State ex rel. Gunn v. Witt

Ohio Supreme Court

State ex rel. Gunn v. Witt

72 Ohio St. (N.S.) 584

Ohio Supreme Court·Decided June 27, 1905·No. No. 9493·Published

Opinion

By the Court.

Notwithstanding the diverse meanings of which the word, elective, is susceptible in its application to public officers, the scope and purpose of the legislation involved in the present inquiry show that in contemplation of the general assembly it embraces clerks of municipal councils. The effect of the act of March 17, 1904, is to extend the official terms of such clerks as were in office at the time of its passage until the election of their successors in January, 1906.

Petition dismissed.

Davis, C. J., Shauck, Price, Crew, Summers and Spear, JJ., concur.

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By the Court.

Notwithstanding the diverse meanings of which the word, elective, is susceptible in its application to public officers, the scope and purpose of the legislation involved in the present inquiry show that in contemplation of the general assembly it embraces clerks of municipal councils. The effect of the act of March 17, 1904, is to extend the official terms of such clerks as were in office at the time of its passage until the election of their successors in January, 1906.

Petition dismissed.

Davis, C. J., Shauck, Price, Crew, Summers and Spear, JJ., concur.

State ex rel. Gunn v. Witt, 72 Ohio St. (N.S.) 584 (Ohio 1905).

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