State Ex Rel. Shriver v. Board of Commrs.

The important facts are not in •dispute.

On September 30, '1946, the then county engineer of Belmont county died. His four-year term would not have ended until the first Monday in January, 1949.

The office still was vacant when the next general •election was held November 5, 1946. Although more than thirty days had elapsed after the death of the •engineer in September, the Board of Elections of Belmont county did not cause ballots to be printed designating that office as one of those to be filled at that •election, in conformity with Section 10, General Code, which reads in part as follows:

“When…