true thr:t no vaoanoy existed nhoa rei+ pondeAt xa6 acyoLAte6, ii by vaaanay IS wamt that then va6 AO gearson xho could then lsrfully diwharga the duties oi thb orrloe, ror relator could law- fully disohcrge the dutiae of tho otiloe UAttl hie suooessor putairfbd; but it la true, ii it be held that his term or Orrho should oontinue ror two y0arr fram the date of his pualIlI~eA.Ion, that t&a tina wa6 Dear at haAd =heA the l ppOIAtM!At Ol XWpOAdeAt wei6 mat-is, UbaA his tdlnt Or OrriO 68 lfSWd by &W sauld esppir., nnd it wa6 the duty OS the oity OWA- 011 to apgolnt hia SUCO~SOUZ. Them was A0 talid objeOtIOA to makw the appointrrvrat Of hlr 8UOee8mOr before the axpiriition of the tenn for nhIeh he was elaleoted l . . ."

In city oixoAaton V. Mahoney, 80 8.i. 1142, 1143, it Hamam *

Vi ax-0 anaro of the doctrine anawnoed la Stats +Aatlln, 84 Texas 48, 19 S. W. SOS. Sut ia t&e osw alted the .owrt gob8 no further than to deolar*,tbs wefl-mittled rulk that an appoint- ment may bb made ln aatlo~patfon qf 8 YaOa~oy. 5uoh s ~oar6b it3 s nbp~sslty, an4 18 uriIY*rmlly followed both IA elaotIoAa.md appointment88 and the lew not oaly gsrmftei but authorlesa It, to the had that YaOaA- ties may be prarluea agaIAet, 8Aa holdfug over avold- 04. . . .a

The rCCS&AStiOA Or s cOUDtY sUpriAtbAd4JAt 011 xO~08Ik- ber 6th to beaozne ettectirs moambar 51et, Is, of ocurae, mereY.9 8A annmAcan%At by the oilids holder of hie intention to rerfgn the office on Zwceinbsr 3lJlat. Until rruah date DO Ycloa~oy will .. srlat In the 0rtice 0r county Fuperlatsndent sAd th8 c~raloa- ers court is powrlses to appOiAt angoAe to nsfmm the duties or the oifloe prior to the 6rr6QtiTb data or the resignation -- iA other words pxior to the actiUel~6xi6teAOi3 Or (I YaOaAO9 fA T&Is doer aot, however, preYeat the oomilebloners the 0fri00. oourt rrom antIoLpetlA$ th% Yaaanay aAd rrom zaak,IAg prOYISi@A thsrefor in @dYaAcs. ThO SppOiAtmbAt bW3W3B eff6OtIYe OAl9

.- _ Eonorab1.e T. E. TrImble, page 3

when the ofiloe aotually becomes taoant, uhloh, under the facts d your request, would not be prior to Dscezabor Slat.

Sour* very truly hTTOhNiiY OF TAX.46 BY