A justice of the peace has power to appoint some person to execute process,upon being satisfied by any credible testimony that it will not otherwise be executed for want of an officer to be had in time; and the person so appointed will have the same authority in relation to the execution of that process as a constable would have. Bettsstevenselection Votes cast for an ineligible candidate are not, on that account, void, so as to entitle Cheap North Face the person receiving a less though the next highest number of votes to hold the office, although he may be eligible. State ex rel. Dunninggiles. CP. ; State Moncler Outlet ex rel. Offsmith, Where a vacancy in an office exists, caused by a defect in the proceedings taken by the incumbent to qualify, and another is elected at a valid election North Face Sale to fill such vacancy, before the former qualifies under a special statute authorizing him to do so after the regular time therefor has expired, the person so elected is entitled to the office. Lutfringqoetze, If the fact that a vacancy existed in a county office was not known to any considerable portion of the electors of the county, and no public notice was given before the North Face Coupons election, Nike Shoes Australia officially or otherwise, that such office was to be filled, and the great body of electors who voted for other officers at such election did not vote for any person to fill said office, the election of a person Oakley Sunglasses thereto by an inconsiderable number of votes will be held invalid. State ex rel. Chasemckinney. Even if the constitutional duty rests upon the legislature to provide for the election of a judge to fill a vacancy, still, if it falls to fix a time for such election, the fact that a number of electors cast ballots for a person for that office at the annual spring election next following such Oakley Canada vacancy, Nike Australia does not elect him to the office. Sfafe ex rel. Heimwilliams, WN. A promise made by a candidate for the office of county judge in a circular letter to voters, to draw all papers necessary in the settlement of estates and give the necessary advice free of charge, was bribery within the meaning of Stats. ; but the same would not invalidate his election or disqualify him from holding the office without proof that some voter was induced thereby to vote for him. State ex rel. Dithmarbunnell, wnb. Eligibility and qualification, ieligibility The provision of the territorial act of , making sheriffs ineligible to reeloction, is repugnant to the constitution of the state, and was not continued in force by it; neither is the constitutional provislon on that subject applicable to persons in office at the time of its adoption, so as to render them ineligible at the first election under that constitution. State ex ret. Dunninggiles, cpn. Election or Appointment, etc. VS. Eligibility and qualification It Is In the power of the legislature to prescribe who shall be eligible to a mere statutory office, such as those of towns, villages and cities, the qualifications for which arc not prescribed by the constitution. State ex ret. Teschvon Baumbach, An alien who Is not a qualified elector is not eligible to the office of sheriff of his county. State ex rel. Offsmith, A person elected to the office of county judge, while sitting as a member of the legislature, does not become disqualified to hold that office by reason of the subsequent enactment of a law increasing the duties and the emoluments of his office, though it may have been enacted but a few days after his election to such office, and by the legislature then in session. State ex rel. Ryanboyd, Although an alien, who has not declared his Intention to become a citizen, cannot hold an office in this state, yet he may be elected to an office, such as that of clerk of the county board of supervisors, and, if he is otherwise qualified, and his disability is removed before the commencement of the term for which he is elected, he will be entitled to enter upon and hold such office. State ex rel. Schuetmurray, The same rule would seem to apply to minors, or to persons who The North Face Sale had not resided one year in the state at the time of their