Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1902 — When the New Terms Begin. [ARTICLE]

When the New Terms Begin.

The term of the new judge and the second pf the prosecuting attorney, Will begin Nov. 15th. The term of the new county clerk, C. C. Warner will begin May 4th, 1904, if the new law is held inoperative. If that is held good as to clerks, on Jan. 1, 1905. But.in that case probably the election this time will not hold and another have to be held in 1904. J. N. Leatherman, the new auditor will not take office until Jan. 1, 1904. S. R. Nichols, the new treasurer, will not get in until Jan. Ist, 1904, either. Sheriff Hardy’s new term will begin Jan. Ist, 1903. So, also the new terms of Surveyor Price and Coroner Wright, and the new term of Commissioner Halleck, of the Ist district will begin the Ist day of the coming year. When the new terms of the other two commissioners will begin, it will take considerable studying of the various conflicting laws, and back records to determine. Both Waymire and Denham have been serving on appointments to fill vacancies, Naturally those appointments expire as soon as the elections are held. Therefore their new terms should begin immediately and run for three years, but the constitution provides that the term of one commissioner shall expire every year, the terms being three years The question then will be shall one be for one year, the other for two and to be determined by lot. or shall all three begin now and last three years and all go out together again, or shall the new terms of Waymire and Denham

not begin until the expiration of the men whose places they are appointed to fill, would have expired had they remainedin office. It is a difficult question and one that won Id puzzle the proverbial Philadelphia lawyer to solve. Since the above was in type, the law and the records have been looked up, at the auditor’s office, and it seems clear that Mr. Waymire in the second district is elected only to fill out Mr. Dowell’s unexpired term, and that has two years to run from Jan. Ist, 1903. And Mr. Denham, in the third district is elected for the unexpired term of Mr. Way mire when he removed from that district, and that is only one year from Jan. let But as there will be no election until 1904, he will hold over a year after his time is actually out.