Rawlins v. Levy Court of Kent County

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• appointment on the eve of the expiration of the levy court’s term was an illegal attempt to deprive its successor of the power to direct and control the office
• appointment on the eve of the expiration of the levy court's term was an illegal attempt to deprive its successor of the power to direct and control the office
• “The general rule is that a governmental body may not, in the exercise of its powers, appoint an individual to a term extending beyond the term of office of the governmental body.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).