel1ai!tv 'llrst, Uiat thu geueral policy f thn Terrliorlal law, was to maku all ntllce, etectlvo as far as practicable, prac-ticable, nn-1 when a case nf necessity anno requiring the temporary appointment appoint-ment or an UoUIre ufllcer, that an-liolntniKntsliuiild an-liolntniKntsliuiild not exleu I, anil woa not by hw Intcndeil to extend, U-yond thu next general election, when thn isviphj would human optrlunlty of electing. Hecondl That tlm law, I1.1v. Ing vested thu people with powcrtn ilectproM-cutlngatbirKeyi for thn full term, thry wont I have thn right without any special alatuto on tho subject, sub-ject, When nstemtded at A genenl election, to fill any vacaucy In ttiat cnim that might Ihsn exist, and also to elect an cHlcer to llll Iho unexpired term, when tbo vacnucy had U-on lrmratlly tilled by the county commissioners." com-missioners." I n that env, before tlm term expired. It acems, a general election elec-tion occurred anl thn i-lalntllf was elected at that geiiera1elcctlon,nol at the end n( Hie term. Thn court nays: "Tho question then resolve, lUelt Into this: Can tho iple, by vlrtuo uf an Inherent Inher-ent right In Ihenisnlvea, when assembled assem-bled at a general election, elect nil ufllcer for n fractional term, when thu statute law authnrUca them lo elect for the full term, but Is illrnt In regard.to Ilia election of such olllrer for Iho fractional frac-tional term." "Hut wo think no court or Judge h gnnn so far A. to hold Hut tho peopln might hold an ehc'lon or vole for any jsulicular otllocr at a gt-ni ral election, unless special provision wm ma-lo for electing stithotrher for thepatllcuhr term' to whiih ho wo, seeking lo bu rlcct.il, ellher III thu constitution or soma statutory statu-tory euactmeut. Tor an able and lucid argument on thun iiuinl, we would refer to tlm oilulon oi Mr. Justice Jus-tice Ittldwlu, In thu cao of McCunn vt. Weller, II Cal., 1'J. Thu court In tills case, however, llsealhl, language. It would npi ly, however, to an orilcrr arpolute.1: "In thl, case, had the Inw or IMS, after providing for thn 1 loci Ion of h prosecuting attornt y for two years, gone on In Iho same law ti provide that III tha c at vncaocy tho county coiiiiiilMlouen should fill that vaoaucy until thn next general election, and no sticclal piovlslun had been made lo llll II for any iierlod .reaching Iwynnd the next election, irhai. It might to said here waH casd whero the legislature legis-lature hail, by dtret language, conferred con-ferred uponllin electors of thn county the right at the general election, biennially, bien-nially, to elect a prosecuting attorney, and had, by Implication, conferred on them the siwir to ulect for n fractional fraction-al term." Thucasnln hand Unnoln which there wa, no vacancy, whero tho person holds ovrr by vlrtuu of. tho law. There Is 110 vacancy and no ep-polntnu-nt or right toappnlnt. The Hum vs. Hudson, Xurttiuitlcrn lUjmlcr, volume ni, ngu Isf, I, cited, Tho cumt ,ay,t "Cliarle, W, Meeker was elected to aatd ufilce, qualine.1, and etil,rel upon Iho duties thereof; th.it on the Cth day of March, 1SW, llio aald Meekur was, by the board uf county commlulonrn of tnld county, legally removed from tald cfilcu for cause, nnd that nu Iho tamu day the res)iou-dent res)iou-dent wa, duly nptolnteil totaldoillro by sail Hoard to fill thu vacaiicy causcil I'V the irmoval of said Meeker; and that tald ree;iondent duly quail-lied quail-lied and entered ufion thu dutlr, of tho cilice, and liaa continued to llll tha tamo hitherto." It Is si tn that there m as ail actual vaoancy, a vac nicy ni-cy In fact, Tho coutt tuys, "The jioliits presented aud urged by thu reqiundeut may tai stated o. follows: (I) That no ilccllon uf clerk of the District court Iu and for tald county i- mid be legally lull at thn gem ml election of IM" Ilecauso It was nut the regular lime tor electing thn clerk, Imt wa, a general t let Hon, Itutthe court refers to the Inwanu yt, "rfeollon 101 of lha taiuo chapter provide, that every civil ofilce thall bu vacant, upon thu lia'iilngr,f either if llio following nvrntt, at any time, bofotalho expiration of llio lirniof luchonico, as fnllowi: (1) Tho resign,, tion of tlm Incumlwut. (I!) Ills dejlli. -i Hi, rem .vol from office, of-fice, etc." "In tiH cam there wa, a rislgn..tlon; the law provided It liould lio vai-ii... Hixllod 1UJ pro. vide that nn'olutuicuu under th. 'oo isi -li.i' Hi .haler 'all In III riling ami slnll loii'lDiio until (ho 1 o'l iUr ID, ul wlnt-li tin- var,n i j can hn Oiled, and until a fines-r I. eleetsil and quallflnl, etu. Hnctlon lor pro'lde, Uiat vacaucle, occurring In nuy Utile, judicial dlitrlrt, county precinct, township or any imMlo electlvnufnce, thirty day, prior to auy general election, shall 11 nilcd tin real, reapply this provision to tho rasn nt lor, had Meeker U-nn removed lea. than thirty 'lay, before tho general elt-ctlou nf IfWKi, tint election would havelaetione nt which tha vacancy caused by hit removal could not liavo bron flllod, not U-causa of any iiei-ultarlty In the term of ofilce, but tiecausa of the taiigunee of the section laitaliovo quoted. Hut M tho oflk'o becatna vacant, thirty day, before be-fore tald election, It wm an election at which titd offleu could be filled, I thu, have reanhisj tlleuon-clualon, tlleuon-clualon, and from it I sea 110 escape, that a clerk of a dlalrlrt ooutt In And for Salltia county could to legnlly elected at llio general electlou of HiHil, whoso Urm ol ufflco would expire In Iho month of January, Imvj." Uf course the law there expressly provide, for the election. Hut thu trouble Willi thla rami I, that thla accilon relied uinn Provide, that n vacaucy thall be filled by appointment until the next general election, and at that next central election It shall In filled by election until Iho end of the term, but there Is 110 vacancy here. There wa, no vacancy vacan-cy that authoilxed an appolnlmc nt,aud hence thl, law doe, not apply, because It expressly taya: "Tho County court rl the county whero tut h vacancy occur, oc-cur, thall liavo inwar to fill tuch vacincy by appointment, until the next general olei Hon," but there wat no vacnucy In tbl, catn. Tlm law hid filled thn oni,-e, mid tho oltli-cr In It woa bidding by virtue of tho law: bo wa, Ihero lawfully and hid the ilalit to hold until his successor wa. i-lected and qualified, nnd then no vacancy will occur Issmuso tho successor will lakacmco u,t a, tils succensor would have taken It If tho diction had been held on thn Islduyof Auguit. WW. at hsntiropcrtlnie, nnd his sueceor had qualified In tin following June, IHH'J, Thtro wa, no election In IKM, ami In June, U"). there wa, no nuthorlty to hold an election, 1-cauru 1-cauru there was no vacancy, and the ramn aa to IWI. There had been no apioilntiutnt mode, nud there waa lio vacancy, and llio apiolnted In olllco aa au olllcrr held over until hi, euccessor wa. circled and qusllll.il. 11 elKtloll of an officer II mratie a legal election, an ufllcer ilm toil by law. Here there wa, no election provided for InAugu.t, IWi, or In lsiil, illhir expressly or by Inipllcatlou, iwcauso there was no va-taney, va-taney, I ten lio cwapu from tho cull-elusion cull-elusion that thn present Incumbent, Mr. Hardy, hold, over under the statute and that ho will held until hi, succemwr I, elected at thn geueral election tn Auguit In HW, aud Im Is qualified, utiles, thn legltlaturo change, thu law or 11 vacancy vacan-cy occur, by death, resignation removal re-moval or other ill-ability, |