In re Advisory Opinion at the Request of the Governor

Citations

• 72 Fla. 422
• 73 So. 742
• 1916 Fla. LEXIS 382

Syllabus

<p>Under the provisions of Sections 7 and 9 and 14 of Article XVIII of our Constitution successors to all elective county officers whose terms of office would have expired on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, 1917, but whose office had become vacant by the incumbent’s death, resignation or otherwise, and such vacancy filled by Executive appointment prior to the general election held on the 7th day of November, 1916, must continue to discharge the duties and receive the emoluments of such offices until the expiration of the term in which the vacancy occurred, no election having been called and held to fill the unexpired term intervening the date of the General Election and the date when the next term begins.</p>