State ex rel. Marrero v. Fortmeyer

Citations

• 13 Tiess. 148

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>1. Where the law contemplates that an elected officer shall not enter upon the discharge of his duties until he receives a commission and further provides that no commission shall issue to him until thirty days after .his election, the term of such officer does not begin until thirty days after his election.</p> <p>2. Regular terms of office succeed each other in rotation without intermission, the one expiring when the other begins, and vice versa.</p>