Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1916 — Opinion Says Woman Can Not Hold Office. [ARTICLE]

Opinion Says Woman Can Not Hold Office.

Indianapolis Star. That a woman may not be appointed to the office of clerk of a county circuit court to fill a vacancy is the opinion given to the state accounts examiner Tuesday by the state attorney general. The question arose out of a ease at Rensselaer, where the clerk died and it was desired to appoint his daughter, an employe of the office, to the position. The late incumbent of the position had just entered upon his second term and had nearly four years yet to serve. The county commissioners were anxious to appoint the daughter and got in touch with the state accounts examiner, G. H. Hendren, who in turn asked an opinion of Attorney General Evan B. Stotsenburg. The attorney general pointed out a section of the law which read as follows: “No person shall be elected or appointed as a county officer who shall not be an elector of the county.” The attorney called attention to the /point that a female citizen was not an elector under the present constitution. He held that the Rensselaer woman might not be appointed to the office.