The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1917-07-25
WESLEY ELIGIBLE.
The Law as Handed DOwn b, ChaS.
h. Morris, Attorney General
of kentucky.
Mr.. P. p. Wesley,
Eunice, KY.

have your letter of the 18th in
Stant., in which you say question as
to the eligibility to the office of Coun-
ty School Superintendent of Adair
County, in case you were nominated
and elected, is being raised Cd the
grounds that your State Certificate is
insufficient because it is claimed that
you took the examination in Casey
County at time when you were not
resident of that County.
l understand from your letter that
you were born in Casey County and
resided there until 1908, at which
time you moved to Adair, where you
resided until the 1st day of January,
1916, when you then Jan. 1st., 1916
bought farm in Casey County, and
it was then your expressed intention
to reside thereon and make the same
your legal dOmicile or place of res
idence, and did make same your home
and residence. That while you thus
claimed and held the Casey county
farm as your domicile, you took the
examination in that county for a
State Certificate under the provisions
of Section 1903, Kentucky Statutes.
That afterwards in due course, the
State Board of Education issued to
you State Certificate which would
entitle you to teach in the schools of
the State for a period of sixteen years,
unless such certificate should not be
renewed at the end of eight years be-
cause of the fact that you might have
failed to engage in active school work
for two successive years, or because
the local board might have deemed
you unworthy because of immortality
of character.
In addition to what you say in your
letter, find that State Superintend-
ent, Y. 0. Gilbert, in January, 1917,
wrote you substantially as follows:
1--WE have received the affidavit of
Mr.. Wesley, fixing his residence in
Casey County and are ordering his GER
tificate issued. This settles the ques-
ton, as he has d right to fix his place
of residence"
do not ind the affidavit referred
to, as it appears to have been filed
with Mr.. POgue, one of the inspect
Ors, whose papers are not on file here.
However, gather from the records
of Mr.. Gilbert's office that your Ger
tificate was held up by the State
Board of Education on complaint of
outside parties that you were not a
resident of Casey County, and after
wards by the State Board directed to
be issued when you filed the affidavit
1t seems to me that that act of the
State Board is conclusive in the mat
ter. They, after celebrating, were
of the opinion that you were a resi-
nent of Casey County and issued your
Certificate, and as Mr.. Gilbert, the
only person who, under the law, has a
right to revoke this certificate was a
member of that Board and by his let
ter referred to is on record as conclud-
ing that you we're legally entitled to
the certificate.
So it appears to me from all the facts
obtainable that you are the holder of
legal State Certificate which will
not expire for sixteen years, except
you should fail in having it renewed
at the end of eight years from the
date of issuance, and that, so far as
the question of the validity of the
certificate is concerned, you are eligi-
BILE to the Office of County Super in.
tendent of Adair County.
Trusting tnat the foregoing is suf.
ficiently responsive to your queries, 1
beg to remain,
Yours truly,
Charles H. Morris,
Attorney General.
| In order that the voters of Adail
county may not be deceived or misleC
by unkind insinuationS of those who
oppose my nomination, l have called
on the Attorney General o. Kentucky
for an opinion as to my eligibility fol
the Office Of County Superintendent
of Adair County.
The same is published above in full
and / trust will satisfy all who are in
tereSted.
p. P Wesley.