Chap. 246.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 87, Chapter 188 ot
Session Acts of 1869 and 1870, in Relation to Vacancies in Township
Offices,

Approved March 29, 1871.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section
eighty-seven of the act prescribing the duties and compensa-
tion of certain township officers, approved July eleventh,
eighteen hundred and seventy, be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows:

‘““§ 87. Vacancies occurring in township offices shall be filled
by appointment by the county judge, and the person so ap-
pointed, shall qualify and give bond, as required by law, within
thirty days after his appointment, and shall enter upon the dis-
charge of the duties of the office to which he has been ap-
pointed, and hold his office until his successor is elected and
qualified.”

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.