oountp? If this W&B true, a vaoanop in the orflce resulted by virtue or the eeotion of the aonctitution dlsoum- ad, and it bscaa;ethe duty of the oce.mIe6Ionfms~ OGUrt t0 iill the vaoanop. The qwmtloa of *oaBoy, in the main, is one of raot, a8 arie@lr under"%he provitslan of the aonatitutlon; end, it thlr,exlat8 aa s ,faot, hppellee, RmkSn, ahoW no right to the ofrioe.* (Underrooring our8 I
ft 18 apparent from a omefpl conoidention of the above ca8e that the ooorniMioner8f oourt le veated with es- oluaive jurlod$otion to deetire a vaornoy in the office hers Involved, if a~reoanoy doer ln,faot exi8t.. This departsent Is aoeordlngl~ without au%horlty to patm upon t& t6Ot *it&a- tlon befols,ue and reipe%tfully imggerta ,that pour ocmlaaion- era* acurb lnvestle;rrt~ the prsaent abmbnoe or the juatloa or the peaae rfth the end in view ef detexminln% wlmthar luuh absence, In the li@t of ~11 the attending ifiot(8 and cirotnn- sitames, i* of mob permmenag a~)to constitute a vaomoy in fact. Having;done 60, tho oourt, la the extmloe of ita Qlsoretlon, will then be 6uthoFimeB to paso mob order aa It deem neoeesary and 6drisabXe in tha pmalrer.
Very truly youra