Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-06-19
A CARD FROM DIR. GUiNAN.
Carson City, Jane 18th, "a.

the use of your columns, KNOWN
that, if published by the APPEAL,
will be read by many.
VI There having been considerabl
d scussion Of School matters lately
aud the County SIP. VI Schools
Mr.. MCGOWAN, having taken it upoi
himself to declare that vacancies eX
; listed in the offices Of Trustees of this
School District, and lie having as
sumed to appoint Messrs. Cults and
Jones to fill such alleged vacancies,
perhaps a concise ststement of the
situation may not Prove unlnterest-
ing to your readers. On the 4tb,
Monday in May, 1892, two School
Trustees were elected in this Dis
trict. There being doubt as to the
Constitutionality of the law, they
failed to qualify, At the November
election of the same year, two more
| Trustees were elected, one of whom
(the writer) was elected for four
years.
The question of the Constitution
atty of the law, under which the
May election had been held not hav-
ing been settled, there was Il hesitt-
ton, on the part of the last elected
Trustees to qualify, and to make as
surance doubly sure, Mr.. MCGOWAN
appointed Mr.. Olcovich and myself
We at once qualified and entered up
on our official duties. Whatever the |
state of the law, it will scarcely be
denied that the offices were then
filed.
On the 9th of March, 1898, for the
purpose of removing all doubts as to
the Cons.itutionality of the School
Trustee election law, the Legislature
amended it and provided specifically i
for the election of 1894. The pro-
vision, which governed the election
recently held is as follows;
cat the election to be held on the !
4th Monday in May, 1894, there
shall be elected in each School Dis
t~'ct Que Trustee to serve two years
and ole to serve four years; \. :
The Trustee elected for two years
shall take office on the first Monday
in July eighteen hundred and ninty- !
four and serve until the first Monday
in July, eighteen hundred and
and those elected for four
ears shall take office on the first
Monday in January eighteen hundred
and ninety-fodr, and serve until the '
first Monday in July eighteed hun
dred and ninety eight" {
Under this law and no other an F.,
election was held on the fourth Mon
lay of last month. At that election, &
1ne Trustee was elected for four
years. That was all right. One was
elected fer two years, That was all
right. One was elected for an sun l
expired term" That was al wrong,
and complete nullity; for the law
makes no provision for such term. q
1t is therefore PLAIN that only two l
# the new Trustees were legally l
elected.
1t is also plain that neither of them I
AN take office until the time pre- c
cribed by law, on the first Monday I
n July, eighteen hundred and
,inety-four and the first Monday in
January eighteen hundred and
linety-fve respectively.
Mr.. Meder, the long term Trustee 4
,lect, succeeds himself. The ques-
ion then arises, whom does the two
'ear Trustee displace! Let us look
IS that for minute. As already [
tated, 7 was elected for four years
md also appointed. Under such cir Q
it would be strange in
expectation indeed, that would hold
ne to be short term Trustee. If
ny election in November 1892
we're not legal, then | was clearly APP g
,ointed to fill the term, of Mr.. Nc
lure, who in May 1892 was elected
or years, but failed to qualify.
In the latter case under the amend n
aent of March 6, 1893, my term be-
an on the first Monday in January
1913 and will end on the first Mon
ay in July 1896.
This latter view removes every
lement of difficulty and confusion
rom the School election law and