Any person elected or appointed to fill a vacancy, after filing his official oath and qualifying for the state official bond, as prescribed by chapter 8, title 59 , Idaho Code, possesses all the rights and powers, and is subject to all the liabilities, duties and obligations, of the officer whose vacancy he fills.

[(59-916) R.S., sec. 436; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 331; C.S., sec. 469; I.C.A., sec. 57-916; am. 1971, ch. 136, sec. 37, p. 522.]