The Arkansas advocate., 1836-10-07
SUPREME IunGES

on Saturday last the two Houses of the General As semby went into the election of Judges of the Supreme court. Messrs Dickinson, Ringo, Lacy, Me K. Ball, Roane and Hall nominated and oh the list ballot the votes stood-Dickinson, 54-Ringo 50-I4acy 39-- Ball, 30-Roane, 24-Hall, l3 Seuenfy votes were g. ven-only one member MT. Blar,l being absent. So Messrs TOWNSEND DICKINSON, DANIEL RrNGo and THOMAS J LACY, having each received majority of all the votes gven decared duly elected Judges the Supreme Court The President and Speaker then pro- ceeded to classify the Judges by lot Mr. Ringo serves years-Mr. Dickinson years-4and Mr. Lacy years We congratulate the Legislature having given to Arkansas bench which cannot fail be satisfactory the whole people, The community believe feel as wq do,highly grati6ed by the result.
 Mir. l. N. CONWAY reelected Auditor, without opposition
 For Treasurer, NIr. Wm. T.. Woodruff and David Fu ton, Esq. we're nominated and the vote stood-Wood ruf 40-Fulton 30 votes. So Wm: E. WOODRUFF was declared duly elected Treasurer of Arkansas.
 The two Houses then went into the election of Pub lie Printer. Woodruff Sg Pew, Wm. E. Woodruff, and J. Il. Reed were northumberland the vote stood, Wood- ruff 85 Pew 50-Woodraff 5, and j. H. Reed H.
 On these last elections we have word to say ohoft- ly after the commencement of the session effort was made to give the printing to the lowest bidder: lhs was overrued by the party, and bill passed which e tabshed the otfce of Public Printer--enacting that there should be officer elected who should be styeu Public Printer, and who should hold his office for t~o years and until his successor should be elected and qua lfed and who should receive for his services such com pensation should be hereafter prescribed by law II the mean tune some of the party were apparently pu' in fixing the compensation be allowed to the Prnle which, mark you! they all the time should De hAeu definitely before that officer should be elected com- mttee appointed to ascertain the prices hereooie paid for printingand long and tangled report was s made which was again referred to a eommttee-paaa pa then the whole matter died away-zand Woodruff & rev have at length been elected Public Printerat prices be hereafter fixed. But there is grave constltatoa question growing out of these elections which we nle to consider tis this. The Legislature have bY aM 1r offc the Printer State ofcer-to be elected and qlaihss like other officers. The Constitution provides tnas m holder or collector of public moneys shall be ellgu all any office of trust profit until he is released io his ilabes as such holder collector. pla serss lo Woodruff become the legal holder of the puoc o Arkansas at the of his election as ot Vas he then eligible the office of Printers .an is v plainly the intention of the Constitution thal ho shall be holder of public moneys at the same 'le he holds any other ofcea It is true that the IeE aa ture need have made the Public Printing an o' but having done so, the clause in the Constutioh taches
 The following are the votes for the above ohces'
 SUPREME iuDGEs p,r
 In the Senate, for MT. Dickinson--Mess's' -