The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-08-15
DIR. GRISSoM AGAIN.

been appointed chairman of the
board to succeed DIR. f. Blu. Ike Hay
wood.
The designations, We learn from
the Raleigh CAL, were brought
about in this way
''Section Z of Article Ii Of the
State Constitution provides that "No
person who shall hold any office OF
place of trust or profit under the
! United States, or any department
thereof, OF under this State, or under
any other State or government, shall
hold or exercise any other Office or
place of trust or profit under the au-
thority of this State, &c"
1t has appeared after a thorough
examination, that several of the di-
rectors of the insane Asylum were
holding that position in violation OF
the above section but of this they
have not been cogrizant until very
recently. The directors were DR..
E. Burke Haywood, DIR. w. r.
Capehart, DR.. Isaac J. Jackson and
possibly Capt. w. S. Harris.
DR.. Haywood now holds the pos
sition of physician to the State In
stitution for the Deaf and Dumb
and the Blind. To hold this posi-
ton and at the same time hold the
office of director of the Asylum is
manifestly contrary to the section of
the constitution quoted above. AS
soon as this was made known to DIR.
Haywood, he promptly sent his
resignation as director to the Gov
ernor, and the Governor accepted it
under those conditions. After this.
DIR. Haywood was almost immedi-
ately appointed commissioner on
the Board of Public Charities !; but
| this is no violation of the law, for
there is a proviso in the section al
ready cited which says that the pro-
| visions of the section shall not ex-
tend to officers in the militia, us
tees of the peace or commissioners OF
public charities.
DIR. Capehart's resignation was
| accepted because he was recently APP
| pointed trustee for the College of
| Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
and to hold this office and that of
director of the Insane Asylum at
the same time is inconsistent with
| the law.
The Governor will ask for the
resignation of Capt. w. S. Harris
on the ground that he holds State
office. He is now, by appointment,
chief clerk to the State Bureau of
Labor Statistics. This position per
sc may not be considered as a public
office; but the act establishing the
bureau provides that in the absence
of the Commissioner, the chief clerk
shall discharge all the duties of the
department and these conditions it
is thought will put the position un-
der the head of "public Office
Governor Fowle has telegraphed
DIR. Isaac Jackson, of the board, re-
questing his resignation as director,
on the ground that he now holds the
Office of Superintendent of Health
of Columbus county.
1t is currently reported that DIR.
Mccormick, of the board, has writ
ten his resignation and that it is now
in transit. This report is based on
Il statement made by near neighbor
of DIR. Mccormick. If received, it
will be accepted"
In the general consultation and
examination of these matters the
question arose as to whether or not
the section of the constitution rela-
tive to office-holding QUOTED above)
applied to the Insane Asylum direc-
tors. The debate was shortened
however, by reference to the case of
Eliason VS. Coleman, seth N. G.. Re-
ports, in which Chief Justice Smith
defines the test of a public Office and
decides, among others, that the di-
rectors of the asylums for the Insane
and the Deaf and Dumb and the
Blind, the directors of the peniten-
tiary and the trustees of the Univer-
sity are all public officers.
In the Board of Directors alone
is vested the power to remove the
Superintendent, and we earnestly
hope that the changes brought about
in the personnel of that board will
bring about his dismissal.
Grissom has declared that he will
not resign. Very well. Let the
new board remove him, and if it
does not then let us apply the keen