Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-01-11
The Richmond Daily REGISTER Richmond Madison County, ny Wednesday January H. 1922

ried woman and without any family
OF her own. but that she has been
residing at the house OF one Beas-
ley. within the district. for three
years and six months previous to|
the election: that she was employed
a. a servant: and. while she does
state thai she expects 10 return TO
the home Of her brother ut Huston
Vile. when she bad no further en-
pioyment at Beasley's. that state
lnent and intention is only 10 b re-
rarded as the intention of one who.
when he has lost his home at the
place where he Is. will seek anoth-
cr somewhere else. Her habitation
tor all purposes was within the dis
tr!ct. and --uder the circumstances
surroundlI-. her. we are OF the opin
ion that she was a legal voter
and 50. Gentlei. i OF he Senate. Mr.
Wallace is n legal voL>' now m the
sity OF Frankfort and in the county o:
Franklin. and nowhere else in Kontuc-
Ky. our courts have held. Ia mum
crous cases. and the rule is settled
that where the expressed intention anr
the acts and conduct conflict. thai th'
acts and conduct determine the actua
intention IN the matter.
Residence
Let us consider the matter of resi-
dcncc as IL is in this case and as il
! must be To comply with the Law appli'
cable 10 the facts Where must Z
State Senator reside 20 legally qualify
- hold his seatc
Constitution or Kentucky
The Constitution Of Kentucky. sec
;i6n -. fixes. in definite terms. th'
Qualifications Cor state Senator IN thi'
lar.-uaGc:
80 person shall be- a Senator
who. at tn, time or Ills election
g., not citizen Of Kentucky. ha.
not attained the age of thirty years
anI has not resided in the STATE
for six years nest preceding hi.
election and the last year thereof
I'm lac district Tor which hc mry D.
cHr-.n."
Ii.,. tb. Constitution. in prov iiin-
chat ia. senator uust reside. fog th'
ils; year preceding lis election. in th'
district Fer ,.hi"h hc may o." CLOSER
-a.au that 3. must have had AN actua
o- merely "a l.-al residence Tor thai
year,
believe the mere reading of The
section viii answer the quosti"a q,
any roaScuoul- mind. believe "a.
l-,sv-. o. -" clear that time g. wasted
in discussion &C. IL. vet chat is the puc-
fs"u hcs.r" you To- determine. Clearly
aud most certainty the provision
,i"a-s that man who represents u
people in the Kentucky ic.si>l:tur,
must live amon., those people and tn:
hc must really and actually liv" a:aor-
tn-a.
Tho frdcral law Is different from tho
th" state Constitution. Under the
Federal Constitution a member or Con
:srcss is required To- live within the
state. This seems 70 follow Z" come
e~tcrt the old English law under
which a popular man might DO elected
60 represent several districts and then
as an honor. he could confer upon .
district. hc would elect which oua he
"'rld officially represent in Parlia-
incrt
The trainers Of our Constitution.
however. we've away from The old Eng
'ish law ana had thrown or The Ing
fish yoke aud they wrote the Cons.itu-
tinu for free people and they meant
TO bring the government close To the
neonlc. Il was likewise true when he
state Constitution for kentucky was
written and they wrote I'm Section 30
with the provision that state Scna-
tor must be 4 resident Of the State Of