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Show Ruling Delivered In School Board Election Election of a member of the Board of Education of the Iron County School District, was to have taken place at the time of the election of municipal officers offic-ers this year, but since no candidate can-didate filed for the nomination, there will be no school board election. An opinion on the statutes controlling con-trolling the election of school board members made Tuesday by Utah Attorney General E. R. Callister, Indicates that an elec tion will not be necessary. An opinion had been made on the law in 1947 and upon the request of Howard N. DaUey, clerk of the local board, Attorney General Callister reviewed the opinion and the statute Tuesday and restated re-stated the opinion. The situation developed when no one filed for the election, and the opinion rules that in such a situation the elected official whose term should expire shall continue to hold the office. Should he decline to continue in the office it becomes the duty of the board to fill the vacancy by appointment. The term of Dr. J. S. Prestwich, president of the board this year, expires on Dec. 31, but since no one had filed for the position, when the deadline for filing, Saturday, Sat-urday, Oct. 8, had been reached, he will continue in the office for another three years under the ruling of the Attorney General. The term of office of school board members has been five years in the past, but when the state legislature adopted a new election policy, changing the school election to coincide with the regular election, the terms were staggered so that after a period of years, two members will be elected one year and three on the alternate year. |