The log cabin Democrat., 1916-11-27
NEW OFFICERS 10
 to IN THIS WEEK FOUR SUCCEED SELVES
Exact Date of Changes in Faulkner Official Family Not Yet
 Determined.

Sometime the latter part of this week, probably Thursday afternoon or Friday morning, eight county officers of Faulkner county will begin new terms and about the same time @ township officers in the county win also each enter upon tWo-ycar terms of office.
 There is really no definite time fixed by law for this change to occur According to most authorities. when an officer has been elected at d gen eral election, as soon as he receives his commission. files his band and has it approved, he can at once take the oath of office and displace his prede- eessor. For convenience, however, a uniform date has usually been adopt ed and prior to the change in time of the general election, this date has al ways been the last day of October. The advancing by two months of the date of the election, however, made it necessary to lengthen the terms of those now in office, and through an agreement between the secretary of state and governor November 30 has been fixed as the time for making the change. This rule, however, has not been strictly observed, as the newly-elected county judge of Con- way county took office early last week.
 The commissions of the county and township officers in this county have not yet been received from Secretary of State Earle w. Hodges, but they are daily expected If they do not reach here by November 30, the change of positions will be deferred until they arrive.
 All statutory state officers will also begin new terms on November 30. This includes all except the con- stitutional positions of governor, sec retary of state, treasurer, auditor and attorney general. These officers will hold until after the convening of the legislature and the formal declara- tion by that body of the results of the election held on November '. The constitutional officers are usually sworn in within two or three days after the legislature completes it's or ganization. As has been the custom in the past, there will be little formality about the inaugural" in Faulkner county. In the staff of eight county officials there will be four changes. E. L. Smith will succeed as county judge J. W. Holt, who has held that position for the past four years. John Lind sey will succeed J. R. Giddens as county treasurer. J. A. Lea, who has held the offices of county clerk, cir cult clerk and county judge for total of about 16 years, will retire to private life, to be succeeded as county clerk by John Reeves. Nj. F. Mitchell will succeed B. c. Wilson as county surveyor. Dr. H. B. Hardy will succeed (. F. Condray as repre- sentative, but this is regarded as a state rather than county position,
 The officers who will succeed them selves for another term are W. w.. Bishop, sheriff; A. M Ledbetter, cir cult clerk, Austin Johnson, tax as scssor, and J. A. Pence, coroner.
 The sheriff and circuit cler. will it is understood. retain their present force of deputies. John Reeves will have as one of his deputies his hroth CT, Jake Reeves and win employ additional help as it becomes ncegs- sary. Prof r. J. Bullion will serve as deputy for County Treasure Liudsev