Resignation of Public Officials

Bard, Attorney General,

— You have requested our advice as to the proper notation to be placed on official records of the Commonwealth with respect to the late Hon. William McKeen.

Judge McKeen, then President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the Third Judicial District, addressed *442a letter of resignation to you on July 9, 1938, “to take effect immediately”. The letter was mailed on July 11, 1938, and later, on the same day, Judge McKeen died. The letter of resignation was received in your office on July 12th.

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