...officers named in this article shall be prescribed by law. Vacancies in Offices ; how Filled. SECT. 5. The Legislature shall provide for filling vacancies...annual election after the happening of the vacancy. Political Year. SECT. 6. The political year and legislative term shall begin on the first day of January...

...after the word " Governor " and before the words " be for the residue of the term ", insert " until the commencement of the political year next succeeding the first annual election at which a successor to the Governor can be chosen, and such successor shall thus be chosen." Page...

...X of the amended constitution of 1S4U, without change.) Vacancies in offices, how filled.— § 5. The Legislature shall provide for filling vacancies...annual election after the happening of the vacancy. [Section 5 of article X of the amended constitution of 1846, without change.] This section relates...

...boundaries are the same as those of a city. Section 5 of article X of the Constitution reads as follows: "The Legislature shall provide for filling vacancies...annual election after the happening of the vacancy." Pursuant to the authority thus conferred upon it, the legislature has provided that the governor may...

...filled. The Legislature shall provide for filling vacancies in office, and in cas* of elective ollicers, no person appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold his...annual election after the happening of the vacancy. Const. 1846, art. X, § 5. § 6. Political year. The political year and legislative term shall begin...

...fill a vacancy in an elective office (and the office of sheriff is elective) shall hold his office " longer than the commencement of the political year...annual election after the happening of the vacancy." That is the same as saying in this case that no person appointed to fill a vacancy could hold his office...

...law. Const. 1846, art. X, S 4. | 5. Vucancle» in ofltcee, how filled. The Legislature shnll próvido for filling vacancies in office, and in case of elective officers, no person appointed to till ¡i vacancy shnll hold his ollice by virtue of .such appointment longer thnn liie commencement...

...— VALIDITY OF STATUTE. That provision Is contrary to the restriction in Const, art. 10, § 5, that no person appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold his office by virtue of that appointment longer than the commencement of the political year next succeeding the first annual...

...article shall be prescribed by law. Coo«. 1846, art. X, t 4. $ S. Vacancies In office», liow filled. The Legislature shall provide for filling vacancies...shall hold his office by virtue of such appointment lunger than the commencement of the political year next succeeding the first annual election after...

...be made elective by the constitution, the term of office of the person so appointed shall be until the commencement of the political year next succeeding...annual election after the happening of the vacancy at which a successor can be elected, and a successor for the balance of the unexpired term, if any,...